Puzzle Test Reasoning Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
Eight friends Manoj, Neeru, Ombir, Vipin, Willy, Xevier, Yacoub and Zampa attend symposiums on different months of the year viz. March, June, October and November, such that not more than two friends attend their symposiums in each of the months. Symposiums can be held on either 10th or 27th day of the month.
No two symposiums can be held on the same day. Willy and Neeru attend the symposiums on the same month. There are three symposiums held between the symposiums of Xevier and Ombir. Willy does not attend their symposium in November. Zampa attends his symposium immediately after Neeru. Vipin attends his symposium in the month of November. The number of friends who attend their symposiums between the symposiums of Yacoub and Zampa is the same as the number of friends who attend their symposiums between the symposiums of Neeru and Vipin. Xevier does not attend the symposium on October. Willy attends his symposium before Neeru.
Which of the following friends attends his symposium on 27th March?
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5e8d58ca9f12670c56e62930Eight friends Manoj, Neeru, Ombir, Vipin, Willy, Xevier, Yacoub and Zampa attend symposiums on different months of the year viz. March, June, October and November, such that not more than two friends attend their symposiums in each of the months. Symposiums can be held on either 10th or 27th day of the month.
No two symposiums can be held on the same day. Willy and Neeru attend the symposiums on the same month. There are three symposiums held between the symposiums of Xevier and Ombir. Willy does not attend their symposium in November. Zampa attends his symposium immediately after Neeru. Vipin attends his symposium in the month of November. The number of friends who attend their symposiums between the symposiums of Yacoub and Zampa is the same as the number of friends who attend their symposiums between the symposiums of Neeru and Vipin. Xevier does not attend the symposium on October. Willy attends his symposium before Neeru.
- 1Willyfalse
- 2Neerufalse
- 3Manojfalse
- 4Xeviertrue
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 4. "Xevier "
Q:Direction :Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Six friends M, N, O, P, Q and R live in a six- storey building. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 6. Q lives neither on the top floor nor on the bottom. There are two persons between the floors on which P and Q live. Only one floor is there between M and N. The floor on which R lives is below the floor on which Q lives. The floor of O is just above the floor on which N lives.
How many floors are there between R and Q?
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5e97fa1d6c81a33ea7b9fa69Six friends M, N, O, P, Q and R live in a six- storey building. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 6. Q lives neither on the top floor nor on the bottom. There are two persons between the floors on which P and Q live. Only one floor is there between M and N. The floor on which R lives is below the floor on which Q lives. The floor of O is just above the floor on which N lives.
- 1Onetrue
- 2Twofalse
- 3Threefalse
- 4Nonefalse
- 5Can't be determinedfalse
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Answer : 1. "One "
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. Which of the statements above is superfluous?
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607d0876c91527511d8aac4e(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. Which of the statements above is superfluous?
- 1(iv)false
- 2(iii)false
- 3(v)false
- 4(ii)false
- 5Niltrue
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Answer : 5. "Nil"
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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Since all the statements are required to analyse the given data, none of them is superfluous.
Q:Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are seated in a linear row, some of them are facing North while others are facing South. H sits second to the left of E, who sits at an end of the row. D sits to the immediate right of A, who faces the South. C sits second to the left of D, who faces the same direction as E. H, who is not an immediate neigh bour of A, faces the opposite direction of E. F, who is not a neigh bour of E or H, faces the opposite direction of C. B faces the South. G sits second to the right of B. E and G face the same direction. C and D do not face the same direction. E and G does not sit adjacent to each other.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Find the one that does not belong to the group.
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64d2294590a003851dda283aEight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are seated in a linear row, some of them are facing North while others are facing South. H sits second to the left of E, who sits at an end of the row. D sits to the immediate right of A, who faces the South. C sits second to the left of D, who faces the same direction as E. H, who is not an immediate neigh bour of A, faces the opposite direction of E. F, who is not a neigh bour of E or H, faces the opposite direction of C. B faces the South. G sits second to the right of B. E and G face the same direction. C and D do not face the same direction. E and G does not sit adjacent to each other.
