PUZZLES(OFAllTYPES)

QUES1

FourcompaniesnamelyFedEx,Google,MicrosoftandSamsungaredisguiseddifferentlyasP,Q,RandS
notnecessarilyinthesameorder.EachofthegivencompanieshastwoofficesinCalifornia.Eachoffice
hasoneGM,eitheramaleorafemale.TwooutofthefourcompanieshaveamaleandafemaleGM
each.OnecompanyhastwofemaleGMsandSamsunghastwomaleGMs.Mr.JohnisaGMincompany
P.CompanyQandFedExhaveatleastonefemaleGM.MissAnnaisnotaGMinGoogle.Mr.JoyisaGM
incompanyR.MissStellaandMr.HarryarenotGMsinthesamecompany.Mr.Stevedoesnothavea
femalecolleagueasGMoftheotherofficeofthesamecompanyheworksin.MissEmilyisaGMinone
ofthegivencompanies.MissAndreenaisnotaGMinMicrosoftandisaGMinthesamecompanyas
MissAnnas.MicrosoftisnotdisguisedasCompanyQ.Mr.JoyisnotaGMinSamsung.

Company GM 1 GM 2
P Samsung Mr. John Mr. Steve
Q Google Miss Emily Mr. Harry
R Microsoft Mr. Joy Miss Stella
S FedEx Miss Anna Miss Andreena

QUES2

EightfriendsKaran,Aman,Harshit,Sumit,Ritika,Pragya,NishthaandVaishaliaresittingarounda
circulartablefacingthecentrebutnotnecessarilyinthesameorder.Eachofthemiswearingatshirtof
adifferentcolour,viz.Black,White,Blue,Yellow,Red,Green,GreyandPink.Karansitsthirdtotheright
ofthepersonwhoiswearingpinktshirt.ThepersonswearingBlueandGreycolouredtshirtsare
immediateneighbours.OnlytwopersonssitbetweenthepersonwearingpinktshirtandVaishali.
NeitherKarannorVaishaliarewearingblueandgreytshirts.Thepersonwhoiswearinggreytshirtis
notanimmediateneighbourofthepersonwearingpinktshirt.Thepersonwearingblacktshirtsits
secondtotheleftofRitika.RitikaisnotanimmediateneighbourofVaishali.Thepersonwearingblackt
shirtisanimmediateneighbourofthepersonswearingredandyellowtshirts.Thepersonwearingred
tshirtsitsthirdtotherightofAman.Amanisnotwearinggreytshirt.Harshitsitstotheimmediate
rightofthepersonwearingwhitetshirt.Karanisnotwearingwhitetshirt.Pragyaisnotanimmediate
neighbourofKaran.Nishthaisnotanimmediateneighbourofthepersonwearingblacktshirt.


QUES3

Eight persons Aman, Suman, Bimal, Nirmal, Kamal, Suresh, Naresh and Harish are sitting
around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them
holds a different post in Elite Convent School viz. Vice Principal, Coordinator, Secretary, HOD
Commerce, HOD Science, Accountant, HOD Arts and Principal.

Aman sits third to right of the Principal. Only two people sit between the Principal and Harish.
HOD Science and the Coordinator are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither Aman nor
Harish is HOD Science or Coordinator. HOD Science is not an immediate neighbour of the
Principal. The Vice Principal sits second to the left of Kamal. Kamal is not an immediate
neighbour of Harish. The Vice Principal is an immediate neighbour of both Accountant and the
HOD Arts. HOD Arts sits third to right of Suman. Suman is not the HOD Science. Bimal sits to
the immediate right of the Secretary. Aman is not the Secretary. Suresh is not an immediate
neighbour of Aman. Naresh is not an immediate neighbour of the Vice Principal.

QUES4

1. There is a family of six persons R, S, T, U, V and W. They are teacher, lecturer,

company secretary, lawyer, doctor and businessman, not necessarily in the same order.
2. There are two married couples in the family.
3. U, the lawyer is married to the lady teacher.
4. W, the businessman, is the son of S and brother of V.
5. T, the company secretary, is the daughter in law of R.
6. The lecturer is married to the Company Secretary.
7. V is an unmarried doctor.
8. R is the grandmother of W.


QUES5

FivefemalefriendsnamelyAshi,Kriti,Nikita,ShrutiandTriptiandfivemalefriendsnamelyAman,
Deepak,Gaurav,MadhavandYogeshsattogetheronthetwosidesofarectangulartableforaquiz
competition.Femalessatalternatinglywithandoppositetomalemembers.Madhavsatinacentral
position.ShrutisatoppositetoAman.KritisatnexttotherightofMadhavandthirdtotherightof
Aman.TriptisattotheleftofShrutiattheextremeend.NikitasattwoplacesfromKrititoherleftand
GauravsatoppositetoKriti.DeepakwasseatedthreeplacesfromTriptitoherright.

QUES6

ThereareeightfamilymembersA,B,C,D,E,F,GandHsittingaroundacirculartable.Allofthemown
differentcarsamongSantro,Zen,Alto,i20,Brio,Cruz,SwiftandPolobutnotnecessarilyinthesame
order.HownsSantroandisthebrotherofB.CsitssecondtotherightofFswife,whodoesnotown
Brio.BoththeimmediateneighboursofCarefemales.EssonsitssecondtotheleftofHandonthe
immediaterightofthepersonwhoownsCruz.HisnotanimmediateneighbourofFswife.Essonowns
Swift.OnlyonepersonsitsbetweenGandH.FssisterEsitsontheimmediaterightofherfather,who
ownsZen.GismotherofB.OnlyonepersonsitsbetweenFsfatherandA.Asitsontheimmediateleft
ofthepersonwhoownsAlto.OnlyonepersonsitsbetweenFandB.Bsitssecondtotheleftofthe
personwhoownsPolo.BisfatherofDandnotanimmediateneighbourofA.

