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.
Age wise who among the following lies between A and C ?
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607d1197a4edf93f617762a6- 1Doctorfalse
- 2Lawyerfalse
- 3Engineertrue
- 4Cloth merchantfalse
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Answer : 3. "Engineer"
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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Factory Owner |
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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, E lies between A and C. E is an engineer.
Q:Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eleven persons buy things one after another. Only five persons buy things after P. Three persons buy things between P and Q. R buy things after S and before T. There are as many persons buy things before U as after V. More than three persons buy things between W and X who buy things just after P. Y buy things before Z and after R. No one buy things after T. Y buy things just after V. U buys after Q.
Who among the following buy things just after U?
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5fcdf177e0414d1a4ed9b265Eleven persons buy things one after another. Only five persons buy things after P. Three persons buy things between P and Q. R buy things after S and before T. There are as many persons buy things before U as after V. More than three persons buy things between W and X who buy things just after P. Y buy things before Z and after R. No one buy things after T. Y buy things just after V. U buys after Q.
- 1Qfalse
- 2Rtrue
- 3Sfalse
- 4Tfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "R"
Q:Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions below.
Eight people- A, B, C, D, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in a circle facing the centre. All eight people are from different place i.e. Okhla, Dwarka, Lajpat Nagar, Chanakyapuri, Saket, Mehrauli, Rohini and Karol Bagh but not necessarily in the same order.
W is sitting third to the left of Y. The person who is from Dwarka is to the immediate right of W and W is not from Okhla. B is sitting fourth to the right of Z. Z is not the neighbour of Y. Neither B nor Z is an immediate neighbour of W. X is from Chanakyapuriand is sitting third to the right of the person from Dwarka. The person from Mehrauli is sitting second to the left of the person from Chanakyapuri. The person from Rohini is sitting second to the left of W. A who is Lajpat Nagar is sitting exactly between X and Z. The person from Saket is sitting second to the right of the person from Lajpat Nagar. C is sitting third to the left of X.
Which of the following statements is false according to the above-mentioned arrangement?
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64edd8a1de1aa1b70ff30b6a- 1C is to the immediate right of the Karol Baghfalse
- 2The person from Lajpat Nagar is third to the right of the person from Mehrauli.false
- 3The person from Dwarka is sitting exactly between the Karol Bagh and the Saket.true
- 4D is neither from Chanakyapurinor fromKarol Bagh.false
- 5There are only three people between A and C.false
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Answer : 3. "The person from Dwarka is sitting exactly between the Karol Bagh and the Saket."
Q:Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Nine boxes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I are kept one above the other not necessarily in the same order. Three boxes are kept between A and B. Equal number of boxes are kept above and below A. Number of boxes kept above B is same as the number of boxes kept below C. Only two boxes are kept between C and I. One box is kept between A and G, which is not kept immediate above I. No box is kept between F and D, which is not kept above F. E is placed below H, which is kept immediate below D.
Which of the following pairs represent the lowermost and the topmost box?
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64f5810de805c36ec0ee9af5- 1EFfalse
- 2EBfalse
- 3CBtrue
- 4CFfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 3. "CB"
Q:Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Eight people – Aishwarya, Kavya, Surabhi, Sangeetha, Shruthi, Swathi, Anita and Meghana were born in different years 1983, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2006 and 2012 not necessarily in the same order. Kavya’s age is a multiple of 5. Three people were born between Kavya and Meghana. Swathi is born before Kavya, but she is not the eldest person. Four people were born between Swathi and Anita, who is not the youngest person. Surabhi was born just before Aishwarya. Only one person was born between Sangeetha and Shruthi. Sangeetha is not the youngest person.
Note:
(1) All calculations are done with respect to the present year, 2021 assuming the month and date to be same as that of the years as mentioned above.
(2) Each person is assumed to born on the same date and same month of the respective years.
Who is born immediately before Surabhi?
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64df3c30ad4e6a1a0b6b7d5dEight people – Aishwarya, Kavya, Surabhi, Sangeetha, Shruthi, Swathi, Anita and Meghana were born in different years 1983, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2006 and 2012 not necessarily in the same order. Kavya’s age is a multiple of 5. Three people were born between Kavya and Meghana. Swathi is born before Kavya, but she is not the eldest person. Four people were born between Swathi and Anita, who is not the youngest person. Surabhi was born just before Aishwarya. Only one person was born between Sangeetha and Shruthi. Sangeetha is not the youngest person.
(2) Each person is assumed to born on the same date and same month of the respective years.
- 1Meghanafalse
- 2Anitafalse
- 3Swathitrue
- 4Sangeethafalse
- 5Kavyafalse
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Answer : 3. "Swathi"
Q:Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
An uncertain number of people are sitting in a row facing north and are at an equal distance between them. The number of people sitting to the left of A is the same as to the right of H. G is sitting third to the right of D, who is sitting immediate right of A.
The number of people sitting between I and F is the same number of people sitting between F and B. H is sitting four places away from E, who is not an immediate neighbour of C. Only one person is sitting between D and I, who is sitting fourth from the left end. C is sitting exactly between F and B, who is sitting immediate left of H. Two people are sitting between G and F.
What is the position of I with respect to G?
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64e86135646d8ab6ebdfd215An uncertain number of people are sitting in a row facing north and are at an equal distance between them. The number of people sitting to the left of A is the same as to the right of H. G is sitting third to the right of D, who is sitting immediate right of A.
The number of people sitting between I and F is the same number of people sitting between F and B. H is sitting four places away from E, who is not an immediate neighbour of C. Only one person is sitting between D and I, who is sitting fourth from the left end. C is sitting exactly between F and B, who is sitting immediate left of H. Two people are sitting between G and F.
- 1Sixth to the rightfalse
- 2Fifth to the lefttrue
- 3Immediate leftfalse
- 4Third to the rightfalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "Fifth to the left"
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.
Who sits second to the right of A?
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64df51bd90a003851d098434C 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.
- 1Bfalse
- 2Xfalse
- 3Yfalse
- 4Dtrue
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 4. "D"
Q:Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Five persons T, N, R, C and G went to the market on different days of a week from Monday to Friday, but not necessarily in the same order. They wore different types of cloths among Cotton, Silk, Wool, Leather and Linen. Additional information about them is given below.
Three persons went to the market between the persons who wore Cotton and Leather. T wore Silk cloth and went on one of the days after C. C did not wear Linen. Two persons went to the market between R and N. R and G did not wear Leather. The number of persons who went to the market before N is more than the number of persons went to the market after N. C did not go to the market on Monday.
Which of the following statement is false?
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64f59551aeb5164568529d01- 1R did not go on Friday.false
- 2C did not wear Leather.false
- 3One person went ot the market between the persons who wore Wool and Leather.false
- 4N went on Thursday.true
- 5C and T went to the market on consecutive days.false
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