Chapter

Puzzle Test
PUZZLE TEST : Sol. (2) Clearly, C and D sit opposite to each other. So, if A sits
This chapter comprises questions given in the form of puzzles, opposite to cook, B shall be the cook. Now B is to the
involving certain number of items, persons or things. You are right of barber, so, one of the rest, say C will be barber.
required to analyse the given information or clues and answer the Clearly, then D on the opposite side shall be washerman
questions accordingly. or tailor. But washerman is left of tailor and D is to the
left of A. So, D is washerman and A is tailor. Thus A
and B are tailor and cook.
HINTS FOR HANDLING THE QUESTIONS :
1. Generally, several conditions in the form of information are ILLUSTRATION 3 :
given with the question. So, do not make hurry to mix all the A worker may claim `. 15 for each km which he travels by
given information, instead go step by step. taxi and `. 5 for each km when he drives his own car. If in one
2. To avoid confusion while solving such questions, you week he claimed `. 500 for travelling 80 kms, how many kms
should symbolize persons, items by dot, lines etc. If sitting did he travel by taxi ?
arrangement is a circular one, then draw a circle. (1) 10 (2) 20
(3) 30 (4) 40
ILLUSTRATION 1 : Sol. (1) The problem can be solved by considering the op-
On a shelf are placed six volumes side by side labelled A, B, tions one by one.
C, D, E and F; B, C, E and F have green covers while others Option (1) implies 10 km by taxi and 70 km by own car.
have yellow covers. A, D, B are new volumes while the rest Total charges = ` 10 × 15 + ` 5 × 70 = ` 500 which is
are old volumes. A, C, B, are law reports while the rest are true.
medical extracts. Which two volumes are old medical ex-
tracts and have green covers ? ILLUSTRATION 4 :
(1) B, C (2) C, D There are five persons P, Q, R, S and T. One is football
(3) C, E (4) E, F player, one is chess player and one is hockey player. P and
Sol. (4) S are unmarried ladies and do not participate in any game.
None of the ladies plays chess or football. There is a mar-
Green Yellow New Old Law Medical ried couple in which T is the husband. Q is the brother of R
cover cover volum volume reports extracts and is neither a chess player nor a hockey player.
A Ö Ö Ö (i) Who is the football player ?
B Ö Ö Ö (1) P (2) Q
C Ö Ö Ö (3) R (4) S
(ii) Who is the hockey player ?
D Ö Ö Ö
(1) P (2) Q
E Ö Ö Ö (3) R (4) S
F Ö Ö Ö (iii) Who is the chess player ?
(1) P (2) Q
Clearly, E and F are old volumes which have green covers (3) R (4) T
and are medical extracts. (iv) Who is the wife of T ?
ILLUSTRATION 2 : (1) P (2) Q
(3) R (4) S
Mr. A, Miss. B, Mr. C and Miss. D are sitting around a table (v) The three ladies are :
and discussing their trades (1) P, Q, R (2) Q, R, S
(A) Mr. A sits opposite to cook (3) P, Q, S (4) P, R, S
(B) Miss B sits right to the barber Sol. Q is neither a hockey player nor a chess player. So, Q must
(C) The washerman is on the left of the tailor be a football player and thus cannot be a lady. T is a hus-
(D) Miss D sits opposite Mr. C band (not a lady) and so must be a chess player. Hence, R
What are the trades of A and B? must be a hockey player, and therefore she must be a lady
(1) Tailor and Barber (2) Tailor and cook and T’s wife. So, the information can be summarised as fol-
(3) Barber and cook (4) Washerman and cook lows :
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Person Sex Interest in Relationships (i) (2) Q is the foot ball player.
Games (ii) (3) R is the hockey player.
P Female No Unmarried (iii) (4) T is the chess player.
Q Male Football Brother of R
(iv) (3) R is the wife of T.
R Female Hockey Wife of T
S Female No Unmarried (v) (4) The three ladies are P, R and S.
T Male Chess Husband of R)

Exercise
1. Sarita cuts a cake into two halves and cut one-half into 8. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing you
smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty such that D is on the left of C and B is on the right of E. A is
five grams in weight. If she has eleven pieces of the cake in on the right of C and B is on the left of D. If E occupies a
all with her, how heavy was the original cake ? corner position, then who is sitting in the centre ?
