11. Analytical Puzzles

INTRODUCTION:
Puzzle test also called Analytical reasoning. The given data have to be analyzed and the data has to be fulfilled because the data given is in completed. i.e., just like puzzles pattern. In this case, some part of data is given and some data is hidden. We have to find out (or) expose the hidden data to complete the data.

EXERCISE
Directions-(Q.1-3) Read the passage from given below and answer the questions following it. Five plays are to be performed in five days from Monday to Friday of a week. Each day only one play can be performed. These five plays are A, B, C, D and E. D and E are neither first nor last. C will be played just after E. B will be played just after D. There is one play between A and B.

What is the correct order of the plays?
(a) AECDB
(b) ADBCE
(c) BDAEC
(d) DBECA
(e) None of these
Which play was performed on Wednesday?
(a) B or C
(b) B
(c) A
(d) Cannot be performed
(e) None of these
Which play was performed on the first day?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Cannot be performed
(e) None of these

Directions-(Q.4-6) Five cities A, B, C, D and E are famous for their lovely garden, fancy jewellery, educational institute, blue pottery and scents but not in the same order.
(i) A and C are neither educational institutes nor have gardens.
(ii) B and E are not famous for jewellery or pottery.
(iii) Scents and jewellery have nothing to do with A.
(iv) D and E are not famous for garden and jewellery.
(v) D is not famous for educational institutes.
Which of the following city is famous for gardens?
a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) B
(e) E
Blue pottery is available in which of the following cities?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) E
(d) B
(e) D
City E is famous for which of the following?
(a) Jewellery
(b) Educational institutes
(c) Blue pottery
(d) Scent
(e) Garden

Directions-(Q.7-11): A training college has to conduct a refresher course for teachers of seven different subjects- Mechanics, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, Science and Engineering from 22nd July to 29th July.
i) Course should start with Psychology.
ii) 23rd July being Sunday, should be a holiday.
iii) Science subject should be on previous day of the engineering subject.
iv) Course should be end with mechanic subject
v) Philosophy should be immediately after holiday
vi) There should be a gap of one day between Economics and Engineering.
vii) There should be a gap of two days between Sociology and Economics.
The refresher course will start with which one of the following subjects?
(a) Psychology
(b) Mechanics
(c) Philosophy
(d) Economics
(e) None of these
Which subject will be on Tuesday?
(a) Mechanics
(b) Engineering
(c) Economics
(d) Psychology
(e) None of these
Which subject is followed by science?
(a) Psychology
(b) Philosophy
(c) Economics
(d) Engineering
(e) Cannot be determined
Which subject precedes mechanics?
(a) Economics
(b) Engineering
(c) Philosophy
(d) Psychology
(e) None of these
How many days gap is there between Science and philosophy?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) No gap
(e) None of these

Directions- (Q. 12-18)
(i) Six scientists A, B, C, D, E and F want experiment something related to their subjects.
(ii) The subjects are Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Physics, Geography and mathematics.
(iii) Each day only one Scientist can experiment.
(iv) Experiments will start from Monday and end on Sunday. One day will be rest day.
(v) Chemistry will be experimented just after geography.
(vi) A will experiment either on the second day or on the last. His subject is mathematics. His experiment should not be performed just before Botany.
(vii) C will experiment on third day and Physics will be on fifth day.
(viii) E, who is Zoologist performed on second day
(ix) B performed on Monday and the day just after the day when F experimented will be rest day.
When will Chemistry be experimented?
(a) Monday
(b) Friday
(c) Sunday
(d) Saturday
(e) None of these
Which will be the first experiment?
(a) Zoology
(b) Geography
(c) Mathematics
(d) Chemistry
(e) None of these
Which will be the rest day?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Saturday
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Which experiment will be performed before physics?
(a) Chemistry
(b) Zoology
(c) Botany
(d) Geography
(e) None of these
What is the correct order of scientists according to the experiment performed?
(a) BEDCFA
(b) BCEFDA
(c) AFDACB
(d) BECDFA
(e) None of these
Rest day will be given between which of the two scientists?
(a) zoology-Geography
(b) Maths-Physics
(c) Botany-Geography
(d) Chemistry-Maths
(e) None of these
What is the subject of F?
(a) Physics
(b) Chemistry
(c) Botany
(d) cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Directions- (Q. 19-23): The sports week of an institute was organized from 19th to 26th of a month, 19th being a Wednesday. During that period six games-Cricket, Badminton, table-tennis, Kho-kho, Hockey and Football were played, one game on each day. Further information is
(i) Hockey was not played on the closing day, i.e., on 26th.
(ii) Table-Tennis was played on the previous day of cricket.
(iii) Football was not played either on Wednesday or Saturday
(iv) No game was played on Thursday and Sunday
(v) Kho-Kho was played on Monday
(vi) There was a gap of two days between cricket and football
The sports week started with which game?
(a) Table-Tennis
(b) Cricket
(c) Kho-Kho
(d) Hockey
(e) None of these
How many days gap is there between Hockey and Football?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Two
(e) None of these
Which pair of games was played on Wednesday?
(a) Hockey and Badminton
(b) Hockey and Cricket
(c) Cricket and Tennis
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Which game exactly precedes Kho-Kho?
(a) Hockey
(b) Football
(c) Cricket
(d) Table-Tennis
(e) None of these
Table-Tennis follows which game?
(a) Hockey
(b) cricket
(c) Tennis
(d) None of these
(e) cannot be determined.

