Reasoning Important High Level Puzzles Set 11 Asked in Various Exams for IPPB and IDBI

Puzzle 1

Direction(1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

Seven actors A, B, C, D, E, F and G act in different types of drama like Action, Thriller, Romantic, Suspense, Comedy, Horror and Inspirational, but not necessarily in the same order. All the seven actors are engaged on three different days of the week i.e. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. A is engaged on Sunday only with E and his drama is Thriller. D is acting in Horror drama and does not act on Tuesday. The one who is acting in Comedy acts on Monday. B and C do not act on the same day. Those who act on Sunday do not perform Romantic drama. F acts in Suspense drama but does not act on Monday. G acts on the same day as F. C acts in Action drama

1. Who acts in Comedy?

a) A b) B c) E d) F e) none of these

2. Which of the following groups of actors performs on Tuesday?

a) ABG b) CFE c) CDE d) CFG e) EFG

3. B and D act on which of the following days of the week?

a) Sunday b) Monday c) Tuesday d) Monday and Tuesday e) none of these

4. E acts in which type of drama?

a) Thriller b) Action c) Comedy d) Horror e) none of these

5. Which of the following combinations of actor-day-drama is definitely correct?

a) F – Monday – Romantic

b) G – Tuesday – Romantic

c) D – Sunday – Action

d) E – Tuesday – Inspirational

e) None of these

Puzzle 2

Q(6-10): Study the following information to answer the given Questions

A university organised exams for six different subjects i.e. Hindi, Sanskrit, Biology, Marketing, Computer and Finance on six days of a week, not necessarily in the same order. The exams starts from Monday, with a holiday on any day of the week, one full day is devoted to one exam. The exam of Hindi is scheduled immediately after the exam of Sanskrit. The exam of Marketing is scheduled on Wednesday but not after the exam of Finance. The exam of Biology is scheduled on Friday. There is only one exam between the exams of Computer and Hindi. There is only one day when no paper is scheduled but that is not Saturday. The exam of Finance is scheduled just before the holiday

6. On which of the following days is the exam of Computer scheduled?

a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Friday d) Saturday e) none of these

7. Which two exams are scheduled on the first and last day?

a) Sanskrit and Biology b) Biology and Finance c) Sanskrit and Finance d) Hindi and Finance

e) none of these

8. On which day is a holiday?

a) Sunday b) Monday c) Tuesday d) Wednesday e) None of these

9. How many exams is/are scheduled between the exams of Hindi and Marketing?

a) one b) two c) three d) four e) none of these

10. Which of the following combinations is correct?

a) Finance-Thursday b) Hindi-Monday c) Computer-Saturday d) Sanskrit-Monday e) None of these

Puzzle 3

Direction(1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

A, B, C, D, E and F are six members of a group in which there are three female members. Females work in three departments –Maintenance, Admission and HR – and sit on three different floors – Ground floor, first floor and second floor. Person working in the same department are not on the same floor. On each floor two persons work. No two females work in the same department or sit on the same floor. B and E work in the same department but not in HR. D works in Admission. E and A are on the ground floor and second floor respectively and work in the same department. D, a female does not sit on the first floor. C, a male works on ground floor. F, works on the first floor and D and A work on the same floor

1. Which of the following group of members are female?

a) ABC b) DEF c) ACF d) ADE e) Can’t be determined

2. Which of the following pair of person work in Admission?

a) AC b) CD c) DA d) Data inadequate e) none of these

3. Which of the following pair works on second floor?

a) AE b) AF c) AD d) DC e) None of these

4. F works in which department?

a) Maintenance b) HR c) Admission d) Either HR or Admission e) None of these

5. Which of the following represents people from all three floors?

a) FBA b) CFB c) BEC d) ADB e) AFC

Puzzle 4

Direction(6-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

One of the seven Hollywood films—Titanic, Inception, Shutter island, Revenant, X-men, Batman and Ghost rider—is shown on each day of a Film Festival, starting from Monday and ending on Sunday. Batman film

is shown on Thursday. X-men film is shown on the day immediately after the day on which Inception film is shown. X-men film is shown neither on Tuesday nor on Saturday. Only one film is shown between Batman and Shutter Island film. Two films are shown between Titanic and Inception film. Ghost rider film is shown neither on Sunday nor on Monday

6. Revenant film is shown on which of the following days?

a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Wednesday d) Thursday e) Friday

7. How many films are shown between Shutter Island and Inception?

a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) None of these

8. Which of the following movies is shown on Saturday?

a) Ghost rider b) Shutter Island c) Titanic d) Inception e) None of these

9. On which of the following days is Ghost Rider shown?

a) Tuesday b) Wednesday c) Thursday d) Friday e) Cannot be determined

10. Which of the following movies is shown just before the Batman film?

a) Ghost Rider b) Titanic c) Shutter Island d) Inception e) Cannot be determined

Puzzle 5

Direction: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

P,Q, R, S, A, B, C and D are eight friends studying in engineering colleges in different streams like Aeronautical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Engineering, but not in the same order. All of them are seated around a circular table, facing away from the centre. P sits third to the left of the person who studies Electrical Engineering. Only two persons sit between A and C. Neither A nor C studies Electrical Engineering and neither of them is an immediate neighbor of P. The person who studies Technical Engineering sits second to the right of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of P. S does not study Electrical Engineering and P does not study Technical Engineering. The one who studies Aeronautical Engineering sits third to the left of B. The one who studies Aeronautical Engineering and the one who studies Electrical Engineering are not immediate neighbours. Only one person sits between S and the one who studies Chemical Engineering. The person who studies Electronic Engineering and the one who studies Computer Engineering are immediate neighbours. Only one person sits between Q and the one who studies Civil Engineering. The one who studies Civil Engineering is an immediate neighbour of D. C and Q are not immediate neighbours. S does not study Computer Engineering.

1. How many people sit between A and the one who studies Civil Engineering (when counted in clockwise direction from

A)? a) one b) two c) three d) four e) five

2. Who studies Chemical Engineering?

a) R b) B c) Q d) P e) A

3. Which of the following combinations is, definitely true?

a) S – Electrical Engineering b) R-Civil Engineering c) C-Chemical Engineering d) Q – Electronic Engineering e) None of these

4. Who studies Aeronautical Engineering?

a) P b) A c) Q d) R e) S

5. What is the position of the person who studies Mechanical Engineering with respect to R?

a) Immediate left b) Second to the left c) Third to the right d) Third to the left e) Second to the right