(1) 700 gm (2) 400 gm (1) A (2) B
(3) 300 gm (4) 200 gm (3) C (4) D
2. A certain number of horses and an equal number of men are
going somewhere. Half of the owners are on their horses DIRECTIONS (Qs.9-13) : Study the following information
back while the remaining ones are walking along leading
carefully and answer the questions given below it.
their horses. If the number of legs walking on the ground is
70, how many horses are there ? In a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E :
(1) 10 (2) 12 1. B and C are intelligent in Mathematics and Geography
(3) 14 (4) 16 2. A and C are intelligent in Mathematics and History
3. Five persons are standing in a line. One of the two persons 3. B and D are intelligent in Political Science and Geography.
at the extreme ends is a professor and the other a 4. D and E are intelligent in Political Science and Biology.
businessman. An advocate is standing to the right of a
5. E is intelligent in Biology. History and Political Science.
student. An author is to the left of the businessman. The
9. Who is intelligent in Political Science, Geography and
student is standing between the professor and the advocate.
Biology ?
Counting from the left, the advocate is at which place ?
(1) 1st (2) 2nd (1) E (2) D
(3) 3rd (4) 5th (3) C (4) B
4. In a shop, there were 4 dolls of different heights A, B, C and 10. Who is intelligent in Mathematics, Political Science and
D. D is neither as tall as A nor as short as C. B is shorter than Geography ?
D but taller than C. If Mani wants to purchase the tallest (1) A (2) B
doll, which one should she purchase ? (3) C (4) D
(1) Only A (2) Only D 11. Who is intelligent in Mathematics and History but not in
(3) Either B or D (4) None of these Geography ?
5. Ashish is heavier than Govind. Mohit is lighter than Jack. (1) C (2) E
Pawan is heavier than Jack but lighter than Govind. Who (3) A (4) B
among them is the heaviest ? 12. Who is intelligent in Mathematics, Geography and History?
(1) Ashish (2) Govind
(1) E (2) A
(3) Mohit (4) Pawan
(3) D (4) C
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6 & 8) : Study the following information 13. Who is intelligent in Political Science, History and Biology?
and answer the questions given below it. (1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) E
There is a group of five persons K, G, H, R and J. 14. In a cricket season, India defeated Australia twice, West
(i) K, G and H are intelligent. Indies defeated India twice, Australia defeated West Indies
(ii) K, R and J are hard working. twice, India defeated New Zealand twice and West Indies
(iii) R, H and J are honest and
defeated New Zealand twice. Which country has lost most
(iv) K, G and J are ambitious
number of times ?
6. Which of the following persons is neither hard working nor
ambitious ? (1) India (2) Australia
(1) K (2) G (3) New Zealand (4) West Indies
(3) H (4) R 15. A father tells his son, “I was of your present age when you
7. Which of the following persons is neither honest nor hard were born”. If the father is now 36, how old was his son 5
working but is ambitious ? years ago ?
(1) K (2) G (1) 13 (2) 15
(3) R (4) H (3) 17 (4) 20
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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-18) : Read the following information DIRECTIONS (Qs. 21-25): Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below. carefully and answer the questions given below.
Ravi and Kunal are good in Hockey and Volleyball. Sachin and A, B, C, D, E, F and G are travelling in three different vehicles.
Ravi are good in Hockey and Baseball. Gaurav and Kunal are There are at least two passengers in each vehicle– I, II and III and
good in Cricket and Voleyball. Sachin, Gaurav and Micheal are each vehicle has passengers of both the sexes. There are two
good in Football and Baseball.
engineers, two doctors and three teachers among them. C is a
16. Who is good in Hockey, Cricket and Volleyball ?
lady doctor and she does not travel with the pair of sisters A and
(1) Sachin (2) Kunal
F. B, a male engineer, travels with only G, a teacher in vehicle I. D
(3) Ravi (4) Gaurav
is a male doctor. Two persons belonging to same profession do
17. Who is good in Baseball, Cricket, Volleyball and Football ?
not travel in the same vehicle. A is not an engineer and travels in
(1) Sachin (2) Kunal
(3) Gaurav (4) Ravi vehicle II.
18. Who is good in Baseball, Volleyball and Hockey ? 21. In which vehicle does C travel?
(1) Sachin (2) Kunal (1) I (2) II
(3) Ravi (4) Gaurav (3) III (4) II and III
22. How many lady members are there among them?
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 19-20) : Read the following information (1) Three (2) Four
carefully and answer the question given below it. (3) Three or Four (4) Data inadequate
23. What is F’s profession?
(A) Gopal is shorter than Ashok but taller than Kunal.
(B) Navin is shorter than Kunal. (1) Doctor (2) Engineer
(C) Jayesh is taller than Navin. (3) Teacher (4) Data inadequate
(D) Ashok is taller than Jayesh. 24. Which of the following is not correct?
