Contents

Complex Arrangement ..................................................................................................................1

Question 1: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................... 2
Question 2: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................... 3
Question 3: (Difficulty Level: Tough) ..................................................................................... 4
Question 4 :(Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................... 5
Question 5: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................... 6
Question 6: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................... 7
Question 7: (Difficulty Level: Tough) ..................................................................................... 8
Question 8: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................... 9
Numerical Puzzle .........................................................................................................................11
Question 1: (Difficulty Level: Tough) ................................................................................... 11
Question 2: (Difficulty Level: Easy) ...................................................................................... 12
Question 3: (Difficulty Level: Tough) ................................................................................... 13
Question 4: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................. 13
Question 5: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................. 14
Question 6: (Difficulty Level: Easy) ...................................................................................... 14
Linear & Circular Arrangement ...................................................................................................16
Question 1: (Difficulty Level: Tough) ................................................................................... 16
Question 2: (Difficulty Level: Tough) ................................................................................... 17
Question 3: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................. 18
Misc Puzzle ..................................................................................................................................19
Question 1: (Difficulty Level: Moderate) ............................................................................. 19
Question 2: (Difficulty Level: Easy ....................................................................................... 19
Question 3: (Difficulty Level: Easy) ...................................................................................... 20

Complex Arrangement

Question 1:

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

In a major accidents on NH-8, 4 cars were smashed by a truck speeding from behind and in
this multi vehicle collisions all the 4 cars exploded and their drivers were killed. An
investigating team reached the spot and discovered the following:1. The 4 cars were: An Audi, A car manufactured in 2008, A car drove by Charlie, and a
Silver car from Jaipur
2. The Black car was manufactured after Silver car
3. The car manufactured in 2001 was white in Colour
4. The blue car was from Mumbai and it was not BMW
5. The Land Rover, was manufactured in Leap year. The driver of the car was Ben
6. Ford was manufactured after BMW. BMW was not Silver in colour and it was not from
Ahmedabad
7. The car whose driver was Alex was manufactured before Bens Car which was
manufactured before BMW.
8. The information was missing regarding Ford Car, Driver David and A car from Delhi, A
car manufactured in 2011
Which car was from Ahmedabad?
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

BMW
Land Rover
Audi
Ford

Solution:The white car manufactured in 2001(3). This is not the Land Rover(5), the Ford (6) or the
BMW (7) so must be Audi. The Land rover was built in either 2004 or 2008 (5) and the Ford
was manufactured after BMW so the Ford was built in 2011 and BMW in 2004 or 2008 so the
driver of Audi was Alex (7). The Silver car was not Audi, the BMW (6) or the Ford (2) so it was
Land Rover. The Land rover was from Jaipur (1) and the driver was Ben (5). The Land Rover
was not manufactured in 2008 (1) so it was manufactured in 2004 and BMW in 2008. The
BMW was not White (Audi), Silver (Land Rover) or Blue (4) so it was Black and Ford was Blue
from Mumbai. Charlie was not the driver of BMW (1) so he was driving Ford and David was
driving BMW. BMW was not from Ahmedabad (6) so it was from Delhi and Audi was from
Ahmedabad.

BMW
Land Rover
Audi
Ford

2008
2004
2001
2011

David
Ben
Alex
Charlie

Question 2:

Black
Silver
White
Blue

Delhi
Jaipur
Ahmedabad
Mumbai

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

Alex, Brian, Charles, David, Edward and Frank are six children studying in St. Xaviers School.
Each of the children wants to take one of the profession when they grow up:- Doctor, Actor,
Singer, Cricketer, Teacher, Writer not necessarily in the same order. No two kids are in same
class. The students are placed in class according to their age i.e. the eldest kid was in the
highest class followed by 2nd eldest kid and so on. Each kid likes a different subject. The
subjects are Hindi, Maths, Science, English, History and Geography.
1. David is in Class V, he wants to become Cricketer and he likes Hindi whereas Charles
likes History.
2. The child who wants to become Doctor likes Maths. The fourth eldest child likes
English while Brian likes Geography.
3. Alex, who is in class VI, likes Science. History is liked by the third eldest child who
wants to become Teacher.
4. Brian wants to become Singer and Frank wants to be Writer. Alex is the eldest child
while Edward is the youngest.
In which class is David studying?
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

Class IV
Class III
Class V
Data inadequate

Solution:- Start solving by using available links.

