Reasoning Puzzles Booklet 50 Sets of Puzzles for IBPS Clerk Mains

Reasoning Puzzles Booklet 1. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each one of them has a different profession viz. Driver, Dentists, Lawyer, Professor, Farmer, Accountant, Shop Keeper and Physician. The Physician sits third to right of G. C is an immediate neighbor of G. Lawyer sits second to right of C. B sits third of H. H is neither Physician nor an Lawyer. Only one person sits between C and the Accountant. A and F are immediate neighbors of each other. Neither A nor F is a Physician. Driver sits second to right of A. Two people sit between D and the Dentists. D is not a Physician. Professor is not an immediate neighbor of the Physician. Farmer sits second to left of A. Solution:

2. Seven players A, B, C, D, E, F and G from India from seven different states – Assam, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra are participate in the Olympics games but not necessarily in the same order. All of them participate in seven different games, viz Badminton, Archery, Wrestling, Hockey, Golf, Gymnastics and Shooting, but not necessarily in the same order. The one who participates in Wrestling does not belong to Andra Pradesh. D is from Telangana and he does not participate in Hockey. The one who is from Tamil Nadu participates in Badminton. The one who is from Tamil Nadu participates in Badminton. The one who is from Rajasthan does not participate in Hockey or Golf. A is from Maharashtra. G is from Assam and participates in Gymnastics. C participates in Shooting but he is neither from Odisha nor from Andra Pradesh. B participates in Archery and E participates in Wrestling. Solution: Player A B C D E F G

States Maharashtra Andrha Pradesh Rajasthan Telangana Odisha Tamil Nadu Assam

Game Hockey Archery Shooting Golf Wrestling Badminton Gymnastics

3. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees of an organization working in three departments viz. Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three choice of sports from football, cricket, volleyball, badminton, lawn tennis, basketball, hockey and table tennis not necessarily in same order. D works in Administration and does not like either football or cricket. F works in Personnel with only A who likes table tennis. E and H do not work in the same department as D. C likes hockey and does not work in Marketing. G does not work in Administration and does not like either cricket or badminton. One of those who work in Administration likes football. The one who likes volleyball works in Personnel. None of those who work in Administration likes either badminton or lawn tennis. H does not like cricket.

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet Solution: Person Departme nt Sports

A Personn el Table Tennis

B Administrati on

C Administrati on

D Administrati on

E Marketi ng

Football

Hockey

Basket Ball

Cricket

F Personn el Volley Ball

G Marketi ng Lawn Tennis

H Marketin g Badmint on

4. At a conference, four phDs specializing in different domains are seated in a row of four chairs left to right, each of a different colour. Each person has chosen to drink a unique drink (from tea, juice, cold-drink and energy drink). The following information is provided: A. The PhD in English is seated one the red chair. B. The PhD in Physics drinks juice. C. The PhD in Anthropology is seated on the first seat on the left. D. The PhD seated on the second seat from the right drinks cold drink. E. The PhD in Mathematics drinks tea. F. Juice is drunk by the person sitting on the blue chair. G. The white chair is placed to the right to the red chair. H. The chair colours are: white, blue, red and yellow Solution: Subject Chair colour Drink of choice Chair number Anthropology Yellow Energy Drink 1 Physics Blue Juice 2 English Red Cold Drink 3 Mathematics White Tea 4 5. A man has six sons A, B, C, D, E and F, who stay in four metro cities. They work in different companies, viz Infosys, Twitter, Tata, Google, Walmart and Facebook but not necessarily in the same order. D stays in Mumbai and works with Google. Those who stay in Kolkata work with Twitter and Walmart. One of the two Mumbaiars works with Facebook. The one who works with Infosys lives in Chennai. F does not live in Chennai. A works with Tata. B works with Twitter. E works with Walmart. Solution:

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6. Seven participants F, B, G, A, D, C and E from seven different states, viz Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tripura, Assam, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, but not necessarily in the same order, participate in a dance competition. All of them perform seven different folk dances, viz Bagurumba, Sammi, Panthi, Garba, Hojagiri, Kalbelia and Yakshagana, but not necessarily in the same order. The one who performs Panthi does not belong to Punjab. B is from Tripura and does not perform Garba. The one who is from Assam performs Bagurumba. The one who is from Karnataka performs neither Garba nor Hojagiri. F is from Gujarat. D is from Rajasthan and performs Kalbelia dance. G performs Yakshagana but he is neither from Chhattisgarh nor from Punjab. A performs Sammi and E performs Panthi. Solution:

7. Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table at equal distance from each other, but not necessarily in the same order. All of them are wearing clothes of different brands – Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Peter England, Flying Machine, Newport, Park Avenue, Mufti and FabIndia, but not necessarily in the same order. P is third to the left of the person who is wearing clothes of FabIndia brand. One who is wearing Newport clothes is seated between those two persons who are wearing Peter England and FabIndia clothes while the person who is wearing Newport clothes sits opposite S. U sits second to the left of V and does not wear Flying Machine or Van Heusen clothes. T is not the immediate neighbour of S, who is wearing Allen Solly. The one who is wearing Mufti clothes sits to the immediate left of P. There are three persons between P and R, who is wearing Flying Machine clothes. The person who is wearing Park Avenue clothes is second to the right of T. V sits to the immediate right of S, who is not wearing Flying Machine or Park Avenue clothes. S is not immediate neighbour of T or P. The person who is wearing Peter England is not immediate neighbour of V or T. An immediate neighbour of Q is wearing Van Heusen clothes but that person is not W. W and T are sitting together.

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8. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular area of equal distances between each other, but not necessarily in the same order. Some of the people facing the centre while some face outside (ie in a direction opposite the centre). Note: Facing the same direction means if one faces the centre then the other also faces the centre and vice versa. Facing opposite direction means if one person faces the centre then the other faces outside and vice versa. G sits second to the right of D. D faces the centre. H sits second to the left of G. H is an immediate neighbour of both C and E. F sits second to the left of E. A sits second to the left of F. H sits second to the left of B. A sits second to the left of C. H faces the same direction as E. B sits third to the right of A. Solution:

9. Ten sportsmen Sushil Kumar, Gagang Narang, Abhinav Bindra, Vijendar Singh, Sandeep Tomar, Jitu Rai, Vikas Gowda, Arun Kumar, Shiva Thapa and Vijay Kumar are travelling by ten different airlines to ten different destinations. The airlines are Air India, Air Asia, Vistara, Jet Airways, Go Air, Spicejet, Indigo, Truejet, Tajair and Easy Air. The ten destinations are China, Japan, Netherland, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Australia, France, Argentina and Poland, but not necessarily in the same order. Gagang Narang is travelling to Japan. Sandeep Tomar is travelling by Go Air and going to Germany. The person travelling by Easy Air is going to Poland. Vikas Gowda is travelling by Indigo. Shiva Thapais travelling to Argentina. Arun Kumar is travelling to France. Jitu Rai is travelling to Ireland by Spicejet. Vijendar Singh is travelling by Jet Airways to Spain. Neither Sushil Kumar nor Gagang Narang is travelling by Tajair. Shiva Thapa is not travelling by Air India or Air Asia. Sushil Kumar travels neither by Air India nor by Truejet. The person who travels to Netherland is using Vistara. Sushil Kumar is travelling to China. Abhinav Bindra is travelling by Vistara and Arun Kumar by Truejet. Solution:

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10. Seven persons Ishan, Ishana, Ishit, Ishir, Ishat, Ishrat and Ishwar belong to seven different states, viz Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Haryana, Manipur, Odisha and Sikkim but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them uses a different sim, viz Airtel, BSNL, Reliance, Aircel, Docomo, Vodafone and Idea but not necessarily in the same order. Ishana uses neither Airtel nor Idea. Ishir belongs to Maharashtra. Ishit belongs to Karnataka and uses Aircel. Ishat and Ishrat do not hail from Haryana. The one who hails from Haryana uses BSNL. Neither Docomo nor Airtel used by Ishir. Ishana hails from Manipur. The one who uses Idea is either from Sikkim or from Manipur. Ishrat does not like Airtel or Docomo. Ishan uses Reliance, Ishwar is not from Odisha. Solution: Person State Sim Ishan Assam / Odisha Reliance Ishana Manipur Docomo Ishit Karnataka Aircel Ishir Maharashtra Vodafone Ishat Assam / Odisha Airtel Ishrat Sikkim Idea Ishwar Haryana BSNL 11. Eight family members, viz. Ella, Ema, Emily, Edward, Erica, Evelyn, Esther and Erin are sitting around a circular table, facing towards the centre, but not necessarily in the same order. Evelyn is not an immediate neighbour of Ema, who is third to the right of Erica. Ella is not the person who sits between Esther and Erica. Erin and Emily are not immediate neighbours of Esther, who is not an immediate neighbour of Ema. Edward is not an immediate neighbour of Erin or Esther but is third to the right of Esther. Solution:

