PUZZLES

(Set – 1 to 35)
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(Set – 1)
PUZZLE—1:-
Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G participated in pizza eating competition. They are seated
acroSB a row facing towards north. They eat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 slices of a pizza, but not necessari-
ly in the same order. No one ate the same number of slices.
The one who ate one slice of pizza is seated 3rd to the right of F. C and A together ate 7 slices of a
pizza. The number of slices of pizza eaten by E and D together is equal to the number of slices eat-
en by F alone, who is not seated at either of the ends of the row. F ate twice the number of slices
eaten by C. B is 3rd to the right of the one who ate 5 slices of a pizza. The one who ate twice the
number of slices eaten by E is the neighbor of A. G ate 1 slice more than the number of slices eaten
by B. G is seated 2nd to the left of the one who ate 3 slices of a pizza.
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(Set – 2)
PUZZLE—1:-
In the given figure the four lines segments 1, 2, 3, and 4 are RA, SB, TC, and UD respectively. The
lengths of the lines are 27 m, 25 m, 26 m, and 39 m respectively. Six people C, D, E, F, G, and H are
standing in line 1- RA. All of them are facing north. With the distance between them increasing in
multiples of 5(i.e., if suppose D is at the left end of the line at point R then the remaining friends
will stand at a distance as follows- 5 m, 10 m, 15 m...). D stands at the left end of the line. Only one
person stands between D and G. C stands third to the left of H. E is not a neighbor of G Similarly, six
people- J, K, L, M, N, and O are standing are in line 4- UD. All of them are facing north. With the dis-
tance between them increasing in multiples of 7.(i.e, if the first person is at the left end of the line
at point U then the remaining will be standing at a distance of as follows- 7m, 14m, 21m...) L is
standing at the 2nd position from the left end. N is an immediate neighbor of L. Two people are
standing between N and O. M stands second to the left of O. J is standing to the right of M.
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(Set – 3)
PUZZLE—1:-
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven people live on seven different floors of a building but not necessarily
in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1, the one above that is num-
bered 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of them spends different
amount per month. i.e. 20000, 15000, 10000, 25000, 30000, 35000 and 40000(But not necessarily
in the same order). Each one of them likes different Movies i.e Dangal, Raaes, TZH, Simran, Dunkirk,
Newton and Bahubali(But not necessarily in the same order).
The person who likes Simran lived immediately below the one who likes Bahubali. The one who
spends Rs.20000 lives immediately above the one who spends Rs.40000. Only one person lives be-
tween B and E. The one who likes TZH lives on even numbered floor while the one who likes
Raaes lives on odd numbered floor and not on the third floor. B lives on one of the floors above E.
Neither C nor A spends Rs.25000. The one who likes Newton live one of the floors above Bahubali.
E does not spend Rs. 10000. Person A lives on an odd numbered floor but not on the floor num-
bered three. The one who spends Rs.30000 lives immediately above A. Only two people live be-
tween A and the one who spends Rs.10000. The one who spends Rs.15000 lives on one of the odd
numbered floors above D. The person who likes Newton does not live in the floor numbered 5
while the person who likes Simran does not live in the floor numbered 2. Only three people live be-
tween C and the one who spends 15000. The one who spends Rs.10000 lives immediately above C.
F spends 10000. The one who likes Dangal lives immediately above the one who likes Newton. The
person who likes TZH lives in middle floor exactly.
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(Set – 4)
PUZZLE—1:-
Ten friends are going to a restaurant for the dinner. They are of different sirname viz; Ganguly, Sin-
gla, Banerjee, Singh, Verma, Mistry, Mehra, Atari, Saini and Mukherjee, but not necessarily in the
same order. These ten persons are sitting in two rows in such a way that five persons in each row
and each person from one row is exactly opposite a person from the other row. They are of differ-
ent weight from 81 to 90, and sitting in such a way that the person has weight in odd number is not
opposite another person who has weight in odd number and no two persons who have weight in
even number are adjacent to each other.
Further information related to positions of the persons is given below:
1) The person whose sirname is Verma is sitting opposite to the person whose weight is 82 kg and
has weight neither 83 nor 81kg.
2) The persons whose sirnames are Singh and Verma are adjacent to the person whose weight is
86kg, but the person whose sirname is Singh is not sitting at an end.
3) The persons whose sirnames are Saini and Mukherjee are sitting in the same row. The person
whose weight is 86 kg is not sitting to the left of person whose weight is 87 kg.
4) The person whose sirname is Ganguly is neither adjacent nor opposite to the person whose sir-
name is Mehra or The person whose sirname is Banerjee.
5) The person whose sirname is Singla has weight in even number and is opposite to the person
whose weight is 81 kg.
6) The person whose weight is 86 kg is sitting second from the right end in its row.
