Puzzle Solving Questions with Answers in English

Puzzle Questions and Answers with Solutions

Direction (22-26): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it: 

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 n 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. 

Q.22. Who stays in locality Q?

(A) A

(B) B

(C) C

(D) E

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Q.23. What is E’s occupation?

(A) Business

(B) Engineer

(C) Lawyer

(D) Doctor

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Q.24. Age wise who among the following lies between A and C?

(A) Lawyer

(B) Doctor

(C) Cloth merchant

(D) Engineer

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Q.25. What is B’s occupation?

(A) Business

(B) Engineer

(C) Lawyer

(D) Doctor

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Q.26. What is C’s occupation?

(A) Doctor

(B) Lawyer

(C) Engineer

(D) Business

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Solution(22 to 26)

Solution

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 and A a factory owner. So, B is the lawyer and stays in locality S. C, the 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 and engineer.

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 sequence is : B > D > C > E > A.

22. (a) : A stays in locality Q.

23. (b) : E is an engineer.

24. (d) : E lies between A and C. E is an engineer.

25. (c) : B is a lawyer.

26. (a) : C is a doctor.