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet 12. Swati, Suman, Sangeeta, Shailja, Sarika and Surbhi are six friends. They have their accounts with different banks. Two of those banks are ICICI and SBI. They live in five sectors of Dwarka, viz V, VI, VII, VIII and IX. Two of them live in the same sector. Swati has an account with Canara Bank and she lives in Sector VII. Shailja has no account with South Indian Bank and she lives in sector IX. Suman has account neither with South Indian Bank nor with ICICI and she does not live in sector V or VIII. The person who has an account with UCO bank lives in sector VIII. Sarika does not live in sector VI or VIII. Surbhi has an account with Bank of India and she lives in the sector in which Suman lives. Solution: Name Swati Suman Sangeeta Shailja Sarika Surbhi

Bank Canara Bank SBI UCO ICICI South Indian Bank of India

Sector VII VI VIII IX V VI

13. A group of people has six family members and an advocate. These are Jany, June, Jade, Jemy, Joule, Jass and Jenn and having different professions. Each one of them is a Journalist, House wife, Advocate, Businessman, Architect, Doctor and Pilot but not necessarily in this order. There are three males and three females in the family out of which there are two married couples. June is a businessman and is the father of Joule. Jass is a doctor and grandfather of Joule who is a male. Jade is a housewife and is daughter-in-law of Jemy. Jany is neither a pilot nor a journalist. Jenn is an advocate. Jade is not the mother of Joule and June is married but not to Jemy. No lady is a journalist. Solution:

14. Seven different boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G of different colours viz., Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Pink and Orange are arranged one above the other. The box at the bottom of arrangement is numbered 1, the above box is numbered 2 and so on. B is immediately above E. More than two boxes are above the Green box. The Yellow box

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet is immediately below A. Only one box is between the Green box and F. G is immediately above the Pink box. Only one box is between B and the Red box. Only two boxes are between the Red and the Orange box. Only two boxes are between the Yellow box and the Green box. The blue box is neither at the top nor at the bottom of the arrangement. B is above Red box. C is immediately above F. Neither C nor G is a Yellow box. G is not a Green box. Solution: Position Box Colour 7

C

Purple

6

F

Orange

5

B

Blue

4

E

Green

3

G

Red

2

A

Pink

1

D

Yellow

15. Six exams Maths, science, History, Economics, English and Hindi are to be scheduled starting from 2nd March and ending on 8th march wit Sunday being an off day, not necessarily in the same order. Each of the exam has different time duration: 40 mins, 50 mins, 60 mins, 75 mins, 90 mins and 100 mins, again not necessarily in the same order. 8th March is not Sunday and an exam of 40 mins is scheduled on that day. Maths exam is for less than 60 mins and is scheduled immediately before English exam. There are two exams scheduled between Hindi exam which is for 100 mins and History exam which is for 60 mins. English exam is before Sunday and there are two days between Sunday and Maths exam. Economics exam which is for 75 mins is not scheduled on 2ndmarch. The exam schedules on Saturday is of 100 mins. Solution: Date Day Exam Time Duration 2nd March Wednesday History 60 mins 3rd March Thursday Maths 50 mins 4th March Friday English 90 mins 5th March Saturday Hindi 100 mins 6th March Sunday Off Off 7th March Monday Economics 75 mins 8th March Tuesday Science 40 mins 16. P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y, Z are sitting around a circle facing centre but not necessarily in the same order. The husband of Z is sitting second to the right of Q who is sitting between two males. X sits second to the left of the daughter of S. X is the sister of Y. X is not an immediate neighbour of Z's husband. Only one person sits between P and X. P is the father of Y. S who is brother of Z sits to the immediate left of his mother. Only one person sits between Z's mother and W. Only one person sits between Z and Y. Y is mother of R. Y is not an immediate neighbour of W. Solution:

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17. Arti, Baby, Chandni, Dolly, Esha, Falguni, Gopi and Himani are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The one who sits at the four corners face the centre of the table while those who sit in the middle of the sides faces outside. Each of them likes a different subject – Mathematics, Hindi, English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History and Geography. (None of the information given is necessarily in the same order). Chandni sits third to the left of the person who likes Geography.The one who likes Geography faces outside.There are only two persons sit between Chandni and Himani. Dolly sits on the immediate left of the one who likes Physics. Gopi does not likes Physics. Esha likes History. Esha is not immediate neighbour of Arti. The person who likes Hindi is an immediate neighbour of Esha. The person who likes Biology is an immediate neighbour of Falguni. The one who likes Mathematics sits in the immediate right of Himani.The one who likes Chemistry sits second to the right of Gopi. G is neither an immediate neighbour of Himani nor Chandni. Gopi does not like Geography. There is only one person sits between Arti and the one who likes Chemistry. Solution:

