FLOOR & COMPARISON PUZZLES

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1.

Study the information below and answer questions based on it.

A, B, C, D, E and F live on different floors in the same building having six floors numbered one to
six (the ground floor is numbered l, the floor above it, number 2 and so on and the topmost floor is
numbered 6). A lives on an even numbered floor. There are two floors between the floors on which D and F live. F lives on a floor
above Ds floor. D does not live on floor number 2. B does not live on an odd numbered floor. C does not live on any of the floors
below Fs floor. E does not live on a floor immediately above or immediately below the floor on which B lives.
Question 1: Who, amongst the following, live on the floors exactly between D and F?
(a) E, B
(a) C, B
(c) E, C
(d) A, E
Question 2: On which of the following floors does B live?
(a) 6th
(b) 4th
(c) 2nd
(d) 1st
Question 3: Who lives on the first floor?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

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The conditions can be reduced to the following table:

Names
A
B
C
D
E
F
Answer 1: (d)
Answer 2: (a)
Answer 3: (d)

Floors
Second
Sixth
Fifth
First
Third
Fourth

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Each of the six friends, A, B, C, D, E and F scored different marks in an examination. C scored more than only A and E. D scored
less than only B. E did not score the least. The one who scored the third highest marks scored 81 marks. E scored 62 marks.
Question 1: Which of the following could possibly be Cs score?
(a) 70
(b) 94
(c) 86
(d) 61
(e) 81
Question 2: Which of the following is true with respect to the given information?
(a) Ds score was definitely less than 60
(b) F scored the maximum marks
(c) Only two people scored more than C
(d) There is a possibility that B scored 79 marks
(e) None of the above is true
Question 3: The person who scored the maximum scored 13 marks more than Fs marks. Which of the following can be Ds score?
(a) 94
(b) 60
(c) 89
(d) 78
(e) 81

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From the conditions given above, we can obtain the order of marks obtained by the six friends as:
B>D>F>C>E>A
Answer 1: (a)
Since the highest marks in position 3 = 81
And marks of E= 62
Therefore the marks obtained by C is between 62 and 81
So the marks of C = 70
Answer 2: (e)
There is no statement in the option which satisfies the given conditions, so the answer is none of these.
Answer 3: (c)
Since the highest marks scored is by B
Therefore marks of B = marks of F + 13
So therefore marks of B = 94
And second highest marks gained by D
Therefore marks obtained by D is between 81 and 94
Therefore the possible marks obtained by D = 89

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There are four friends namely Akshay, Bhushan, ChandeIjeet and Dhiraj. Each person plays one outdoor game and has one hobby
related to fine arts.
1. Two persons are interested in cricket while the other two like to play hockey.
2. Two of these four persons are painters, one is a singer and the fourth one is a dancer.
3 . Akshay is neither a painter nor a hockey player.
4 . Bhushan does not dance.
5. The one who likes dancing plays hockey.
6. Bhushan and Dhiraj dont play cricket.
Question 1: Who amongst the following plays cricket and is interested in painting?
(a) Akshay
(b) ChandeIjeet
(c) Bhushan
(d) Dhiraj
Question 2: Who among the following is a singer?
(a) Dhiraj
(b) Akshay
(c) ChandeIjeet
(d) Bhushan
Question 3: Which pair shows the correct relationship of the game and fine arts hobby of Dhiraj? .
(a) Cricket, singing
(b) Hockey, dancing
(c) Cricket, dancing
(d) Cricket, painting

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You the following table to answer the questions:

Person
Akshay
Bhushan
ChandeIjeet
Dhiraj

Game
Cricket
Hockey
Cricket
Hockey

Hobby
Singer
Painter
Painter
Dancing

Answer 1: (b)
Answer 2: (b)
Answer 3: (b)

Study the information below and answer questions based on it.

Piyush, Kadir Khan, Rajeev, Sunanda, Trilochan and Urvashi are six members of a family. Each one is engaged in a different
profession ie, Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher, Engineer, Nurse and a Banker.
1. Each one of them remains at home on a different day of the week from Monday to Saturday.
2. The lawyer in the family stays at home on Thursday.
3. Rajeev stays at home on Tuesday.

