Assignment 2 - Moderate Level Puzzles
Assignment 2 - Moderate Level Puzzles
Assignment 2 - Moderate Level Puzzles
I.
Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
5)None of these
II.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
ICC Champions Trophy is being organised by England. Different teams are participating in the ICC Champions Trophy.
There are some new teams which are also participating in this ICC Champions Trophy for the first time. Seven new teams
which are participating for the first time are - Australia, New Zealand, India, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South
Africa. They will be playing their practice matches at different places, namely Edgbaston, Kennington, Sophia Gardens,
Trent Bridge, Manchester, Headingley and Leicester, but not necessarily in the same order, on different days of the
week, starting from Monday.
i) Australia will be playing at Kennington, but neither on Friday nor on Monday.
ii) The host country will be playing on Thursday at Manchester.
iii) There is a gap of one day between Australia and England match.
iv) Sri Lanka will be playing the match before South Africa but after Pakistan at Sophia Gardens on Wednesday.
v) South Africa will be playing on the last day of the week.
vi) New Zealand will be playing at Leicester.
vii) No match will be played at Edgbaston on Monday.
viii) The match at Headingley will be played on the last day of the week.
ix) The match at Trent Bridge will be played on Tuesday.
x) No match will be played at Leicester on Tuesday and Friday.
1. New Zealand will be playing the match on which day of the week?
1) Friday
2) Tuesday
3) Saturday
4) Monday
5) None of these
2. Which team will be playing the match between Saturday and Thursday?
1) South Africa
2) India
3) England
4) Pakistan
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5) None of these
III.
Directions (Q.1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
There are six international football players, namely Ronaldo, Messi, Dybala, Suarez, Neymar and Sanchez. Among them
two are defenders, while others are left back, goal keeper, right back and striker, though not necessarily in the same
order. Also, each of these footballers belongs to a different country, namely Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Germany, England
and Uruguay.
(i) Dybala, a goal keeper, is neither from Germany nor from Uruguay.
(ii) The one who is from England is a Striker. Neither Suarez nor Ronaldo is from England.
(iii) Ronaldo is the right back and he is from Uruguay.
(iv) Dybala is not from Argentina while Sanchez is not from Germany.
(v) Suarez the left back is from Spain. Neither Messi nor Sanchez is a striker.
3. If Ronaldo exchanges his position with Messi, then what is the position of Ronaldo?
1) Striker
2) Right Back
3) Left Back
4) Defender
5) None of these
IV
Directions (Q. 51-55): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below .
Bat, Cat, Rat, Sat, Mat, Vat, Fat and Hat are eight persons. Each is a Faculty of a different subject, viz Mathematics,
Chemistry, Biology, English, Geography, Reasoning, Polity and History.
Each of them pursues a different hobby, viz Singing, Music, Poetry, Shayari, Painting, Trekking, Cooking and Swimming,
but not necessarily in the same order.
(i) Bat, who likes Cooking, is a Faculty of neither History nor Geography.
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(ii) Cat is a Faculty of English and does not like either Singing or Poetry.
(iii)The one who is a Faculty of Mathematics likes Shayari.
(iv)The one who likes Swimming is a Faculty of Chemistry and the one who is a Faculty of Polity likes Music.
(v) Hat doesn’t like Painting.
(vi) Mat and Vat like Music and Trekking, though not necessarily in the same order.
(vii) Sat likes Swimming.
(viii)Fat is a Faculty of Reasoning and doesn’t like Singing.
(ix)The one who is a Faculty of Geography likes Trekking.
(x) Rat is not a Faculty of History.
(xi) The one who is a Faculty of Biology doesn’t like either Poetry or Painting.
1) Painting
2) Cooking
3) Singing
4) Poetry
5) None of these Directions
V.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven people Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune live on separate floors of a 7-floor building.
Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered. 2 and so on until the topmost floor are numbered 7. Each one of
these is travelling to a different Countries, namely France, Japan, Germany, Italy, China, America and Russia but not
necessarily in the same order.
(i)Only three people live above the floor on which Mercury lives.
(ii) Only one person lives between Mercury and the one travelling to America.
(iii) Saturn lives immediately below the one travelling to Japan.
(iv)The one travelling to Japan lives on an even-numbered floor.
(v) Only three people live between the ones travelling to America and Germany.
(vi) Jupiter lives immediately above Earth and Jupiter is not travelling to Germany.
(vii)Only two people live between Venus and the one travelling to China.
(viii)The one travelling to China lives below the floor on which Venus lives.
(ix)The one travelling to France does not live immediately above or immediately below Venus.
(x) Mars does not live immediately above or immediately below Mercury.
(xi) Uranus does not travel to Italy.
1.Which of the following is true with respect to Uranus as per the given information’?
1) The one who lives immediately below Uranus is travelling to Japan
2) Uranus lives on floor no. 7
3) Uranus lives immediately below Jupiter
4) Uranus lives on the lowermost floor
5) Uranus is travelling to America
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5. How many people live between the floors on which Mars and the one travelling to Japan live?
