Puzzle Test

PUZZLES!!!
Yes, we are going to solve arrangement type
puzzles in this section. This chapter consists of all
type of arrangements and we have to solve the
problem precisely.
Types:
Arrangements:
 Linear Arrangement
 Circular Arrangement
 Cross Variable Arrangement
 Linear Relationship

Selection decision table

For Solving Arrangements:
Check the direction in which the arrangement is
specified.
For each and every statement, derive all the
possible arrangements.
Initially, derive arrangements for definite
statements.
Making possible arrangements will cancel out the
irrelevant arrangements and helps to find all the
arrangements in the stipulated time.
‘Immediately’ means – placed immediately
(adjacent position) after the required variable.
‘After’ means – can be anywhere after the
specified variable.
Example for linear Arrangement:
Read the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below:
Six lectures A, B, C, D, E and F are to be organized in a
span of seven days - from Sunday to Saturday - with only
one lecture on each day in accordance with the following :
A should not be organized on Thursday.
C should be organized immediately after F.
There should be a gap of two days between E and D.
One day there will be no lecture (Friday is not that day).
Just before that day, D will be organized.
B should be organized on Tuesday and should not be
followed by D.
1. On which day is there no lecture?
a) Friday
b) Sunday
c) Monday
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: c) Monday

2. How many lectures are organized between C and D?

a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
Ans: d) Three
3. On which day will the lecture F be organized
a) Friday
b) Thursday
c) Saturday
d) Sunday
Ans: b) Thursday

4. Which of the following is the last lecture in the

series?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: a) A
Directions:
Read the paragraph carefully and answer the questions
below it.
Nine family members are sitting in a theatre in one
row. They are J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R. L is at the
immediate right of M and at third place at the right of
N. K is at one end of the row. Q is immediately next to
O and P. O is at the third place at the left of K. J is right
next to the left of O.

1.Which of the following statement is true?

a)There is one person between L and O
b)R and P are neighbours
c)M is at one extreme end
d)N is at two seats away from J
e)None of the above
Ans: a) There is one person between L and O
2. The family members sitting on the right of O are
a) RML
b) JQP
c) QPK
d) KPR
e) Cannot be determined
Ans: c) QPK

3. Who is sitting in the centre of the row?

a) L
b) J
c) O
d) Q
e) None of the above
Ans: b) J
4. Who are sitting next to L?
a) A and O
b) M and J
c) M and O
d) P and J
e) Data Inadequate
Ans: b) M and J

5. Who is at the other end of the row?

a) R
b) J
c) P
d) N
e) Q
Ans: d) N
Directions:
Read the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below:
I. Eight rooms P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are
located adjacent to one another in two different
rows with four in each row.
II. Doors of the rooms of one row open into the
doors of the rooms of another row.
III. No room of consecutive letter is either
adjacent or opposite to each other.
IV. P and Q are the rooms located at the end of
two different rows.
V. R is just left of T and is located in the same
row in which P is located.
VI. U is just left of Q.
1. Which room is opposite to P?
a) S
b) U
c) W
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: a) S

2. Which room is diagonally opposite to S?

a) Q
b) W
c) V
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: c) V
3. Which room is opposite to R?
a) U
b) W
c) Q
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: a) U

4. Which room/(s) is /are adjacent to W?

a) R
b) U and S
c) Q and U
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: b) U and S
5. Which of the following room is not located at
either ends?
a) Q
b) V
c) S
d) W
Ans: d) W
Example for circular arrangement:

Study the following information to answer the

questions given below:
I. Eight persons E, F, G, I, J, K and L are
seated around a square table-two on each
side.
II. There are three lady members and they are
not seated next to each other.
III. J is between L and F.
IV. G is between I and F.
V. H, a lady member is second to the left of J.
VI. F, a male member, is seated opposite to E, a
lady member.
VII. There is a lady member between F and I.
1. Who among the following are the three lady
members?
a) E,H and J
b) E,G and J
c) G,H and J
d) None of these
Ans: d)None of these

2. Which of the following is true about J?

a) J is a male member.
b) J is a female member.
c) Sex of J cannot be determined.
d) Position of J cannot be determined.
Ans: a) J is a male member.
3. Who among the following is seated between E
and H?
a) I
b) J
c) F
d) None of these
Ans: d) None of these

4. Who among the following is to the immediate

left of F?
a) G
b) J
c) I
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: b) J
5. How many persons are seated between K and
F?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: c) Three
Directions:
Read the following information and answer the
questions based on it.
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are playing cards sitting in a
circle.
(i)F is second to the right of G.
(ii)B is neighbours of F but not of E
(iii)E is neighbours of C, is 4th to the right of G.
(iv)D is between E and A.

