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 |
Lawyer |
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Cloth merchant |
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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: In this question, a question is followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement/s are sufficient to answer the question. Read both statements and choose your answer carefully.
Question: P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are 7 people standing in a row all facing North (not necessarily in the same order). Who is standing second to the right of T?
Statements:
(I) U is standing 3rd from the right end and 2nd to the left of R.
(II) Q is standing to the immediate right of T. Q is standing 2nd to the left of P.
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649c26db1a612ce001fc7e62Question: P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are 7 people standing in a row all facing North (not necessarily in the same order). Who is standing second to the right of T?
(I) U is standing 3rd from the right end and 2nd to the left of R.
(II) Q is standing to the immediate right of T. Q is standing 2nd to the left of P.
- 1The data in both Statements (I) and (II) together are sufficient to answer the question.false
- 2The data in Statement (II) alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement (I) alone is not sufficient to answer the question.false
- 3The data in Statement (I) alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement (II) alone is not sufficient to answer the question.false
- 4The data in both Statements (I) and (II) together are NOT sufficient to answer the question.true
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Answer : 4. "The data in both Statements (I) and (II) together are NOT sufficient to answer the question."
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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Answer : 3. "D"
Q:Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have bought gifts of different costs. Each of them bought gifts of different colors i.e. Red, Orange, Blue, Yellow and Brown. Two of them bought gift of white color but not necessarily in the same order.
U bought a gift of Red color which is more expensive than the one having Blue colored gift. The person who bought gift of Blue color has more expensive gift than the one who bought Brown colored gift. P buy more expensive gift than the one who bought gift of yellow color. The one having gift of yellow color has a cost of 3k. Only three persons bought gifts which is less expensive than the one who has Brown colored gift. Brown colored gift is more expensive than 3k.
R buys a gift of 2k but not of White color. R and S does not bought the least expensive gift. Gift of Q is more expensive than that of P and less expensive than that of V. V is not having the second highest expensive gift.
Which of the following persons is having the most expensive gift?
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63dce6139e375859433994ae- 1Vtrue
- 2Tfalse
- 3The one having orange colored giftfalse
- 4The one having Blue colored giftfalse
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Answer : 1. "V"
Q:Direction: Study the following information and answer the following questions.
Five persons are working in a bank. Their designations are CEO, CFO, Manager, Clerk, and Peon. The sequence of the posts is as above i.e. CEO is the senior most and Peon is the junior most person. They have a different number of pens. No two persons have the same number of pens. Two persons are junior to T. The difference in the number of pens between Y and T is 14 and T has the least number of pens. The one who is just senior to the one who is Manager has 31 pens. V is just senior to the one who has 43 pens. There is one designation between the Manager and Y. V has 11 pens more and 9 pen more than S and M respectively. One designation lies between the one who has 31 pens and V.
How many pens does Clerk have?
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64e8b859de1aa1b70fe42adf- 140false
- 242true
- 344false
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Answer : 2. "42"
Q:Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
There are nine people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I who all live in different cities such as Mumbai, Kolkata, and Jaipur but not necessarily in the same order. Not more than three people live in the same city and at least two people live in the same city. A neither live in Mumbai nor in Kolkata. D and G are friends but live in different cities but none of them lives in Jaipur. Either H or F lives in Kolkata. B and G live in the same city but it's not Mumbai. I, E and D are friends and the two of them live in the same city. E and H live in the same city but not Mumbai.
Which of the following group will live in Kolkata?
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64ddf04e462ecdc3adb958f2- 1A, B, Efalse
- 2F, C, Hfalse
- 3A, D, Gfalse
- 4C, D, Ifalse
- 5B, G, Ftrue
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Answer : 5. "B, G, F"
Q: Given below is a question followed by two statements I and II. Read both statements carefully to decide which one of them is sufficient to answer the question Six people - K, M, N, P, Q and R are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Who sits second to the left of P?
(I) K sits to the immediate right of P. Only two people sit between P and Q. R sits second to the right of M.
(II) Only two people sit between N and M. Q is an immediate neighbour of M. Only one person sits between Q and K.
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649967bdab3c5fffc2dc8792(I) K sits to the immediate right of P. Only two people sit between P and Q. R sits second to the right of M.
(II) Only two people sit between N and M. Q is an immediate neighbour of M. Only one person sits between Q and K.
- 1Data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement I is not.false
- 2Data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is not.true
- 3Data in statements I and II together are NOT sufficient to answer the question.false
- 4Data in statements I and II together are sufficient to answer the question.false
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Answer : 2. "Data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is not."
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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