Puzzles

Directions · Q.1–5

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W were born in different years viz. 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005 but not necessarily in the same order. Base year is counted as 2021. At most one person is older to P. Two persons were born between P and V. Q was born just before V in the odd numbered year. R is 4 years older to T. W is older to U and just younger to S.

Directions · Q.9–13

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Nine boxes are arranged one above the other. More than four boxes are placed below the box G. Three boxes are placed between box G and box H. The numbers of boxes are placed above box H is same as the numbers of boxes placed below box C. Box A is placed two places above the box E which is placed just above the box I. Box F and box H are not placed adjacent to each other. Box B is placed above the box D but placed below box E.

Directions · Q.27–31

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Seven persons from M-S live in seven storey building and belongs to different countries viz. Italy, Canada, Germany, China. Spain, India and Brazil but not necessarily in the same order. The bottom most floor is numbered as 1 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered as 7. S lives two floors above the one who belongs to Brazil and live on prime numbered floor. More than two floors gap between S and the one who belongs to Canada. N belong to Spain and lives three floors below the one who belongs to Canada. O lives just above the one who belongs to Italy. The numbers of persons live below M as same as live above R who lives just below P. The one who belongs to China lives just above the one who belongs to India.

Directions · Q.16–20

Read the given information carefully and answer the questions based on it: Seven persons teaches different subjects in a university. They teach in different months of a year. The months are from January to July. The subjects are philosophy, humanities, science, medicine, commerce, journalism and pharmacy. The persons are A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The information of persons and subjects is not used in the same manner as given. Two persons teach after the one who teaches science. B teaches in the month having even number of days before the one who teaches science. F teaches four months before the one who teaches journalism. Two months gap between F and A who does not teach in June. D teaches medicine just after G. The one who teaches pharmacy, teaches before C but after the one who teaches humanities. Commerce is taught in the month of 31 days.

Directions · Q.27–31

Read the given information carefully and answer the questions based on it: Ten persons live on different floors of a ten-floor building where floors are numbered as 1 to 10 from bottom to top respectively. Less than three persons live above P. Five persons live between P and B. S lives just above B. Number of floors above E and below S are same. M lives three floors above A. Two floors gap between M and W. U lives above O but below Q.

Directions · Q.36–40

Read the given information carefully and answer the questions based on it: Seven persons were born in different years but on same date and in same month. Their ages (in years) are calculated as per base year 2023. The persons are M, N, O, P, Q, R and T but not born in the same sequence as given. The years are 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2014. T is 4 years older to R. Q is 2 years younger to P. Two persons were born between Q and M. N’s age is not a square number.

Directions · Q.25–29

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Six persons- P, Q, R, S, T and U are working in an office (but not necessarily in the same order) at different designations such as MD, CEO, CFO, CRO, HR and Manager. The designations are given in decreasing order such that the MD is the senior-most designation and Manager is the junior most designation. Each of them belongs to different cities- Mathura, Surat, Indore, Haridwar, Kanpur and Agra but not necessarily in the same order. Q is two persons senior to the one who belongs to Surat. As many persons are senior to Q as junior to T. The one who belongs to Indore is two persons junior to T. P belongs to Haridwar and is immediately junior to the one who belongs to Mathura. U is two persons junior to the one who belongs to Kanpur but senior to R. T doesn’t belong to Agra.

Directions · Q.36–40

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Eight persons- A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are attending the event in four different months- January, February, March and April on two different dates either on 2nd or 7th of the same month of the year 2023 but not necessarily in the same order. Only one person attends the event on each date of every month. A attends the event in the month which has even number of days. Only four persons attend the event between A and B. The number of persons attending the event before A is one less than the number of persons attending the event after C. C attends the event two persons before F. Only two persons attend the event between F and G. H attends the event before E and after D who doesn’t attend the event immediately after F.

Directions · Q.11–15

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Ten persons D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L and M were born on two different dates 3 and 28 in the months of January, March, April, May and September in the same year, but not necessarily in the same order. No two persons were born on the same date of the same month. H was born on an odd number date in the month having even number of days. Two persons were born between H and G who was born before H. As many persons were born before G as after J. Three persons were born between G and I who was born after G. L was born on 28th of May. There is a gap of three months between L and E. D and K were born in the same month and D is older than K. As many persons were born before E as after M. M is not the eldest person.

Directions · Q.21–25

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Seven persons J, K, L, M, N, P, and Q were born in seven different months March, April, May, June, July, August, and September but not necessarily in the same order. They like different animals Lion, Tiger, Rabbit, Dog, Cat, Squirrel, and wolf but not necessarily in the same order. N was born in July and does not like Lions and Tigers. P who likes Dogs, was born in August. There's one person born between N and M. M does not like Tigers. Q was born in a month which has an even number of days. There is more than one person between P and Q. K, who likes cats, was born before Q. J was born after those who like rabbits and Lions. J likes Wolves and was born before the one who likes dogs. Q does not like Tiger or Lion.

Directions · Q.31–35

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. There are Eight boxes C, D, E, F, H, I, J, and K placed in a stack one above the other but not necessarily in the same order. Box number 1 is on the bottom-most and box eight is on the top-most of the stack. Box D is placed on an odd-numbered stack but not on the bottom-most stack. There are three boxes between D and E. Box F is positioned two boxes above box I. Box F is located on an even-number stack but not on stack number four. Box F is two stacks below box K. Box J is immediately above box H. There are two boxes between box J and box C. Box C is below box D.

