PUZZLES

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:
Seven people N, K, T, B, M, W and R have their weekly offs on different
days of the week, ie Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, not necessarily in that order. Each of them has a liking for
different cuisine, ie Indian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Spanish, Continental
and Thai, not necessarily in that order. K likes Thai food and gets his weekly
off on Thursday. B likes Italian food and does not have off on Sunday. M has
weekly off on Saturday and R has his weekly off on Tuesday. W likes continental
food whereas the one who has weekly off on Monday likes Mexican cuisine. T
does not like Spanish cuisine and has weekly off on Wednesday. The one who
likes Indian food does not have a weekly off on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Questions:
1. Who has a weekly off on Friday?
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1) T 2) R 3) W
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
2. What cuisine does R like?
1) Continental 2) Indian 3) Italian
4) Spanish 5) None of these
3. On which day does N have weekly off?
1) Tuesday 2) Friday 3) Monday
4) Sunday 5) None of these
4. Who likes Chinese cuisine?
1) T 2) B 3) R
4) N 5) None of these
5. On which day does W have weekly off?
1) Monday 2) Sunday 3) Wednesday
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these


Puzzle 3
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:
(i) P, Q, R, S and T finished a work, working from Monday to Saturday,
one of the days being a holiday, each working overtime only on one of
the days.
(ii) R or T did not work overtime on the first day.
(iii) Q worked overtime the next day after the holiday.
(iv) The overtime work done on the previous day of the holiday was by R.
(v) There was a two days’ gap between the days on which P and Q worked
over time.
(vi) P worked overtime the next day of the overtime day of S.
Questions:
1. Which of the following is the correct statement ?
1) P worked overtime last among them.
2) P worked overtime earlier than S.
3) The holiday was on Friday.
4) S worked overtime earlier than Q.
5) None of these
2. On which day did R work overtime?
1) Monday 2) Tuesday 3) Thursday
4) Friday 5) None of these
3. How many days’ gap was there between the days on which P and T worked
overtime?
1) Three 2) Two 3) One
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
4. When did T work overtime?
1) On the day previous to that on which S worked overtime
2) On the next day of the day on which Q worked overtime
3) Two days after the day on which S worked overtime
4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these


Puzzle 4
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:
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Seven friends P, F, R, T, Q, N and D are studying different specialisations
IT, Civil, HRM, Marketing, Finance, Journalism and Pharmacy, not necessarily
in the same order. Each one of them has a liking for a different colour—red,
blue, green, yellow, pink, orange and grey—not necessarily in the same order.
Three of them are girls. P likes yellow colour but does not study IT or HR. The
one who studies Civil likes grey colour and is a girl. Q, who is the sister of N,
studies Marketing and likes pink colour. D’s specialisation is in Pharmacy
and likes red colour. N, the wife of R, studies HR and likes green. F likes grey
and R likes orange. The one who likes blue studies Finance.
Questions:
1. Who is studying Civil Engineering?
1) P 2) T 3) F
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
2 Which of the following is the group of girls?
1) F, D, N 2) F, Q, N 3) Q, N, P
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
3. Which subject is studied by R?
1) Civil 2) Finance
3) Journalism 4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
4. Who is studying Journalism?
1) P 2) Q
3) R 4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
5. Which of the following combinations of person – colour — subject is correct?
1) Blue–T–Marketing 2) Pink–N–HR
3) Orance–R–Civil 4) Blue–T–Finance
5) None of these


Puzzle 5
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:
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.
Questions:
1. Which of the following combinations of college-student-specialisation is
correct?
1) C-R-Electronics 2) A-Z-Electrical 3) B-W-Electronics
4) B-W-Electrical 5) B-Z-Electronics
2. In which of the following colleges do two students study in Electrical
discipline?
1) A only 2) B only 3) C only
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
3. In which discipline does Q study?
1) Electrical 2) Mechanical 3) Electrical or Mechanical
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4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
4. In which of the colleges at least one student studies in Mechanical
discipline?
1) A only 2) B only 3) C only
4) Both A and B 5) All A, B and C
5. S studies in which college?
1) A 2) B 3) A or B
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these


