PUZZLE-1 Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Eight friends Venkat, Abdulla, Rakshan, Vikram, Prakash, Suman, John and Manoj live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1 and the topmost floor of the building is numbered 8. Each of them likes different teams of Champions trophy cricket viz, England Team, India Team, Australia Team, Bangladesh Team, New Zealand Team, Pakistan Team, South Africa Team and Sri Lanka Team but not necessarily in the same order. The one who likes India Team lives on an even-numbered floor but not on the topmost floor. Only one person lives between Suman and the one who likes New Zealand Team. Only two persons live between Suman and the one who likes India Team. Neither Prakash nor Rakshan lives on the first floor. Only one person lives between Rakshan and the one who likes Australia Team. Venkat lives just above Suman. Only two persons live between Prakash and Venkat. The one who likes New Zealand Team does not live on floor number one, Abdulla lives on an even- numbered floor and just above Rakshan. The one who likes Bangladesh Team lives on an even numbered floor and lives just above the person who likes Sri Lanka Team. Rakshan does not like New Zealand Team or Sri Lanka Team. Only two persons live between the one who likes Pakistan Team and the one who likes England Team. Vikram does not like South Africa Team. The one who likes Pakistan Team does not live on an odd-numbered floor. Manoj lives just below the one who likes Sri Lanka Team. 1). Who lives on fifth floor? a) Abdulla b) Prakash c) The one who likes Bangladesh Team d) The one who likes New Zealand Team e) Both option b and d 2). John likes which of the following team? a) South Africa Team b) Australia Team c) Bangladesh Team d) Sri Lanka Team e) England Team 3). How many persons are between the one who likes Bangladesh Team and the one who stays on 4th floor? a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) Five 4). Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence they form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group? a) Venkat b) Rakshan c) Manoj d) Abdulla e) John 5). Which of the following combinations is true? a) 1 – Vikram - South Africa Team b) 4 – Prakash - India Team c) 3 – Suman - Sri Lanka Team d) 6 – Manoj - Pakistan Team e) 7 – Rakshan - England Team PUZZLE-2 Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Varun, Rajesh, Sunil, Jeeva, Vasanth, Parthiban and Avinash are seven persons from different States, viz Gujarat, Bihar, Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Assam and Rajasthan. They go to top 4 cities in India, viz. Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai only on Friday but not necessarily in the same order. At least one Person goes to one city, but no city is visited by more than two Persons. Parthiban, who is from Maharashtra, goes alone to Bangalore. The one who is from Haryana does not go to Mumbai. Also, he never goes either with Vasanth or with Avinash. Jeeva goes to Chennai with the person who is the Person from Rajasthan. Sunil goes to Hyderabad. Avinash is not a Person from Rajasthan. The one who is from Haryana goes to the city with the person who is the Person of Gujarat. The one who is from Punjab goes to Chennai. Varun is a Person from neither Bihar nor Rajasthan. The one who is from Assam goes to Mumbai neither with Vasanth nor with Jeeva. The person who is from Bihar goes to the city with Varun. 6). Who among the following persons visit Hyderabad? a) Jeeva and Rajesh b) Vasanth and Sunil c) Rajesh and Sunil d) Parthiban and Rajesh e) Cannot be determined 7). Rajesh is the person from which of the following state? a) Haryana b) Gujarat c) Bihar d) Rajasthan e) Either Haryana/Gujarat 8). Which of the following city visited by Avinash? a) Bangalore b) Mumbai c) Chennai d) Hyderabad e) None of these 9). Which of the following statements is wrong? a) Jeeva – Hyderabad - Punjab b) Vasanth – Chennai - Rajasthan c) Parthiban – Bangalore - Maharashtra d) Varun – Mumbai - Assam e) All statements are true 10). Which of the following combinations is true? a) Jeeva – Chennai - Bihar b) Varun – Hyderabad - Assam c) Vasanth – Chennai - Punjab d) Avinash – Mumbai - Bihar e) None of these Explanation With Answer Key: Directions (Q. 1-5): 