PUZZLES – 1

Q1. Four friends, Aditi, Bharat, Chandan and Deepika went to a restaurant for dinner. Each of
them ordered a different dish from the menu: pizza, pasta, burger and salad. Additionally,
each friend ordered a different drink: cola, lemonade, orange juice and water. Based on the
following clues, determine the combination of friend, dish and drink:

 Aditi didn’t order pizza or cola.

Who ordered the burger and what drink did they order?

(a) Aditi, orange juice (b) Bharat, water (c) Chandan, lemonade (d) Deepika, cola

Q2. Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

i. Five friends Amar, Kapil, Sarvesh, Rohan and Nagesh put on five shirts of different colours,
i.e., Red, Yellow, Blue, White, and Green, while they were going to attend a party. These
colours are not in the order.

ii. They have different hobbies as reading, playing, outing, singing and writing.

iii. Kapil, who likes singing, does not wear Yellow shirt. Sarvesh wears Red shirt and he does not
like reading or writing. Nagesh likes playing and he does not wear Blue or Yellow shirt. Amar
likes writing and Rohan does not wear Yellow or Green shirt.

What is the colour of Kapil’s shirt?

(a) White (b) Green (c) Blue (d) Insufficient data to answer

Instruction for Q. No. 03 to 06: Read the following statements and answer questions.
Sports (and Game) persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V of a university are at the Bengaluru Airport.
Five of them are selected players and leaving to participate in the Grand Sports Event in five
 different events cricket, carrom, badminton and table tennis being held at 5 different cities
Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Hyderabad.
(i) P is going to Delhi, but he does not play either cricket or carrom.
(ii) Q has come to give send off to R, who is a chess player and is not leaving to either Mumbai or
Hyderabad.
(iii) S is leaving to Mumbai but he does no play either badminton or cricket.
(v) T is not a selected player.
03. Who plays badminton?
(a) P (b) Q (c) R (d) S
04. Cricketer goes to
(a) Mumbai (b) Hyderabad (c) Chennai (d) Delhi
05. Player of which game goes to Delhi?
(a) Badminton (b) Chess (c) Cricket (d) Table Tennis
06. Who plays chess and where is he going?
(a) R and Chennai (b) S and Mumbai (c) U and Delhi (d) None of these

Directions (Q. No. 7 to 10) Questions are based on the following information.

There are six teachers A, B, C, D, E and F in a school. Each teacher has to teach two subjects,
one compulsory and the other optional.

D's optional is History, while three others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics
as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics, which is an optional subject of
both C and E.

History and English are A's subjects but in term of compulsory and optional subjects, they are
reverse of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of one of the teachers. There is only one
female teacher, who has English as her compulsory subject.

Q7. What is C's compulsory subject?

(a) Physics (b) chemistry (c) English (d) History

Q8. Who among the following has Chemistry as a subject?

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

Q9. Which of the following groups of teachers has History as the compulsory subjects?
 (a) B, C and D (b) C and D (c) A, B and C (d) A, C and D

Q10. Disregarding which is compulsory or optional subject who has the same two subject
combination as that of F?

(a) B (b) E (c) D (d) A

Q11. A junior school is offering five after-school activities - Karate, Handwork, Music Dance and
Gymnastics. Each of the five students – Leena, Megan, Neha, Omar and Pixia has subscrived
to at least one activity. As per the school rules, anyone who subscribes to Gymnastics must
also subscribe to Dance. Karate and Handwork must always be subscribed together. Music
and Dance cannot be subscribed together.
The following information is available about the student’s subscriptions.
 Megan subscribed to four activities.
 Leena subscribed to Gymnastics but not Karate.
 Pixie subscribed to only one activity and is the only one subscribe to that activity.
 Omar subscribed to three activities.
 Neha subscribed to only one activity.
How many activities are subscribed by exactly two people each?
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3

Q12. COMPREHENSION:

Directions: A, B, C, D, E, F and G are travelling in three different vehicles. There are at least
two passengers in each vehicle – Swift, Creta, Nexon and only one of them is a male. There are
two engineers, two doctors and three teachers among them.

(i) C is a lady doctor and she does not travel with the pair of sisters A and F.

(ii) B a male engineer, travels with only G, a teacher in a Swift.

(iii) D is a male doctor.

(iv) Two persons belonging to the same profession do not travel in the same vehicle.

(v) A is not an engineer and travels in a Creta.

(vi) The pair of sisters A and F travels in the same vehicle.

(a) Swift (b) Data inadequate (c) Nexon (d) Creta

Q13. COMPREHENSION:

Directions: A, B, C, D, E, F and G are travelling in three different vehicles. There are at least
two passengers in each vehicle – Swift, Creta, Nexon and only one of them is a male. There are
two engineers, two doctors and three teachers among them.

(i) C is a lady doctor and she does not travel with the pair of sisters A and F.

(ii) B a male engineer, travels with only G, a teacher in a Swift.

(iii) D is a male doctor.

(iv) Two persons belonging to the same profession do not travel in the same vehicle.

(v) A is not an engineer and travels in a Creta.

(vi) The pair of sisters A and F travels in the same vehicle.

Which of the following represents the three teachers?

(a) Data inadequate (b) GBF (c) GEA (d) GEF

Q14. Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.

Five Dramas A, B, C, D and E have to be staged in 6 hour where 1 hour needs to be given per
drama.
1. A break of 1 hour has to be taken in third or four hour.
2. Drama show cannot be started with A and cannot end in C.
3. D has to follow B immediately with no break in between.
4. A cannot be done immediately after D.
5. A has to precede E immediately with no break in between.
Which is the drama staged immediately after the break?
(a) A (b) D (c) B (d) None of these

Q15. Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.
 Five Dramas A, B, C, D and E have to be staged in 6 hour where 1 hour needs to be given per
drama.
1. A break of 1 hour has to be taken in third or four hour.
2. Drama show cannot be started with A and cannot end in C.
3. D has to follow B immediately with no break in between.
4. A cannot be done immediately after D.
5. A has to precede E immediately with no break in between.
Which drama is staged immediately after D?
(a) None of these (b) E (c) B (d) C

ANSWER KEY

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. A

7. D 8. B 9. C 10. B 11. D 12. C

13. C 14. D 15. A