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Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Reasoning Important High Level Puzzles Set 12 Asked in Various Exams for IPPB and IDBI

Puzzle 1
Direction: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions
Ten Persons X, Y, Z, H, I, U, V, W, G and E 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 other row.
All of them likes a different soft drink – Sprite, Slice, Pepsi, Maaza, Fanta, Mirinda, Limca, 7up, Nimbooz and Cola but not necessarily in the same order.
The persons who likes Fanta and Mirinda sit opposite each other. U sits opposite X, who likes Sprite. The one who likes Slice sits opposite the one who likes 7up. E is not facing north but sits third to the left of V, Who likes Slice. There is only one person between Y and Z. I sits at one of the ends of the row and likes Mirinda. The one who likes 7up is on the immediate right of H, who does not like Cola. The person who likes Pepsi and Maaza respectively are not facing north. Z

likes Limca.The one who likes Maaza sits opposite the one who is second to the right of Y. G does not like Cola. I sits opposite the one who sits second to the left of one who likes Pepsi
1. How many persons sits between H and I ?
1.1 2.4 3.2 4.3 5.None of these
2. Y likes which of the following soft drink ?
1.Maaza 2.Sprite 3.7up 4.Cola 5.Fanta
3. Who among the following sit at the extreme end of the row and are facing south ?
1.W, E 2.U, V 3.V, W 4.H, I 5.None of these
4. Four of the following five alike in a certain way and hence form a group, which of the one does not belong to that group ?
1.W, H 2.V, Y 3.E, I 4.G, Y 5.U, X
5. Who among the following sits second to the right of one who likes Maaza ?
1.U 2.V 3.W 4.I 5.None of these

Puzzle 2
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below
There are eight persons in a family M, N, O , P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Among them there are three doctors, two Engineers, two Authors and one Painter. Each person has only one occupation. There are three married couples in the family and no unmarried female. Three generation are there in the family

P has two children. S and T are children of Q and O respectively. R is wife of P and mother of N and M. O is a female but not wife of M

S, a grandson of P, sits exactly between O and M and only Q sits exactly between N and R. Only one person sits between O and N but he is not T. N is not the immediate neighbour of S, who is not opposite to P. N does not sit opposite to a female. One of the sons of P is on immediate left of P. The person who is on the immediate left of S and the person who is on the immediate right of N are not doctors. The immediate neighbours of Q are neither an Engineer nor a Doctor. T is a Painter

1. Who among the following sits exactly between P and Q ?
1.Author 2.Doctor 3.Engineer 4.Painter 5.None of these
2. Which of the following does not form a group ?
1.R 2.M 3.Q 4.O 5.None of these
3. Which of the following two members sits adjacent to each other in the arrangement ?
1.QO 2.NT 3.TQ 4.SM 5.None of these
4. Who among the following is Son of Q ?
1.T 2.O 3.S 4.P 5.None of these
5. Who among the following is an Engineer ?
1.P 2.O 3.T 4.Both 1 and 3 5.Both 1 and 2

Puzzle 3
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sits at four corners of the square facing the centre while four others sit in the middle of each of the four sides but not facing the centre. A sits third to the right of F, who is not facing the centre.
E is not an immediate neighbour of F or A. There is only one person between F and G.
D sits second to the right of B, who is on the immediate left of G
C is not an immediate neighbour of A.

1. Who among the following sits opposite to F ?
1.E 2.C 3.H 4.A 5.None of these
2. Who among the following sits exactly between G and H ?
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.F 5.None of these
3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.Which of the following does not belong to that group ?
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.G 5.None of these
4. What is the position of B with respect to D ?
1.Third to the right 2.Second to the left 3.Immediate right 4.Second to the right 5.None of these
5. If E is facing outside then which will be the immediate right of E ?
1.H 2.F 3.G 4.D 5.None of these

Puzzle 4
Study the following information Carefully to answer the given questions
Eleven colleagues P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in the first row of the table facing the chairman. S who is to the immediate left of U is second to the right of R. P is second to the right of T, who is at one of the ends. Y is an immediate neighbour of P and Q and third to the left of V. W is to the immediate left of S and third to the right of X.

