Questions on Blood Relations focus on testing the ability of a student to identify different family relationships. It is very important that one has a clear understanding of various terms used to describe family relationships. The test-taker is expected to work out a relationship between people from the information given in the question.
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Typical terms used in Blood Relations
rnThe relations can be classified in the following way:
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Classification according to generation
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1st Generation
rnGrandfather, Grandmother
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2nd Generation
rnMother, Father, Uncle, Aunt
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3rd Generation
rnSelf, Sister, Brother, Sister-in-law, Brother-in-law, Cousin
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4th Generation
rnSon, Daughter, Nephew, Niece
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5th Generation
rnGrandson, Granddaughter
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Additionally, all relatives on one’s father’s side are paternal relatives and all relatives on one’s mother’s side are maternal relatives.
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Typical blood relations questions
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The relationship between two people is given through a roundabout route, relating them to other people. One has to go through a series of relationships between the two people in the question. The relationships can just be as a simple statement or as a statement made by another person.
rnCertain codes are used to describe different relationships and then a “statement” is given relating people using these codes. On the basis of the interpretation of the codes, the relationship between the people should be established.