Directions · Q.1–5

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Ten persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y buy gifts (not necessarily in the same order) in January, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, and December of a same year to their friends. Q buys a gift in the month which has an even number of days. Two persons buy gifts between Q and P who buys gift after Q. The number of persons buy gifts before P is same as the number of persons buy gifts after X. X buys a gift four persons before V. S buys a gift in the month of May and two persons after R. P buys a gift immediately before Y. Two persons buy gifts between Y and U. There is a gap of four months between Q and T.

Directions · Q.21–25

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Six boxes- B, D, F, H, J, and L are kept one above another in the stack. The lowermost box is numbered as one and the topmost box is numbered as six. The boxes are of different games – Hockey, Ludo, Cricket, Polo, Chess and Football. All the information is not necessarily in the same order. Box L is of cricket and is kept three stacks below Box D. Box D is not kept at the top-most stack. Box which is two stacks below Box D, is of Hockey. Box H is three stacks above the Box which is of Hockey. Box H is of chess. Box F is of Polo and not kept at an even number of stacks. The Box which is of Ludo is kept three stacks above Box F. Box J is kept immediately above Box B.

Directions · Q.28–32

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. There are Eight persons – O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V working in an Engineering College in different designations, but not necessarily in the same order. The designations are Chairman, Vice Chairman, Principal, Vice Principal, HOD, Professor, Assistant Professor, and Lecturer where the chairman is the senior-most designation and the lecturer is the junior-most designation. As many persons are senior to S as junior to V. T is senior to O but is not Vice-chairman and vice principal. R is HOD in the college. There are two designations between R and S. U is not principal but senior to S. Three designations are between S and O. P is four designation seniors to Q who is not the professor.

Directions · Q.4–8

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Eight persons G, H, I, J, K, L, M and N are working in a company, but not necessarily in the same order. Their designations are Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), Vice President of Marketing (VPOM), Senior Project Manager (SPM), Marketing Manager (MM), Project Coordinator (PC), Marketing Assistant (MA), Junior Associate (clerk) The designations follow a hierarchical sequence, with CEO being the senior most and Junior Associate (clerk) being the junior most. M is senior to more than four designations but he is not CEO. Three designations are between M and the designation of L. L is junior to J but not K. Designation of N is Marketing Manager. N is senior to H. G is junior to J whose designation is not Vice President of Marketing. G is not senior to I whose designation is not CEO. More than four persons are between M and K.

Directions · Q.22–26

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Six boxes – A, B, C, D, E, and F – are kept one above another in a stack in different shelves. The lowermost shelves numbered as one, and the topmost shelves is numbered as six. The boxes are of different colors: Orange, Blue, Yellow, White, Green, and Brown, but not necessarily in the same order. Box A is above the box which is of white color. The number of boxes above the green-colored box is the same as below the yellow-colored box. There are two boxes between Box E and the box which is of brown color. One box is placed between the brown-colored box and the green-colored box, which is not kept at the bottom. One box is between Box E and Box C. Box B is white-colored and is not the topmost box. The number of boxes above the white-colored box is one less than the number of boxes below the blue-colored box. Either Box E or Box C is blue-colored. Box F is immediately above Box B. Box E is placed above the brown colored box.

Directions · Q.1–5

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Seven persons – L, M, N, O, P, Q, and R are staying on different floors of a seven-storey building, but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor is numbered as 1, and the floor immediately above it is numbered as 2, and so on. They belong to seven different countries: USA, Italy, India, Canada, Germany, Russia and Ukraine, but not necessarily in the same order. N lives somewhere above P and O but lives on an even-numbered of floor. Only two people live between N and R. Neither P nor O is just above or just below R’s floor. Q belongs to Italy and lives on a prime numbered floor. Q neither lives topmost floor nor the fifth floor. Two people live between the one who belongs to Italy and the one who belongs to the USA. The one who belongs to Ukraine lives just above the one who belongs to Canada. The one who belongs to Ukraine does not live on the seventh floor. P does not belong to Canada but lives below the one who belongs to the USA. M lives above the one who belongs to USA. M does not belong to India or Russia. One who belongs to India lives above the one who belongs to Canada. L lives on an odd number of floors. Q does not live immediate below N.

Directions · Q.11–15

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Ten boxes- H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are kept one above another in different stacks (one box in each stack) but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost box is numbered as 1 and the topmost box is numbered as 10. There are three boxes placed between Box P and Box K. Box K is immediately above Box Q and below Box P. Box L is four boxes above Box Q. The number of boxes above Box Q is the same number of boxes below Box I. The difference between the Stack number of Box P and Box K is the Stack in which Box O is placed. Box J is kept in an even number stack above Box O. As many boxes are placed above Box J is same as below Box N. Box J is below Box M.

Directions · Q.20–24

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Seven people E, F, G, H, I, J and K were born in seven different years but not necessarily in the same order. Their age is measured from 2023 and they were born in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988 1990 and 1992 but not necessarily in the same order. The age of J is the prime number but less than F whose age is 41 years. The sum of J and H is LCM of 10 and 7. K was born in a leap year but his age is not divisible by 3 or 5. E was born after G but before I. The sum of the ages of E and I is 66.