QUES7

EightpeopleP,Q,R,S,T,U,VandWworkinthreedifferentbanks:ICICIBank,AxisBankandHDFC
Bank.Outofthese,twoarefemaleswhoworkindifferentbanksandhavedifferentspecializations.Two
ofthemarespecialistsinForex,twoinCredit,twoinWholesaleBankingandoneeachinITandRisk
Management.S,workinginICICIBankisaspecialistinCreditandherfriendV,aForexspecialistis
workinginHDFCBank.W,aspecialistinCredit,isworkingwithQ,aspecialistinWholesaleBankingand
doesnotworkinAxisBank.RisnotaspecialistinRiskManagement.Notwopersonswithsame
specializationsworktogether.UisaspecialistinWholesaleBankingworkinginAxisBankandhisfriend
PisaspecialistinForexandisworkinginICICIBankwithonlyoneotherspecialist.Notmorethanthree
ofthemworkinanybank.NofemaleisaspecialistinITorRiskManagement.

Bank Persons & Specialisation

ICICI Bank S (F) - Credit

P - Forex
Axis Bank Not W - Credit

Not Q - Wholesale Banking

U (M) - Wholesale Banking

HDFC Bank V - Forex

Bank Persons & Specialisation

ICICI Bank S (F) - Credit

P (M) - Forex
Axis Bank U (M) - Wholesale Banking

R (M) - IT

T (M) - Risk Management

HDFC Bank V (M/F) - Forex

W (M) - Credit

Q(M/F) - Wholesale Banking

QUES8

Four marketing experts Alyque, Piyush, Prasoon and Sujit are standing in a queue one behind the
other in the increasing order of their marketing quotient. The marketing quotient is equal to the
product of number of awards won at Cannes and number of awards lost when nominated. It is
known that

(i) The number of awards won or lost is at least 3 and at most 6.

(ii) No two marketing experts won or lost equal number of awards

(iii) No marketing expert won the same number of awards which he lost
(iv) Alyques marketing quotient is 20 and Piyush won the maximum number of awards

(v) Sujit lost 4 awards and Prasoon won more awards than Alyquee

Position in the Marketing No. of awards No. of awards Marketing

row expert won lost quotient
1 Sujit 3 4 12
2 Piyush 6 3 18
3 Alyque 4 5 20
4 Prasoon 5 6 30

QUES9

Six friends - A, B, C, D, E, F meet each other after a long time in a caf and are sitting around a
circular table facing towards the centre of the table. They are from different IITs - IIT Delhi, IIT
Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee. They are studying different
branches of engineering - Mechanical, Electronics, Computer Science, Civil, Chemical and
Aeronautical, but not necessarily in the same order.

The persons who are from IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras are not studying Mechanical or
Electronics Engineering. The persons who are studying Computer Science and Chemical
engineering are not from IIT Delhi or IIT Kanpur. A is not studying Mechanical engineering and
he is not on the immediate left of the person who is from IIT Kharagpur. The only person who is
between E and F is from IIT Bombay. The person, who is on the left side of the student who is
studying Mechanical engineering, is not from IIT Roorkee. D is from IIT Kharagpur and he is
studying Computer Science also he is facing the person who is from IIT Bombay. The person
who is from IIT Delhi is seated opposite to the person who is studying Aeronautical engineering.
The person who is studying Computer Science is on the immediate left of the student who is
from IIT Madras. The person who is from IIT Roorkee is on the immediate right of the person,
who studies Mechanical Engineering but on the immediate left of the person, who is from IIT
Kanpur. C is not from IIT Kanpur and F is not from IIT Delhi.


QUES10

A group of five boys Sonam, Deepika, Anushka, Alia and Shraddha and a group of five girls
Siddhartha, Varun, Ranbir, Ranveer and Shahid are standing in two rows facing each other (not
in the same order). The group of girls is facing north.

Shraddha is not at any ends. Anushka is to the immediate right of Deepika and Aila is to the left
of Sonam, who is facing Siddhartha. There are as many girls between Siddhartha & Varun as
between Ranbir & Ranveer. Sonam is second to the left of Deepika. Ranbir & Ranveer are not
facing either Deepika or Alia.

Boys Anushka Deepika Shraddha Sonam Alia

Girls Ranbir/Ranveer Varun Ranveer/Ranbir Siddhartha Shahid

QUES11

Ten friends (five boys Param, Karan, Rohan, Sumit and Taman and five girls Anisha, Ellie,
Iptisha, Oshika and Urvashi) are playing a game and they are sitting in a circle. The distance
between every two friends is equal. Two boys and two girls are facing opposite to the centre of
the circle and other six friends are facing towards the centre.

Anisha is fourth to the left of Oshika, who is third to the right of Param. Rohan is second to the
right of Taman, who is not sitting next to Ellie. There are three friends between Rohan and
Iptisha. Sumit is second to the left of Urvashi and facing the centre of the circle. Param and Ellie
are sitting opposite and facing each other. Iptisha is second to the left of Karan. Anisha is facing
opposite to the centre of the circle. More than three boys or girls are not sitting together. Not
more than two friends who are facing opposite to the centre of the circle are sitting together.

