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.
What is E's occupation?
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607d09c4a4edf93f6177585cWhat is E's occupation?
- 1Engineertrue
- 2Businessfalse
- 3Doctorfalse
- 4Lawyerfalse
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Answer : 1. "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 |
Doctor |
Cloth merchant |
Engineer |
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Hindu |
Muslim |
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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 is an engineer.
Q: Conditions;
(A) There are six members in a family – A, B, C, D, E & F, including two married couples.
(B) Two of them are doctors, one is a teacher, one is a clerk & two are the artists. Both the doctors are of same gender.
(C) A & C are in the same profession.
(D) Teacher is married to a doctor & an artist is married to clerk.
(E) A is an artist & E is male doctor. Both are unmarried.
(F) F is a husband of B.
The married couples from the following are
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5d7791f9315eb75b146429a8(A) There are six members in a family – A, B, C, D, E & F, including two married couples.
(B) Two of them are doctors, one is a teacher, one is a clerk & two are the artists. Both the doctors are of same gender.
(C) A & C are in the same profession.
(D) Teacher is married to a doctor & an artist is married to clerk.
(E) A is an artist & E is male doctor. Both are unmarried.
(F) F is a husband of B.
The married couples from the following are
- 1CD and BEfalse
- 2CD and FBtrue
- 3FD and EBfalse
- 4CF and BEfalse
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Answer : 2. "CD and FB"
Q: Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F go to office on six different days of the week from Monday to Saturday. A go before Wednesday. Only two persons go between A and D. Three persons go between D and F. B goes after D. E goes before D but not immediately before D. In which of the following days C go to office?
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5fcde3a2fd6987223907ae50- 1Mondayfalse
- 2Tuesdayfalse
- 3Wednesdayfalse
- 4Thursdaytrue
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 4. "Thursday "
Q:Direction: Read the following information and answer the questions given below it:
Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field. A and B are from Nehru House while the rest belong to Gandhi House. D and F are tall while the others are short. A, C and D are wearing glasses while the others are not.
Which two students, who are not wearing glasses, are short?
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603de09fec464f505f279378Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field. A and B are from Nehru House while the rest belong to Gandhi House. D and F are tall while the others are short. A, C and D are wearing glasses while the others are not.
- 1C and Efalse
- 2B and Etrue
- 3A and Ffalse
- 4E and Ffalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 2. "B and E"
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 friends to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v) The horticulturist is C`s brother. Who is a horticulturist?
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607d1a83a4edf93f61778901- 1Bfalse
- 2Atrue
- 3Dfalse
- 4Cfalse
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Answer : 2. "A"
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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Horticulturist |
Industrialist |
Physicist |
Journalist |
Advocate |
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Tea |
Coffee |
Tea |
Coffee |
Tea |
Hence, A is a horticulturist.
Q: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Seven flights namely Jet Airways, British Airways, Delta, Quantas, Emirates, Lufthansa, Air India are scheduled to fly to London. There is only one flight to London on each of the seven days of the week, starting from Monday and ending on Sunday.
Delta flies on Wednesday. Air India flies the day next to British Air ways. British Airways does not fly on Monday or Friday. Two airlines fly between the days British Airways and Emirates fly. Emirates does not fly on Sunday. Quantas flies a day before Lufthansa.
Which of the following flights flies on Friday?
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5d89aa78019438473fb840b3Seven flights namely Jet Airways, British Airways, Delta, Quantas, Emirates, Lufthansa, Air India are scheduled to fly to London. There is only one flight to London on each of the seven days of the week, starting from Monday and ending on Sunday.
Delta flies on Wednesday. Air India flies the day next to British Air ways. British Airways does not fly on Monday or Friday. Two airlines fly between the days British Airways and Emirates fly. Emirates does not fly on Sunday. Quantas flies a day before Lufthansa.
Which of the following flights flies on Friday?
- 1Air Indiatrue
- 2Quantasfalse
- 3Emiratesfalse
- 4Lufthansafalse
- 5Jet Airwaysfalse
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Answer : 1. "Air India"
Q: Study the given information carefully and answer the given questions.
Auditions for a show were held in seven different cities of India- Chennai, Bengaluru, Cochin, Mumbai, Delhi, Bhopal and Kolkata, not necessarily in the same order, during the first seven months of the year 2011 (starting on January and ending in July). The auditions were held only in one city during a month. Auditions in only four cities were held between the Kolkata audition and the Cochin audition. The Kolkata Audition was not held in June. Only one audition was held between the Kolkata audition and the Bengaluru audition The Chennai audition was held immediately after the Kolkata audition. The Delhi audition was held immediately before the Bhopal audition. The Bhopal audition was not held in May.
The Audition in Mumbai was held in which of the following months?
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5d4bea672a4845684984c2dfAuditions for a show were held in seven different cities of India- Chennai, Bengaluru, Cochin, Mumbai, Delhi, Bhopal and Kolkata, not necessarily in the same order, during the first seven months of the year 2011 (starting on January and ending in July). The auditions were held only in one city during a month. Auditions in only four cities were held between the Kolkata audition and the Cochin audition. The Kolkata Audition was not held in June. Only one audition was held between the Kolkata audition and the Bengaluru audition The Chennai audition was held immediately after the Kolkata audition. The Delhi audition was held immediately before the Bhopal audition. The Bhopal audition was not held in May.
The Audition in Mumbai was held in which of the following months?
- 1Julyfalse
- 2Mayfalse
- 3Februaryfalse
- 4Marchfalse
- 5None of the abovetrue
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Answer : 5. "None of the above"
Q:Directions :- Read the given information carefully and answer the following questions.
There are four hostels i.e. A, B, C and D.
In hostel A: Number of boys are 120 and number of girls are 30% more than that of number of girls in
hostel B.
In hostel B: Number of boys are double than that of number of girls.
In hostel C: Number of boys are 100 more than that of boys in hostel A and total boys and girls in C is 1000.
In hostel D: Number of boys is 182 more than the number of boys in hostel A. Average of number of girls of hostel A and that of hostel D is 223.Number of boys in hostel D is 98 less that of boys in hostel B.
Total number of boys in hostel A and that of girls in hostel C is what percent more than number of boys in hostel B?
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6040af57b0e8d85dadac5569- 1100%false
- 2125%true
- 3150%false
- 4137.5%false
- 5175%false
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