1)None
2)Two
3)One
4)More than three
5)Three
VI.
Directions: Study the given information carefully to answer the given question.
Kiran, Sneha, Roma, Diwakar, Tarun, Nitika and Mohini live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily in
the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till
the topmost floor is numbered seven. Each one of them also likes a different brands of clothes, namely John Players,
Vimal, Peter England, Arrow, Levis, Madame and Numero Uno (but not necessarily order.)
(i)Only three persons live between Sneha and Tarun. Sneha lives on one of the floors above Tarun. Tarun does not live
on the lowermost floor. Only one person lives between Sneha and the one who likes Peter England. The one who like
Numero Uno lives on one of the even-numbered floors above the one who likes Peter England.
(ii) Only two persons live between Mohini and the one who like Peter England. The one who likes John Players lives
immediately above Mohini. Kiran lives immediately above Nitika. Kiran does not like Peter England.
(iii) The one who likes Arrow lives on one of the odd-numbered floors below Nitika. Mohini does not like Arrow. Diwakar
lives on one of the floors above Roma.
(iv) Only one person lives between the one who likes Levis and the one who likes Madame. Diwakar does not like Levis.
Mohini does not like Vimalbrand.
2) Roma
3)Mohini
4) Sneha
5)None of these
VII.
Directions (Q81-85): Study the following information carefully and answer the given Questions:
Janvi, Shweta, Ritika, Urvashi, Vaani, Babita and Gauri born in different years, viz 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
and 2004 and on a different days of a week from Monday to Sunday.
(i)Ritika was born on Wednesday but neither in the year 2000 nor 2004.
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5) None of these
Ans: 4
VIII.
Directions: Study the following information and answer the following questions.
1. P, Q, R, S, T U, V are seven friends travelling by train in 1st AC, 2nd AC and 3rd AC such that not less than two friends
travel in the same class. Each friend also has ordered food at different stations namely Mohand, Sunderpur, Biharigarh,
Puhana, Bhagwanpur, Roorkee and Meerut but not necessarily in same order.
2. P ordered meal at Roorkee and travels by 1st AC with only 1 other friend who ordered meal at Puhana.
3. V travels with two other friends. Both the friends who travel with V ordered food at either Biharigarh, Puhana or
Bhagwanpur.
4. S travels in 2nd AC with only one person and did not order at Sunderpur. T travels with only one friend.
5. The one who ordered at Mohand, does not travel by either 1st AC or 2nd AC.
6. T did not order at either Biharigarh, Puhana or Bhagwanpur.
7. R did not order at Biharigarh, Bhagwanpur or Sunderpur.
3) Sunderpur – 2nd AC
4) Either 1 or 3
5) None of these
IX.
Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
1. Seven girls, namely P,Q,R,S,T,U and V like seven different cosmetic brands namely MAC, Lakme, Lotus, Maybelline,
Clinique, Elle 18 and Avon but not necessarily in the same order. Each girl has a different job namely Teacher, Fashion
Designer, Manager, Banker, Engineer, Doctor and Lawyer but not necessarily in the same order (The jobs are given in the
increasing order of the experience of each girl. i.e. the one who is a teacher is least experienced, the one who is a
fashion designer has more experience than the teacher and so on with Lawyer having the highest experience).
2. Each girl also likes a different holiday destination namely viz – Bangkok, Maldives, Mauritius, Dubai, Singapore, Bali
and Turkey.
3. T neither has the least experience nor does she work as an Engineer.
4. Q does not work as an Engineer.
5. The girl who likes Elle 18 has more experience than the one who likes Dubai. The one who is Engineer likes Bali.
6. The girl who likes Clinique also likes Singapore. Girls who have the least experience and most experience like Maldives
and Turkey respectively.
7. Only one girl has less experience than U. V likes Avon and has more experience than the one who likes MAC.
8. S has less experience than the Banker, but more experience than the one who likes Lotus.
9. The one who has less experience than U likes Maybelline. Only one girl has more experience than P.
10. The fashion Designer likes Mauritius. The Doctor likes Clinique. Only two girls have more experience than the one
who likes MAC.
2) Fashion Designer
3) Manager
4) Banker
5) None of these
4. Which pair represents the most and the least experienced girls?
1) S & Q
2) R & P
3) V & Q
4) S & R
5) U & V
X
Directions: Read the following information and answer the questions that follow.
1. In a theatre festival 6 plays (Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Death of a salesman, Macbeth, Waiting for Godot) are to
be staged. The theatre festival will last for 6 days viz. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On
each day, 3 plays will be held in 3 shifts, morning, afternoon and evening.
2. Each play is held three times in those six days, once in every shift, each shift on a different day.
3. Romeo and Juliet is not the second last show of the theatre festival.
4. Waiting for Godot is staged on alternate days.
5. Macbeth is the last show and Othello is the first show of the theatre festival.
6. Out of 3 shows of Macbeth, only two are staged on consecutive days, out of which, it is once staged with Death of a
salesman and once with Waiting for Godot.