QUES12

EightfriendsMani,Noni,Orea,Piggy,Ruhi,Sally,TerryandUshaaresupportingfourIPLTeams,
MumbaiIndians(MI),RoyalChallengersBangalore(RCB),KingsXIPunjab(KXIP)andRajasthanRoyals
(RR)aresittingaroundacirculartablefacingthecentreofthetable.Twopeoplearesupportingeach
team,butnotnecessarilyinthesameorder.Allthesefriendshavedifferenthobbiesi.e.Dancing,
Singing,Cycling,Driving,Mimicry,Painting,GardeningandCooking.NotwosupportersofthesameIPL
TeamsaresittingadjacenttoeachotherexceptthoseofRoyalChallengersBangalore.Thepersonwho
likesdrivingissittingontheimmediateleftofthepersonwholikescooking.RuhineitherlikesCooking
norCycling.UshalikesPaintingandsupportsKingsXIPunjabandissittingtotheimmediateleftofNoni,
whosupportsRoyalChallengersBangalore.NonidoesnotlikeCycling.SallylikesMimicryandis
supportingRoyalChallengersBangalore,whoissittingoppositetoTerry.OnlyMani,wholikesSinging,is
sittingbetweenTerry,wholikesdrivingandthepersonwholikesGardening.SupportersofMumbai
Indiansaresittingoppositetoeachother.EachofthepersonswhosupportRajasthanRoyalsissitting
adjacenttoasupporterofMumbaiIndians.Piggydoesnotlikecooking.


QUES13

TherearesixEngineers,Namit,Manish,Roshan,Riya,PankitandPunitfromsixdifferentcompanies,
Wipro,Infosys,Google,IBM,ForexandGrantThorntonweregoingtoattendaseminarinDelhi.Ontheir
way,theymetwithanaccidentandwereadmittedinthreedifferenthospitals.AtleasttwoEngineers
wereadmittedinthesamehospitals.EachofthemisaspecialistindifferentfieldsCivil,Chemical,
Geotechnical,Aeronautics,ComputerScienceandMechanical.NamitwasadmittedinFortishospital
andheisfromInfosysbutheisneitherChemicalnorGeotechnicalEngineer.PankitisfromWiproandhe
isaMechanicalengineer.HewasnotadmittedwithRoshan.Riyawasadmittedwiththeengineerfrom
IBM.OneoftheengineerswhowereadmittedinMaxHealthcarehospitalisaChemicalengineer.
ManishisnotfromGoogleandGrantThorntonandheisanAeronauticsEngineer.Oneoftheengineers
whowereadmittedinSaketCityhospitalisaComputerScienceengineer.PunitisneitherfromForex
norfromGrantThornton.GeotechnicalengineerandMechanicalengineerwerenotadmittedinFortis
hospital.EngineersfromWiproandGooglewereadmittedtogether.TheAeronauticsengineerwas
admittedinFortishospital.TheengineerwhosefieldisMechanicalwasadmittedatMaxHealthcare
hospital.

Names of the Hospitals to which Companies they work Field of Engineering

Engineer admitted in
Namit Fortis Infosys Civil
Pankit Max Healthcare Wipro Mechanical
Punit Max Healthcare Google Chemical
Manish Fortis Forex Aeronautics
Roshan Saket City IBM Computer
Science/Geotechnical
Riya Saket City Grant Thornton Computer Science
/Geotechnical

QUES14

Eight persons Aman, Brini, Charu, David, Ellie, Farhan, Garvit and Himesh are seated around a
circular table facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them studies in a
different college. One of them studies in Commerce Community College. It is also known that:

(i) David is third to the left of the one who studies in Private College of Commerce, who is third
to the left of the one who studies in Professional College of Engineering, who is not Charu.

(ii) Farhan studies in College of Law and sits second to the right of Aman.

(iii) Neither Aman nor the one in College of Law is adjacent to the one who is in Professional
College of Engineering.

(iv) David is neither a student of Elite College nor National Arts College. Garvit is to the
immediate left of Brini.

(v) Only one person sits between the student of Elite College and the student of National Arts
College counting in one direction, and neither the student of Elite College nor the student of
National Arts College is adjacent to Aman.

(vi) The one in Business School is seated opposite Charu and Himesh is seated opposite the
student of National Arts College.

(vii) The student of Private College of Commerce is not adjacent to the student of School of
Management, who is to the immediate right of the one studying in Elite College.

QUES15

Ashutosh,Dhanya,Gagan,Manya,Harshit,PratikshaandSakshamaresevenpersonswhotravelto
officeeverydaybyVirarfastlocaltrainwhichstopsatfivestationsBorivali,Malad,Andheri,Dadarand
ChurchGaterespectivelyafteritleavesthebasestationi.e.Virar.Threeamongthemgetinatthebase
station.HarshitgetsdownatthenextstationatwhichPratikshagetsdown.Dhanyadoesnotgetdown
witheitherAshutoshorManya.SakshamalonegetsinatAndheristationandgetsdownwithGagan
afteronestation.AshutoshtravelsbetweenonlytwostationsandgetsdownatChurchGatestation.
NoneofthemgetsinatMaladstation.GagangetsinwithPratikshabutdoesnotgetinwitheither
DhanyaorHarshit.ManyagetsinwithtwoothersandgetsdownaloneafterHarshit.Dhanyaand
HarshitworkinthesameofficeandgetdowntogetheratAndheristation.Noneofthemgetsdownat
Borivalistation.