Directions—(Q. 24-30) Read the following passage carefully and answers the questions given below it—
A group of seven friends, A, B, C, D, E, F and G work as Economist, Agriculture Officer, IT Officer, Terminal Operator, Clerk, Forest Officer and Research Analyst, for Banks L, M, N, P, Q, R and S but not necessarily in the same order. C works for Bank N and is neither a Research Analyst nor a Clerk. E is an IT Officer and works for Bank R. A works as Forest Officer and does not work for Bank L or Q. The one who is an Agriculture Officer works for Bank M. The one who works for Bank L works as a Terminal Operator. F works for Bank Q. G works for Bank P as a Research Analyst. D is not an Agriculture Officer.
Who amongst the following works as an Agriculture Officer?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) F
(d) E
(e) None of these
What is the profession of C?
(a) Terminal operator
(b) Agriculture Officer
(c) Economist
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
For which Bank does B work?
(a) M
(b) S
(c) L
(d) Either M or S
(e) None of these
What is the profession of the person who works for Bank S?
(a) Clerk
(b) Agriculture Officer
(c) Terminal Operator
(d) Forex Officer
(e) None of these
For which Bank does D work?
(a) Q
(b) L
(c) N
(d) S
(e) None of these
Who amongst the following works as a Clerk?
(a) C
(b) B
(c) F
(d) D
(e) None of these
Which of the following combinations is correct?
(a) B-Forest Officer
(b) A-Clerk
(c) D- Economist
(d) A- Agriculture Officer
(e) None of these

Directions (Qs. 31 to 35): Seven professionals A, B, C, D, E, F and G are practicing their professions in different cities Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Jaipur and Bhubaneswar not necessarily in the same order.
Each has a different profession Doctor, Engineer, Pharmacist, Lawyer, Counsellor, Professor and Artist not necessarily in the same order. A is a Pharmacist and practices in Bhubaneshwar. D practices in Bangalore but is not a Doctor or an Artist. The one who practices in Hyderabad is a Professor. G is a Counsellor and does not practice in Mumbai or Chennai. E is a Lawyer and practices in Ahmadabad. F practices in Chennai but is not an artist. C practices in Mumbai.
What is D's profession?
(a) Doctor
(b) Professor
(c) Engineer
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Who is the professor?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) None of these
Which of the following combinations of profession and place is correct?
(a) Pharmacist—Jaipur
(b) Engineer—Chennai
(c) Doctor—Bangalore
(d) Artist—Mumbai
(e) None of these
Which of the following persons work in Jaipur?
(a) B
(b) G
(c) C
(d) B or G
(e) None of these
Who is the Doctor?
(a) D
(b) B
(c) C
(d) B or C
(e) None of these

Directions (36 to 40): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
(i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six members of a group in which there are three female members. All members work in three departments - Accounts, Administration and Personnel and sit on the three floors - 1st, IInd and III rd. Persons working in the same department are not on the same floor. On each floor two persons work.
(ii) No two ladies work in the same department or on the same floor. B and E work in the same department but not in Personnel. D works in Administration. E and A are on the 1st and IIIrd floors respectively and work in the same department. D, a lady, does not work on IInd floor. C, a man, works on 1st floor.
Which of the following groups of persons are females?
(a) ADF
(b) CDF
(c) DEF
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
Which of the following pairs works on IInd floor?
(a) AE
(b) BD
(c) BF
(d) CF
(e) None of these
Which of the following pairs of persons work in Administration?
(a) BD
(b) CD
(c) CE
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
F works in which department?
(a) Administration
(b) Accounts
(c) Personnel
(d) Accounts or Personnel
(e) None of these
D works On Which Floor?
(a) 1st
(b) 2nd
(c) 3rd
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