We have assumed that kids are in school from class I to VI. Alex is in Class VI and
Edward in class I (4)
David in Class 5, want to become Crickter and likes Hindi (1)
Charles like History (1) he is in class 4 want to become teacher (3)
Brian likes Geography (2). He wants to become Singer (4).
Frank wants to be writer (4).
As Edward is youngest (4). English is liked by Frank who is in class III(2). And Brian is in
Class II (remaining option).
Edward likes maths(remaining option). He wants to become Doctor (2).
Alex wants to become Actor (remaining Option).

The grid will be as follows:Alex

Brian
Charles
David
Edward
Frank

Actor
Singer
Teacher
Cricketer
Doctor
Writer

Class VI
Class II
Class IV
Class V
Class I
Class III

Question 3:

Science
Geography
History
Hindi
Maths
English

(Difficulty Level: Tough)

9 MBA Graduates Ajay, Aman, Amar, Arif, Akash, Arpit, Arvind, Avinash and Amit launched a
start up, EDULINE , to provide free education to poor kids. They graduated from the following
MBA Colleges: XLRI, IIM, NMIMS, IMT and FMS not necessarily in that order. Each of them
worked in following departments: Marketing, Finance, HR, Ops, IT. All 9 of them graduated in
a year from 2010 to 2014.
1. Amit alone worked in a department which was neither Marketing nor HR. Student(s)
who studied in IIM, graduated in 2013.
2. Only Arif and Arpit worked in Finance department but they did not graduate from IMT.
3. Three students were from XLRI and they worked in Ops department.
4. Student(s) who were working in Marketing department, graduated in 2010.
5. Ajay and Avinash were classmates and they worked together as a two member team
in a department . They were not in HR Department.
6. Aman is alone in his department. He is not from NMIMS and he graduated one year
later than the student(s) who graduated from IMT.
7. The student(s) who graduated from NMIMS works in IT department.
8. The number of students from NMIMS is same as the number of students from FMS.
Which of the following statements must be true?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Arif and Avinash graduated from FMS college

Amit graduated from NMIMS college
Arif and Arpit graduated from NMIMS college
Amit graduated from IIM

Solution: Solve the grid till you get all the college names correctly as the question does not
require other information.
Use third and Last point as a base. If 3 Students were from XLRI and same number from
NMIMS and FMS, then the number of students in NMIMS and FMS can be 1 each or 2 each.
And number of students in another college IMT and IIM can be 2 each or 1 each. Only Amar,
Akash and Arvind are from XLRI and in Ops department as Amit & Aman works alone (1&6)

Ajay & Avinash work together (5) Arif and Arpit works together (2) either work alone or in
group of two members.
Amit was in IT department as he was neither in Marketing nor HR (1). He was from NMIMS(7),
Ajay and Avinash were not in HR department (5), So they were in Marketing department.
Aman was from FMS (8). Arif and Arpit are in Finance from IIM (2) so Ajay and Avinash are
from IMT.
The following grid will be formed:Ajay
Aman
Amar
Arif
Akash
Arpit
Arvind
Avinash
Amit

Question 4 :

Marketing
HR
Ops
Finance
Ops
Finance
Ops
Marketing
IT

IMT
FMS
XLRI
IIM
XLRI
IIM
XLRI
IMT
NMIMS

2010
2011
2013
2013
2010

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

Seven movies were scheduled to screen during the weeklong Film festival. Every day from
Monday to Saturday only one film was screened. The organizing committee had to schedule
the screening of six movies Aamir, Bezubaan, Chokher Bali, Drishyam, Eklavya and Farz. The
conditions were as follows. Among the movies three were Action movie and other 3 were
Romantic movie. All the three movies of same genre were not allowed to be screened
consecutively. Bezubaan, a romantic movie, cannot screen immediately before or after Farz.
Romantic Movie in which Shahrukh was a lead actor, cannot be screened after Aishwaryas
Movie. Aishwarya, the only female lead actress beside Vidya Balan, was in movie Eklavya.
Eklavya cannot be screened after Thursday. Saif Ali, who was the lead actor of Romantic
movie was not in Drishyam, and his movie was not screened on Saturday. Chokher Bali, a
romantic movie in which Salman was leading actor can only be screened on Monday. Sunny,
the only male leading actor of Action movies was in Farz, which was screened on Wednesday.
There was one lead actor in all the movies.
Which of the following is the plausible screening sequence?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Chokher Bali, Aamir, Farz, Bezubaan, Eklavya, Drishyam