1.Who is fourth to the left of G?

a)D
b)E
c)C
d)Cannot be Determined
Ans: c) C
2. Who is to the left of G?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: a) A

3. Who are the neighbours of F?

a) E and C
b) F and B
c) A and B
d) C and B
Ans: d) C and B
Example for Cross Variable Arrangement:
There are seven friends – B, S, R, M, G, Y and K, each of them
aspires to become something.
Each of them likes different colours viz. Blue, Yellow, Green,
Violet, Maroon, Black and Red not necessarily in the same order.
Each of them wants to become Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer,
Actor, Pilot, Army Chief and Cricketer not necessarily in the
same order.
G likes Violet colour and wants to become Doctor. R like Yellow
colour and wants to become a Cricketer.
K does not like Black colour and does not want to become an
Engineer.
 The person who likes Maroon colour, wants to become an
Actor while the person who wants to be Pilot likes blue colour.
B likes red colour but Y does not like green or black colour and
he does not want to become an Actor.
M wants to become a Lawyer. S does not want to become an
Engineer or an Army Chief.
1. Who does want to become an Army Chief?
(a) Y (b) K (c) B (d) Data Inadequate (e) None

2. The person who wants to become a Lawyer likes

which colour?
(a) Red (b) Green (c) Blue (d) Data Inadequate (e)
None

3. Y want to become a/an:

(a) Army chief (b) Actor (c) Engineer (d) Pilot
(e) None
4. Who does like Maroon colour?
(a) S (b) Y (c) K (d) Data Inadequate

5. Which of the following combinations of preson –

colour – profession is correct?
(a) M – Blue – Lawyer (b) B –Red – Crickter
(c) Y – Blue – Pilot (d) S – Green – Actor
Directions:

A precious diamond stone is stolen from the

famous London Museum. The thieves were
suspected to be hiding in any one of the following
five cities- Nottingham, Brisbane, Harare, Senegal
and Port Blair. One chief officer from each of these
five places namely Adam, Nathan, Farzana, Tom
Anderson and Benazir have been called for a
meeting and each of them is assigned to arrest the
suspects. None of them was posted in own home
town and each of them likes five different dishes -
Chicken tikka, Prawn butter fry, Pork Sanwich, Hot
dog and crab lollypop.
 Tom who lives in Port Blair likes Hotdog and
Adam who is posted in Senegal likes prawn
butter fry.
 One who is posted in Brisbane likes Crab
lollypop.
 Farzana’s hometown is Brisbane and she is
posted in Nottingham.
 Adam, Nathan and Tom are posted in home
towns of Nathan, Tom and Adam respectively.

1. Who is posted in Brisbane?

(a) Adam (b)Nathan (c)Farzana (d)Benazir
(e) Tom anderson
Ans: d) Benazir
2. Which of the following is Tom’s posting place?
(a) Brisbane (b) Senegal (c) Harare (d)Port Blair
(e) Nottingham
Ans: c) Harare

3. Which of the following is correct?

(a)Tom- PB, Adam-Bris, Nathan-Senegal,
Farzana- Harare
(b)Tom-PB, Adam-Harare, Farzana-Brisbane,
Nathan- Senegal
(c)Tom-PB, Adam-Harare, Farzana- Notting,
Nathan- Senegal
(d)None of these.
Ans: b
4. What is Benezir’s home town?
(a)Nottingham (b)Harare (c)Port Blair (d)Brisbane
(e)Senegal
Ans: a) Nottingham

5. Which of the following could be Farzana’s

favourite dish?
(a) Port Sandwich (b) Hotdog (c)Chicken tikka
(d) a or b (e) a or c
Ans: e) a or c
Example for Linear Relationship:
Use the following information to answer the questions
given below:
‘Bazra’ is the name of an island in Africa. There are
different types of weddings in that island. In one type of
the wedding, several brothers are married to a single
woman. In the second type of wedding, several sisters are
married to a single man. All the members of a single
married group were regarded as the parents of any
children of the marriage. Marriage between male and
female child of the same parents was not allowed.
J is the son of M. H is the daughter of K. I is the daughter
of L. J, I, D and E have a daughter, G. J and I have the
same paternal grandmother F. M and K are the only
grandfathers of G. L, A, B and C are the only
grandmothers of G. No one has married more than once
and all the children are legitimate.
1. H is the sister of?
a) E only
b) D only
c) J
d) I
Ans: d) I

2. E is the sibling of:

(I) D only
(II) D and J
(III)D and I
a) (i)only
b) (ii)only
c) (iii)only
d) Either (ii) or (iii) or both
Ans: d) Either (ii) or (iii) or both
3. One of F’s children is
a) M
b) L
c) A
d) B
Ans: a) M

4. Which of the following can be an offspring of

the second kind of marriage?
a) L
b) J
c) M
d) K
Ans: b) J
Directions:
Read the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below:
Prasanth Arora has three children- Sangeetha,
Vimal and Ashish.
Ashish is a male person, married Monika, the
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy.
The Roys married their youngest daughter to the
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sharma, and they had
two children named Amit and Shashi.
The Roys have two more children, Roshna and
Vandana, both elder to Veena.
Sameer and Ajay are sons of Ashish and Monika.
Reshmi is the daughter of Amit.
1. What is the surname of Reshmi?
a) Sharma
b) Roy
c) Arora
d) None of these
Ans: a) Sharma