1. Who is sitting in the middle of the row?
a) Q b) V c) R d) Y e) None of these
2. Which of the groups of colleagues is sitting to the right of V?
a) RVXY b) SURX c) TQWY d) SURW e) SUWP
3. Which of the following is true with respect to above arrangement?
a) T and S are sitting at the extreme ends b) X is between S and R c) There are two persons between P and X d) Z and P are immediate neighbours of Y e) none of these
4. If all the members are made to sit in an alphabetical order from left to right, how many of them retain the same position?
a) none b) one c) two d) three e) four
5. Which among the following is sitting third to the left of second from the right end?
a) V b) U c) X d) Y e) Z

Puzzle 5
Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow: –
Eight friends – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them likes different cricketers – Kohli, Rohit, Dhawan, Smith, Warner, Root, Gayle and Nehra.

There are two persons between those two persons who like Kohli and Rohit and neither of them sits opposite P. R and V are immediate neighbours and neither of them likes Nehra or Rohit. P, who likes Gayle, sits second to the right of the girl who likes Nehra. Q and T neither like Nehra nor sit adjacent to P. T, who likes Rohit, sits second to the left of V, who likes Smith. R does not like Kohli.
The immediate neighbour of T faces R, who sits third to the left of the one who likes Gayle. U does not like Nehra. Both S and W do not like Kohli and Dhawan. Q likes Root while S likes Warner. Q is not an immediate neighbour of P.
1. Which of the following is the favourite cricketer of P?
a) Warner b) Kohli c) Dhawan d) Gayle e) None of these
2. Dhawan is the favourite cricketer of which of the following?
a) P b) Q c) R d) S e) None of these
3. Who among the following is exactly between Q and S?
a) R b) U c) V d) T e) None of these
4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
a) V- Smith b) P – Gayle c) Q – Kohli d) R – Dhawan e) S – Warner
5. Who is sitting opposite to the person who likes Nehra?
 a) Q b) T c) P d) R e) None of these



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


Reasoning Important High Level Puzzles Set 10 Asked in Various Exams for IPPB and IDBI

Puzzle 1: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

Ten Persons X, Y, Z, H, I, U, V, W, G and E 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 other row.

All of them likes a different soft drink – Sprite, Slice, Pepsi, Maaza, Fanta, Mirinda, Limca, 7up, Nimbooz and Cola but not necessarily in the same order.
The persons who likes Fanta and Mirinda sit opposite each other. U sits opposite X, who likes Sprite. The one who likes Slice sits opposite the one who likes 7up. E is not facing north but sits third to the left of V, Who likes Slice. There is only one person between Y and Z. I sits at one of the ends of the row and likes Mirinda. The one who likes 7up is on the immediate right of H, who does not like Cola. The person who likes Pepsi and Maaza respectively are not facing north. Z
  
likes Limca.The one who likes Maaza sits opposite the one who is second to the right of Y. G does not like Cola. I sits opposite the one who sits second to the left of one who likes Pepsi
1. How many persons sits between H and I ?
1.1 2.4 3.2 4.3 5.None of these
2. Y likes which of the following soft drink ?
1.Maaza 2.Sprite 3.7up 4.Cola 5.Fanta
3. Who among the following sit at the extreme end of the row and are facing south ?
1.W, E 2.U, V 3.V, W 4.H, I 5.None of these
4. Four of the following five alike in a certain way and hence form a group, which of the one does not belong to that group ?
1.W, H 2.V, Y 3.E, I 4.G, Y 5.U, X
5. Who among the following sits second to the right of one who likes Maaza ?
1.U 2.V 3.W 4.I 5.None of these


Puzzle 2:Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

There are eight persons in a family M, N, O , P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Among them there are three doctors, two Engineers, two Authors and one Painter. Each person has only one occupation. There are three married couples in the family and no unmarried female. Three generation are there in the family

P has two children. S and T are children of Q and O respectively. R is wife of P and mother of N and M. O is a female but not wife of M

S, a grandson of P, sits exactly between O and M and only Q sits exactly between N and R. Only one person sits between O and N but he is not T. N is not the immediate neighbour of S, who is not opposite to P. N does not sit opposite to a female. One of the sons of P is on immediate left of P. The person who is on the immediate left of S and the person who is on the immediate right of N are not doctors. The immediate neighbours of Q are neither an Engineer nor a Doctor. T is a Painter

1. Who among the following sits exactly between P and Q ?
1.Author 2.Doctor 3.Engineer 4.Painter 5.None of these
2. Which of the following does not form a group ?
1.R 2.M 3.Q 4.O 5.None of these
3. Which of the following two members sits adjacent to each other in the arrangement ?
1.QO 2.NT 3.TQ 4.SM 5.None of these
4. Who among the following is Son of Q ?
1.T 2.O 3.S 4.P 5.None of these
5. Who among the following is an Engineer ?
1.P 2.O 3.T 4.Both 1 and 3 5.Both 1 and 2

Puzzle 3:.Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sits at four corners of the square facing the centre while four others sit in the middle of each of the four sides but not facing the centre. A sits third to the right of F, who is not facing the centre.
E is not an immediate neighbour of F or A. There is only one person between F and G.
D sits second to the right of B, who is on the immediate left of G
C is not an immediate neighbour of A.