Chokher Bali, Aamir, Farz, Eklavya, Bezubaan, Drishyam
Chokher Bali, Drishyam, Farz, Bezubaan, Eklavya, Aamir
Chokher Bali, Eklavya, Farz, Bezubaan, Drishyam, Aamir

Solution:
From the clues given we can find out the following links:Romantic Shahrukh Tuesday
Bezubaan Romantic Friday / Saturday
Eklavya Angelina Tuesday / Wednesday /Thursday
As Shahrukhs movie should be screened before Aishwaryas and Monday & Wednesday is
already blocked. Her movie can be screened on Thursday
Eklavya Angelina Thursday.
The grid can be completed as below.
Aamir
Bezubaan
Romantic
Saif Ali
Friday
Chokher Bali
Romantic
Salman
Monday
Drishyam
Eklavya
Aishwarya
Thursday
Farz
Action
Sunny
Wednesday

Movie can be screened in either of the following order:Chokher Bali, Aamir, Farz, Eklavya, Bezubaan, Drishyam
or
Chokher Bali, Drishyam, Farz, Eklavya, Bezubaan, Aamir
As 1st order matches with option B. Therefore answer B

Question 5:

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

Ankit visited mobile store and placed an order for 5 mobile phones of different brands: Apple,
Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung. He asked the dealer to give him one of the following
accessories with each cell phone: Headset, Mobile Cover, Powerbank, Bluetooth & Memory
Card not necessarily in that order. He decided to put simcard of different operator in each of
the phone: Airtel, Docomo, Idea, Reliance & Vodafone not necessarily in that order.
Given below are some clues about the mobile phones:
1. He got Bluetooth device with Motorola mobile phone and received Power bank in a
phone with Idea connection
2. Apple Iphone had neither Idea connection nor Docomo connection and Nokia phone
had neither Airtel nor Reliance
3. He got Mobile cover with phone in which he has taken Vodafone connection.
4. He bought Nokia phone as there was free head set available with it. And got Memory
card in a phone which neither had Reliance nor Vodafone connection

If he had Airtel connection in LG phone, then with which phone he received power bank
Option:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Apple
Nokia
LG
Samsung

Solution: LG has Airtel connection (Question); Apple can have Vodafone or Reliance, (2);
Nokia has headset, Motorola has Bluetooth (1). So only Samsung is the remaining option
which can have Idea with powerbank (1).
Memory card came with phone which has Airtel or Docomo connection (4). So Apple came
with Mobile cover(remaining option) and has Vodafone connection(3). And LG came with
memory card and has Airtel connection. Nokia phone had neither Airtel nor Reliance and
therefore Nokia has Docomo connection (2). Motorola has Reliance connection (remaining
option).
The following grid will be formed with the given clues
Apple
Nokia
LG
Motorola
Samsung

Vodafone
Docomo
Airtel
Reliance
Idea

Question 6:

Mobile Cover
Headset
Memory Card
Bluetooth Device
Power Bank

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

Pune Express runs only on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays. The train
travels to 4 major stations: Ahmedabad, Belapur, CST, Dadar. Each day it makes 2 trips one in
the morning and one in the evening. As the stations are located in different directions, the
train can cover only 2 stations in a day. The schedule must satisfy the following restrictions:It make trips to Ahmedabad on exactly 3 mornings.
It travels to Ahmedabad either on Monday or Tuesday but not on both the days.
It travels to CST on exactly one morning and 3 evenings
It travels to Belapur in the evening on exactly two consecutive calendar days
It travels to Dadar on exactly one morning
On Saturday, it neither travels to Ahmedabad nor Belapur.
The train will cover which stations on Tuesday?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Ahmedabad, Belapur
Ahmedabad, CST
Dadar, CST
CST, CST

Solution:
The train can cover Ahmedabad on M,T, W or T,W,Th in morning slot, on Saturday morning it
either covers Dadar or CST and it covers Belapur on M,T or T,W . Thus following combinations
are possible:Morning
Combination
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday

1
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Dadar
CST

Question 7:

2
Dadar
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
CST

3
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
CST
Dadar

Evening
4
CST
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Dadar

1
Belapur
Belapur
CST
CST
CST

2
CST
Belapur
Belapur
CST
CST

(Difficulty Level: Tough)