2. How is Sameer related to Monika’s father?

a) Grandson
b) Son
c) Cousin
d) Son in law
Ans: a) Grandson
3. What is the surname of Sameer?
a) Roy
b) Sharma
c) Arora
d) None of these
Ans: c) Arora
Example for Selection Decision Table:

Following are the conditions for selecting Chief Manager-

Marketing in an organization
The candidate must:
I.Be at least 35 years old as on 01.02.2010.
II.Have secured at least 55 percent marks in graduation.
III.Have secured at least 60 percent marks in post
graduate degree/ diploma in Marketing Management.
IV.Have post qualification work experience of at least ten
years in the marketing division of an organization.
V.Have secured at least 50 percent marks in the selection
process.
In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the above
conditions. Except-
at (IV) above but has post qualification work experience
of at least six years as Manager-Marketing, the case is
to be referred to Head- Marketing Division.
at (II) above but has secured at least 65 percent marks in
post graduate degree/diploma in Marketing
Management, the case is to be referred to GM-Marketing
In each question below are given the details of one
candidate. You have to take one of the following courses
of action based on the information provided and the
conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the
number of that course of action as your answer. You are
not to assume anything other than the information
provided in each question. All these cases are given to
you as on 01.02.2010.
Mark answer as,
(A)if the candidate is to be selected.
(B)if the case is to be referred to Head-Marketing
Division.
(C)if the case is to be referred to GM-Marketing.
(D)if the candidate is not to be selected.
(E)if the data provided are inadequate to take a decision

(1)Arjunhas secured 65 percent marks in P.G. degree in

Marketing Management and 58 percent marks in
graduation. He has been working in the marketing
division of an organization for the past eleven years
after completing his post graduate degree. He has
secured 55 percent marks in the selection process.
He was born on 8th July 1970.
Ans: A
2. Neeta Ghosal was born on 4th May 1974. She has
been working in the Marketing division of an
organization after completing her post graduate
diploma in Marketing Management with 70 percent
marks. She has obtained 60 percent marks in
graduation and 50 percent marks in the selection
process.
Ans: E

3. Suresh Sarkar was born on 15th June 1974. He has

secured 55 percent marks in the selection process
and 50 percent marks in graduation. He has been
working in the Marketing Division of an organization
for the past twelve years after completing his post
graduate degree in Marketing Management with 75
percent marks.
Ans: C
4. Sudha Naik was born on 14th April 1973. She
has been working in the Marketing Division of
an organization as Marketing Manager for the
past nine years after completing her post
graduate diploma in Marketing Management
with 70 percent marks. She has secured 50
percent marks in the selection process and 57
percent marks in graduation.
Ans: B
Directions:
Study the following information to answer the given
questions.
Given here are the conditions to become the members of
Lions Club. A person must:
(1) be in the age group of 18 to 50 years as on August 3,
1993.
(2) be drawing a minimum salary of Rs.75, 000 per annum.
(3) own a house.
(4) not have a family of more than four members including
himself.
(5) have exhibited excellence in any field of arts and sports.
(6) satisfies all the conditions expect (3), the case may be
referred to the Club Secretary.
(7) satisfies all the conditions except (4) but draws a salary
of 2 lakhs per annum, the case may be referred to the Club
President.
On the basis of the above condition and the
information provided against each person in the
questions given below, decide which of the
following courses of action should be taken in case
of each person.
Mark answer
(A) if the person is eligible for membership,
(B) if not eligible
(C) if data is inadequate,
(D) if the case is to be referred to the Club
Secretary, and
(E) if the case is to be referred to the Club
President.
1. Mr. Sujeet Anand a bachelor, with his parents
and grandparents lives in a private house
owned by him. He is a Senior Manager in a
private firm. He is drawing a salary above Rs.2
Lakhs per annum. He has won the States
Singles Trophy in badminton. He is 25 years of
age.
a) A
b) E
c) C
d) D
Ans: b) E
2. Mrs. Sumita living with her husband, is a senior
official in a company receiving Rs.7,000 per
month. She has completed 10 years of service
in the company on 9th January, 1996.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Ans: b) B
3. Aparna Banerjee is Branch Manager in a Bank
and drawn a salary of Rs. 2,12,000 per annum.
She lives in a flat, owned by her, along with her
parents, her husband and a daughter. She
holds a certificate of excellence in modern arts.
Her data of birth is 17 August, 1970.
a) E
b) B
c) C
d) D
Ans: a) E
4. Vivek Chandra is 43 years old. He lives alone in
his own house. He works as a Supervisor in a
textile mill and earns Rs.10,000 every month.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Ans: b) B
5. Mr.Pintu Bhagat lives in his own house with his
wife and a daughter. He gets a monthly salary
of Rs.80,000. He is a good painter and owns a
gallery. He is 40 years old.
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Ans: a) A