Reasoning

Puzzles
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50 Sets of Puzzles for
IBPS Clerk Mains
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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 States Game

A Maharashtra Hockey
B Andrha Pradesh Archery
C Rajasthan Shooting
D Telangana Golf
E Odisha Wrestling
F Tamil Nadu Badminton
G Assam 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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Solution:

Person A B C D E F G H
Departme Personn Administrati Administrati Administrati Marketi Personn Marketi Marketin
nt el on on on ng el ng g
Table Volley Lawn Badmint
Sports Football Hockey Basket Ball Cricket
Tennis Ball Tennis 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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Solution:

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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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 Bank Sector

Swati Canara Bank VII
Suman SBI VI
Sangeeta UCO VIII
Shailja ICICI IX
Sarika South Indian V
Surbhi Bank of India 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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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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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 Profession Berth

B Engineer Lower
M Pathologist Upper
T Pharmacist Middle
R Architect Lower
K Journalist Middle
H Lawyer Upper
D Doctor 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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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.

Solution:

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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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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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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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 Hospitals Days

Arnav JIPMER Saturday
Abhilasha AIIMS Thursday
Aashish Apollo Thursday
Abhishek Medanta Sunday
Aman SGPGI Sunday
Abhinav Manipal Tuesday
Avinash PGIMER 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 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
People D B G A F E C
Company Tech Wipro Oracle Infosys HCL Mpahsis TCS
Mahindra

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 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Friends O P S Q N R M
Sports Cricket Kabaddi Badminton Tennis Volleyball Hockey 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 2 3 4 5 6 Floor
E B C D F A Person
Green/Blue Yellow Green/Blue Pink Red Brown 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) Facing South

P(France) N(Canada) M(Germany) O(China) 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 postManager, 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 fromChess, 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 fromBlue, 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 . Vs hoi e of olour is either Red or
Bla k. Ts 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. Qs 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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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 A B C D E F G H
Family Y Z Y X X Y Z Z
Cars III III II I II I II I
Gender Male Female Female Female Male Female Male 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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