FAMILY BASED PROBLEMS

                                            FAMILY BASED QUESTIONS
In such type of questions, clues are given regarding comparisons among a set of persons or things with respect to one or more qualities. The candidate is required to analyse the whole information, from
a proper ascending/descending sequence and then answer the given questions accordingly.Read the following information and answer the questions given below it:

There are five friends Sachin, Kunal, Mohit, Anuj and Rohan.
Sachin is shorter than Kunal but taller than Rohan.
Mohit is tallest. Anuj is a little shorter than Kunal an
little taller than Sachin.

1.Who is the shortest?
(a) Rohan (b) Sachin (c) Anuj (d) Kunal (e) None of these

2.If they stand in the order of their heights, who will be in the
middle?
(a) Kunal (b) Rohan (c) Sachin (d) Anuj (e) None of these

3.If they stand in the order of increasing heights, who will be the
second?
(a) Anuj (b) Sachin (c) Rohan (d) Kunal (e) None of these

4.Who is the second tallest?
(a) Sachin (b) Kunal (c) Anuj (d) Rohan (e) None of these

5.Who is taller than Anuj but shorter than Mohit?
(a) Kunal (b) Rohan (c) Sachin (d)Date Inadequate (e) None
Solution:
Let us denote the five boys by the first letter of their names,
namely
S, K, M, A and R.Then , R < S < K < M and S < A < K
R < S < A < K < M
Answer for 1st question is (a),Rohan is shortest.
Answer for 2nd question is (d),Anuj is in the middle.
Answer for 3rd question is (b),In the order of increasing heights
i,e shortest to tallest, Sachin is second.
Answer for 4th question is (b).Kunal is second tallest.
Answer for 5th question is (a),Kunal is taller than Anuj but shorter
than Mohit.

Read the information given below and answer the questions that
follow:
(1)There is a group of five girls.
(2)Kamini is second in height but younger than Rupa.
(3)Pooja is taller than Monika but younger in age.
(4)Rupa and Monika are of the same age but Rupa is tallest between
them.
(5)Neelam is taller than Pooja and elder to Rupa.

6.If they are arranged in the ascending order of heights, who will
be
in the third position?
(a) Monika(b) Rupa (c) Monika or Rupa (d) Date Inadequate
(e) None of these

7.If they are arranged in a the descending order of their ages, who
will be in the fourth position?
(a) Monika or Rupa (b) Kamini or Monika (b) Pooja
(d)Data Inadequate (e) None of these

8.To answer the question “who is the youngest person in the group”,
which of the given statements is superfluous?
(a) Only (1)(b) Only (2) (c) Only (5) (d) either (1) or (4)(e) None
Solution : We first find the sequence of heights
by (3) we have :M < P
by (5) we have : P < N
Now, Rupa is tallest and kamini is second in height.
So the sequence of heights is : M < P < N < K < R.
Now, we determine the age sequence
by (2) we have : K < R.
by (3) we have : P < M.
by (4) we have : R = M.
by (5) we have : R < N.
So the sequence of ages is : N < R = M < K < P or N < R = M < P <
K.
Answer for 6th question is (e), in the increasing order of heights,
Neelam is in third position.
Answer for 7th question is (e), in the descending order of ages,
Neelam will be in fourth position (because Monika and Rupa both lie
at third position).
Answer for 8th question is (a), Only statement (1) is not necessary.