1. Who among the following sits opposite to F ?
1.E 2.C 3.H 4.A 5.None of these
2. Who among the following sits exactly between G and H ?
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.F 5.None of these
3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.Which of the following does not belong to that group ?
1.A 2.B 3.D 4.G 5.None of these
4. What is the position of B with respect to D ?
1.Third to the right 2.Second to the left 3.Immediate right 4.Second to the right 5.None of these
5. If E is facing outside then which will be the immediate right of E ?
1.H 2.F 3.G 4.D 5.None of these


Puzzle 4:Study the following information Carefully to answer the given questions

Eleven colleagues P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in the first row of the table facing the chairman. S who is to the immediate left of U is second to the right of R. P is second to the right of T, who is at one of the ends. Y is an immediate neighbour of P and Q and third to the left of V. W is to the immediate left of S and third to the right of X.

1. Who is sitting in the middle of the row?
a) Q b) V c) R d) Y e) None of these
2. Which of the groups of colleagues is sitting to the right of V?
a) RVXY b) SURX c) TQWY d) SURW e) SUWP
3. Which of the following is true with respect to above arrangement?
a) T and S are sitting at the extreme ends 
b) X is between S and R 
c) There are two persons between P and X 
d) Z and P are immediate neighbours of Y 
e) none of these
4. If all the members are made to sit in an alphabetical order from left to right, how many of them retain the same position?
a) none b) one c) two d) three e) four
5. Which among the following is sitting third to the left of second from the right end?
a) V b) U c) X d) Y e) Z


Puzzle 5:Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow: 

Eight friends – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them likes different cricketers – Kohli, Rohit, Dhawan, Smith, Warner, Root, Gayle and Nehra.

There are two persons between those two persons who like Kohli and Rohit and neither of them sits opposite P. R and V are immediate neighbours and neither of them likes Nehra or Rohit. P, who likes Gayle, sits second to the right of the girl who likes Nehra. Q and T neither like Nehra nor sit adjacent to P. T, who likes Rohit, sits second to the left of V, who likes Smith. R does not like Kohli.
The immediate neighbour of T faces R, who sits third to the left of the one who likes Gayle. U does not like Nehra. Both S and W do not like Kohli and Dhawan. Q likes Root while S likes Warner. Q is not an immediate neighbour of P.

1. Which of the following is the favourite cricketer of P?
a) Warner b) Kohli c) Dhawan d) Gayle e) None of these
2. Dhawan is the favourite cricketer of which of the following?
a) P b) Q c) R d) S e) None of these
3. Who among the following is exactly between Q and S?
a) R b) U c) V d) T e) None of these
4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
a) V- Smith b) P – Gayle c) Q – Kohli d) R – Dhawan e) S – Warner
5. Who is sitting opposite to the person who likes Nehra?
a) Q b) T c) P d) R e) None of these



Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Reasoning Important High Level Puzzles Set 9 Asked in Various Exams for IPPB and IDBI

Puzzle 1
Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are employees of a company. Each of them works in his own cabin numbered 1 to 7, but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them wears a shirt of different colours – Blue, Green , Yellow, Sky Blue, Purple, Red and Pink but not necessarily in the same order.

N sits in cabin 4 but he does not wear either purple or sky blue shirt. O wears Blue shirt but he does not sit in cabin 2 or 6. Q sits in cabin 5 and he wears a Red shirt. The one who wears a Green shirt sits in cabin 7, P sits in cabin 1. S wears a Pink shirt. M does not sit in cabin 7. The one who wears Sky blue shirt sits in cabin 2.Either M or R does not sit in cabin 6.

