Puzzle Test Short Cut Methods In Reasoning Ability

Ex.1-

i) Five friends , P, Q, R, S AND T travelled to five different cities of Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Banglore and Hyderabad by different modes of transport of Bus, Train , Aeroplane , Car and Boat from Mumbai.

ii) The person who travelled to Delhi did not travel by boat.

iii) R went to Bangalore by car and Q went to Kolkata by aeroplane

iv) S travelled by boat whereas T travelled by train .

v) Mumbai is not connected by bus to Delhi and Chennai.

1. Which of the following combinations of person and mode is not correct?

a. P- Bus b. Q-Aero plane c.R- Car d. S- Boat e. T- Aero plane.

2. Which of the following combinations is true for S?

a. Delhi-Bus b. Chennai-Bus c.Chennai- Boat

d. Data inadequate e. None of these

3. Which of the following combinations of place and mode is not correct?

a. Delhi-Bus b.Kolkata- Aero plane c.Bangalore- Car

d.Chennai-boat e. hyderabad- bus

4. The person traveling to delhi went by which of the following modes?

a. bus b. train c. aero plane d. car e. boat

5. Who among the following traveled to delhi

a. R b. S c. T d. data inadequate e. none of these.

Soln. the given information can be analysed as follows:

a) mode of transport : RTravels by car, Q by aeroplane , S by boat and T by train . Now , only P remains . S o, P travels by Bus.

b) place of travel: R goes to bangalore , Q to kolkata. N ow , bus transport is not available for delhi or chennai. so , p who travels by bus goes to hyderabad. S travels by boat and hence by (ii) , did not go to delhi. So, S goes to chennai. Now, only T remains. So, T goes to delhi

Person	P	Q	R	S	T
Place	Hyderabad	Kolkata	Bangalore	Chennai	Delhi
Mode	Bus	Aero plane	Car	Boat	Train

1. clearly , the incorrect combination is T-aeroplane . So , the answer is (e)

2. clearly, the correct combination for S is chennai- boat. So, the answer is (c).

3. clearly , the incorrect combination is delhi-bus. So the answer is (a).

4. clearly, T travel to delhi by train . So the answer is (b).

5. clearly , T travel to delhi. So , the answer is (c).

Ex.2-

i) B and E are good in dramatics and computer science

ii) A and B are good in computer science and physics.

iii) A, D and C are good in physics and mathematics .

iv) C and A are good in physics and mathematics .

v) D and E are good in history and dramatics.

1. Who is good in physics , history and dramatics ?

a. A b. B c. D d. E

2. Who is good in physics, history and mathematics but not in computer science ?

a. A b. B c. C d. D

3. Who is good in computer science , history and dramatics?

a. A b. B c. C d. E

4. Who is good in history , physics , and computer science and mathematics?

a. A b. B c. C d. D

5. Who is good in physics , dramatics and computer science ?

a. A b. B c. D d. E

Soln. The given information can be analysed as under :

	dramatics	com. sc.	Phy	His	Math
A	X	√	√	√	√
B	√	√	√	X	X
C	X	X	√	√	√
D	√	X	√	√	X
E	√	√	X	√	X

1. D is good in physics , history and dramatics . so the answer is ( c).

2. Both A and C are good in physics , History and mathematics . But A is good in computer science , while C is not . So , the answer is (c).

3. E is good in computer science , history and dramatics. Hence , the answer is (d).

4. A is good in history , physics , computer science and mathematics . Hence , the answer is (a).

5. B is good in physics, dramatics and computer science. Hence , the answer is (b).

Ex.-3

Study the following information carefully to answer the given question .

Madan and Rohit are in same team of hockey . Parth defeated Rohit in badminton but lost to sachin in tennis . nitin teams with sagar in football . and with sachin in hockey . rohit defeated sachin in chess. Those who play cricket donot play badminton , volleyball or tennis . madan and parth are in opposite team of basketball. nitin represent his state in cricket while sagar does so at the district level. Boys who play chess donot play football , basketball or volleyball. Madan and parth are together in volleyball team . Boys who play football also play hockey.

1. Name the boy who donot play football ?

a. Sachin , Nitin b. Rohit , Sagar c. Rohit , Sachin d. Rohit , Nitin

2. Who play both hockey and tennis?

a. Sachin b. Rohit c. Nitin d. Parth

3. Which is the most popular game with this group?

a. cricket b. hockey c. football d. badminton

4. Who play the largest number of games ?

a. Sagar b. Rohit c. Parth d. Nitin

5. Which boy play both badminton and hockey?

a. Sachin b. Rohit c. Nitin d. Parth

Soln.

	Madan	Rohit	Parth	Sachin	Nitin	Sagar
Hockey	√	√		√	√	√
Badminton		√	√		X	X
Tennis			√	√	X	X
Chess		√		√
Football		X		X	√	√
Basketball	√	X	√	X
Volleyball	√	X	√	X	X	X
Cricket					√	√

1. (c) Rohit and Sachin donot play football

2. (a) Sachin play both hockey and tennis .

3. (b) Since hockey is played by the maximum nos. of student in the group so, hockey is the most popular game.

4. (c) Parth , play the largest nos. of game i.e. four.

5. (b) Rohit play both badminton and hockey

EX.

Study the following information carefully to answer the given question

1. A, B, C, D, E ,F and G are sitting around a circle and are facing the centre.

2. G is second to the left of C, who is to the immediate left of F.

3. A is third to the left of E.

4. B is between D and E.

i)which of the following is false ?

a. A is the fourth to the right of E. b. G is to the immediate right of D . c. F is the third to the right of D . d. B is the immediate left of D . e. None of these

ii) Which of the following is true?

a. C is fourth to left of B . b. A is to the immediate right of G. c. D is second to the left of E. d. B is second to the right of G.

e. None of these

iii) Which of the following pair has the first person sitting to the immediate left of the second person?

a. BE b. CA c . GD d. DG e. None of these

iv) Which of the following is the positions of F?

a. Fourth to the right of D. b. To the immediate left of C. c. Between A and C. d. To the immediate right of A e. None of these.

Solutions.

We first of all marki the seven balank polsitions around a circle . Now , G is second to the left of C and C is to the immediate left of F . We mark their positons as shown . also , B is between D and E. tHUS , D , B, E sit together and occupy the three consecutive blank positions . Now , only one position remains blank betwen G and C, and this must be occupied by A. now , D, B, E may sit in any of the postions ( D,B,E) or ( E,B,D). But A is third to the left of E only when they sit in the order ( D, B, E). Thus we mark their postions as shown.

1. Clearly , F is fourth to the right of D . So , (c) is false . hence , the answer is (c)

2. C is third to the left of B. So, (a) is false

A is to the immediate right of G. So , (b) is true.

D is second to the right of E. So, (c) is false .

B is second to the left of G. So, ( d) is false .

Hence , the answer is (b)

3. Clearly , only in the pair DG , the first person D sits to the immediate left to the second person G . Hence the answer is (d).

4. C sits between A and F ; F sits between E and C ;E sits between B and F: D sits between G and B. So, none of the given groups satisfies the given condition.

5. Clearly, F's position is . fourth to the right of D.

To the immediate right of C.

 Between C and E

 Second to the right of A.

 Hence, the answer is (a).