Puzzle Test Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: There are five friends A, B, C, D and E. Two of them are businessmen while the other three belong to different occupations viz. medical, engineer and legal. One businessman and the lawyer stay in the same locality S, while the other three stay in three different localities P, Q and R. Two of these five persons are Hindus while the remaining three come from three different communities viz. Muslim, Christian and Sikh. The lawyer is the oldest in age while one of the businessmen who runs a factory is the youngest. The other businessman is a cloth merchant and age-wise lies between the doctor and the lawyer. D is a cloth merchant and stays in locality S while E is a Muslim and stays in locality R. The doctor is a Christian and stays in locality P, B is a Sikh while A is a Hindu and runs a factory.
What is B's occupation?
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607d13f4efac5e514ca913cc- 1Engineerfalse
- 2Businessfalse
- 3Doctorfalse
- 4Lawyertrue
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Answer : 4. "Lawyer"
Explanation :
A is a Hindu, B is a Sikh, E is a Muslim. Now, the doctor is a Christian and D is a cloth merchant. So, C is a Christian and D is a Hindu.
II.) D stays in locality S. E stays in locality R. Now, one businessman i.e. D and the lawyer stay in S. C is a doctor, stays in locality P. Clearly, A stays in locality Q.
III.) Clearly, A is a factory owner, B is a lawyer, C is a doctor, D is a cloth merchant and E is an engineer.
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IV.) B, the lawyer, is oldest. A, the factory owner, is the youngest. D, the cloth merchant lies between doctor and lawyer i.e. B and C in age.
So, age wise sequences: B > D > C > E > A. Hence, B is a lawyer.
Q:Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven friends Sushil, Gaurav, Mahesh, Chandan, Rajiv, Anil and Lalit have different hobbies, viz. Travelling, Reading, Dancing, Painting, Cooking, Singing and Riding , but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them belongs to a different city, viz. Delhi , Mumbai, Agra, Banglore, Hyderabad, Lucknow and Kanpur, but not necessarily in the same order. Sushil belongs to Hyderabad. Chandan likes Riding . The person who likes Cooking is from Mumbai. The person who like Dancing is from Lucknow. Anil does not belong to Lucknow, Mumbai, Delhi or Banglore. Anil does not like Singing, Reading or Painting. Gaurav does not belong to Agra, Mumbai, Delhi or Banglore. Gaurav does not like Painting, Travelling, Reading or Singing. Mahesh does not like Cooking and he is not from Banglore or Delhi. Neither Chandan nor Lalit belongs to Delhi. Sushil does not like Reading. The person from Agra likes singing.
Which of the following combinations is true according to the given information?
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5ea7b77ac8dec64c00960750Seven friends Sushil, Gaurav, Mahesh, Chandan, Rajiv, Anil and Lalit have different hobbies, viz. Travelling, Reading, Dancing, Painting, Cooking, Singing and Riding , but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them belongs to a different city, viz. Delhi , Mumbai, Agra, Banglore, Hyderabad, Lucknow and Kanpur, but not necessarily in the same order. Sushil belongs to Hyderabad. Chandan likes Riding . The person who likes Cooking is from Mumbai. The person who like Dancing is from Lucknow. Anil does not belong to Lucknow, Mumbai, Delhi or Banglore. Anil does not like Singing, Reading or Painting. Gaurav does not belong to Agra, Mumbai, Delhi or Banglore. Gaurav does not like Painting, Travelling, Reading or Singing. Mahesh does not like Cooking and he is not from Banglore or Delhi. Neither Chandan nor Lalit belongs to Delhi. Sushil does not like Reading. The person from Agra likes singing.
- 1Sushil -Travelling -Hyderabadfalse
- 2Mahesh - Dancing - Lucknowfalse
- 3Rajiv - Reading - Kanpurfalse
- 4Chandan – Riding -Bangloretrue
- 5All are truefalse
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Answer : 4. "Chandan – Riding -Banglore"
Q:Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven students of a school. Each of the studies in different standards from Standard IV to Standard X not necessarily in the same order. Each of them has favorite subject is English, Science, History, Geography, Mathematics, Hindi and Sanskrit not necessarily in the same order. Q studies in VII Standard and does not like either Mathematics or Geography. R likes English and does not study either in V or IX. T studies in VIII Standard and likes Hindi. The one who likes Science studies in X Standard. S studies in IV Standard. W likes Sanskrit. P does not study in X Standard. The one who likes Geography-studies in V Standard.
Which of the following combination of student-standard-subject is correct?
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5e96c2cce21aa617f1dce3e2- 1T-VIII-Mathematicsfalse
- 2Q-VII - Geographyfalse
- 3W - VII - Sanskritfalse
- 4V-X-Sciencetrue
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 4. "V-X-Science "
Q:Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight members are seated in two rows containing four members in each row. In the first row A, B, C, and D are seated and all of them facing the north direction whereas in the second row P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them facing the south direction. Members of the both rows facing towards each other. They all play different games Cricket, Hockey, Polo, Football, Volleyball, Chess, Kabaddi and Wrestling but not necessarily in the same order.
1- B sits second to the right of A, one of the neighbour of A is facing the person who plays Kabaddi.
2- P sits second to the right of Q and facing D.
3- The person who plays Polo is just opposite to the person who plays Chess and they both are not at any of the ends.
4- B neither play Hockey nor sits at the corner.
5- One of the neighbour of D likes Cricket and facing the person who plays football.
6- The person who plays Volleyball sits second to the left of the person who plays Wrestling.
Who is seated immediate right of D?