Person Boarding Station Deboarding Station

Ashutosh Dadar Church Gate
Dhanya Virar or Borivali Andheri
Gagan Virar or Borivali Church Gate
Harshit Virar or Borivali Andheri
Manya Virar Dadar
Pratiksha Virar or Borivali Malad
Saksham Andheri Church Gate

QUES16
EightfriendsP,Q,R,S,T,U,VandWaresittingaroundacirculartablenotnecessarilyinthesame
order.Threeofthemarefacingoutside(oppositetothecentre)whilefivearefacingthecentre.There
areequalnumberofmalesandfemalesinthegroup.Risfacingthecentre.Tissittingthirdtotheright
ofR.UissittingthirdtotheleftofT.ThreepersonsaresittingbetweenUandQ.Theimmediate
neighboursofQarefemales.VissittingthirdtotherightofU.SissittingthirdtotherightofP.Pisnot
animmediateneighbourofT.TheimmediateneighboursofTaremalesandarefacingthecentre.The
immediateneighboursofSarefemalesandfaceoutside.TheonesittingthirdtotheleftofQisamale.
NofemaleisanimmediateneighbourofV.

QUES17

SixpersonsA,B,C,D,EandFaretobeallottedaroominahotel.Therearesixroomsnumbered601,
602,603,604,605and606(fromlefttoright)andonepersonistobeallotedoneroom.Moreover,A
cannotbeinaroomimmediatelytotheleftorimmediatelytotherightofthatofB.Cmustbeinaroom
immediatelytotheleftofDsroom.Fcannotbeinroomno.606.

ThereareeightfamilymembersRohit,Sameer,Dinesh,Pallavi,Shilpa,Sachin,PriyaandManishsitting
aroundacirculartable.AllofthemowndifferentcarsamongVerna,Civic,Duster,Corolla,Punto,
Octavia,XcentandAmazebutnotnecessarilyinthesameorder.ManishownsVernaandisthebrother
ofSameer.DineshsitssecondtotherightofSachinswife,whodoesnotownPunto.Boththe
immediateneighborsofDinesharefemales.ShilpassonsitssecondtotheleftofManishandonthe
immediaterightofthepersonwhoownsOctavia.ManishisnotanimmediateneighborofSachinswife.
ShilpassonownsXcent.OnlyonepersonsitsbetweenPriyaandManish.SachinssisterShilpasitson
theimmediaterightofherfather,whoownsCivic.PriyaismotherofSameer.Onlyonepersonsits
betweenSachinsfatherandRohit.RohitsitsontheimmediateleftofthepersonwhoownsDuster.
OnlyonepersonsitsbetweenSachinandSameer.Sameersitssecondtotheleftofthepersonwho
ownsAmaze.SameerisfatherofPallaviandnotanimmediateneighborofRohit.

QUES19

Shivani,Preetika,Aniket,Deepak,Saurabh,MehakandNiharikaaresevenfriendsspecializingin
differentfieldsofManagement,namelyFinance,Marketing,HumanResource,Systems,Operations,
InternationalBusinessandCapitalMarkets,notnecessarilyinthisorder.Eachofthemstudiesinthree
differentBschoolsIIM,FMSandXLRI.NotlessthantwostudyinanyBschool.DeepakstudiesHuman
ResourceinIIM.TheonewhostudiesMarketingdoesnotstudyinXLRI.MehakstudiesCapitalMarkets
inFMSwithonlyPreetika.ShivanidoesnotstudyinIIManddoesnotstudyOperations.Saurabhstudies
InternationalBusinessanddoesnotstudyinIIM.NiharikastudiesSystemsbutnotinIIM.NoneinIIM
studiesFinanceorOperations.

Student B-School Specialisation

Shivani x IIM x Operations
Preetika FMS
Aniket
Deepak IIM Human Resource
Saurabh x IIM International Business
Mehak FMS Capital Market
Niharika x IIM System

QUES20

Inanelectronicsstore,fivelaptopsAcer,Lenovo,Dell,IBMandHPandfivemobilephonesSamsung,
Apple,Nokia,MotorolaandSonyareputondisplaytogetheronthetwosidesofarectangulartable.
Laptopsareplacedalternatinglywithandoppositetomobilephones.Motorolawasplacedinacentral
position.IBMwasplacedoppositetoSamsung.LenovowasplacednexttotherightofMotorolaand
thirdtotherightofSamsung.HPwasplacedtotheleftofIBMattheextremeend.Dellwasplacedtwo
placesfromLenovotoitsleftandNokiawasplacedoppositetoLenovo.Applewasplacedthreeplaces
fromHPtoitsright.

QUES21

SixplayerspostersA,B,C,D,EandFarearrangedfromlefttoright(notnecessarilyinthesameorder).
Theplayersinthepostersarewearingjerseysofdifferentnumbers25,07,99,34,10and01(not
necessarilyinthesameorder).TheplayersareRohitSharma,ShikharDhawan,ViratKohli,MSDhoni,
SureshRainaandRavindraJadeja.MSDhoniiswearingjerseyno.25butheisnotinposterD.PosterA
whichhasViratKohliwearingjerseyno.01,isattheextremeright.ShikharDhawanisneitherinposter
DnorinFandheisnotwearingeitherjerseyno.99or10.PosterChasRohitSharmawearingjerseyno.
34andisfourthfromrightandnexttoposterBhavingRavindraJadejainit.

Poster Player Number Position from left

A Virat Kohli 01 6th
B Ravindra Jadeja
C Rohit Sharma 34 2nd
X Shikhar Dhawan X MS
D
Dhoni
E
X Shikhar Dhawan
F

Poster Player Number Position from left

A Virat Kohli 01 6th
B Ravindra Jadeja 99 / 10
C Rohit Sharma 34 2nd
D Suresh Raina 10 / 99
E Shikhar Dhawan 07
F MS Dhoni 25

QUES22

Eight friends Ashutosh, Deepak, Kriti, Monika, Piyush, Ruchi, Srishti and Tushar are sitting
around circular table and pursuing eight different courses, viz. B. Com, B. Sc, BA, MBBS, B.
Tech, MBA, M. Tech and MA, not necessarily in the same order. They are also learning three
foreign languages, viz. French, Mandarin and German. At least two persons learn one foreign
language.