1. M wears a shirt of which of the following colours ?
1.Green 2.Blue 3.Sky Blue 4.Pink 5.None of these
2. S sits in which of the following Cabin ?
1.5 2.3 3.7 4.6 5.None of these
3. Who among the following sits in Cabin 2 ?
1.O 2.M 3.Q 4.R 5.None of these
4. Who among the following wearing blue colour shirt ?
1.O 2.N 3.R 4.T 5.None of these

5. Which of the following is true ?
1.R-Pink-6 2.O-Red-4 3.1- Red – Q 4.N-Yellow-4 5.None of these

Puzzle 2
Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

Six players Arun, Kamal, Ram, Varun, Yuvraj and Ajay are playing different types of Sports viz Carom, Chess, Kho-Kho, Tennis, Hockey and Badminton, but not necessarily in the same order. All are wears a T-shirt of different colour – Violet, Green, Blue, Orange, Red and yellow.They use different types of mobiles viz Samsung, Lenovo and Nokia but not necessarily in the same order.Atleast two persons use the same same types of mobiles.

The person who plays Hockey uses Nokia. Ajay uses Nokia and wears Green T-Shirt, but he plays neither Carom nor Kho-Kho. The one plays Tennis uses Samsung. Kamal uses the same types of mobile phone as the person who wears a Violet T-Shirt, but he is not a chess Player. The one who is player of Carom uses Samsung. Varun is a Hockey Player and he wears neither Blue T-shirt nor Yellow T-shirt. Lenovo is used by a chess player, Yuvraj is a tennis player and wears an orange T-Shirt, but he does not use the same mobile phone as Ram. Arun does not wear a Red or Yellow shirt. The players who use Nokia play neither Tennis nor Kho-Kho. The players who wear Orange and Blue T-shirts use the same type of mobile.

6. Yuvraj uses the which of the following mobiles ?
1.Samsung 2.Nokia 3.Lenovo 4.Either Nokia or Lenovo 5.None of these
7. Who among the following is a Badminton Player ?
1.Arun 2.Ram 3.Yuvraj 4.Ajay 5.None of these
8. Kamal wears which colour T-Shirt ?
1.Violet 2.Red 3.Yellow 4.Orange 5.None of these
9. Ram is a ………….. player
1.Kho-Kho  2.Chess 3.Hockey 4.Carrom 5.None of these

10. Which of the following is not true ?
1.Ajay-Blue-Lenovo
2.Arun-Carrom-Samsung
3.Yuvraj-Tennis-Orange
4.Varun-Red-Nokia
5.None of these

Puzzle 3
Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

Seven employees A, B, C, D, E, F and G working in different companies reach their office by a train which stops at 5 stations P, Q, R,S and T respectively after leaving station X.

Three of them board the train at Station X. D deboards at the station next to the station at which F deboards. B does not deboards either with A or with E. G alone boards at station R and deboards with C after passing one station.
None of them boards at station Q and none of them deboards the train at station P. C boards with F but does not board with either B or with D.
E boards with two others and deboards alone after D. B and D deboard together at station R.A travels between two consecutive stations and deboards at the station T. F does not board after E
1. Who among the following board at Station P ?
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.Both 1 and 2 5.Both 1 and 3
2. A boards the train how many station after F deboards ?
1.One 2.Two 3.Three 4.Four 5.None of these
3. After how many station does C deboard ?
1.One 2.Two 3.Three 4.Four 5.None of these
  
4. At which of the following station does E deboard ?
1.P 2.S 3.Q 4.R 5.None of these
5. At which of the following station do C and F board the train ?
1.R 2.P 3.X 4.T 5.None of these

Puzzle 4
Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered one and the floor above it is numbered two and so on. The top most floor is numbered eight. Each of them likes a different cities viz Agra, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Cochin, Pune, Kashmir and Chennai but not necessarily in the same order.

The One who likes Mumbai lives on an even numbered floor but not on floor no.8. Only two persons live between F and the one who likes Mumbai. Only one person live between F and the one who likes Cochin. Neither E nor C lives on floor no 1. Only one person lives between C and D,who likes Delhi. A lives immediately above F, who lives on an odd numbered floor.
Only two persons live between E and A. The one who likes Cochin does not live on floor no.1. B lives on an even numbered floor and immediately above C. The one who likes Kolkata lives on an even numbered floor and live immediately above the person who likes Chennai. C does not like Cochin or Chennai. Only two persons live between H and the one who likes Agra. The one who likes Pune does not live on odd numbered floor. H does not like Kashmir. B lives on floor no.4.
6. Who among the following live on floor 5 ?
1.A 2.C 3.E 4.G 5.None of these
7. B likes which of the following city ?
1.Agra 2.Chennai 3.Kolkata