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609d22ba8cf832661da7bb4cEight members are seated in two rows containing four members in each row. In the first row A, B, C, and D are seated and all of them facing the north direction whereas in the second row P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them facing the south direction. Members of the both rows facing towards each other. They all play different games Cricket, Hockey, Polo, Football, Volleyball, Chess, Kabaddi and Wrestling but not necessarily in the same order.
1- B sits second to the right of A, one of the neighbour of A is facing the person who plays Kabaddi.
2- P sits second to the right of Q and facing D.
3- The person who plays Polo is just opposite to the person who plays Chess and they both are not at any of the ends.
4- B neither play Hockey nor sits at the corner.
5- One of the neighbour of D likes Cricket and facing the person who plays football.
6- The person who plays Volleyball sits second to the left of the person who plays Wrestling.
- 1Btrue
- 2Cfalse
- 3Afalse
- 4Cannot be determinedfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 1. "B"
Q: (i). There is a group of five persons – A, B, C, D and E.
(ii). One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocated.
(iii). Three of them – A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them – B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv). The industrialist and D and A are friend to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v). The horticulturist is C`s brother.
Who is an industrialist?
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607d16b0efac5e514ca9245b(ii). One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocated.
(iii). Three of them – A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them – B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv). The industrialist and D and A are friend to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v). The horticulturist is C`s brother.
Who is an industrialist?
- 1Cfalse
- 2Efalse
- 3Dfalse
- 4Btrue
- 5Afalse
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Answer : 4. "B"
Explanation :
A prefers tea. So, from (iv), the industrialist and D prefer coffee. But, from (iii), B and the journalist prefer coffee. So, B is the industrialist and D is the journalist.
Now, A, C and advocate remain. Clearly, E is the advocate.
The horticulturist is C's brother. It can be only A. C is a physicist.
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Hence, B is an industrialist
Q:Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U were born in three different months May, September and November, on two different dates- 9 and 16 not necessarily in the same order. P was born after R but not on the same date as that of R. Number of persons born before S is equal to the number of persons born after T. Q and U were born in the same month. T was born in a month having even number of days. Two persons were born between R and T.
Who was born immediately before R?
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64f73e55be8effb95d606ffb- 1Pfalse
- 2Qfalse
- 3Sfalse
- 4Tfalse
- 5No onetrue
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Answer : 5. "No one"
Q:Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
Eight persons Milan, Naina, Ora, Pratik, Qamar, Rajesh, Sabira and Tanu belonging to different cities, viz Dehradun, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Mathura, Ludhiana, Jodhpur, Patna and Bhopal, but not necessarily in the same order, went to Lucknow to attend an awareness programme to reduce pollution in our country. Each had a different specialisation, viz Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing, Technology, Choreography and Acting, but not necessarily in the same order.
Milan and Naina have specialisation either in Technology or in Acting. Pratik does not have specialisation in Marketing and Rajesh does not have specialisation in Science. Sabira does not have a specialisation in Literature or Science. Ora is from Ludhiana and he has specialisation in Designing. Neither Rajesh nor Sabira has specialisation in Marketing or Technology. One who is from Chandigarh has specialisation in Choreography. One who is from Mathura has specialisation in Literature and one who is from Dehradun has specialisation in Science. Sabira and Tanu belong either to Patna or to Kanpur. Milan and Sabira do not belong to Bhopal and Patna respectively. One who belongs to Jodhpur has specialisation in Acting. Qamar is from Chandigarh.
The person with a specialisation in Literature comes from which of the following cities?
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5eb01d16caa4f678cf75c098Eight persons Milan, Naina, Ora, Pratik, Qamar, Rajesh, Sabira and Tanu belonging to different cities, viz Dehradun, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Mathura, Ludhiana, Jodhpur, Patna and Bhopal, but not necessarily in the same order, went to Lucknow to attend an awareness programme to reduce pollution in our country. Each had a different specialisation, viz Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing, Technology, Choreography and Acting, but not necessarily in the same order.
Milan and Naina have specialisation either in Technology or in Acting. Pratik does not have specialisation in Marketing and Rajesh does not have specialisation in Science. Sabira does not have a specialisation in Literature or Science. Ora is from Ludhiana and he has specialisation in Designing. Neither Rajesh nor Sabira has specialisation in Marketing or Technology. One who is from Chandigarh has specialisation in Choreography. One who is from Mathura has specialisation in Literature and one who is from Dehradun has specialisation in Science. Sabira and Tanu belong either to Patna or to Kanpur. Milan and Sabira do not belong to Bhopal and Patna respectively. One who belongs to Jodhpur has specialisation in Acting. Qamar is from Chandigarh.
- 1Dehradunfalse
- 2Bhopalfalse
- 3Ludhianafalse
- 4Mathuratrue
- 5Other than these optionsfalse
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Answer : 4. "Mathura"
Q:Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven persons were born in different years i.e. 1953, 1963, 1968, 1976, 1990, 1993, 1998. 2019 is the base year for measuring the age of all persons. Not more than two persons were born before P. One person was born between V and S and none of them have even numbered age. There are as many persons were born before U as after Q. Difference between the age of T and S is not less than 20 years. T was born before Q and after R. Either P or U have odd numbered age.
Which of the following pair of combination is true?
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603f156be759ac364c8f6a7fSeven persons were born in different years i.e. 1953, 1963, 1968, 1976, 1990, 1993, 1998. 2019 is the base year for measuring the age of all persons. Not more than two persons were born before P. One person was born between V and S and none of them have even numbered age. There are as many persons were born before U as after Q. Difference between the age of T and S is not less than 20 years. T was born before Q and after R. Either P or U have odd numbered age.
- 1P- 29false
- 2Q-26true
- 3R-56false
- 4S-43false
- 5None is truefalse
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