Only Monika and Piyush are learning French. Monika is third to right of Piyush. Ashutosh is
pursuing M. Tech and is learning Mandarin and is sitting to the immediate right of Piyush. Ruchi
is pursuing MBBS and is learning German. Tushar is learning the same language as Srishti learns
who is third to left of Ruchi and fourth to right of Deepak. Kriti is sitting exact opposite of
Monika who is pursuing B. Com. Persons pursuing MA and BA are learning Mandarin. Srishti is
pursuing MBA while Deepak is pursuing BA who is learning Mandarin. Tushar is pursuing B.
Tech.


QUES23

Eight people are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there
is an equal distance between and adjacent persons. In row 1, Akshay, Deepali, Nidhi and Kartik
are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2, Mudita, Rajeev, Sainyam and Tanu are
seated and all of them are facing North. Therefore, in the given sitting arrangement each member
seated in a row faces another member of other row. Each one of them are going abroad on a
different airline, viz. Air India, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Air France, Jet
Airways, Emirates Airways and Qantas Airways but not necessarily in the same order.

Deepali sits second to the right of the person travelling by Qantas Airways. Sainyam faces the
immediate neighbor of the person travelling by Qantas Airways. Only one person sits between
Sainyam and the Singapore Airlines passenger. Two people sit between Tanu and the Emirates
Airways passenger. Kartik faces the immediate neighbor of Singapore Airlines passenger. Only
one person sits between Qatar Airways passenger and Nidhi. Qatar Airways passenger does not
sit at any of the extreme ends. Immediate neighbor of Kartik faces the Oman Air passenger,
Mudita faces Air India passenger, Rajeev is not travelling by Jet Airways.


QUES24

Seven Management students Aparna, Deepak, Mohit, Mannat, Shubham, Priyali and Shalini
from different specializations among Finance, Marketing and Human Resource are selected to
organize three events Business Quiz, Paper Presentation and Business Plan in the upcoming
college fest. At least two students are selected from each specialisation and at least two students
are assigned to each event. No two students from same specialisation organize the same event.
Further, it is known that:

(i) Mohit is from Human Resource and another student from his specialisation is organizing
Business Plan

(ii) Deepak is organizing Business Quiz and the other student organizing Business Quiz with him
is from Human Resource, who is not Mohit.

(iii) Priyali is from Marketing and she is organizing Business Quiz. Shubham is also from
Marketing.

(iv) Aparna and Mannat are organizing the same event but it is not Paper Presentation.

(v) Deepak and Mannat are from the same specialisation. Aparna and Shalini are from the same
specialisation

Person Specialisation Event

Aparna Human Resource Business Plan
Deepak Finance Business Quiz
Mohit Human Resource Paper Presentation
Mannat Finance Business Plan
Shubham Marketing Paper Presentation
Priyali Marketing Business Quiz
Shalini Human Resource Business Quiz

QUES25

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight bikes of different brands B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7 and B8
not necessarily in the same order. They are parked in a circular ground such that four of them
are facing inside of the circle and four of them are parked facing the outside of the circle. Each of
them has different colours blue, red, green and yellow. There are exactly two bikes of each
colour. It is known that:

(i) P and W are diametrically opposite each other and have the same colour. No other pair of
bikes parked diametrically opposite each other have the same colour

(ii) W from B1 is green. It is parked immediately to the left of both R from B2 and Q from B3.

(iii) The bike parked diametrically opposite the bike from B2 faces inside

(iv) V from B5 is parked immediately to the left of P from B4

(v) R and both its immediate neighbours face inside

(vi) S from B6 is parked diametrically opposite T.

(vii) The colours of Q and R are yellow and blue respectively

(viii) S, which is yellow, is parked third to the left of the bike from B8

(ix) The bike from B7 is red and is the only bike parked between the two bikes of blue colour


QUES26

TwentyOneMLAsfromfourstates(Gujarat,Maharashtra,WestBengalandDelhi)attendeda
conference.EachMLAwasfromoneofthefourpoliticalparties,BJP,Congress,AAPandTrinamool
Congress.Itisalsoknownthat,thenumberofBJPMLAswhoattendedtheconferencewasexactlyhalf
thenumberoftheMLAsofeachofthethreeotherpoliticalparties.NoBJPMLAcamefromGujarat.
Otherwise,fromallthestatesincludingGujaratatleastoneMLAofallthepoliticalpartieswaspresent.
Therewerenotmorethan3MLAsofasinglepoliticalpartyfromaparticularstatepresentforthe
conference.IftherehadbeenonelessMLAfromWestBengalthentheMLAsfromMaharashtrawould
havebeentwiceasmanyasfromeachstate.AandBareAAPMLAsfromWestBengalwhoattendedthe
conference.

Gujarat Maharashtra West Bengal Delhi Total

BJP 0 1 1 1 3
Congress 2 or 1 2 or 3 1 1 6
AAP 1 or 2 2 or 1 2 1 6
Trinamool 1 or 2 2 or 3 1 1 6
Congress
Total 4 8 5 4 21

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QUES27

Surinder,Prem,Wasim,BishamberandChauhanarefiveplayersofacollegecricketteamandtheir
hometownsareSikandrabad,Panipat,Warangal,BanarasandChennai(notintheorderoftheirnames).
Thefivespecialistslotsarespinner,pacebowler,wicketkeeper,batsmanandcaptain(notintheorder
oftheirnamesstatedabove).Theirnames,hometownsandspecialtiesdonotstartwiththesame
letter.NeitherPremnorWasimisthecaptainandtheydontbelongtoeitherSikandrabadorBanaras.
PanipatisnotBishambershometown.TheplayerwhohailsfromBanarasisawicketkeeper.The
captainshometownisPanipatwhilethebatsmandoesnothailfromWarangal.Surinderisneithera
wicketkeepernorabatsman.