7) The person whose sirname is Mistry is sitting at the right end of the row.
8) Banerjee is to the right side of Atari and saini is not sitting opposite to Banerjee.
9) The person whose sirname is Mehra has weight of 85 kg and is not sitting in the same row in
which the person whose weight is 83 or 86 is sitting.
10) The person whose sirname is Banerjee has weight in odd number but not 81kg and is sitting in
the same row with the person whose sirname is Mehra.
11) The person whose sirname is Mistry has weight of 88 kg and is not sitting in the same row in
which the person whose weight is 84 or 86 kg is sitting.
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(Set – 5)
PUZZLE—1:-
10 people -P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y form a group of five couples sitting around a circular table.
Each couple sits together and both the members of a couple face opposite directions. It is also
known that:
1) X is opposite to T and V is an immediate neighbor of X. Also, both X and V are facing the same
direction.
2) At most three people of the same gender are facing the same direction.
3) T is a male and the person to his immediate left is also a male. T is facing towards outwards.
4) Y is a female and is second to the left of P. The wife of U is opposite to the wife of P and is facing
a direction opposite to the wife P
5) V and the person opposite to V(who is not R) are facing different directions. P is facing the same
direction as T.
6) S is not male and is not a neighbor of U. Q is second to the left of R.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 6)
PUZZLE—1:-
Bansal, Verma, Sharma, Akriti, Mehta, Shrivastav, Tyagi and Singh were among those athletes who
qualified for the Olympic Games. There were three Shooting players, two Wrestling players and
one each player playing Badminton, Gymnastic and Table Tennis among them. Three of them re-
ceived no medal while two won gold medal, two won silver medal and one of them won a bronze
medal.
• The one who won bronze medal does not play Badminton
• Sharma does not play Wrestling.
• One of the Shooting players won a silver medal but that person is not Singh
• Verma won a medal in Badminton event but not gold.
• Akriti has won a gold medal but not in Table Tennis or Wrestling.
• Singh has won a medal but not silver.
• Shrivastav is among those three players who have to settle with no medal and he plays Shooting.
• One of the Wrestling players won no medal while the other Wrestling player won a gold medal.
• Mehta won a medal in the Gymnastics event and Tyagi won a silver medal.
PUZZLE—2:-
Ajay, Bharat, Chandan, Deepak, Elen and Faisal are living in an eight storey building. The ground
floor is numbered 1; the floor immediately above the ground floor is numbered 2, and so on till the
top-most floor which is numbered 8.
• There are two vacant floors in the building.
• Bharat lives no floor below Chandan's floor.
• No person lives on the floor which is immediately above or below Ajay's floor.
• Deepak and Faisal are the only people whose floor is not immediately above or below the vacant
floors.
• Elen's floor is immediately below one of the floor which is vacant but not on floor 1 or 2
• Bharat's floor is somewhere between the two vacant floors.
• Not more than three flats are there between the vacant floor.
• Deepak‘s floor is exactly in between the two vacant floors.
• No two immediate floors are vacant. Also, neither the top-most floor nor the lower-most floor is
vacant.
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(Set – 7)
PUZZLE—1:-
Eight friends M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily
in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1 and the topmost floor of the
building is numbered 8. The DOB of each of the persons is in different months i.e. March, April,
May, June, July, August, September and October, but not necessarily in the same order. All persons
like different types of fruits i.e. Guava, Apple, Grapes, Mango, Banana,
Pineapple, Litchi and Orange but not necessarily in the same order.
The one whose DOB is in August does not live on an odd-numbered floor and does not like Apple &
Litchi. P does not like Guava. T lives just below the one whose DOB is in October. The one who lives
on third floor likes Guava. The one whose DOB is in April lives on an even-numbered floor but not
on the topmost floor and likes either Orange or Pineapple. Only one person lives between R and
the one whose DOB is in July. The one who likes Banana lives immediately above the floor in which
T lives. Q likes Litchi. The one whose DOB is in June lives on an even numbered floor and lives just
above the person whose DOB is in October. O’s DOB is not in July and October. The persons (who
likes Apple, Mango, Orange and Grapes) lives on even numbered floor. The one who likes Grapes
lives below the one who likes Mango. Only two persons live between the one whose DOB is in Au-
gust and the one whose DOB is in March. P’s DOB is not in September. Only two persons live be-
tween R and the one whose DOB is in April. Neither Q nor O lives on the first floor. Only one person
lives between O and the one whose DOB is in May. M lives just above R. Only two persons live be-
tween Q and M. The one whose
DOB is in July does not live on floor number one. M does not like Grapes and Mango. N lives on an
even-numbered floor and just above O.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 8)
PUZZLE—1:-
Six persons- A, B, C, D, E and F came to the library on the same day. Each of them was having exact-
ly one book among- Mathematics, Physics, Sociology, Psychology, Economics and History, which
was to be returned to the library. They placed the books on a book rack, where the shelves of the
book rack were numbered from 1 to 20, arranged one above the other vertically, such that 20th
shelf is topmost and 1st shelf is the lowermost shelf. After they deposited their books, there were
no books except these E books in the book rack and none of these 6 books were kept on adjacent
shelves. It is also known that:

1) The book of Mathematics was kept two shelves above the shelf number that is twice the shelf
number of the book returned by B, which was not on Sociology. These two books were neither on
the topmost shelf nor on the bottom most shelf.