In a reality show, 5 groups were shortlisted: Prince, Chamber Choir, Manik, Picasso, Bhavans
They came from different cities: Ahmedabad, Banaras, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata. They were:
Singer, Dancer, Artist, Qawals, Acrobats not necessarily in that order. Given below are some
clues about the show:
The show was broadcasted every Sunday. And only one group performed each week (starting
from 24th May).
1. Bhavans, is the singer group. They are from Chennai and performed in first three
consecutive show in the order prescribed above.
2. Prince group performed earlier in a month than the group who came from Banaras
which in turn performed earlier than the Artists group
3. Acrobats performed before the group who came from Delhi
4. Picasso group was not of Acrobats and are not from Ahmedabad
5. Chamber Choir was not from Delhi
6. Picasso group performed exactly two weeks before Qawals
Who performed on 21st June?
Options:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Picassa
Acrobats
Chamber Choir
Artists

Solution:
Prince performed on 7th June (2). Group from Banaras performed on 14th and Artist group
performed on 21st Jun. Bhavans performed on one of these dates: 24th May, 31st May. Picasso
and Qawals can perform on 31st May & 14th Jun. So Bhavans, singer group, from Chennai
performed on 24th May(1), Qawals are from Banaras who performed on 14th Jun. Prince are
Acrobats and Picasso are Dancers (4). Chamber Choir is from Banaras(5). Manik group
performed on 21st Jun, who are Artist and are from Delhi (3). Picasso is from Kolkata as they
are not from Ahmedabad(4)
24th May
31st May
7th June
14th June
21st June

Bhavans
Picasso
Prince
Chamber Choir
Manik

Question 8:

Chennai
Kolkata
Ahmedabad
Banaras
Delhi

Singer
Dancer
Acrobat
Qawals
Artist

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

Amit, Ajay, Ajit, Amar, Arif, Aman went out with six girls Seema, Soma, Sita, Shipra, Swati,
Shilpa not necessarily in the same order. The pairs went to different cities Delhi, Mumbai,
Haridwar, Shimla and two of them went to Jaipur. They like different bikes, viz Karizma, Bullet,
Passion and Discover. But Karizma and
Bullet are preferred by two pairs. Further information is as follows:
1. Amit and Amar visit Jaipur but do not like either Karizma or Discover.
2. Aman does not go out with Swati. Both of them do not like Passion.
3. Shipra and Sita want to go to Delhi and Haridwar respectively.
4. Ajit goes out with Shilpa to Mumbai but does not like either Bullet or Discover.
5. Ajay goes to Delhi and likes Karizma.
6. Arif does not go out either with Seema or Soma; he does not go to Haridwar; he likes
neither Passion nor Bullet.
7. The persons visiting Mumbai like the same bike as Ajay does.
Who went to Shimla?
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

Amar & Seema

Amar & Soma
Arif & Swati
Cant be Determined

Solution:
Ajay goes to Delhi in Karizma(5) with Shipra (3).
Ajit goes to Mumbai with Shilpa (4), he likes Karizma
Arif goes out with Swati (6). They do not go to Jaipur (1) Delhi or Haridwar (3), so they go to
Shimla.

Aman goes to Haridwar(Remaining option) with Sita (3).

Amit and Amar goes to Jaipur in Bullet/Passion(1) with Seema/Soma(Remaining option)
The grid will be as follows:Amit
Ajay
Ajit
Amar
Arif
Aman

Jaipur
Delhi
Mumbai
Jaipur
Shimla
Haridwar

Seema/Soma
Shipra
Shilpa
Seema/Soma
Swati
Sita

Bullet/ Passion
Karizma
Karizma
Bullet/ Passion
Discover
Bullet

Numerical Puzzle
Question.1

(Difficulty Level: Tough)

Ankit has 64 small cubes with him. He makes one large cube by assembling all small cubes
into one. He names each face of the large cube with an alphabet from AF and write a
number from 1 to 96 on each visible face of the smaller cube. No number is repeated and
numbers are written in such a way that the sum of number on face A is less than that of face
B and so on. Also no two consecutive integers appear on a same face.
So what can be the lowest sum of the numbers on the face D?
Option:A.
B.
C.
D.