4.Mumbai 5.None of these
8. Who among the following likes Pune ?
1.F 2.H 3.D 4.B 5.None of these
9. Who lives between A and H ?
1.E 2.B 3.C 4.F 5.None of these
10. Which of the following is not correct ?
1.4-B-Mumbai 2.7-F-Chennai 3.5-E-Cochin 4.3-H-Kashmir 5.None of these

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

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building in numbered 1, the above one that is numbered 2 and so on/ Each of them likes a different fruit, namely Banana, Strawberry, Apple, Turnip, Guava, Kiwi, Mango and Grapes but not necessarily in the same order.

The one who likes Turnip lives on an even numbered floor. Only three people live between who likes Turnip and C.Only two people live between C and D. D does not live on the lowermost floor. Only 3 people live between D and the one who likes Guava.
E lives immediately above A. E lives on an even numbered floor. A does not like Guava. A lives neither on the floor numbered 3 or 5.Only two people live between A and the one who likes Mango. Only one person lives between the one who likes Mango and Grapes. The One who likes Grapes below the one who likes Strawberry.
B lives immediately above G. Only one person lives between G and the one who likes Apple. The one who likes Kiwi lives immediately above the one who likes Banana. F does not like Turnip and A does not like Strawberry.

1. Who lives between H and one who likes Mango ?
1.D  2.F 3.A 4.G 5.None of these
2. B lives on which of the following floor number ?
1.7 2.5 3.4 4.6 5.None of these
3. Which of the following Fruit does A likes ?
1.Banana 2.Strawberry 3.Guava 4.Mango 5.None of these
4. Which of the following is correct ?
1.A-8-Apple 2.C-2-Grapes 3.D-6-Guava 4.E- 4-Turnip 5.None of these
5. The Favourite Fruit of H is ……………………..
1.Apple 2.Kiwi 3.Turnip 4.Grapes 5.None of these




Reasoning Important High Level Puzzles Set 8 Asked in Various Exams for IPPB and IDBI


Puzzle 1

Eight Children P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are playing musical chairs. All of them are sitting on eight different chairs which are kept in a circle and face away from the centre. Four of them are wooden Chairs and four are plastic chairs.

U sits second to the left of W and both of them sits on different types of chair. V sits second to the left of R and both sit on the same type of chair.
T is on a wooden chair but opposite to U. Q and S are immediate neighbours of U.
P does not sits on a wooden chair and the child who sits opposite to P does not sit on the same type of chair.
The child who is an immediate neighbour of W and T sits on a plastic chair.
1.Who among the following sits opposite to R ?
1.R  2.P  3.U  4.Q  5.Can’t be determined

2.Who among the following sits third to the right of V ?
1.P  2.Q  3.S  4.U  5.None of these

3.Which of the following children sit on the plastic chairs ?
1.QSTW  2.QRTS  3.PRUV  4.PWUT  5.None of these

4.Which of the following does not belong to the group ?
1.WV  2.TR  3.PV  4.QU  5.None of these

5.If Q is sits between W and U then who among the following sits third to the right of S ?
1.U  2.P  3.W  4.V  5.None of these


Puzzle 2

There are six boys M, N, O, P, Q and R. They want to go out with six girls S, T, U, V, W and X, not necessarily in the same order. The pairs went to different cities Agra, Ooty, Darjeeling, Shimla and two of them went to Goa. They like different bikes, viz Karizma, Bullet, Passion and Discover. But Karizma and Bullet are preferred by two pairs.

M and P visit Goa but do not like either Karizma or Discover.
R does not go out with W Both of them do not like Passion.
V and U want to go to Agra and Darjeeling respectively. The persons visiting Ooty like the same bike as N does.
O goes out with X to Ooty but does not like either Bullet or Discover.
N goes to Agra and likes Karizma.
Q does not go out either with S or T, he does not go to Darjeeling, he likes neither Passion nor Bullet. 

