Puzzle Test Reasoning Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
 Eight persons from different banks, viz, Bank of India IDBI Bank, Canara Bank, PNB, Dena Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and Bank of Baroda are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1. K, L, M and N are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2. W, X, Y and Z are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. 

M sits second to right of the person from Bank of Baroda. Y is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces the person from Bank of Baroda. 

Only one person sits between Y and the person from PNB. The immediate neighbour of the person from PNB faces the person from Canara Bank. 

The person from Bank of India faces the person from Axis Bank. Y is not from Axis Bank. W is not from PNB. W does not face the person from Bank of Baroda 

X faces the person from Dena Bank. The one who faces Z sits to the immediate left of K. 

L does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The person from Bank of Baroda does not face the person from IDBI Bank.

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? 

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  • 1
    Canara Bank
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Y
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    IDBI Bank
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    X
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Axis Bank
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "X"

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Answer : 5. "Nil"
Explanation :

A prefers tea. So, from (iv), the industrialist and D prefer coffee. But, from (iii), B and the journalist prefer coffee. So, B is the industrialist and D is the journalist.
Now, A, C and advocate remain. Clearly, E is the advocate.
The horticulturist is C's brother. It can be only A. C is a physicist.


A

B

C

D

E

Profession

Horticulturist 

Industrialist 

Physicist

Journalist

Advocate

Profession 

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Since all the statements are required to analyse the given data, none of them is superfluous.

Q:

Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Eight persons Milan, Naina, Ora, Pratik, Qamar, Rajesh, Sabira and Tanu belonging to different cities, viz Dehradun, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Mathura, Ludhiana, Jodhpur, Patna and Bhopal, but not necessarily in the same order, went to Lucknow to attend an awareness programme to reduce pollution in our country. Each had a different specialisation, viz Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing, Technology, Choreography and Acting, but not necessarily in the same order.

Milan and Naina have specialisation either in Technology or in Acting. Pratik does not have specialisation in Marketing and Rajesh does not have specialisation in Science. Sabira does not have a specialisation in Literature or Science. Ora is from Ludhiana and he has specialisation in Designing. Neither Rajesh nor Sabira has specialisation in Marketing or Technology. One who is from Chandigarh has specialisation in Choreography. One who is from Mathura has specialisation in Literature and one who is from Dehradun has specialisation in Science. Sabira and Tanu belong either to Patna or to Kanpur. Milan and Sabira do not belong to Bhopal and Patna respectively. One who belongs to Jodhpur has specialisation in Acting. Qamar is from Chandigarh.

Who is specialised in Technology?

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  • 1
    Sabira
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Milan
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Pratik
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Naina
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Data inadequate
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "Naina "

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