523
544
480
502

Solution
Alt 1:
Face A < Face B < Face C < Face D
Since there are 4 faces under consideration, consider the numbers to be in
groups of 4 .To make the inequality possible and to ensure the least total for face D,
assign the first four natural numbers to faces A, B, C and D respectively.
Now, if the same process is followed i.e. the number 5 is assigned to face A, the number on
face D will be 8 i.e. the largest of this group of 4. However, this will not help minimise the
sum. To reduce the gap, we will assign numbers from 1 to 36 in the forward order. Thereafter
we will start assigning number from 37 to 64 in the reverse order to minimize the gap.
Thus, the numbers on the first four faces can be shown as follows:
Face A 1 5
9
13 17 21 25 29 33 40 44
Face B 2 6
10 14 18 22 26 30 34 39 43
Face C 3 7
11 15 19 23 27 31 35 38 42
Face D 4 8
12 16 20 24 28 32 36 37 41
Total Sum Face A= 517, Face B= 519, Face C= 521, Face D= 523

48
47
46
45

52
51
50
49

56
55
54
53

60
59
58
57

64
63
62
61

Thus, the least possible total for the face D is 523.

Alt 2: On each face there will be 16 numbers. In first 4 faces there will be total 64 numbers.
The sum of all those 64 numbers will be n(n+1)/2 = 2080

Let the sum of 16 numbers on Face A= x then

Face B = x+1, Face C= x+2, Face D = x+3
Equation: x+x+2+x+4+x+6= 2080
x = 517
Therefore lowest sum on Face D= 523

Question 2:

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

An MBA college offers 5 electives: Finance, Marketing, HR, Ops, IT. There are total 800
students. The ratio between female and male student is 1 : 3 respectively. Finance students
are double the number of Ops Students. 10 percent of total Finance students are equal to the
number of female students in HR.30 per cent of Marketing students are female. Twenty five
per cent of the total students opt for Marketing. There are 110 students who take Ops as an
elective. Half the female Marketing students are equal to the number of female students
studying Ops. 10 percent of the total students are in HR. There are equal number of females
in Finance and IT.
What is the respective ratio between the female students in Finance and the male students in
Ops?
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

20 : 13
11 : 20
13 : 20
11 : 23

Solution
First solve all the data which gives total of each department. Thereafter calculate number of
females in each department.
Department
Finance
Marketing
HR
Ops
IT
Total

Female
44
60
22
30
44
200

Male

Total
176
140
58
80
146
600

220
200
80
110
190
800

Question 3:

(Difficulty Level: Tough)

Raju was locked in the room with has 2 sand hourglasses. The small one can measure 5 hours
and the large one can measure 7 hours. In how many minimum flips can we measure 16 hours
with 2 sand hourglasses running together ?
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

8 flips
7 flips
6 flips
5 flips

Solution:Start both sand hourglasses at the same time. You flip over the small sand hourglass when it
finishes the first 5 hours. Flip over the large one when it finishes its first 7 hours.
When the small sand hourglass runs to 10 hours, flip over the small and large sand hourglass
at the same time. It means the large sand hourglass will run 3 hours again. When the large
sand hourglass run to 13 hours (7 + 3 + 3), flip both the small and large sand hourglass over
again to run another 3 hours.

Question 4:

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

Rohit went for Job in a company. At the end of the interview, HR asked him to confirm his
appointment by giving a call next week. Rohit noted down the number on his palm. After he
reached home, and checked his palm for number, he saw that only few digits were visible.
However he remembered the following: It was 8 digit number and the first digit was 2. For
next three digits he found that in the area where branch was located all the numbers started
from either 673 or 635. He remembered that the number was odd and digit 7 was appearing
only once in the number.
What is the minimum number of trials he has to make before he can be certain about the
phone number.
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

10000
9638
8100
7938

Solution:
12345678
1st place is fixed. In 2nd 3rd and 4th place can be filled in 2 ways by 673 or 635. 8th place can be
filled with either of 1,3,5,7,9. As 7 should appear once only, thus if last digit is not 7, then total
number of trials will be 2x10x9x9= 1620 ways and if last digit is 7 then number of trials will be
2x9x9x9= 1458. Total number of trials = 4x1620 + 1458 = 7938 trials

Question 5

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

In FIFA World cup 16 teams are participating. The matches will be conducted in 2 stages. In
first stage, the teams are divided in 4 groups. Each group consists of 4 teams, with each team
playing every other team in its group exactly once. At the end of first stage, top 2 teams from
each group advance to Second stage. The second stage will have multiple rounds. In a round,
each team play one match. The winner of a match then advances to next round and the loser
is eliminated. The one who keeps on winning every round is ultimately declared winner of the
World cup. There is no possibility of Tie. If there is tie in a match, the winner is decided by
series of complex arrangement. A team gets 1 point for each win and no points for a loss. At
the end, the teams are ranked on the basis of total points earned by them to determine the
qualifiers for next stage.
What is the total number of match played in the World cup tournament?
A.
B.
C.
D.