Player Specialisation Home Town

Surinder Captain Panipat
Prem Spinner Warangal
Wasim Batsman Chennai
Bishamber Pace-bowler Sikandrabad
Chauhan Wicket-keeper Banaras

QUES28

M,N,O,P,Q,R,SandTaretravellingtothreedifferentcitiesviz.Paris,NewYorkandLondoninthree
differentairlinesviz.QatarAirways,SingaporeAirlinesandAirIndia.Therearethreefemalesamong
themandeachisgoingtoadifferentcity.Thereareatleasttwopersonstravellingbyeachairline.
Peopletravellingtosamecityaregoingbythesameairlineaswell.Oisnottravellingbythesameairline
asNandS.Q,amaleistravellingbyanairlinealongwithTonlyandbothofthemarenotgoingtoNew
York.MisgoingtoLondonbyQatarAirways.PissisterofMandheistravellingbyAirIndia.RandOare
travellingbythesameairline.SisnotgoingtoNewYork.

Person Gender Airline City

M Male Qatar Airways London
N Male/Female Qatar Airways London
O Male Air India New York
P Female Air India New York
Q Male Singapore Airlines Paris
R Male Air India New York
S Male/Female Qatar Airways London
T Female Singapore Airlines Paris

QUES29

Parag,Qureshi,Ram,SamandTomsitinrowI,facingNorthandAlia,Bimla,Charu,DiyaandElliesitin
rowIIfacingSouth,butnotnecessarilyinthatorder.Eachpersoninonerowfacesexactlyoneperson
fromtheotherrowandeachpersonlikesadifferentcolor.OneofthemlikesGreen.Ramsitssecondto
theleftofthepersonwholikesBlack.ParagisadjacenttoneitherRamnorthepersonwholikesBlack
butfacesthepersonwhositstotheimmediateleftofEllie.DiyalikesPinkandsitsadjacenttoEllieand
thepersonwholikesOrange.ElliedoesnotlikePurple.ThepersonwholikesPurplesitsthirdtotheleft
ofthepersonwholikesViolet.QureshineitherfacesthepersonwholikesOrangenorisadjacentto
Sam.AliafacesthepersonwholikesYellowanddoesnotsitattheends.BimladoesnotfaceRam,but
facesthepersonwholikesBlue.ThepersonswhositattheendsdonotlikeRed.Charudoesnot
likeBrown.

Row II: Green Orange Pink Red

Brown

Charu Alia Diya Ellie

Bimla

Row I: Ram Sam Tom Qureshi

Parag

Purple Yellow Black

Violet Blue

QUES30

Each of Priya, Kriti, Rita, Shreya, Tanya, Urvashi, Vritti and Yogita are studying in a school
among Global Public, Heritage and Blue Bells International. It is known that, not more than
three of them study in the same school. Each of them likes a different flavor of ice cream among
Red Velvet, Black Current, Chocolate, Butterscotch, Strawberry, Mulberry, Fruit & Nut and
Vanilla, not necessarily in the same order.

Among them, Rita and Shreya are the only students who are in Heritage School and Shreya likes
Strawberry flavor of ice cream. Neither Tanya nor Vritti is studying in the same School as
Yogita studies. Yogita studies in Global Public School and does not like either Chocolate or
Black Current. Kriti likes Vanilla, but is not studying in Blue Bells International School. The one
who likes Mulberry flavor of ice cream is from Heritage School. Vritti does not like Black
Current flavor of ice cream. Urvashi is not studying in Global Public School and she does not
like either Black Current or Red Velvet. One person from Global Public likes Chocolate. No
student from Global Public School likes either Red Velvet or Butterscotch.

Name School Flavor of ice cream

Priya Global Public Chocolate
Kriti Global Public Vanilla
Rita Heritage Mulberry
Shreya Heritage Strawberry
Tanya Blue Bells International Black Current
Urvashi Blue Bells International Butterscotch
Vritti Blue Bells International Red Velvet
Yogita Global Public Fruit & Nut

QUES31

I. Each of the five persons namely, Rohan, Shreya, Shalu, Suresh and Kamal study in different
colleges namely Arvind College, Birbal College of Arts, Chunmun College of Commerce, Deen
Dayal College and Elite College, not necessarily in that order. There are five grades: Grade A,
Grade B, Grade C, Grade D and Grade E (not necessarily in that order), Grade A being the best
and Grade E being the worst. All of these colleges are given one or the other of these given five
grades. The favorite sport of each person is different, which is one or the other of the five sports
named Football, Tennis, Cricket, Hockey and Golf not necessarily in the given order.

II. Elite College was given a better grade that the college where the person whose favorite sport
is Cricket, studies. Arvind College has a lower grading than the college where Kamal studies.
Only one college is given Grade E. Sureshs favorite sport is Tennis but he does not study in
Birbal College of Arts. Rohan whose favorite sport isnt Cricket, studies in Arvind College.

III. One whose favorite sport is Football studies in Chunmun College of Commerce. Birbal
College of Arts is given Grade E. Shreyas favorite sport is not Golf. One whose favorite sport is
Hockey and Shalu studied in colleges given Grade D. Only one college is given Grade C and all
the other colleges apart from the college which has been given Grade E are given either Grade D
or Grade A. Deen Dayal College is not given Grade C.