2) The book returned by D was placed three shelves above the shelf of the book returned by C,
which was not on Physics.
3) The History book was kept on a lower shelf than the shelf on which Economics book was kept,
and no book was kept between these books.
The book on Physics was not kept on the 10th shelf.
4) F, who didn't return a book on Sociology, kept his book on a shelf number which is thrice the
shelf number of the Economics book. None of these books were placed on a prime numbered shelf.
5) The difference the shelf numbers of book on Sociology and book returned by A, not necessarily
in the same order, was same as the shelf number of the book returned by C.
6) The Physics book was on a shelf number that is placed on a shelf immediately above the shelf
which is thrice the shelf number of the book on History.
7) Economics book was not kept on the 4th shelf.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 9)
PUZZLE—1:-
8 friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work as a different professionals: banker, salesman, painter.
teacher, doctor, scientist, businessman and singer not necessarily in the same order. They also earn
a different monthly remuneration: 10k, 20k. 30k. 40k. 50k. 60K 70k and 80k not necessarily in the
same order. The combination is based on the following rules
• The singer earns more than only H.
• The difference between A and the painter's income is 60k
• G is either the painter or the singer
• A is not the singer
• C is neither the doctor nor the scientist
• D earns 60k
• Difference between businessman's and C's income is 50k, Businessman earns more than C
• Banker earns more than D.
• Teacher earns more than the Scientist
• Doctor earns equal to E's and the singers combined monthly income
• F is not the businessman
 PUZZLES
(Set – 10)
PUZZLE—1:-
8 friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work as a different professionals: banker, salesman, painter.
teacher, doctor, scientist, businessman and singer not necessarily in the same order. They also earn
a different monthly remuneration: 10k, 20k. 30k. 40k. 50k. 60K 70k and 80k not necessarily in the
same order. The combination is based on the following rules
• The singer earns more than only H.
• The difference between A and the painter's income is 60k
• G is either the painter or the singer
• A is not the singer
• C is neither the doctor nor the scientist
• D earns 60k
• Difference between businessman's and C's income is 50k, Businessman earns more than C
• Banker earns more than D.
• Teacher earns more than the Scientist
• Doctor earns equal to E's and the singers combined monthly income
• F is not the businessman
 PUZZLES
(Set – 11)
PUZZLE—1:-
8 people A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H live in a building, with ground floor being 1st floor and top floor
being 8th floor.
They all have their birthdays in Feb, March, April and May on dates 10 or 20.
(i) One person lives between C and F. As many people live between H & G as between A & E
live. G is 2 months younger than H.
(ii) The one whose birthday come in a month of 31 days lives on the lowest floor while the oldest
of them lives on the top floor.
(iii) One person lives between H & A. B lives on 4th floor. Two people celebrate their birthdays
between the birthdays of C & D.
(iv) The persons whose birthday fall in the month of March live on the adjacent floors.
(v) 2 persons live between the ones whose birthday fall in the month of April. A's birthday fall on
20th Feb.
(vi) Two persons live above F. Two persons celebrate their birthday between the birthdays of D and
G. B lives on one of the floors above G. E is older than B.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 12)
PUZZLE—1:-
There are five units i.e. 1,2,3,4 & 5 . Each unit has a different height. Also each unit contains books
& boxes. Unit 2 is above unit 1 & unit 3 is above unit 2 & so on . Every unit is belongs to different
country i.e. Beijing, Paris, London, Sydney & Zurich. The total height of all five units is equal to 252
ft.
*Total height of unit is equal to the total height of books plus total height of boxes in each unit.
*Height of book is not equal to the height of boxes. Unless specified so.
The books belongs to London are in even unit. The total height of Unit 1 is 75 feet. Sydney is not
unit 1.The total height of unit which belongs Sydney is 55 feet. There is only one gap between Lon-
don & Paris. The height of books and height of boxes in Unit 3 are equal. The height of books in unit
2 is not less than 30 feet. The books in unit 4 is four more than books, which are in unit 3. The total
height of London is not 37 ft. The total height of unit, which contains 37 feet is not immediate
above the unit, which contain 20 feet more than the unit, which belongs to Sydney. The height of
boxes in unit 2 is 23 feet. Unit belongs to Zurich does not contain the equal height of books and
boxes. The total height of unit 2 is a odd number and height is more than 50 feet and less than 55
feet. Unit 1 contains 23 feet height of boxes more than unit 4 height of boxes and unit 5 contains 7
feet of books less than unit 1 contains.