47
63
35
28

Solution:
In First stage: As there are 4 teams in a group, each team will play 1 match against another.
Total number of matches in a group n(n+1)/2 = 10. As there are 4 groups. Total matches in
first stage = 4 x 10 = 40
In Second Stage: Total 8 teams will advance, there will be 4 matches between 8 teams, then 2
matches for semifinal, then 1 final match to decide the winner. Total number of matches =
4+2+1= 7
Total matches= 40 +7 = 47

Question 6

(Difficulty Level: Easy)

5 trains Duranto, Express, Garib Rath, Rajdhani, Shataabdi covers 400km distance in a day
1. Duranto covers the first 100 km at the speed of 11kmph, the second 100 km at 13.5
kmph, the third at 14 kmph, and the last 100 km at 15 kmph

2. Garib Rath covers the first 100 km at 12 kmph, the second at 13 kmph, the third at
13.5 kmph, and the last 100 km at 14.5 kmph
3. Express can the first 100 km at 11 kmph, the second at 12 kmph, the third at 13 kmph,
and the fourth at 15.5 kmph
4. Rajdhani covers the first 100 km at 10.5 kmph, the second at 12.5 kmph, the third at
14 kmph, and the fourth at 15.5 kmph
5. Shataabdi covers the first 100 km at 11 kmph, second 100 at 12 kmph, the third at 13
kmph and the last at 14 kmph
Which of the following train covers the whole distance of 400km fastest?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Garib Rath
Express
Rajdhani
Shataabdi

Solution:
Find the average speed of each train as the distance is uniform. So, the train which has the
highest speed will be the first to cover the distance
Garib Rath: 13.25 kmph
Express: 12.88 kmph
Rajdhani: 13.13 kmph
Shataabdi: 12.5 kmph
Garib Rath has the highest speed

Linear & Circular Arrangement

Question 1:

(Difficulty Level: Tough)

Eight friends Vinit, Varun, Vijay, Vikash, Vinod, Vikram, Ved and Vaibhav went to a restaurant
and ordered one item each from the menu viz Shake, Coffee, Lemonade, Soda, Milk, Coke,
Juice and Tea, but not in the same order. All of them are seated around a circular table, facing
away from the centre. Vikash does not order Milk and Vinit does not order Tea. The one who
order Shake and the one who order Milk are not immediate neighbours. Vinit sits third to the
left of the person who orders Milk. Ved orders Coffee. Only two persons sit between Vinod
and Ved. Vinod nor Vijay orders Milk. The person who orders Tea sits second to the right of
Vikash. Vikash is not an immediate neighbour of Vinit. The one who order Shake sits third to
the left of Vikram. Only one person sits between Vikash and the one who order Lemonade.
The person who orders Soda and the one who orders Coffee are immediate neighbours. Only
one person sits between Varun and the one who orders Coke. The one who orders Coke is an
immediate neighbour of Vaibhav. Ved and Varun are not immediate neighbours.
What is the position of the person who studies Juice with respect to Vijay?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Second to the left

Third to the right
Third to the left
Second to the right

Solution:Start by taking Ved and Coffee in the base and move forward. The following arrangement will
be formed after considering all the points.

