Blood Relations Questions for the CAT exam are part of the Logical Reasoning section of the CAT exam. Through Blood Relations questions, aspirants are tested on concepts related to Logical Reasoning and critical thinking. The difficulty level of the Blood Relations questions can be moderate to difficult.
Tips to improve Blood Relation Questions for CAT?
- Understanding different types of relationships like parent-child, siblings, grandparents, and their implications.
- Practice tracing relationships step-by-step from the given information to deduce complex family structures.
- Apply logical deduction to derive relationships not explicitly stated but implied by given information.
Blood Relation Questions Tricks for the CAT Exam
- Draw a family tree to visually represent relationships. Use standardized symbols: circle for males, square for females, horizontal lines to connect spouses, and vertical lines to connect parents to children.
- When multiple statements are given, solve each statement individually and then combine the results.
- Apply logical deduction to infer relationships that are not directly stated but implied by the given information.
Blood Relation Questions Concepts for the CAT Exam
- Relationships are given in a coded format, requiring decoding to understand the actual relationship.
- Immediate Family: Parents, siblings, spouse, children.
- Extended Family: Grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins.
- Deducing relationships through multiple pieces of information, such as "A is B's father. B is C's brother."
Blood Relation Practice questions for the CAT exam
Question 1: Four families decided to go for a picnic to Jhumri Talaiya and agreed to meet at a place called Rani ka Talab before moving for the picnic. One family has no kid, while the others have at least one kid each. Amongst each family with kids, at least one kid goes to the picnic. Following is the information about the families.
i. The family with two kids came just before the family with no kids.
ii. D who does not have any kids reached just before C’s family.
iii. P and his wife reached last with their only kid.
iv. Q is not B’s husband.
v. Q and S are fathers.
vi. C’s and A’s daughters go to the same school.
vii. B came before D and met A when she reached the fixed place.
viii. R stays farthest from the place and he is a good singer.
ix. S explained that his son could not come because of exams.
Q 1. Who amongst the females arrived third?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
Level: Moderate
Answer: D
Q 2. Which is the correct pair of husband and wife?
(a) S and D
(b) P and C
(c) Q and C
(d) S and A
Level: Easy
Answer: B
Q 3. Whose daughters go to the same school?
(a) Q and R
(b) P and R
(c) P and Q
(d) Q and S
Level: Difficult
Answer: C
Q 4. Whose family has definitely more than one kid?
(a) R’s
(b) S’s
(c) Q’s
(d) P’s
Level: Moderate
Answer: B
Q 5. Among the males, who arrived second?
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) S
Level: Moderate
Answer: D
Must-do Blood Relation questions for the CAT exam
Question 2: Seven sports awardees—A, B, C, D, E, F and G are to bhonoured at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on the dias in a row. A and G have to catch the flight for their One Day International cricket match and so must be seated at the extreme right. B, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna recipient must be in the centre. C and D are bitter rivals antherefore must be seated as far apart as possible.
Q 1. Which of the following cannot be seated at either end?
(a) C
(b) D
(c) F
(d) Cannot be determined
Level: Difficult
Answer: C
Q 2. Which of the following pairs cannot be seated together?
(a) B & D
(b) C & F
(c) D & G
(d) E & A
Level: Difficult
Answer: D
Q 3. Which of the following pairs cannot occupy the seats on either side of B?
(a) F & D
(b) E & G
(c) D & E
(d) None of these
Level: Easy
Answer: B
Q 4. What can be the position of C from the right side?
(a) Third
(b) Seventh
(c) Third or Seventh
(d) Cannot be determined
Level: EasyShow Answer & Explanation
Answer: C
Most Important Blood Relation Question for CAT
Question 3: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Six friends—Alok, Bheem, Chandar, Devdas, Earl and Ferguson are sitting on a bench facing in thesame direction. Chandar is sitting between Alok and Earl;. Devdas is not at the end. Bheem is sittingto the immediate right of Earl. Ferguson is not at the right end.
Q 1. Who is to the immediate right of Ferguson?
(a) Devdas
(b) Alok
(c) Either Devdas or Alok
(d) Cannot be determined
Level: Moderate
Answer: A
Q 2. How many persons are there to the left of Chandar?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
Level: Difficult
Answer: C
Q 3. Who is fourth from the left end?
(a) Alok
(b) Chandar
(c) Bheem
(d) Cannot be determined
Level: Moderate
Answer: B
Q 4. Who is at the left end?
(a) Ferguson
(b) Alok
(c) Bheem
(d) Cannot be determined
Level: Difficult
Q 5. Which of the following is sitting to one side of Devdas?
(a) Ferguson-Earl
(b) Ferguson-Bheem
(c) Ferguson-Chandar
(d) None of these
Level: Moderate
Answer: D
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Question 4: Amudha, Bharatan, Chandran, Dhinesh, Ezhil, Fani and Gowtham are seven people in a town. Any pair of them could either be strangers, acquaintances, or friends. All relationships are mutual. For example, if Amudha is a friend of Bharatan, then Bharatan is also a friend of Amudha. Similarly, if Amudha is a stranger to Bharatan, then Bharatan is also a stranger to Amudha.
The following additional facts are also known.
1. Amudha, Bharatan, and Chandran are mutual strangers.
2. Amudha, Dhinesh, and Fani are Ezil's friends.
3. Chandran and Gowtham are friends.
4. Every friend of Amudha is an acquaintance of Bharatan, and every acquaintance of Bharatan is a friend of Amudha.
5. Every friend of Bharatan is an acquaintance of Amudha, and every acquaintance of Amudha is a friend of Bharatan
Q 1. Who are Gowtham’s acquaintances?
A. Dhinesh, Ezhil and Fani
B. Amudha, Dhinesh and Fani
C. Bharatan, Dhinesh and Ezhil
D. Amudha, Bharatan and Fani
Level: Easy
Answer: A
Q 2. Which of these pairs share the same type of relationship?
A. (Amudha, Gowtham) and (Ezhil, Fani)
B. (Bharatan, Chandran) and (Dhinesh, Ezhil)
C. (Chandran, Ezhil) and (Dhinesh, Gowtham)
D. (Bharatan, Ezhil) and (Fani, Gowtham)
Level: Moderate
Answer: D
Q 3. Who is an acquaintance of Amudha?
A. Dhinesh
B. Fani
C. Gowtham
D. Ezhil
Level: Easy
Answer: A
Q 4. Who is an acquaintance of Chandran?
A. Dhinesh
B. Fani
C. Ezhil
D. Bharatan
Level: Moderate
Answer: B
Q 5. How many friends does Ezhil have?
Level: Moderate
Answer: 3
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