19. Who among them is the tallest ? (1) A - Female - Teacher (2) B - Male - Engineer
(1) Gopal (2) Ashok (3) E - Male - Teacher (4) F - Female - Teacher
(3) Kunal (4) Navin 25. Which of the following represents the three teachers?
20. Which of the given information is not necessary to answer (1) AEG (2) EFG
the above question ? (3) AEG or EFG (4) Data inadequate
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D

Exercise
1. A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field. A and B are
He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons from Nehru House while the rest belong to Gandhi House. D and
but six and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in all ? F are tall while the others are short. A, C and D are wearing glasses
(1) 9 (2) 18 while the others are not.
(3) 27 (4) 36 4. Which two students, who are not wearing glasses, are short?
(1) A and F (2) C and E
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 2-3) : These questions are based on the
(3) B and E (4) E and F
following information.
5. Which short student of Gandhi House is not wearing
Five men A, B, C, D and E read a newspaper. The one who reads glasses?
first gives it to C. The one who reads last had taken from A. E was (1) F (2) E
not the first or last to read. There were two readers between (3) B (4) A
B and A.
6. Which tall student of Gandhi House is not wearing glasses?
2. B passed the newspaper to whom ?
(1) A (2) C (1) B (2) C
(3) D (4) E (3) E (4) F
3. Who read the newspaper last ? 7. Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field. A and
(1) A (2) B B are from Delhi while the rest are from Bangalore. D and F
(3) C (4) D are tall while others are short A. C and D are girls while
others are boys. Which is the tall girl from Bangalore?
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 4-6): Read the following information and
(1) C (2) D
answer the questions given below it.
(3) E (4) F
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8. On a shelf are placed six volumes side-by-side labelled A, B, 9. In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal
C, D, E and F. B, C, E, F have green covers while others have musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja
yellow covers. A, D, B are new volumes while the rest are are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailja do not know
old volumes. A, C, B are law reports while the rest are medical how to play on the violin. Shailja and Tanuja are among the
extracts. Which two volumes are old medical extracts and dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailja and Tanuja are all vocal
have green covers? musicians and two of them are also violinist?
(1) B, C (2) C, D (1) Jalaja (2) Shailja
(3) C, E (4) E, F (3) Tanuja (4) Pooja

&
Exercise 1 Qs. 9-13. We prepare a table from the given data as under :

1. (3) Eleven pieces consist of 10 smaller equal pieces and one half
Maths Geography History Political Sc. Biology
cake piece.
A Ö × Ö Ö ×
Weight of half piece with ten small pieces of weight 25 grams each
B Ö Ö × Ö ×
= 25 × 10 g i.e. 250 grams
C Ö Ö Ö × ×
\ Total weight of the cake = 2 × 250 grams i.e. D × Ö × Ö Ö
500 grams. E × × Ö Ö Ö
2. (3) Let the number of horse = Number of men = x
Number of legs = 4x + 2 × (x/2) = 5x Þ 5x = 70 or x = 14.
9. (2) Clearly, from the table D is intelligent in Political Science,
3. (3) The advocate is to the right of the student, who is standing Geography and Biology.
between the professor and the advocate. 10. (2) B is intelligent in Mathematics, Political Science and
So, we have : Professor, Student, Advocate. Geography.
The author is to the left of businessman. 11. (3) A is intelligent in Mathematics and History but not in
So, we have : Author, Businessman. Geography.
12. (4) C is intelligent in Mathematics, History and Geography.
Since the professor and businessman are at the ends, the
13. (4) E is intelligent in Political Science, History and biology.
arrangement from left to right becomes : Professor, Student,
14. (3) Australia was defeated twice by India.
Advocate, Author, Businessman. India was defeated twice by West Indies.
Clearly, the advocate is third from the left. West Indies was defeated twice by Australia.
4. (1) D is not as tall as A Þ D is shorter than A Þ D < A. New Zealand was defeated twice by India and twice by West
D is not as short as C Þ D is taller than C Þ D > C Indies, i.e., 4 times in all.
B is shorter than D but taller than C Þ C < B < D. 15. (1) When the son is born, let the father be ‘x’ years of age.
When his son is ‘x’ years old, then father is ‘2x’ years old.
Thus, we have : C < B < D < A. So, A is the tallest.
Þ 2x = 36 or x = 18
5. (1) In terms of weight :
\ 5 years ago, son is 13 years old.
