A girl said, 'The woman in the picture is the mother of my father's son.' Who is the woman?
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The woman is described as the mother of that son. The boy's mother is also the girl's mother in the intended nuclear-family relationship. Therefore the woman in the picture is the girl's Mother, making option B correct. Sister is wrong because a sister is a sibling, not the mother of the father's son. Aunt is wrong because no sibling of either parent is mentioned. Grandmother is wrong because that relation is one generation above the mother. The verified chain is: girl → father → father's son (brother) → his mother (the girl's mother). Reversing the final link confirms that the woman has a direct mother-child relationship with the father's son and is therefore the speaker's mother.
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Blood Relation in Logical Reasoning tests the ability to understand family relationships between people. Questions involve identifying the relationship between two members of a family based on given clues. Common relationships include father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, and niece. It is asked in SSC, Bank PO, and Railway exams.
Tips to solve Blood Relation questions: Draw a family tree diagram, Use symbols (plus for male, minus for female), Start from the reference person, Trace relationships step by step, Be careful about gender (maternal/paternal). Practice 20-30 questions daily to master this topic for competitive exams.
Types of Blood Relation questions: Direct questions (A is B father, what is B to A?), Coded relations using symbols like + - * /, Sitting arrangement with relations, Series-based family relations, and Gender-based confusion questions. SSC CGL, IBPS PO, and RRB exams commonly ask these types.
Maternal relations are from the mother side: maternal uncle (mama), maternal aunt (mausi), maternal grandfather (nana), maternal grandmother (nani). Paternal relations are from the father side: paternal uncle (chacha/tau), paternal aunt (bua), paternal grandfather (dada), paternal grandmother (dadi). Distinguishing these is key to solving Blood Relation problems.
Common mistakes in Blood Relation questions: Assuming gender when not given, Confusing maternal and paternal relations, Not drawing a proper family tree, Misinterpreting coded symbols, Rushing without reading all clues. Always draw a family tree and verify the final relationship to avoid errors in competitive exams.