18. Seven persons namely Paramjit, Tarun, Morya, Jeeva, Vaani, Ram and Waqar are good friends and are studying in M.Com, M.A. and M.Sc courses. Three are doing M.Com, two are in M.A. and another two are in M.Sc. Each of them has a very distinct and favorite color choice ranging from blue, red, yellow, white, black, pink and brown but not necessarily in the same order. None doing M.Com like either red or black. Morya is doing M.A. and he likes blue. Ram is doing M.Sc and likes brown. Jeeva is doing M.Com and likes yellow. Paramjit who does not like red is in the same discipline of Ram. Tarun is in the same discipline of Morya. Vaani does not like pink.

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet Persons Courses Colors Jeeva

M.Com Yellow

Vaani

M.Com White

Waqar

M.Com Pink

Morya

M.A.

Blue

Tarun

M.A.

Red

Ram

M.Sc.

Brown

Paramjit M.Sc.

Black

19. B, M, T, R, K, H and D are travelling in a train compartment with III-tier sleeper berth. Each of them has a different profession of Engineer, Doctor, Architect, Pharmacist, Lawyer, Journalist and Pathologist. They occupied two lower berths, three middle berths and two upper berths. B, the Engineer is not on the upper berth. The Architect is the only other person who occupies the same type of berth as that of B. M and H are not on the middle berth and their professions are Pathologist and Lawyer respectively. T is a Pharmacist. D is neither a Journalist nor an Architect. K occupies same type of berth as that of the Doctor. Solution: Persons B M T R K H D

Profession Engineer Pathologist Pharmacist Architect Journalist Lawyer Doctor

Berth Lower Upper Middle Lower Middle Upper Middle

20. There are six candidates Ritu, Kanika, Monika, Neha, Ishita and Pooja plaing an oline game, sitting around a circular table. All are facing the centre and have secured different positions, ie 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, but not necessarily in the same order.       

One who secured the third position is the neighbour of the candidates having first and fifth positions. Neha is to the immediate right of Monika and second to the left of Pooja. The candidate who secured the fourth position is on the immediate right of Ishita. Pooja and Ishita sit together. The candidate who secured the fourth position sits second to the left of Monika. There are two candidates between Monika and the one who secured the 3rd position. Kanika is second to the left of the candidate who secured the 2nd position.

Solution:

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21. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. D is second to the left of F and third to the right of H. A is second to the right of F and on immediate neighbour of H. C is second to the right of B and F is third to the right of B. G is not an immediate neighbour of F. Solution:

22. There are six houses F, G, H, I, J and K. Three houses are located on each side of the road. All the houses are painted in different colours viz, Violet, Blue, Brown, Magenta, Yellow and Black. The houses are of different heights.      

G, the tallest house, is exactly opposite the Violet house. The shortest house is exactly opposite the Brown house. F, the Magenta house, is located between K and H. I, the Yellow house, is exactly opposite K. J, the Brown house, is exactly opposite F. K, the Black house, is taller than I, but shorter than H and J.

Solution:

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet 23. Five friends Luke, Michael, Presto, Quinn and Russell like five different types of watches, viz Titan, Sonata, Q&Q, HMT and Fastrack, five different type of cars, vizWagonR, Alto, Santro, Swift and Micra and also five different types of pens, vizLinc, Reynolds, Parker, Cello and Montex.     

Quinn likes WagonR but does not like Parker or HMT. Luke likes Sonata and Reynolds but he does not like Micra. Michael likes Micra and Q&Q. Russell likes Santro and Cello. The person who likes WagonR also likes Fastrack. Linc pen is liked by the person who likes Swift and HMT.

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24. Seven people, Peter, Questa, Ramona, Samuel, Timothy, Ursula and Vivian have a seminar, but not necessarily in the same order, in seven different months (of the same year), namely January, February, March, June, August, October and December. Each of them also likes a different fruit, namely Banana, Grapes, Papaya, Orange, Mango, Litchi and Apple, but not necessarily in the same order. Ramona has a seminar in a month which has less than 31 days. Only two people have a seminar between Ramona and Samuel. The one who likes Banana has a seminar immediately before Samuel. Only one person has a seminar before the one who likes Papaya. Questa has a seminar immediately after the one who likes Papaya. Only three people have a seminar between Questa and the one who likes Mango. Timothy likes neither Mango nor Papaya. Peter has a seminar immediately before Timothy. Vivian likes Apple. The one who likes Grapes has a seminar in the month which has less than 31 days. The one who has a seminar in March does not like Orange. Solution:

25. P, R, T, V, X, Z, Q and U are sitting in a straight line facing north but not necessarily in the same order. Only four people sit between P and U. P sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. Z sits second to the right of U. V sits

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet third to the left of Q. Q is not an immediate neighbour of Z. T and X are immediate neighbours. Neither T nor X is an immediate neighbour of Q. T does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. Solution: The seating arrangement is: X T U V Z R Q P 26. Smith, John, Chris, Cruise, Tom, Cook and Jordan live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered seven. Each one of them also likes different games namely. Snooker, Badminton, Chess, Ludo, Cricket, Hockey and Polo (but not necessarily in the same order.) Only three people live between John and Tom. John lives on one of the floors above Tom. Tom does not live on the lowermost floor. Only one person lives between John and the one who like Chess. The one who likes Polo lives on one of the even numbered floors above the one who like Chess. Only two people live between Jordan and the one who likes Chess. The one who likes snooker lives immediately above Jordan. Smith live immediately above Cook. Smith does not like Chess. The one who likes Ludo lives on one of the odd numbered floors below Cook. Jordan does not like Ludo. Cruise lives on one of the Floors above Chris. Only one person lives between the one who likes Cricket and the one who likes Hockey. Cruise does not like Cricket. Jordan does not like Badminton. Solution:

27. Diana, Freida, Jessica, Penty, Kunis, Stone and Pinto are seven friends having different professions, viz HR, Lawyer, Operator, Shopkeeper, Businessman, Teacher and Doctor. Each of them has a different choice of food, viz Pizza, Pasta, Biryani, Paneer Tikka, Manchurian, Chow Mein and Dosa, but not necessarily in the same order. Freida does not like Manchurian or Biryani. Penty is an Operator. Jessica is a Lawyer and likes Dosa. The one who is a Shopkeeper likes Chow Mein. Diana likes Pizza but is not an HR. Stone likes Pasta and is a Doctor. The one who likes Manchurian is a Businessman. Pinto does not like Chow Mein and is not a Businessman. Freida likes Chow Mein. Kunis is not an HR. Pinto is not an Operator and does not like Dosa or Manchurian. Solution:

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28. Eight friends, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Y are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit at the four corners face the centre while those who sit in the middle of the sides face outside. S sits third to the right of P, P faces the centre. Y is not an immediate neighbour of P or S.T sits third to the right of R. R does not sit in the middle of any of the sides and also R is not an immediate neighbour of Y. Only one person sits between P and V. Q is not an immediate neighbour of V. Solution:

29. P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and X are seated in a straight line facing North but not necessarily in the same order. P sits fourth to the right of X. Either P or X sit at the extreme ends of the line. Q and V are immediate neighbours of each other but none of them is an immediate neighbour of X and P. Only one person sits between V and S. Only two people sit between S and T. The seating arrangement is such that W never sits at any of the positions towards the left of Q. W is not an immediate neighbour of P. Solution: The arrangement is: V Q S X W T R P (all are facing north). 30. P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight friends studying in three different engineering colleges - A, B and C in three disciplines - Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics with not less than two and not more than three in any college. Not more than three of them study in any of the three disciplines. W studies Electrical in college B with only T, who studies Mechanical. P and Z do not study in college C and study in the same discipline but not Electrical. R studies Mechanical in college C with V, who studies Electrical. S studies Mechanical and does not study in the same college where R studies. Q does not study Electronics. Solution:

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31. Eight persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-I W, X, Y and Z are seated and all of them facing south while they are experts in 4 different games Sudoku, Chess, Carom and Snooker (one of each). In row-II L, M, N and O are seated and all of them are facing north while they are expert in 4 different games Football, Badminton, Tennis and Polo (one of each). Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessary in the same order) X is seated second to the right of the person who plays Chess. Y is seated opposite to the person who plays Badminton, who is seated second to the left of O. M is seated immediate left of the person who plays Tennis. W is seated immediate right of the person who plays Snooker. The person who plays Football is seated opposite to X. L is seated opposite to the person who plays Sudoku but not at the end. Solution:

32. L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table but not facing the centre. N is second to the right of M. M is fourth to the left of P. Q and L are not immediate neighbors of M. Q is third to the left of L. S is not an immediate neighbor of L. R is not on the immediate left of L. Solution:

33. Ethan has developed a multi-browser software in which he can open seven different browsers and can kept them in the form of a stack. He is surfing seven different websites in seven different browsers viz – Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, IE, Torch and Maxthon. The seven different websites are Facebook, Google, Twitter,

