Category : 3rd Class
Blood Relation
Learning Objectives
Blood Relation
Blood relations are biological relations. Remember, a wife and a husband are not biologically related but they are biological parents of their own children. Similarly, brother, sister, paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, grandson, grandmother, niece, cousin etc. are our blood relatives.
Types of Blood Relations
There are mainly two types of blood relations:
(i) Blood relations from paternal side.
(ii) Blood relations from maternal side.
Now, we will discuss both kinds of relations one by one.
(i) Blood Relation From Paternal Side
These types of blood relations can be further subdivided into three types:
(a) Past generations of father
Examples: Great grandfather, great grandmother, grandfather, grandmother etc.
(b) Parallel generations of father
Examples: Paternal Uncles, Paternal aunts etc.
(c) Future generations of father
Examples: Sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters etc.
(ii) Blood Relations From Maternal Side
These types of blood relations can also be subdivided into three types:-
(a) Past generations of mother
Examples: Maternal great grandfather, maternal great grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother etc.
(b) Parallel generations of mother
Examples: Maternal uncles, maternal aunts etc.
(c) Future generations of mother
Examples: Sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters etc.
Some Important Blood Relations
/ maternal aunt
Grand father
than father
Grandfather/grandmother Mother
Grandfather, grandmother Aunt
Grandfather, maternal Aunt
Grandmother
General Problem of Blood Relations
Example-1
(a) Mother (b) Aunt
(c) Sister (d) Father
(e) None of these
Answer (b) is correct.
Explanation: Option (b) is correct because L is sister of M and N is the son of
Rest of the options is incorrect because the correctness of option (b).
(a) Brother-in-law (b) Son-in-law
(c) Brother (d) Sister
(e) None of these
Answer (b) is correct.
Explanation: Option (b) is correct because, the only son of Ram's father is Ram himself. So, Reena's father is Ram.
Thus, Reeena's husband is son-in-law of Ram.
Rest of the options is incorrect because the correctness of option (b).
(a) Aunt (b) Brother
(c) Sister (d) Father
(e) None of these
Answer (d) is correct.
Explanation: Option (d) is correct because, the only son of Ram's father is Ram himself. So, Reena's father is Ram. Therefore, Reena's sister is the daughter of Ram.
Rest of the options is incorrect because the correctness of option (d).
(a) Sister (b) Mother
(c) Brother (d) Aunt
(e) None of these
Answer (b) is correct.
Explanation: Prem is husband of Rani and Neeraj is brother of Pooja. Pooja is daughter of Prem.
Therefore, Rani is the mother of Neeraj.
Rest of the options is incorrect because the correctness of option (b).
(a) Mother (b) Sister
(c) Wife (d) Aunt
(e) None of these
Answer (d) is correct.
Explanation: In the given question, Prem and Raj are brothers of Rinki. Sheela is wife of Raj. Raj is father of John and Jockey. Therefore, Rinki is Aunt of John and Jockey.
Rest of the options is incorrect because the correctness of option (d).
Commonly Asked Question
(a) Grandfather (Paternal)
(b) Grandfather (Maternal)
(c) Uncle
(d) Father
(e) None of these
Answer (b) is correct.
Explanation: Our mother's father is called Grandfather but the relation is of maternal side, so the answer is Maternal Grandfather.
Rest of the options is incorrect because of the correctness of option (b).
(a) Grandmother (Paternal)
(b) Grandmother (Maternal)
(c) Mother
(d) Aunt
(e) None of these
Answer (a) is correct.
Explanation: Our father's mother is called Grandmother but the relation is of paternal side, so the answer is Paternal Grandmother.
Rest of the options is incorrect because of the correctness of option (a).
(a) Brother (b) Mother
(c) Grandmother (d) Sister
(e) None of these
Answer (d) is correct.
Explanation: In this case, X and Y are brothers, Amitabh is father of X, Y and M. M is the sister of X and Y.
Rest of the options is incorrect because of the correctness of option (d).
(a) Brother (b) Father
(c) Uncle (d) Grandfather
(e) None of these
Answer (b) is correct.
Explanation: In this case, X and Y are brother and sister. Rita is mother of
X and Y. M is husband of Rita, then M is father of X and Y.
Rest of the options is incorrect because of the correctness of option (b).
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