4. Piyush, a doctor, does not remain at home either on Wednesday or Saturday.

5. Sunanda is neither a lawyer nor the teacher, but she remains at home on Friday.
6. Kadir Khan is the engineer,
7. Trilochan is the bank manager.
Question 1: Who is the nurse in the family?
(a) Sunanda
(b) Piyush
(c) Urvashi
(d) Trilochan
Question 2: Who among them stays at home on the following day on which Rajeev stays at home?
(a) Kadir Khan
(b) Sunanda
(c) Kadir Khan or Trilochan
(d) Urvashi
Question 3: Which of the following combinations is correct?
(a) Rajeev-Teacher
(b) Sunanda-Nurse
(c) Urvashi-Thursday
(d) All are correct

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You the following table to answer the questions:

MEMBERS
PIYUSH
KADIR KHAN
RAJEEV
SUNANDA
TRILOCHAN
URVASHI

PROFESSION
DOCTOR
ENGINEER
TEACHER
NURSE
BANK MNGR.
LAWYER

DAY
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY/SATURDAY
TUESDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY/ WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY

Answer 1: (a)
Answer 2: (c)
Answer 3: (d)

Puzzle 1. Six teachers A, B, C, D, E and F are in a school in which one is an ad hoc are living in a triple story building
of school with six flats
each floor having two flats. Each of the teachers is living with his familiy where there is wife and children only. Rest of
the information
are given below(a) Those who have four or more family members occupy the top floor.
(b) The one who teaches SST earns Rs. 17,000/- while the one who teaches G K earns 18000.
(c) The ground floor occupants are lenient.

(d) B, who teaches Maths has three family members.

(e) C, an unmarried persons occupies the middle floor.
(f) E and F are strict, while the rest are lenient.
(g) D, a middle floor occupant, earns Rs. 15,000 and one who stays at middle floor is an ad hoc.
(h) One of the teachers having two family members earns Rs. 20,000 and is an English teacher.
(i) Two teachers, of whom one is teaching Science, have not disclosed their salaries.
(j) The Science teacher doest stay on top floor and he is not an ad hoc teacher.
1. How many family members does A have?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) None of these
2. Who is an ad hoc teacher?
1) D 2) A 3) F 4) E 5) None of these
3. E teaches which subject?
1) SST 2) GK 3) either SST or GK 4) Science 5) None of the Above
4. A lenient teacher who teaches science lives at which floor?
1) Top 2) Middle 3) Ground
4) Either Top or Ground 5) None of these
5. Who among the following occupies the top floor?
1) E and F 2) D and E 3) C and B 4) B and A 5) None of these
Puzzle 2
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circle facing the centre. S is second to the left of W, who is third to the left of P. Q
is fourth to the right of R, who is the immediate neighbour of W. V and U are not a neighbour of Q.
6. Who is sitting between P and Q?
1) Both T and V 2 ) T 3) R 4) S 5) None of these
7. Who is third to the left of Q?
1) U 2 ) V 3) R 4) W 5) None of these
8. In which of the following pairs is the first person sitting to the immediate right of the second person?
1) Q T 2 ) SV 3) WQ 4) VW 5) None of these
9. What is the position of U with respect to V?
1) Third towards right 2 ) Second 3) Second towards right
4) Fourth towards left 5) None of these
10. How many of them are sitting between R and Q?
1) Three or Four only 2 ) Four only 3) Three only 4) One only 5) None of these

Answers: 1. 3

2. 1

3. 3

4. 2

5. 1

6. 3

7. 1

8. 2

9. 3

10. 3
Seven conferences on Marketing, Finance, HR, Real Estate, Hospitality, Management, and Banking were scheduled to be held in Mumbai,
Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Bhopal and Chennai, on one day in a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday.
Conference on Hospitality was held in Hyderabad on Friday. Only one conference was held between conference on hospitality and Finance.
Conference on Management was held immediately after HR but immediately before Banking. Conference on Management was not held in
indore. The conference held on Monday was held in Delhi. Only one conference was held between conferences on Banking and the
conference held in Mumbai. The conference on HR was not held in Mumbai. Conference in Pune was held immediately before conference in
Indore. Conference on Real Estate was not held on Monday. Conference in Chennai was not held after conference in Mumbai.
1.

If Delhi is related to Pune and Banking is related to Real Estate in a certain way, then to which of the following would Indore be related

to, following the same pattern?

1) Bhopal
2.