Puzzle 6
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight employees working in three departments
- Marketing, Finance and Production - in an organisation with at least two of
them in any department. Each of them has a different choice of TV channels
from Star, Zee, ESPN, DD, Sony, NDTV, Aaj Tak and BBC not necessarily in
the same order.
D likes ESPN and he works in Production department with only G. B and
F do not work in the same department. H likes DD and does not work in
Finance department. A does not work in the same department with either F or
C, who does not work in Marketing department. E works with C in the same
department and likes Star. B likes Aaj Tak and none of his colleagues in the
department likes either Sony or NDTV. G likes Zee. F does not like Sony.
Questions:
1. Which channel does A like?
1) DD 2) NDTV 3) BBC
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
2. In which department does F work?
1) Marketing 2) Production 3) Finance
4) Marketing or Finance 5) None of these
3. Which channel does F like?
1) Zee 2) NDTV 3) BBC
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
4. Which of the following groups work in Marketing department?
1) BAC 2) BGE 3) HBE
4) BAE 5) None of these
5. In which department does B work?
1) Marketing 2) Production 3) Finance
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these



Puzzle 7
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:
A private bank deputed eight of its managers P, T, D, E, J, Q, M and R to
different cities Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Cochin, Pune
and Ahmedabad for marketing of three different products X, Y and Z. The
order of managers, cities and products is not necessarily the same. Each product
is marketed in not less than two cities and not more than three cities.
T goes to Delhi for marketing of product Y. J goes to Hyderabad for marketing
of product Z. E does not go to Bangalore or Jaipur and markets the same
product as M, who goes to Ahmedabad. R goes to Chennai for marketing of
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product Z. Same product is marketed in Bangalore and Delhi. E and Q are
marketing the same product. P goes to Pune for marketing of product Z.
Questions:
1. Which of the following groups of managers go for marketing product ‘X’?
1) E, Q, R 2) J, Q, M 3) J, M, R
4) Q, M, R 5) None of these
2. E goes to which of the following cities?
1) Jaipur 2) Cochin
3) Ahmedabad 4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these
3. Which of the following combination of product, manager and city is correct?
1) X - Q - Jaipur 2) X - Q - Cochin 3) X - E - Bangalore
4) Y - D - Cochin 5) None of these
4. Which of the following persons go for marketing of product Y?
1) Q, D, M 2) Q, T 3) T, D, Q
4) T, D 5) None of these
5. Who goes to Bangalore?
1) Q 2) M 3) D
4) D or Q 5) None of these


Puzzle 8

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:
(i) A school held competitions for Chess, Table Tennis, Carrom, Kho-Kho and Volleyball during the annual sports week from Monday to
was held earlier than Table Tennis competition.
(iii) Kho-Kho competition was held on the immediate next day of the Table
Tennis competition day.
(iv) Chess competition was held on the immediate previous day of the rest
day.
(v) Kho-Kho competition day and Volleyball competition day had a two-day gap between them.
(vi) Volleyball competition was held on the immediate following day of the
rest day.
Questions:
1. Which of the following was a rest day?
1) Wednesday 2) Tuesday 3) Friday
4) Thursday 5) None of these
2. Kho-Kho and Carrom competition days had a gap of how many days between
them?
1) Nil 2) Two 3) Three
4) Four 5) None of these
3. On which day was the Chess competition held?
1) Thursday 2) Friday 3) Monday
4) Wednesday 5) None of these
4. Which of the following is a wrong statement?
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1) Carrom competition was held on the immediate previous day of Table
Tennis competition.
2) Kho-Kho competition was held on three days after the day on which
Volleyball competition was held.
3) There was a gap of three days between the days on which Chess and
Table Tennis competitions were held.
4) There was a two days’ gap between the rest day and the day on which
Carrom competition was held.
5) None of these
5. Which of the following is the correct statement?
1) Kho-Kho competition was held after Table Tennis competition.
2) Chess competition was held on Thursday.
3) No competition was held on Wednesday.
4) Table Tennis competition was held earlier than Chess competition.
5) None of these