1.Who among the following went to Agra ?
1.PS  2.WQ  3.OX  4.NV  5.None of these

2.If M goes with S then who among the following went goes with P ?
1.V 2.U 3.T 4.W 5.None of these

3.Who among the following went to ooty ?
1.X 2.U 3.V 4.W 5.None of these

4.Which of the following bike does O like ?
1.Karizma 2.Discover 3.Bullet 4.Passion 5.None of these

5.Which of the following is correct ?
1.O-Goa-Passion 2.R-Agra-Discover 3.U-Ooty-Bullet 4.Q-Shimla-Discover 5.None of these


Puzzle 3

There are five executives A, B, C, D and E. Each has a different hobby viz Reading, Shopping, Singing, Walking and Swimming but not necessarily in the same order. Each executive has friendship with a persons viz P, Q, R, S and T. Each persons has a different profession viz Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher, Engineer and Driver.

Among Executives , there are only three females – the one who has friendship with R, the one whose hobby is Reading and the one who has friendship with the person who is an Engineer.
The female whose hobby is shopping has friendship with the person who is Teacher. 

The Person who is a lawyer has no friendship with the person whose hobby is Singing. S is neither a lawyer nor a Doctor.T is not Teacher.
The person who has friendship with T is a female but she is not D. E’s hobby is shopping and is not a male. A and C are not females.
A’s hobby is swimming and is friend neither with T nor with Lawyer.
B’s hobby is walking. Q is a Doctor and he has no friendship with A. The one who is a Doctor has no friendship with D.

1.The one whose hobby is singing is a friend of who among the following ?
1.R 2.Lawyer 3.T 4.Doctor 5.None of these

2.Which of the following pairs correctly represents the pair of friends ?
1.CR 2.AS 3.DT 4.RB 5.None of these

3.Who among the following is an Engineer ?
1.T 2.S 3.R 4.P 5.None of these

4.Which of the following represents the group of persons having female friend ?
1.T,R, S 2.S,Q, R 3.R, P, T 4.T,S, Q 5.None of these

5.Which of the following is the specialisation of S ?
1.Driver 2.Engineer 3.Teacher 4.Doctor 5.None of these


Puzzle 4

J, K, L, I, H, Z, Y and X are eight persons of a family. There are three married couples in the family. The persons are from three generations. All females of this family are married. K and J are the offsprings of I while Y and X are the offspring of H and L respectively. Z is the wife of I. L is one of the females and she is not the wife of J.

Among them there are three Teachers, two Businessmen, two Athletes and one Painter. Each person has only one occupation. All of them are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. They sit in such a manner that only one of the grandsons of I is sitting between L and J, while only H is sitting between K and Z.
One of the sons of I is on the immediate left of I. Only one person is sitting between L and K,but it is not X. Y, who is not sitting next to K, is also not sitting opposite I. K is not sitting opposite a female.
The persons who are on the immediate left of Y and immediate right of K are not Teachers while X is a renowned Painter. The persons who are sitting next to H are neither Businessman nor Teacher.

1.Who among the following is Teacher ?
1.L and Z 2.X and I 3.K and L 4.J and H 5.None of these

2.Who is sitting between K and L ?
1.Businessman 2.Athlete 3.Teacher 4.Painter 5.None of these

3.Who among the following is son of I ?
1.L 2.J 3.X 4.Y 5.None of these

4.Who among the following sits third to the right of Athlete ?
1.Businessman 2.Teacher 3.Painter 4.Both 1 and 2 5.None of these

5.Who among the following sitting opposite to Painter ?
1.X 2.J 3.I 4.Z 5.None of these


Puzzle 5

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X are sitting in a straight line, facing North. Three of them are not males. Two females sit adjacent to each other. Q is fourth to the left of V, who is second to the right of R, who is not the immediate neighbour of P.

U is fourth to the right of R and is second to the left of X. S is not an immediate neighbour of either X or Q.
S is not male. One of the persons sitting on the extreme ends is a female. T is not an immediate neighbour of either V or U.
No female is an immediate neighbour of U. W does not sit second to the left of P. The immediate neighbour of S are male.

1. Which of the following is a group of females ?
1.QTS 2.TXP 3.SVR 4.UWX 5.None of these

2. Who is sitting to the immediate left of S ?
1.V 2.Q 3.W 4.R 5.None of these

3. In which of the following combinations is the third person sitting between the first and the second person ?
1.PWU 2.QTR 3.RST 4.WUP 5.None of these

4. If Q and R, V and U interchange their position then how many persons are sitting between R and V ?
1.Four 2.Five 3.Six 4.Two 5.None of these
  
5. Who among the following sits third to the left of P ?
1.W 2.V 3.R 4.X 5.None of these