Directions (41 to 45): Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
(i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven persons wearing a different colour shirt - white, red, black, green, yellow, blue and violet and a different colour trousers - blue, red, white, black, cream, yellow and indigo. The persons, colour of the shirt and colour of the trousers above are not necessarily in the same order. No person is wearing shirt and trousers of the same colour.
(ii) B is wearing red colour shirt and is not wearing cream or yellow colour trousers. D is wearing green colour shirt and indigo colour trousers. Colour of A’s shirt and F's trousers is same. Colour of E's shirt and C's trousers is same. G is wearing blue shirt and E is wearing blue trousers. F is not wearing any yellow dress. A is not wearing a white shirt. Red and blue is not the combination of shirt and trousers of any of the persons.
Who wears violet colour shirt?
(a) C
(b) F
(c) C or F
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
What is the colour of B's trousers?
(a) White
(b) Indigo
(c) Red
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
What is the colour of A's trousers?
(a) Cream
(b) Blue
(c) White
(d) Data inadequate
(e) none of these
What is the colour of F's shirt?
(a) Green
(b) Blue
(c) Violet
(d) Data inadequate
(e) none of these
What is the colour of G's trousers?
(a) Indigo
(b) White
(c) Cream
(d) Red
(e) None of these

Directions (Q. 46-50): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions: 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 at least one male and one female member. Each family has at least two members. A belongs to family Y and he travels in car III. D is wife of E and they travel in cars I & 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.
Which of the following group of persons travel in car I?
(a) D, F, G
(b) D, E, G
(c) D, G, H
(d) D, F, H
(e) None of these
Which car has only two members travelling in it?
(a) I
(b) II
(c) III
(d) II or III
(e) Cannot be determined
Which of the following members of families Y and Z travel in different cars?
(a) F, G
(b) C, G
(c) F, H
(d) C, F
(e) None of these
Which of the following group of persons is a group of all females?
(a) B, D, G
(b) A, B, C
(c) B, E, F
(d) D, E, F
(e) None of these
Which of the following members of families X and Y travel in the same car?
(a) C, F
(b) D, F
(c) C, D
(d) F, E
(e) None of these

Directions (Qs.51-55): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
There is a five storey building including the ground floor and each floor has only one flat. All these flats have been occupied by the five Bank Probationary Officers. Each officer owns a different car. The cars are : Indica, Ikon, Indigo, Elentra and Santro. The five officers A, B, X, Y and Z are employed in the different banks, viz., State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), UCO Bank, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank but not necessarily in the same order. Mr. X works in HDFC Bank and lives on the ground floor. The officer who lives on fourth (top) floor does not own Elentra or Santro. Mr. B works in PNB and owns Elentra car. The officer who works in UCO Bank and lives on second floor owns Indica car. Mr. Y lives on third floor and owns Indigo. Mr. Z works in ICICI Bank and Mr. Y works in State Bank of India.
Who among the following does own Santro car?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) X
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) none of these
Who lives on the second floor?
(a) X
(b) Y
(c) Z
(d) A
(e) None of these
On which floor does B live?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Fourth
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Who among the following owns Indica car?
(a) X
(b) A
(c) Y
(d) B
(e) None of these
Which of the following combinations of the officer and car is correct?
(a) Mr. X: Elentra
(b) Mr. Y: Ikon
(c) Mr. A: Santro
(d) Mr. Z: Ikon
(e) None of these

Directions (56-60): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight students of a school. They study in Std. VI, VII and VIII with not more than three in any Std. each of them has a favourite subject from Physics, Geography, English, Marathi, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Economics not necessarily in the same order. D likes Chemistry and studies in Std. VIII with only H. B does not study in St. VII. E and A study in the same Std. but not with B. C and F study in the same Std. Those who study in Std. VI do not like Mathematics or Biology. F likes Physics. The one who studies in Std. VIII likes English. C does not like Geography. A's favourite subject is Marathi and G does not like Biology.
Which subjects does H like?
(a) English
(b) Marathi
(c) Science
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
What is G's favourite subject?
(a) Biology
(b) Physics
(c) Marathi
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
What is C’s favourite subject?
(a) Economics
(b) Biology
(c) English
(d) Geography
(e) Data inadequate
Which of the following combinations of student-Std-subject is correct?
(a) C-VII-Economics
(b) D-VI-Chemistry
(c) G-VII-Physics
(d) B-VIII-Mathematics
(e) None of these
Which of the following group of students study in VII std?
(a) EAF
(b) EGC
(c) EAG
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

ANSWER KEY
1	e	11	a	21	c	31	c	41	c	51	c
2	b	12	d	22	a	32	a	42	a	52	d
3	a	13	e	23	e	33	d	43	e	53	a
4	d	14	e	24	b	34	b	44	d	54	b
5	a	15	c	25	c	35	e	45	c	55	d
6	b	16	a	26	a	36	c	46	d	56	a
7	a	17	d	27	d	37	c	47	c	57	e
8	c	18	b	28	b	38	d	48	a	58	a
9	c	19	a	29	c	39	c	49	e	59	e
10	e	20	d	30	e	40	c	50	b	60	c

Prepared by,
IACE, Hyderabad.

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