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet Amazon, Flipkart, Youtube and Wikipedia. The window which is on the front of the screen is the topmost tab. There are three windows between the Safari and Opera browsers. IE and Torch browsers are running in the top and bottom window. Amazon and Twitter are open in the windows which are below the window in which Torch browser is running but not in the bottom window. There are two windows between the window in which Ethan is surfing Amazon and the window in which Firefox browser is running. Wikipedia is open in Maxthon browser. The window in which Ethan is surfing Google is just above the window in which Opera browser is running. There are two windows open between the window in which Chrome browser is running and the window in which Flipkart is open. Google is not open is Firefox browser. Youtube is open in the topmost window. Solutions:

34. Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G live in a seven-storey building. The bottom floor is numbered 1 and the floor above it is numbered 2 and so on, the topmost floor is numbered 7. All the persons are working in different companies, viz TCS, infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HCL, L&T and Oracle but not necessarily in the same order. • C li es o the third floor ut does ot ork i TCS. • B does ot ork i i fosys. The o e ho orks i Ora le li es i ediately elo the perso ho orks i Te h Mahi dra. • F orks i Wipro ut he does ot li e o a e e u ered floor. • The floor on which A lives is immediately above the floor on which B lives. A does not work in TCS. • The o e ho orks i L&T li es i ediately elo the o e ho orks i i fosys. • D li es o floor u er 6. Neither A or E orks i HCL. • G orks i Te h Mahi dra a d li es o the top ost floor. • The o e ho orks in TCS does not live above the person who works in infosys.

35. Ten persons L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in two rows with five persons in each row. The persons in row one are facing south and the persons in row two are facing north. Each person in row one faces a person from the other row. All of them like a different color, viz Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, White, Black, Brown, Orange, Pink and Sky, but not necessarily in the same order. The persons who like White and Pink colors sit opposite each other. Q sits opposite L, who likes Red color. The one who likes Blue color sits opposite the one who likes Brown color. U is not facing north but sits third to the left of R, who likes Blue color. There is only one person between M and N. P sits at one of the ends of the row and likes Pink color. The one who likes Brown color is on the immediate right of O, who does not like Sky color. The persons who like Green and Yellow colors respectively are not facing

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet north. N likes Black color. The one who likes Yellow color sits opposite the one who is second to the right of M. T does not like Sky color. P sits opposite the one who sits second to the left of the one who likes Green color. Solution:

36. Seven MR boys Arnav, Abhilash, Aashish, Abhishek, Aman, Abhinav and Avinash go to seven different hospitals, viz AIIMS, PGIMER, Apollo, Medanta, JIPMER, SGPGI and Manipal on four different days – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday – of a week but not necessarily in the same order. At least one boy but not more than two boys go to hospital on each day. Abhishek goes to Medanta on Sunday. Abhinav goes to Manipal alone. The one who goes to JIPMER does not go with Aman or Abhilash. Abhilash goes on Thursday and he does not go to Apollo. Avinash does not go to SGPGI. Aashish goes on Thursday. The person who goes to Apollo goes with the person who goes to AIIMS. The boy who goes to SGPGI goes on Sunday. Arnav goes on Saturday and goes to JIPMER. Solution: Persons Arnav Abhilasha Aashish Abhishek Aman Abhinav Avinash

Hospitals JIPMER AIIMS Apollo Medanta SGPGI Manipal PGIMER

Days Saturday Thursday Thursday Sunday Sunday Tuesday Saturday

37. Eight workers L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing outward. They are working in four companies, viz TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL. Two persons are working in each company. Note: Facing the same direction means if one person faces the centre then the other person also faces the centre and if one person faces outward then the other person also faces outward. Facing opposite directions means if one person faces the centre then the other person faces outward and vice versa. ֜ N sits third to the left of S, who works in Wipro, and both are facing the same direction. ֜ R sits on the immediate right of M, who works in TCS. ֜ N and M are not facing the same direction but N is an immediate neighbor of P, who is fourth to the left of R ֜ P and R both are facing opposite directions but both work in same company. ֜ Those who work in TCS sit adjacent to each other but face opposite directions. ֜ The persons, who work in Infosys sit opposite each other. ֜ The immediate neighbours of P are not facing outward. ֜ The person who works in Wipro is an immediate neighbour of the both persons who work in HCL. ֜ O and Q are immediate neighbours of S. ֜ O is not facing the centre and works in HCL. ֜ The one who is on the immediate left of Q is not facing the centre. Q sits second to the right of N. Solution:

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38. 12 people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In 1st row – A, B, C, D, E and F are seated but not necessarily in the same order and all of them are facing south. In 2nd row – M, N, O, P, Q and R are seated but not necessarily in the same order and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. The one who faces B sits third to the left of P. P does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. M sits second to the left of P. The one who is facing N sits third to the right of A. N does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between A and C. E is an immediate neighbor of neither C nor B. The one who is facing Q sits second to the left of F. F does not face R. Solution:

39. Eight captains of different cricket teams, viz India, Australia, West Indies, South Africa, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, are sitting of two parallel rows containing four captains each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent captains. In row 1 A, B, C and D are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2 P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore in the given seating arrangement each captain seated in a row faces another captain of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessarily represent the order of seating as in the final arrangement.) C sits second to right of the captain of Pakistan. R is an immediate neighbour of the captain who faces the captain of Pakistan. Only one captain sits between R and the captain of South Africa. The immediate neighbour of the captain of South Africa faces the captain of West Indies. The captain of India faces the captain of England. R is not the captain of England. P is not the captain of South Africa. P does not face the captain of Pakistan. Q faces the captain of New Zealand. The one who faces S sits to the immediate left of A. B does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The captain of Pakistan does not face the captain of Australia. Solution:

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40. Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on separate floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of these is working in a different company, viz TCS, infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HCL, Mphasis and ORACLE but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which A lives. Only one person lives between A and the one working in Mphasis. F lives immediately below the one working in infosys. The one working in infosys lives on an even numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones working in Mphasis and Wipro. E lives immediately above C. E is not working in Wipro. Only two people live between B and the one working in HCL. The one working in HCL lives below the floor on which B lives. The one working in TCS does not live immediately above or immediately below B. D does not live immediately above or immediately below A. G does not work in Tech Mahindra. Solution: Floor People Company

7 D Tech Mahindra

6 B Wipro

5 G Oracle

4 A Infosys

3 F HCL

2 E Mpahsis

1 C TCS

41. Seven friends, namely, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S, play seven different sports, namely Cricket, Football, Badminton, Tennis, Hockey, Kabaddi and Volleyball, not necessarily in the same order, starting from Monday to Sunday (of the same week). Q plays a sport on Thursday. Only one person plays the sport between Q and the one who plays Hockey. M plays sport immediately after the one who plays Hockey. Only three people play the sport between M and the one who plays Badminton. Only two people play the sport between the one who plays Badminton and R. The one who plays Volleyball plays the sport before R but after Thursday. More than two people play the sport between the one who plays Volleyball and O. The one who plays Cricket plays the sport immediately before the one who plays Kabaddi. The one who plays Tennis plays immediately before N. S does not play the sport on Tuesday. Solution: Days Friends Sports

Monday O Cricket

Tuesday P Kabaddi

Wednesday S Badminton

Thursday Q Tennis

Friday N Volleyball

Saturday R Hockey

Sunday M Football

42. Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit in middle of the sides face the centre while those who sit at the four corners face outward (ie opposite the centre). ֜ C sits third to the right of D. ֜ D sits in the middle of one of the sides of the table. ֜ Only three people sit between C and H. ֜ Only one person sits between H and G. ֜ E is one of the immediate neighbours of G. ֜ Only three people sit between E and B. ֜ A sits second to the right of B. Solution:

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43. A, B, C, D, E and F live on different floors in the same building. All of them like different color viz. Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink and Brown but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it number 2, and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 6. B lives on an even-numbered floor and does not like Blue or Green color. Only two people live between the floors on which B and F live. D lives on the floor immediately above the floor on which C lives. D does not live on an odd-numbered floor and lives immediately below that of one who likes Red color. A does not live on the floor immediately above or immediately below the floor on which E lives. A does not live on the lower-most floor, i.e. floor number 1. D likes Pink color. A likes Brown color. Solution: 1 E Green/Blue

2 B Yellow

3 C Green/Blue

4 D Pink

5 F Red

6 A Brown

Floor Person Colour

44. Eight persons from different countries – India, USA, China, Russia, Germany, France, Japan and Canada, – are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 M, N, O and P are seated and all of them are facing north. In row 2, W, X, Y and Z are seated and all of them are facing south. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement, each member is seated in a row facing another member of the other row. ֜ O sits second to right of the person from Canada. Y is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces the person from Canada. ֜ Only one person sits between Y and the person from Russia. The immediate neighbour of the person from Russia faces the person from China. ֜ The person from India faces the person from France. Y is not from France. P is not from Russia. W does not face the person from Canada. ֜ X faces the person from Germany. The one who faces Z sits on the immediate left of M. ֜ N does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The person from Canada does not face the person from USA. Solution: Y(India)