2) Chennai

2) Mumbai

2) One

3) Delhi

4) Bhopal

5) Indore

3) Two

4) Three

5) Four

On which of the following days was the conference on HR held?

1) Monday
5.

5) None of these

How many conferences were held between conferences on Marketing and Real Estate?

1) None
4.

4) Delhi

In which of the following cities was conference on Banking held?

1) Chennai
3.

3) Mumbai

2) Tuesday

3) Wednesday

4) Thursday

5) Friday

Which of the following conferences was held on Monday?

1) Banking

2) Management

4) Marketing

3) HR

5) Cannot be determined

Answers:1. 3

2. 5

3. 5

4. 2

5. 4

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it
Six exams Maths, science, History, Economics, English and Hindi are to be scheduled starting from 2nd March and ending on 8th march wit
Sunday being an off day, not
necessarily in the same order. Each of the exam has different time duration: 40 mins, 50 mins, 60 mins, 75 mins, 90 mins and 100 mins,
again not necessarily in the same order.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

8th march is not sunday and an exam of 40 mins is scheduled on that day. Maths exam is for less than 60 mins and is scheduled
immediately before English exam. There are two exams scheduled between Hindi exam which is for 100 mins and History exam which is for
60 mins. English exam is before Sunday and there are two days between sunday and maths exam. Economics exam which is for 75 mins is
not scheduled on 2ndmarch. The exam schedules on saturday is of 100 mins.
How many exams are scheduled before sunday?
(1) Two
(2) One
(3) Five
(4) Three
(5) None of these
Which of the following combinations of exam - Day - Time Duration is correct ?
(1) English - Wednesday - 75 mins
(2) Maths - Thursday - 50 mins
(3) History - Thursday 60 mins
(4) Hindi - Tuesday - 100 mins
(5) None is correct
What is the time duration of science exam?
(l) 90 mins
(2) 75 mins
(3) 50 mins
(4) 40 mins
(5) None of these
On which day is Economics exam scheduled?
(1) Monday
(2) Saturday
(3) Tuesday
(4) Friday
(5) Cannot be determined
Which day is sunday?
(1) 3rd march
(2) 2nd march
(3) 5th march
(4) 6th march
(5) Cannot be determined

Directions (6-12): Each of these questions are based on the information given below:

P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y, Z are sitting around a circle facing centre but not necessarily in the same
order. The husband of Z is sitting second to the right of Q who is sitting between two males. X
sits second to the left of the daughter of S. X is the sister of Y. X is not an immediate neighbour
of Z's husband. Only one person sits between P and X. P is the father of Y. S who is brother of
Z sits to the immediate left of his mother. Only one person sits between Z's mother and W. Only
one person sits between Z and Y. Y is mother of R. Y is not an immediate neighbour of W.
6. Which of following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
(1) R is the cousin of W
(2) Z and Z's husband are immediate neighbour of each other.
(3) No female is an immediate neighbour of R.
(4) Z sits third to the left of her daughter.
(5) Q is the mother of Z.
7. What is the position of P with respect to his grandchild?
(1) immediate right
(2) third to the right
(3) third to the left
(4) Second to the right
(5) fourth to the right
8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way. Which one does not belong to that group?
(1) X
(2) R
(3) W
(4) Z
(5) Y
9. What is position of P with respect to his mother-in-law?
(1) Immediate right
(2) third to the right
(3) third to the left
(4) second to the right
(5) None of these
10. How many people sits between Y and her uncle?
(1)One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) Four
(5) Five
11. . Who amongst the following is S's daughter?
(1) Q
(2) R
(3) W
(4) Y
(5) Z

12. Who sits to the immediate left of R?

(1) X's grandmother
(2) Y's son
(3) S's mother-in-law
(4) P
(5) Y
Solutions (1-5):
Date
2nd
March
3rd
March
4th
March
5th
March
6th
March
7th
March
8th
March
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Day

Exam

Time
Duration

Wednesday

History

60 mins

Thursday

Maths

50 mins

Friday

English

Saturday

Hindi

90 mins
100
mins

Sunday

Off

Off

Monday

Economics

75 mins

Tuesday

Science

40 mins

(5)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(4)

Solutions (6-12):
6. (5)
7. (1)
8. (2)
9. (4)
10. (3)
11. (3)
12. (1)

