Puzzle Test Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight persons viz : Daniel, Ibrahim, Fana, George, Hiccup, Ishan, Jack and Kelvin live in on different floors of eight floor building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1, first floor of the building is numbered 2 and the topmost floor of the building is numbered 8. They are specialized in the different subjects in the state university viz Biotechnology, Physics, Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Humanities, History, and Geography but not necessarily in the same order.
The one who lives on fourth floor is specialized in Mathmatics. Daniel lives on odd numbered floor but above 3rd floor. The number of person between Daniel and Humanities specialized per- son is same as number of person between denial and Ishan. The one who is specialized in Physics lives on lower most floor. Kelvin lives on an even numbered floor and he is specialized in History. There are two floors between Ibrahim and Hic- cup and Ibrahim lives above to Hiccup. Ibrahim is specialized in Computer Science. Jack lives just above the one who is specialized in Computer Science. Two floors between the one who is specialized in Computer Science and Mathematics. The one who is specialized in Geography lives on odd numbered floor. Four floors between the one who is specialized in Biotechnology and Jack. The one who is specialized in Computer Science lives on odd numbered floor. The number of floors between the one who is specialized in Geography and the floor on which Fana lives is same as the number of floors between Fana and George. Ishan lives below the floor on which Daniel lives. 

Denial lives on which floor? 

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    1st
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  • 2
    3rd
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    4th
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5th
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    7th
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "5th "

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Answer : 5. "Nil"
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.


A

B

C

D

E

Profession

Horticulturist 

Industrialist 

Physicist

Journalist

Advocate

Profession 

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Since all the statements are required to analyse the given data, none of them is superfluous.

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Answer : 3. "C"
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.


A

B

C

D

E

Profession

Horticulturist 

Industrialist 

Physicist

Journalist

Advocate

Profession 

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Hence, C is the physicist.

Q:

Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Eight persons Milan, Naina, Ora, Pratik, Qamar, Rajesh, Sabira and Tanu belonging to different cities, viz Dehradun, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Mathura, Ludhiana, Jodhpur, Patna and Bhopal, but not necessarily in the same order, went to Lucknow to attend an awareness programme to reduce pollution in our country. Each had a different specialisation, viz Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing, Technology, Choreography and Acting, but not necessarily in the same order.

Milan and Naina have specialisation either in Technology or in Acting. Pratik does not have specialisation in Marketing and Rajesh does not have specialisation in Science. Sabira does not have a specialisation in Literature or Science. Ora is from Ludhiana and he has specialisation in Designing. Neither Rajesh nor Sabira has specialisation in Marketing or Technology. One who is from Chandigarh has specialisation in Choreography. One who is from Mathura has specialisation in Literature and one who is from Dehradun has specialisation in Science. Sabira and Tanu belong either to Patna or to Kanpur. Milan and Sabira do not belong to Bhopal and Patna respectively. One who belongs to Jodhpur has specialisation in Acting. Qamar is from Chandigarh.

The person with a specialisation in Literature comes from which of the following cities?

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    Dehradun
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  • 2
    Bhopal
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  • 3
    Ludhiana
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  • 4
    Mathura
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  • 5
    Other than these options
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Answer : 4. "Mathura"

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