Any relation in the world which either by birth or by marriage is called a Blood Relation.
Ex: Any relation by birth will be mother, father, son, daughter, etc. and any relation by marriage will be father-in-law, mother-in-law, etc.
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Types of Questions on Blood Relation
Over the years, the standard and type of questions which are being asked from the blood relation topic have seen a slight turn. Initially, the questions used to be less complex and statement or dialogue-based, but with the increased competition, the variety of questions being asked have also changed.
Being one of the most common concepts from which questions are asked in exams, given below are the different ways in which the blood relation questions may be asked in the competitive exams, for the assistance of candidates:
- Dialogue/ Conversation Based – In such questions, one person describes his/her relation with another person (this may or may not be related to the person with whom the conversation is being made).
- Based on Puzzles – To make the questions complex, blood relation questions are also being asked in the form of a puzzle. A piece of brief information about multiple people being interrelated is given and sub-questions based on the same may be asked.
- Coding-Decoding – The relationship between two people may be denoted using symbols. This has become a common method of asking blood relation questions in competitive exams, nowadays.
There also are a few things which need to be kept in mind while solving the blood relation questions. Given below are few such important pointers:
- You cannot assume the gender of the person based on the name
- If the statement says X is the son of Y, the gender of Y cannot be determined unless mentioned in the question
- In puzzle based questions, a web of relations can be formed, so do not solve such questions in a haste
- These questions are scoring and easy to solve, so do not panic if the question seems lengthy
- In case of coding-decoding blood relation, use a pictorial description to solve the question. This will make the symbols and relation more clear
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Let us now move on to solving a few sample questions to get a better understanding of the concept.