1). Answer: e) 2). Answer: a) 3). Answer: c) 4). Answer: b) 5). Answer: d) Directions (Q. 6-10): 6). Answer: c) 7). Answer: e) 8). Answer: b) 9). Answer: a) 10). Answer: d) PUZZLE-3 Directions (Q. 6-11): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Seven employees H, I, J, K, L, M and N working in different companies reach their offices every day by a train which stops at five stations A, B, C, D and E respectively after leaving station Z. Three of them board the train at station Z. K deboards at the station next to the station at which M deboards. I does not deboard either with H or with L. N alone boards at station C and deboards with J after passing one station. None of them boards at station B and none of them deboards the train at station A. J boards with M but does not board with either I or with K. L boards with two others and deboards alone after K. I and K deboard together at station C. H travels between two consecutive stations and deboard at the station E. M does not board after L. 6). At which of the following stations does L deboard? a) B b) D c) C d) Can't be determined e) None of these 7). At which of the following stations do J and M board the train? a) A b) C c) D d) E e) None of these 8). After how many stations does L deboard?. a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) None of these 9). How many persons deboard at station E? a) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) None of these 10). H deboards the train how many stations after I deboards? a) One b) Two c) Three d) None e) None of these 11). Who among the following board at station A? a) I,K b) M, L c) K,J d) L, M, J e) None of these Answers: 6)b 7)e 8)d 9)d 10)b 11)a Explanation: Directions (Q. 6-10): PUZZLE-4 Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. In HDFC Bank the staffs Gopinath, Sanjay, Anwar, Latif, Jemima, Shalini, Monica, Mishraya are working and they come to the Bank by different express such as Shiv Ganga Express, Malwa Express, Suryanagri Express, Magadh Express, Pandian Express, Nellai Express, Archana Express and Vaishali Express not in the respective order. And they are selected for special seminar. They planned to take seminar individually with other staffs in different States such as Bihar, Haryana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam and Gujarat in a week starting from Sunday to Saturday. The maximum number of seminar taken by each person is one. Gopinath going to take seminar before Sanjay and after Mishraya who did not come to the bank by Suryanagri Express. The staff who is going to take seminar in Rajasthan, come to Bank by Nellai Express. Anwar come to Bank by Malwa Express and he did not take seminar on week’s starting day. The staff who take seminar in Gujarat, attend seminar in Maharashtra and Karnataka in the previous day. Mishraya likes to take seminar in Bihar and she did not come by Archana Express. Only two persons giving their seminar on same day due to other commitments. The person who is coming to Bank by the way of Pandian Express likes to take seminar on Thursday. Sanjay likes to take seminar in Assam and the day in between the persons who take seminar in Kerala and Gujarat. Monica comes to Bank by Archana Express and she did not take seminar on Saturday. The persons who come to the bank by Magadh Express and Malwa Express likes to take seminar on same day. The person who takes seminar in Assam come to the bank by Shiv Ganga Express and attend Jemima’s seminar who come to Bank by Pandian Express in the next day. Gopinath who did not come to the bank by Vaishali Express taking seminar on the next day of Latif’s seminar. Latif who making arrangement with another staff for taking seminar on same day and he did not take seminar in Maharashtra. 1). Latif comes to the Bank by which express? a) Magadh Express b) Shiv Ganga Express c) Pandian Express d) Nellai Express e) Malwa Express 2). Who takes the seminar on Friday? a) The one who takes seminar in Haryana b) Monica c) Both a and b d) The one who takes seminar in Assam e) The one who come to the Bank by Shiv Ganga Express 3). Who come to the Bank by Nellai Express? a) Mishraya b) Latif c) Monica d) Shalini e) Jemima 4). Two seminars held on which of the following day? a) Thursday b) Tuesday c) Saturday d) Friday e) Monday 5).