Z(Japan)

X(Russia)

W(USA)

P(France)

N(Canada)

M(Germany)

O(China)

֝ Facing South

֛ Facing North

45. A, B, C, D, E, F and G are members of a sports club and have liking for different games, viz Carrom, Table Tennis, Badminton, Bridge, Hockey, Football and Lawn Tennis but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has a liking for different musical instruments, viz Sitar, Guitar, Harmonium, Flute, Tabla, Banjo and Santoor, not necessarily in the same order. B likes Carrom and Banjo. E likes to play Bridge but not Harmonium or Tabla. The one who plays Hockey plays Sitar. F plays Guitar but not Table Tennis or Lawn Tennis. A plays Badminton and Flute. The one who plays Lawn Tennis does not play Tabla. C plays Harmonium and G plays Hockey. Solution:

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46. Eight colleagues, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them holds a different post–Manager, Company Secretary, Chairman, President, Vice President, Group Leader, Financial Advisor and Managing Director. A sits third to the right of the Managing Director. Only two people sit between the Managing Director and H. The Vice President and the Company Secretary are immediate neighbours. Neither A nor H is a Vice President or a Company Secretary. The Vice President is not an immediate neighbour of the Managing Director. The Manager sits second to the left of E. E is not an immediate neighbour of H. The Manager is an immediate neighbour of both the Group Leader and the Financial Advisor. The Financial Advisor sits third to the -right of B. B is not the Vice President. C sits on the immediate right of the Chairman. A is not the Chairman. F is not an immediate neighbour of A. G is not an immediate neighbour of the Manager. Solution:

47. P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a club. Each of them has a favourite sport from—Chess, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton, Basketball and Carrom, not necessarily in the same order. Each of them also has a specific choice of colour from—Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Grey, Black and White, not necessarily i the sa e order. R likes Gree a d his fa ourite sport is Bad i to . V’s hoi e of olour is either Red or Bla k. T’s fa ourite sport is either Ta le Te is or Basket all. The o e ho likes Blue does ot like Carrom. The o e ho likes Volley all does ot like Yello a d Grey. Q’s fa ourite sport is La Te is a d he likes Bla k. S likes White. W likes Basketball. P likes Volleyball. T likes Blue. The one who likes Basketball does not like Grey. Solution:

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Reasoning Puzzles Booklet 48. Eight executives B, G, H, K, D, F, T and V are working in three departments Engineering, Systems and Marketing of the organization and are posted at different places viz. Chennai, Kozikode, Kolkata, Ranchi, Patna, Bhopal, Nagpur and Hyderabad not necessarily in the same order. At least two and not more than three executives work in any of the three departments. G works in Engineering department at Chennai. H is posted in Ranchi but not in Systems department. No one from Marketing department is posted in Hyderabad. The only other person in same department as that of G is posted in Kolkata. D is posted in Hyderabad and F in Kozikode. V is not posted in Kolkata and works in the same department as that of D. B and T both work in Marketing department. The one who works in Marketing is not posted in Bhopal. T is not posted in Nagpur. Solution:

49. Eight members A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H belonging to three families X, Y, Z go for weekend outing in three different Cars I, II, III. Four out of eight members are females. Members of any one family travel in different cars. Each car has atleast one male and one female members. Each family has atleast two members. A belongs to family Y and he travels in Car III. D is wife of E and they travel in Cars I are II, respectively. H is son of B who is wife of G and they belong to family Z. C is daughter of F who is wife of A. C travels in car II. G does not travel with F. Solution: Person Family Cars Gender

A Y III Male

B Z III Female

C Y II Female

D X I Female

E X II Male

F Y I Female

G Z II Male

H Z I Male

50. Seven friends namely, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S attend different language classes namely, French, English, Spanish, Sanskrit, Chinese, German and Japanese, not necessarily in the same order, from Monday to Sunday (of the same week). M attends a class on Friday. Only two people attend classes between M and the one who is learning Sanskrit. R attends a class immediately before P, Neither R nor P is learning Sanskrit. Only one person attends a class between R and the one who is learning Spanish. The one who is learning Spanish does not have a class on Monday. N attends a class immediately before the one who is learning French. M is not learning French. Only one person has a class between R and Q. O is learning German. Only two people have classes between O and the one who is learning Chinese. Q is not learning Japanese. Solutions: Day Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Friends Name Q N R P M S O Language English Sanskrit French Chinese Spanish Japanese German

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