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Directions (Q. 1 - 5): Study the information carefully and answer the following questions:
A building has eight floors from 1 to 8 in such a way that ground floor is numbered 1, the above floor is numbered 2 and so on. The
top most floor is numbered 8. Eight persons G, P, M, R, Q, A, D and C are staying each on one of these floors. A is staying on floor
6. There is a gap of three persons between G and R. C is staying on the topmost floor. Neither P nor M is staying on the floor 5. Q is
staying middle of P and M. R is staying on the floor 1. M is not an immediate neighbor of G.
Q1. Who is staying on the floor no. 7?
1) A
2) P
3) D
4) R
5) M
Q2. How many persons are staying between D and P?
1) Three
2) Four
3) Two
4) One
5) None of these

Q3. Who is staying on the second floor?

1) Q

2) M
3) P
4) A
5) Q or M
Q4. If all persons are arranged in alphabetical order such as A occupies floor 1 then who will occupy floor 5?
1) G
2) Q
3) R
4) M
5) P
Q5. Immediate neighbors of the person who is staying in floor 3?
1) R and P
2) A and P
3) G and M
4) P and M
5) D and G
Directions (Q. 6 - 10): Study the information carefully and answer the following questions:
Eight friends Romil, Ramesh, Rakesh, Rohit, Rahul, Abhijit, Abhishek and Anil are sitting around a circular table, not
necessarily in the same order. Four of them are facing inside others are facing outside. They are belong to eight different cities
Bhopal, Patna, Kolkata, Delhi, Gwalior, Bengaluru, Chennai and Rajkot, but not necessarily in the same order.
Abhijit faces the Centre and sits third to the right of Rakesh. Rohit belongs to Kolkata and faces the person who belongs to
Bengaluru. Abhishesk sits third to the right of Ramesh, who stays in Bhopal. The persons who belong to Delhi and Gwalior are
facing to the same direction (inside or outside). Rahul is sitting between the person who belongs to Kolkata and the one from
Rajkot respectively. Romil belongs to Gwalior and Rakesh belongs to Patna. The person who belongs to Chennai is facing outward
and immediate neighbor of Rajkot. Anil is immediate neighbor of the persons who belong to Gwalior and Chennai. Rahul is
immediate left of Rohit.
Q6. Who belongs to Bengaluru?
1) Romil
2) Rohit
3) Anil
4) Abhishek
5) Rahul
Q7. Immediate neighbors of Romil?
1) Romesh and Rakesh
2) Rahul and Rohit
3) Anil and Ramesh
4) Abhishek and Rahul
5) Rohit and Abhijeet
Q8. Which of the following pair is true?
1) Romil Bhopal
2) Anil Bengaluru
3) Rohit Delhi
4) Abhijeet Delhi
5) Abhishek Patna
Q9. Position of Ramesh with respect to Rahul?
1) Third to the right
2) Fourth to the left
3) Fifth to the right
4) Second to the right
5) Third to the left
Q10. If Rohit and Anil interchange their positions and similarly Abhijit and Rakesh interchange their positions then what is the
position of Romil with respect to Rakesh?
1) Third to the left
2) Third to the right
3) Second to the left
4) Immediate left
5) None of these

Answers

1-3
2-3
3-2

4-4
5-4
Floor No.
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Persons
C
D
A
G
P
Q
M
R

6-3
7-3
8-2
9-5
10-1

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Directions 7 : Study the following information carefully and

answer the questions given below:

In a seven-storey building, having floors numbered one to seven,

P, Q, R, S, T and V each live on a different floor. (The ground
floor is numbered floor no. 1, the floor above it floor no. 2 and
so on.) One of the floors in the building is vacant. P lives on the
fifth floor. No floor below fifth floor is vacant; also no odd
numbered floor is vacant. Only S lives between T and V. T does
not live on an odd numbered floor. T does not live on a floor
immediately above or immediately below R's floor. Q does not
live on the bottommost floor.
Questions:
1. Who lives on the topmost floor ?
1) Q
2) S
3) R
4) V
5) No one as it is vacant
2. On which of the following floors does R live ?
1) Seventh
2) Sixth
3) Third
4) Second
5) First
3. Which of the following floors is vacant?
1) Seventh
2) Sixth
3) Third
4) Second
5) Fourth