Name Favorite Sport College Grade

Rohan Hockey Arvind College D
Shreya Cricket Birbal College of Arts E
Shalu Golf Deen Dayal College/ D
Elite College
Suresh Tennis Elite College/ Deen D
Dayal College
Kamal Football Chunmun College of C
Commerce

QUES32

Each of the eight persons Armaan, Brijesh, Charu, Dayal, Preeti, Qureshi, Roshni and Sayan
is working with exactly one different college as lecturer among Stephens College, Mayo
College, Imperial College, Crystal University, Grand College, College of Pride, Elite College
and Brilliant College, are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre, not necessarily in the
same order. Following information is known about them.

Dayal is second to the right of the person who works with Stephens College. Exactly two persons
are sitting between Qureshi and the person working with Mayo College. The person working
with Crystal University and Preeti, who works with Imperial College are adjacent to each other.
The person who works with Crystal University is third to the right of Brijesh. The person
working with Mayo College is adjacent to both Dayal and Roshni. The person working with
College of Pride is second to the left of Roshni. Dayal works with Crystal University. Sayan and
Charu are not adjacent to each other. Charu neither works with Brilliant College nor with Grand
College. Sayan and Qureshi are not neighbors. Armaan neither works with Elite College nor with
College of Pride. The person who works with Grand College is second to the right of the person
who works with Elite College.

QUES33

Six colleagues - Umang, Vidhi, Watson, Xan, Yogesh, Zen meet each other on lunch around a
circular lunch table facing towards the centre of the table. They belong to different castes
Brahmin, Khatri, Jat, Patel, Thakur and Vaishya - and are working in different departments in the
same company viz. Finance, Production, Purchase, Sales, R&D and HR,- but not necessarily in
the same order.

The persons who are Brahmin, Jat and Thakur are not working in Finance or Production
department. The persons who are working in Purchase and R&D department are not Brahmin or
Jat. Umang is not working in Finance department and he is not on the immediate left of the
person who is a Patel. The only person who is between Yogesh and Zen is a Khatri. The person,
who is on the immediate left of the one who is working in Finance department, is not a Vaishya.
Xan is a Patel and he is working in Purchase department, also he is facing the person who is a
Khatri. The person who is a Brahmin is seated opposite to the person who is working in HR
department. The person who is working in Purchase department is on the immediate left of the
person who is a Thakur. The person who is a Vaishya is on the immediate right of the person,
who is working in Finance department but on the immediate left of the person, who is a Jat.
Watson is not a Jat and Zen is not a Brahmin.

QUES34

Atish,Bakul,Deepika,KunalandParamareworkinginfivedifferentbankshavingfivedifferent
designations.Eachofthemispostedtoadifferentcity.Eachpersonhasaniphoneoranandroidphone.
ThepersonwhohasanandroidphoneisthepersonpostedinMumbai.Alltheotherfourpersonshave
iphones.ThefourpersonswhohaveiphoneareAtish,thepersonworkinginAxisBank,thepersonwho
isworkingasManagerandthepersonwhoispostedinBaroda.Kunaldoesnothaveanandroidphone
andheisaSeniorManager.KunalwasnotworkinginAxisBank.BakulisaVicePresident.Shedoesnot
haveanandroidphone.ParamisnotpostedinBangalore,PuneorDelhi.ButthepersonisaCEOis
postedinBangaloreandthepersonworkinginHDFCBankispostedinDelhi.Kunalwasnotworkingin
ICICIBank.ThepersonworkinginICICIBankhasaniphone.ThepersonwhoisworkinginKotak
MahindraBank,hisdesignationisnotthatofMD.OneofthepersonsisworkinginYesBank.

Phone Person Bank Designation Place

Android Param Yes Bank MD Mumbai
iphone Atish ICICI Bank CEO Bangalore
iphone Bakul Axis Bank Vice President Pune
iphone Deepika HDFC Bank Manager Delhi
iphone Kunal Kotak Mahindra Bank Senior Manager Baroda

QUES35

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a square tablein such a way that four of them sit at
four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides.The ones who sit
at the four corners face the centre of the table while those who sit in the middle of the sides face
outside. Each of them likes a different Indian author, viz. Durjoy Datta, Amitav Ghosh,
Arundhati Roy, Chetan Bhagat, Rabindranath Tagore, Anita Desai, Shobha De and Mahadevi
Verma.(None of the information given is necessarily in the same order.)

C sits third to the left of the one who likes Mahadevi Verma. The one who likes Mahadevi
Verma faces outside. Only two persons sit between C and H. The one who likes Durjoy Datta
sits on the immediate right of H. The one who likes Rabindranath Tagore sits second to the right
of G. G is neither an immediate neighbour of H nor of C. G does not like Mahadevi Verma. Only
one person sits between A and the one who likes Rabindranath Tagore. D sits on the immediate
left of the one who likes Anita Desai.G does not like Anita Desai. E likes Shobha De. E is not an
immediate neighbour of A. The one who likes Amitav Ghosh is an immediate neighbour of E.
The one who likes Chetan Bhagat is an immediate neighbour of F.


