Puzzles Quiz – Puzzles Reasoning Questions and Answers

1. Directions: Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Five persons, P, Q, R, S and T like three different perfumes among Engage, Yardley and Zara. Each of them has different numbers of perfumes, i.e. 13, 19, 25, 32 and 39. Not more than two persons like same perfume.
The difference in the number of the perfumes of P and the person, who likes Engage is 6. P has prime numbered perfumes. S has even numbered perfumes. The number of the perfumes of the person, who has Engage is more than S. R doesn’t like Yardley. Difference in number of perfumes of Q and S is 13. The number of perfumes of T is more than R. S doesn’t like Zara.

How many perfumes does R have?

2. Who among the following definitely likes Yardley?

3. What is the difference in the number of perfumes T and Q have?

4. ______ likes Engage.

5. _______ has 2nd lowest number of perfumes.

6. Direction: Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.

There are eight boxes P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W kept one above the other in a stack but not necessarily in the same order. The box at the bottom is numbered 1 and the box at the top is numbered 8. Each box contains different number of books. The number of books in each box is a multiple of the box number immediately above it. For example, the number of books in the box 1 will be a multiple of 2, the number of books in box 7 will be a multiple of 8 and so on.

One of the boxes contains 16 books. The difference between the number of books containing P and W is 9. V is placed immediately above W. The difference between the number of books in the box number 5 and 6 is a perfect square. Three boxes are placed between the box containing 12 boxes and R. The box containing 21 books is placed just below P. Box Q contains 35 books. The difference between the number of books containing T and P is 6. The difference between the number of books containing V and W is 13. Two boxes are placed between U and the one containing 28 books. R and Q are not placed near to each other and R does not contain 21 books. One box is placed between the box containing 21 boxes and T. Two boxes are kept between P and Q.

How many boxes are placed below the box containing 21 books?

7. Which of the following boxes is placed at number 2?

8. Find the correct statement/statements from the following.
I. The box which is placed at number 3 contains more books than the box placed at number 1.
II. The difference between the number of books containing P and S is an even number.
III. Three boxes are placed above the box containing an odd number of books.

9. Find the odd one.

10. The box at the top contains how many books?

11. Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Nine people C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in two parallel rows containing five seats each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons but not necessarily in the same order. Those who are sitting in row 1 are facing south whereas those who are sitting in row 2 are facing north. One seat is vacant in row 1.Each person is facing the person of the other row.

C sits in the middle of row 2. Both C and E are immediate neighbours of each other. Only one person sits between G and K. The one who faces E sits second to the right of F who is an immediate neighbour of G. F does not face H. Number of persons sitting between K and G is same as the number of persons sitting between C and D. G sits diagonally opposite to I. H and K are not immediate neighbours of each other.

Which of the following is true with respect to I?

12. Which of the following is false with respect to J?

13. Who among the following faces vacant seat?

14. Who among the following sits third to the right of G?

15. Who sits exactly between D and I?

16. Direction: Read the following information carefully and Answer the questions given below.

Seven persons L, M, N, P, Q, R and S like were born on different days of the week i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them has a different height.

Both M who was not born on Saturday and N are shorter than the one who was born on Tuesday. The one who was born on Monday is not the second tallest person. R is just shorter than the one who was born on Friday. L is taller than the one who was born on Tuesday but shorter than the one who was born on Monday. At least one person is shorter than Q. L was not born on Saturday. The one who was born on Wednesday and P are taller than the one who was born on Monday. S is not the second tallest person. Height of not more than one person lies between the height of the one who was born on Saturday and Q’s height. The one who was born on Friday is not just shorter or just taller than the one who was born on Tuesday. Height of number of persons lie between S and L is one less than the height of number persons lie between L and the one who was born on Sunday.

Who among the following is the tallest person?

17. How many persons’ height lies between the one who was born on Monday and Q?

18. Which of the following is true with respect to the given arrangement?
1) R who was born on Wednesday is just taller than P.
2) M was born on Sunday and is taller than N.
3) S who was born on Monday is just shorter than R.

19. Who among the following is shorter than the one who was born on Thursday?

20. Who among the following was born on Saturday?