Puzzle Test Reasoning Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight persons viz : Daniel, Ibrahim, Fana, George, Hiccup, Ishan, Jack and Kelvin live in on different floors of eight floor building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1, first floor of the building is numbered 2 and the topmost floor of the building is numbered 8. They are specialized in the different subjects in the state university viz Biotechnology, Physics, Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Humanities, History, and Geography but not necessarily in the same order.
The one who lives on fourth floor is specialized in Mathmatics. Daniel lives on odd numbered floor but above 3rd floor. The number of person between Daniel and Humanities specialized per- son is same as number of person between denial and Ishan. The one who is specialized in Physics lives on lower most floor. Kelvin lives on an even numbered floor and he is specialized in History. There are two floors between Ibrahim and Hic- cup and Ibrahim lives above to Hiccup. Ibrahim is specialized in Computer Science. Jack lives just above the one who is specialized in Computer Science. Two floors between the one who is specialized in Computer Science and Mathematics. The one who is specialized in Geography lives on odd numbered floor. Four floors between the one who is specialized in Biotechnology and Jack. The one who is specialized in Computer Science lives on odd numbered floor. The number of floors between the one who is specialized in Geography and the floor on which Fana lives is same as the number of floors between Fana and George. Ishan lives below the floor on which Daniel lives. 

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? 

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    Jack
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  • 2
    Kelvin
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Hiccup
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Ishan
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    George
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 5. "George "

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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.

N is a/an _______?

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    Librarian
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  • 2
    Professor
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    Wrong
  • 3
    Actuary
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    Wrong
  • 4
    Principal
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Actor
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    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "Professor"

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Answer : 5. "None of these"
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

Clearly, A and C are the persons who like tea but are not advocates.

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