Govind < Ashish; Mohit < Jack; Jack < Pawan
Qs. 16-18. The given information can be analyzed as under :
and Pawan < Govind
Þ the sequence is
Hockey Volleyball Baseball Cricket Football
Mohit < Jack < Pawan < Govind < Ashish
Ravi Ö Ö Ö
\ Ashish is the heaviest.
Kunal Ö Ö Ö
6. (3) H is a person who is neither hard working nor ambitious.
Sachin Ö Ö Ö
7. (2) G is a person who is ambitious but he is neither honest nor Gaurav Ö Ö Ö Ö
hard working. Michael Ö Ö
8. (4) From the statements given, the correct order is A, C, D, B, E
Clearly, D is sitting in the centre.
16. (2) Kunal is good in Hockey, Cricket and Volleyball.
It is given that A, B, C, D and E are sitting facing you. So your right 17. (3) Gaurav is good in Baseball, Cricket, Volleyball and Football.
and left will be considered as left and right respectively. 18. (3) Ravi is good in Baseball, Volleyball and Hockey.
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19. (2) In terms of height, we have 2. (2) B passed the newspaper to C.
Gopal < Ashok, Kunal < Gopal, Navin < Kunal, 3. (4) D read the newspaper last.
Navin < Jayesh, Jayesh < Ashok. Qs. 4-6.
So, the sequence becomes : We may prepare a table as follows:
Navin < Kunal < Gopal < Jayesh < Ashok.
Clearly, Ashok is the tallest.
20. (3) Clearly, statement (C) is not necessary. Nehru Hous e Gandhi Hous e Tall S hort Glas s es No glas s es
Qs. 21-25. A ü ü ü
B, a male engineer travels with only G, a teacher in vehicle I. Since B ü ü ü
each vehicle has persons of both the sexes, so G is a female. C does C ü ü ü
not travel with A or F. Also, no person travels with any person of D ü ü ü
the same profession. Since C and D are both doctors, so C does not E ü ü ü
travel with D. Since A travels in vehicle II, so C travels with E in F ü ü ü
vehicle III. Since C is a female, so E is a male.
Thus, A, D and F travel in vehicle II. So, their professions must be 4. (3) B and E are short and not wearing glasses.
different. D is a doctor. Since A is not an engineer, so A is a teacher 5. (2) E belongs to Gandhi House, is short and does not wear
and F is an engineer. A and F, being sisters, are both females. glasses.
B and F are two engineers, C and D are two doctors. So, A, E and 6. (4) F belongs to Gandhi House, is tall and is not wearing glasses.
G are all teachers.
7. (2) We may prepare a table as follows:
Person Vehicle Profession Sex
A II Teacher Female Delhi Bangalore Tall Short Girls Boys
B I Engineer Male A ü ü ü
C III Doctor Female B ü ü ü
D II Doctor Male C ü ü ü
E III Teacher Male D ü ü ü
F II Engineer Female E ü ü ü
G I Teacher Female F ü ü ü

21. (3) C travels in vehicle III. Clearly, D is the tall girl from Bangalore.
22. (2) There are four ladies in the group — A, C, F and G.
23. (2) F is an engineer by profession. 8. (4) We may prepare a table as follows:
24. (4) Since F is an engineer, so F – Female - Teacher is the incorrect
combination. Green Yellow New Old Law Medical
25. (1) A, E and G are the three teachers. Cover Cover Volume Volume Reports Extracts
A ü ü ü
Exercise 2 B ü ü ü
C ü ü ü
1. (1) There were all sparrows but ‘six’ means that six birds were D ü ü ü
not sparrows but only pigeons and ducks. E ü ü ü
Þ No. of pigeons + No. of ducks = 6, similarly F ü ü ü
No. of sparrows + No. of ducks = 6 and
No. of sparrows + No. of pigeons = 6 Clearly, E and F are old volumes which have green covers
Adding we have and are medical extracts.
\ 2 (no. of pigeons + ducks + sparrows) = 18
9. (3) The four vocal musicians and one actress in the group are
or No. of pigeons + ducks + sparrows = 18 ÷ 2 = 9.
Qs. 2-3. given. Two dancers are Shailja and Tanuja. Two violinists are Girija
C is the second reader. A is the second last reader. and Vanaja. Since Jalaja and Shailja cannot be violinists, so remaining
E is not the first or last to read. So, E is the third reader. There were two violinists are Tanuja and Pooja. Clearly, Tanuja is both a
two readers between B and A. violinist and a dancer.
So, the order of reading the newspaper is : B, C, E, A, D.