7. Macbeth is not staged on Monday or Wednesday.
8. Othello, Waiting for Godot and Romeo & Juliet are staged together on two days.
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2. Which of the following plays is never staged on the same day when Hamlet is staged?
1) Othello
2) Macbeth
3) Death of a Salesman
4) Waiting for Godot
5) Romeo & Juliet
4. Two plays are mentioned in the given options, such that the second play is staged immediately after the first play.
Find the option which does not follow this order.
1) Macbeth, Hamlet
2) Waiting for Godot, Romeo & Juliet
3) Macbeth, Othello
4) Othello, Waiting for Godot
5) Romeo & Juliet, Death of a Salesman
XI.
Directions: Read the following information and answer the questions that follow.
Seven Avengers (Superheroes) – Captain, Thor, Hulk, Spiderman, Hawkeye, Black widow, Ironman lives on seven
different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one,
the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered seven. Each of them have a
superpower for flying upto a different distance 150m, 300m, 400m, 500m, 600m, 700m, and 800 m but not necessarily
in the same order.
(i) The one who flies for 400m lives on the floor, numbered 3.
(ii) Only one person lives between Hulk and the one who flies for 400m.
(iii) The one who flies for 700m lives immediately above Hulk.
(iv) Only one person lives between the one who flies for 700m and the one who flies for 300m.
(v) The number of people living between Hulk and the one who flies for 300m is the same as that between the one who
flies for 700m and Black widow.
(vi) Thor lives on an odd-numbered floor and also flies for 300m more than the one who lives on floor number 4.
(vii) Only two people lives between Hawkeye and the one who flies for 600m.
(viii) The one who flies for 500m lives on one of the floor below Hawkeye but not on Floor number 2.
(ix) Only two people live between Captain and Ironman.
(x) The one who flies for 150m lives immediately below captain.
3. Who is lives between Hulk and the person who lives at Ironman?
1) Hawkeye
2) Captain
3) Spiderman
4) Black widow
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5) None of these
XII
Directions: Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow.
1. 6 Cousins (Honey, Sugar, Sweet, Caramel, Tamarind and Berry) go to an ice cream parlour to buy ice cream sundaes
(Black Chocolate, Blue Moon, Green Lemon, Pink Cherry, White Musk and Yellow Pie), not necessarily in the same order.
Each Sundae comes with an extra scoop of ice cream of the choice of the buyer. Each cousin adds a different scoop
(Banana, Chocolate, Guava, Raspberry, Strawberry and Vanilla) not necessarily in the same order. Each Sundae is
decorated with different topping (Kracker, Biscuit, Munchini, Gems, fruits, choco chips) not necessarily in the same
order.
2. Honey eats Blue moon but not with Raspberry or chocochips. Munchini doesn’t go with White musk.
3. The one who ordered extra scoop of guava did not have pink cherry.
4. One of the cousins has the name of the sundae as well as the name of the flavour of extra scoop starting with the
same alphabet as his/her own name.
5. The extra scoop of neither Strawberry nor raspberry are liked by Sweet or Caramel.
6. Caramel had a toping of Kracker. Chocochips are used as topping for Green Lemon.
7. The one who ordered for Yellow pie gets an extra scoop of chocolate.
8. Sweet does not like choco chips. Also, chocochips don’t go with raspberry.
9. Biscuit topping go with Vanilla and it is not liked by Tamarind. Tamarind got Choco chips as toppings, and Sweet got
Guava as extra scoop.
10. Sugar likes Gems as topping but not with extra scoop of strawberry.
11. Honey takes extra scoop of Vanilla.
3) Sugar
4) Sweet
5) Honey
4. If the extra scoops of guava and pink cherry are exchanged with the extra scoop of green lemon and Berry
respectively and the topping of caramel is exchanged with topping of pink cherry, what will be the correct new
combination for Sugar?
1) Strawberry – Choco chips
2) Banana - Kracker
3) Guava - Gems
4) Chocolate - Munchini
5)None of these
XIII.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven persons – Pintu, Sonu, Titu, Chintu, Chennu, Monu and Bittoo live on seven different floors of a building but not
necessarily in the same order. Lowermost floor is numbered 1. Each of them went to attend workshops for different
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activities – Dancing, Singing, Personality Development, Gym, Yoga, Aerobic Classes and Swimming but not necessarily in
the same order. Each left in different months of the year from January to July.
1) Sonu lives on an odd numbered floor but not on floor number three and left in January.
2) The one who went to Personality Development classes lives immediately above Bittoo who left on one of the month
after April.
3) The one who went to Swimming lives on an odd numbered floor above Monu who left in March.
4) Cheenu went to Dancing and lives on 4th floor.
5) Pintu lives on the floor above Chennu and left for Yoga classes in June.
6) The one who lives on top floor went to Gym and the person living on the bottom floor went to Aerobic classes and
neither of them left in January.
7) Titu lives on an even numbered floor and left two months after the person who went to Singing classes left.
8) Chintu left in February.
3) Sonu
4) Monu
5) None of these
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