Question 2:

(Difficulty Level: Tough)

In a Movie Cast and Curious, the six celebs were Paul, Jason, Vin, Brian, James, Michelle.
Among them two are Male Actors, while others are Director, Producer, Singer and Actress
though not necessarily in the same order. Also, each of these celebs work in different days of
the week except Sunday
Vin, the director sits near Actress, does not work on Friday or Saturday. The actress shoots on
Tuesday. There are two people sitting between both the Actors
Neither Brian nor James works on Tuesday. James is the producer of the film, sit near Jason
and works on Friday. Vin is sitting between Actress And Jason, does not work on Wednesday
while Jason does not work on Saturday. Brian the singer works on Thursday. Neither Paul nor
Jason is an Actress.
Which of the following is the pair of actor as per the conditions given above?
Options:A. Jason - Vin
B. Paul - Michelle
C. Vin - Paul
D. Paul Jason
Solution:- Start solving by using available links. The grid will be as follows:Paul
Actor
Saturday
Jason
Actor
Wednesday
Vin
Director
Monday
Brian
Singer
Thursday
James
Producer
Friday
Michelle
Actress
Tuesday
Thereafter, using the clue that 2 people sits between 2 actors take them as a base and then
use the clue related to Actress. The following arrangement will be formed

Question 3:

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

3 couples were travelling in two cars (Rolls Royce and BMW). Each car has exactly 3 people
in it. The cars cannot have all women or all men in it. Neha, Ankit, and Shashi know how to
drive a car. Neha and Prachi are women. Santosh and Gaurav are not in the same car. Ankit
and Gaurav are men.
If the BMW can have either Santosh or Gaurav but not both while Ankit drives it and Neha is
driving the Rolls Royce, which of the following can be true?
A. Shashi is a male
B. Santosh is a female
C. Both A and B are correct
D. A is correct but B is not

Solution: Following grids are possible as per the stated conditions:BMW

Santosh(M)
Ankit(M)
Prachi(F)

Rolls Royce
Gaurav(M)
Neha(F)
Shashi(F)

BMW
Santosh(F)
Ankit(M)
Prachi(F)

BMW
Santosh(M)
Ankit(M)
Shashi(F)

Rolls Royce
Gaurav(M)
Neha(F)
Prachi(F)

BMW
Santosh(F)
Ankit(M)
Shashi(M)

BMW
Gaurav(M)
Ankit(M)
Prachi(F)

Rolls Royce
Santosh(M)
Neha(F)
Shashi(F)

BMW
Gaurav(M)
Ankit(M)
Prachi(F)

Rolls Royce
Santosh(F)
Neha(F)
Shashi(M)

BMW
Gaurav(M)
Ankit(M)
Shashi(F)

Rolls Royce
Santosh(M)
Neha(F)
Prachi(F)

BMW
Gaurav(M)
Ankit(M)
Shashi(F)

Rolls Royce
Santosh(M)
Neha(F)
Prachi(F)

Rolls Royce
Gaurav(M)
Neha(F)
Shashi(M)

Rolls Royce
Gaurav(M)
Neha(F)
Prachi(F)

Santosh can be both male or female. Similarly Shashi can also be both male or female.

Misc Puzzle
Question 1:

(Difficulty Level: Moderate)

In certain code language AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KHAN is written as YXZM UTWZV
RROOZSUYXZQP PZYQX RVZN. if letter D is coded as Q, then find the code of JAI HIND
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

SZU NRUP
SZY NYRQ
ZUS NURQ
USZ NURX

Solution:A= Z appears in all the words

I= U appears in both JAINULABDEEN and PAKIR
J= S only present in JAINULABDEEN
H = N only presentin KHAN
N=R appears in both JAINULABDEEN and KHAN

Question 2:

(Difficulty Level: Easy)

4 boys want to go to a Forest in the dark via a narrow path. They have only one lantern and it
is too risky to cross without the Lantern. Maximum 2 people can walk on a path at a time.
Cross time for each person is 1 min, 2 mins, 7 mins and 10 mins. What is the shortest time
needed for all four of them to reach the forest?
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

15 mins
17 mins
19 mins
20 mins

Solution:
First, 1 and 2 go and cross the path. Then 2 comes back and 7 and 10 go together. Thereafter
1 comes back and 1 and 2 both go together.
Total time = 2 + 2 + 10 + 1 + 2 = 17 mins

Question 3:

(Difficulty Level: Easy)

Sunil has 70 socks in his drawer which includes 32 identical red, 24 identical black and 14
identical brown. Everything is mixed in a draw. As there is no light he were not able to identify
the color of the socks. What is the minimum number of socks that he must take out to be
completely sure that he has a pair of black socks?
Options:A.
B.
C.
D.

46
48
26
47

Solution:Chances are that he takes out only Red and brown socks in the beginning. Then he will have
to take out atleast 46 socks . Thereafter he will pick out black socks only. So in total he has to
pick out 48 socks to be certain that he has a black pair.