- 1C – Ffalse
- 2D - Afalse
- 3B – Htrue
- 4F – Cfalse
- 5A – Gfalse
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Answer : 3. "B – H "
Q:Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
Sagar sells mobiles of seven different companies viz., Samsung, HTC, Lenovo, Intex, Micromax, Nokia and Oppo starting from Monday and ending on Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. Sagar sold HTC on Monday. He sold only three mobiles between HTC and Samsung. He does not sell any mobile between the day he sold Samsung and Lenovo. He sold only two mobiles between Lenovo and Oppo. He sold Micromax mobiles the day immediately before the day he sold Oppo mobiles. He sold Intex on one of the days after Oppo but not on Sunday.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
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5e74936ae96e066c5a7a5002Sagar sells mobiles of seven different companies viz., Samsung, HTC, Lenovo, Intex, Micromax, Nokia and Oppo starting from Monday and ending on Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. Sagar sold HTC on Monday. He sold only three mobiles between HTC and Samsung. He does not sell any mobile between the day he sold Samsung and Lenovo. He sold only two mobiles between Lenovo and Oppo. He sold Micromax mobiles the day immediately before the day he sold Oppo mobiles. He sold Intex on one of the days after Oppo but not on Sunday.
- 1Nokia—Fridaytrue
- 2Samsung—Thursdayfalse
- 3Micromax—Mondayfalse
- 4Intex—Wednesdayfalse
- 5Oppo—Tuesdayfalse
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Answer : 1. "Nokia—Friday "
Q:Directions: Study the information carefully and answer the following questions:
A building has eight floors from 1 to 8 in such a way that ground floor is numbered 1, the above floor is
numbered 2 and so on. The top most floor is numbered 8. Eight persons G, P, M, R, Q, A, D and C are staying each on one of these floors. A is staying on floor 6. There is a gap of three persons between G and R. C is staying on the topmost floor. Neither P nor M is staying on the floor 5. Q is staying middle of P and M. R is staying on the floor 1. M is not an immediate neighbour of G.
If all persons are arranged in alphabetical order such as A occupies floor 1 then who will occupy floor 5?
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5fdb3343b025f97e01955165A building has eight floors from 1 to 8 in such a way that ground floor is numbered 1, the above floor is
numbered 2 and so on. The top most floor is numbered 8. Eight persons G, P, M, R, Q, A, D and C are staying each on one of these floors. A is staying on floor 6. There is a gap of three persons between G and R. C is staying on the topmost floor. Neither P nor M is staying on the floor 5. Q is staying middle of P and M. R is staying on the floor 1. M is not an immediate neighbour of G.
- 1Gfalse
- 2Qfalse
- 3Rfalse
- 4Mtrue
- 5Pfalse
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Answer : 4. "M"
Q:Directions: Study the following information to answer the questions.
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing 6 people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1 P, Q, R, S, T, and U are seated and all of them are facing south. In row-2 A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all facing North. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the outer row.
S sits third to right of Q, either S or Q sits an extreme end of line. The one who faces Q sits second to right of E. Two people sits between B and F. Neither B nor F sits at an extreme end of the line. The immediate end of line.
The immediate neighbour of B faces the person who sits third to left of P, R and T are immediate neighbours of the each other. C sits second to the left of A. T does not face the immediate neighbour of D.
Who amongst the following sits at the extreme ends of the rows?
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5fdb3af2055cee7a9b5f949aS sits third to right of Q, either S or Q sits an extreme end of line. The one who faces Q sits second to right of E. Two people sits between B and F. Neither B nor F sits at an extreme end of the line. The immediate end of line.
The immediate neighbour of B faces the person who sits third to left of P, R and T are immediate neighbours of the each other. C sits second to the left of A. T does not face the immediate neighbour of D.
- 1S, Dfalse
- 2Q, Afalse
- 3U, Ffalse
- 4Q, Efalse
- 5P, Dtrue
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Answer : 5. "P, D"
Q:Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Eight friends A, B, C, D, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while the other four sit in the middle of each side. The ones who sit at the four corners face outside while those who sit in the middle of the sides face inside.
C is an immediate neighbor of A, who faces the center. W sits second to the left of C. Y sits fourth to the left of W. Two persons sit between Y and D (either from left or right). C is not an immediate neighbor of D. B sits second to the right of D. X sits second to the right of B.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Who among the following does not belong to that group?
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64df514680ef1e74b4f6a7dbC is an immediate neighbor of A, who faces the center. W sits second to the left of C. Y sits fourth to the left of W. Two persons sit between Y and D (either from left or right). C is not an immediate neighbor of D. B sits second to the right of D. X sits second to the right of B.
- 1Zfalse
- 2Wfalse
- 3Dtrue
- 4Cfalse
- 5Yfalse
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