Puzzle Test Reasoning Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

7 people – A, B, C, D, L, M and N are sitting in a single row facing towards the north (not necessarily in the same order). All are sitting at equal distances to each other. All of them are in different professions – Banker, Engineer, Professor, Actor, Principal, Actuary and Librarian. They are all planning to travel to different countries – Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy and Malaysia.
The person who is an Actor is sitting second to the left of M while the person who will travel to France is sitting third to the right of M. N is sitting second to the right of the person who is a Principal. N is neither an immediate neighbour of M nor is sitting at any of the extreme ends. Four persons are sitting between A and D. D is not an Actor and A is not sitting at any of the extreme ends. The person who will travel to Canada is sitting third to the left of D. Two persons are sitting between C and the person who is a Banker. N is not an immediate neighbour of C. L is sitting third to the left of the person who is an Actuary. The person who is a Librarian is sitting third to the left of the person who will travel to Germany. Four persons are sitting between the person who is an Engineer and the person who will travel to Italy. The person who is a Librarian will not travel to Australia but is an immediate neighbour of the person who will travel to Malaysia.

D will travel to which country?

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    Germany
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Italy
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Greece
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Australia
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Malaysia
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "Australia"

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Answer : 4. "B"
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

Hence, B is an industrialist

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.

Which of the following combinations is false in respect of the given information?

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    Rajesh – Mathura – Literature
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  • 2
    Milan – Ludhiana – Designing
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Qamar – Chandigarh – Choreography
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Naina – Bhopal –Technology
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Sabira – Kanpur – Economics
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "Milan – Ludhiana – Designing"

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