QUES36

Benedict,Bradley,Leonardo,MatthewandTomareactors.Eachofthemhaswonadifferentawardfor
adifferentmovieorTVshowheldinfivedifferentcities.FourofthemareAmericansandoneisBritish.
ThepersonwhoisBritishisthepersonwhowonanawardwhichwasheldinLosAngeles.Alltheother
fourpersonsareAmericans.ThefourpersonswhoareAmericansareBenedict,thepersonwhowon
anawardforSherlock,thepersonwhowontheBAFTAawardandthepersonwhowonanawardin
London.MatthewisnotBritishandhewonanOscaraward.MatthewdidnotwinanawardforSherlock.
BradleywonanEmmyaward.HeisnotBritish.TomdidnotwinanawardinNewYork,SanFranciscoor
Miami.ButthepersonwhowonaGoldenGlobeawardwonitinNewYorkandthepersonwhoactedin
InceptionwonanawardshowheldinMiami.MatthewdidnotwinanawardforAmericanHustle.The
personwhowonanawardforAmericanHustleisanAmerican.TheawardwonbyanactorforTrue
DetectivewasnotaTonyaward.OneoftheactorswonanawardforForrestGump.

Ethnicity Person Movie/TV Show Award Place

British Tom Forrest Gump Tony Los Angeles
American Benedict American Hustle Golden Globe New York
American Bradley Sherlock Emmy San Francisco
American Leonardo Inception BAFTA Miami
American Matthew True Detective Oscar London

QUES1
QUES37

B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are sitting in a straight line equidistant from each other (but not
necessarily in the same order). Some of them are facing south while some are facing north.
Facing the same direction means, if one is facing north then the other is also facing north and
vice versa. Facing the opposite directions means if one is facing north then the other is facing
south and vice versa.

B sits third to the left of D. I faces north. D sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. E is not an
immediate neighbour of D. H sits third to the right of B. C sits on the immediate right of H. C
does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between G and E. H sits
second to the left of G. F sits second to the right of C. Both the immediate neighbours of H face
the same direction. Both the immediate neighbours of B face the opposite directions. F faces the
same direction as C. D faces the same direction as I.

QUES38

Thereisagroupofsevenpersonsinafamily,M,N,O,P,Q,RandS.Theyparticipatedinarace.There
aretwomarriedcouplesinthefamilyandthreefemalesintotal.S,afemale,isthefastest.N,thefather
ofQ,isfasterthanhisson.Ohasonesonandonedaughter.Sheisfasterthanherhusband.Thefather
ofNisfasterthanNhimself.Q,thegrandsonofR,istheslowest.R,thegrandfather,isthesecond
fastestinthefamily.ThemotherofNisslowerthanN.Noneamongthemarriedisthefastest.The
grandmotherofShastwosons,oneofwhomisP,whoisfasterthanhisbrotherbutslowerthanhis
wife.Nooneisawidoworawidowerordivorcedinthefamily.


QUES39

EightpeopleA,B,C,D,E,F,GandHfromfourdifferentbanksHDFC,Axis,UnionandICICIaresitting
aroundacirculartablefacingthecentreofthetable.Twopeoplearefromeachbank,butnot
necessarilyinthesameorder.Theexecutivesareofdifferentdesignationsi.e.AM,DM,CM,AGM,DGM,
GM,CGMandED.NotwopeoplefromthesamebankaresittingtogetherexceptthosefromAxis.AGM
issittingontheimmediateleftoftheED.EisneitherEDnorCM.H,theGMisfromUnionandissitting
totheimmediateleftofB,whoisfromAxis.BisnottheCM.FisDGMandisfromAxis,whoissitting
oppositetoG.OnlyA,whoistheDM,issittingbetweenAGMandtheCGM.EmployeesofHDFCare
sittingoppositetoeachother.BoththeemployeesofICICIaresittingadjacenttotheemployeesof
HDFC.DisnottheED.


QUES40

There is a group of six persons living in a four-storey residential apartment. The persons are P,
Q, R, S, T and U. Each storey of the building has two apartments; thus there are eight apartments
in all, two of them being empty. Further, it is known that:

(i) The tallest of the group lives on top floor while the shortest lives on the ground floor

(ii) R is taller than Q, who, in turn, is taller than U

(iii) T is shorter than S

(iv) One of the apartments on the first floor is vacant while one on the second floor is also vacant

(v) P is neither the tallest nor the shortest

(vi) There are only two people taller than R. P is not one of them

(vii) Q shares the floor with the tallest of the group while R shares it with the shortest.

Floor 1st Possibility 2nd Possibility

Ground R and U R and U
1st T P
2nd P T
3rd or Top S and Q S and Q

S>T>R>P>Q>U or

S>T>R>Q>P>U

QUES41

P,Q,R,S,T,U,VandWaresittingaroundacirclefacingthecentrebutnotnecessarilyinthesame
order.QsitssecondtotheleftofWshusband.NofemaleisanimmediateneighbourofQ.Ssdaughter
sitssecondtotherightofU.UisthesisterofV.UisnotanimmediateneighbourofWshusband.Only
onepersonsitsbetweenPandU.PisthefatherofV.WsbrotherSsitstotheimmediateleftofWs
mother.OnlyonepersonsitsbetweenWsmotherandT.OnlyonepersonsitsbetweenWandV.Vis
themotherofR.VisnotanimmediateneighbourofT.

QUES42

EightfriendsP,Q,R,S,T,U,VandWaresittingaroundacirculartablenotnecessarilyinthesame
order.Threeofthemarefacingoutside(oppositetothecentre)whilefivearefacingthecentre.There
areequalnumberofmalesandfemalesinthegroup.Risfacingthecentre.Tissittingthirdtotheright
ofR.UissittingthirdtotheleftofT.ThreepersonsaresittingbetweenUandQ.Theimmediate
neighboursofQarefemales.VissittingthirdtotherightofU.SissittingthirdtotherightofP.Pisnot
animmediateneighbourofT.TheimmediateneighboursofTaremalesandarefacingthecentre.The
immediateneighboursofSarefemalesandfaceoutside.TheonesittingthirdtotheleftofQisamale.
NofemaleisanimmediateneighbourofV.