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(Set – 13)
PUZZLE—1:-
There are 12 members in a family A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, l, J, L spanning across 3 generations and
there are 4 married couples. The first generation consists of only one married couple. The following
Information is Known about them:-
1) J is the mother in law of l.
2) A & L are cousins or opposite gender
3) C is the paternal grandmother of G.
4) K is the father of B and also has two daughters.
5) F & D are two aunts of L.
6) H has 2 children and is brother in law of D.
7) L & E are cousins and are nieces of D.
8) B & I are of the opposite gender.
9) G and L are siblings of opposite gender.
10) Only married couples have children.
PUZZLE—2:-
There are 12 members in a family A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, l, J, L spanning across 3 generations and
there are 4 married couples. The first generation consists of only one married couple. The following
Information is Known about them:-
1) J is the mother in law of l.
2) A & L are cousins or opposite gender
3) C is the paternal grandmother of G.
4) K is the father of B and also has two daughters.
5) F & D are two aunts of L.
6) H has 2 children and is brother in law of D.
7) L & E are cousins and are nieces of D.
8) B & I are of the opposite gender.
9) G and L are siblings of opposite gender.
10) Only married couples have children.
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(Set – 14)
PUZZLE—1:-
A total of twelve people are sitting in two different rows. In each row three people are facing north
and three people are facing south; A person in row 1, who is facing towards south is exactly facing
the person sitting in row 2 i.e., the person sitting in row 2 must be facing towards north. And a per-
son in row 1, who is facing towards north, is exactly facing opposite to the person sitting in row 2
i.e., the person sitting in row 2 must be facing towards south. In row 1, A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting
and in row 2, M, N, X, P, L and R are sitting, not necessarily in the same order.
• X and P are adjacent to each other and neither of them is sitting at the extreme ends.
• A is sitting third to the right of B but neither of them sit at any of the extreme end.
• Both A and B are facing in the same direction.
• M sits opposite to the one who is sitting second to the left of C.
• N is sitting third to the right of the person whose back is facing E's back
• Immediate neighbors of N are facing opposite to N.
• More than one person is sitting between P and R.
• F is sitting at the extreme end of the row and is to the immediate right of the person facing R.
• X is not the immediate neighbor of either M or L.
• C is sitting exactly between A and D, and A is facing R.
• C is facing in the same direction as F is facing.
PUZZLE—2:-
Twelve friends – A, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z went to watch a movie in a theater that has
rows A-N (in sequence) with six seats per row. Row A is the closest to the screen. The group com-
pletely occupied rows F and G and all they faced the screen. There are five girls and seven boys in
this group but none of the girls occupies the corner seats. It is also known that:
1) A, P, W and Z occupy the corner seats.
2) U is to the immediate left of P and opposite R. However, U can see R but R cannot see U.
3) X is second to the left of W and third to the right of A.
4) V is to the right of Z and opposite Q.
5) Y, who is opposite S, is the neighbor of A.
6) In row F, the girls have occupied the third and fifth seats from the left In row G, U is the only girl
sitting opposite to a girl.
7) There are three girls in row G.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 15)
PUZZLE—1:-
There are 5 persons P, Q, R, S & T who have different height, weight and age. And they are catego-
rized in these three categories with a distinguished rank. One of the persons belong to Lucknow
Following information is known about them:
1) The one with the lowest weight belongs to Bangalore.
2) R is neither the lowest nor the highest in any category and belongs to Delhi.
3) P is shorter than Q but older than R.
4) T is the heaviest person and S is the oldest person.
5) The height and weight of R is less than Only 1 person.
6) The ranking of P is below Q in each category.
7) The one from Indore is tallest.
8) S is the shortest among all.
9) T belongs to Chandigarh.
10) The weight of S is greater than only 1 person.
PUZZLE—2:-
Study the following information carefully to answer the given
questions
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H have their exams on either 10th or 27th of four different
months i.e March, April, May, June not necessarily in the same order.
1) A has the exam on 10th of a month which is having 31 days.
2) Only one person has the exam before B.
3) Number of persons between A and B is one less than the number of persons between B and H.
4) C and D have exams in the same month having 30 days, but not in April.
5) F has the exam after G.
6) Only three persons have exam between B and E. C has the exam before D.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 16)
PUZZLE—1:-
Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table, but not necessarily in the
same order all are seated at equal distance, all are facing in same direction. All of them have a
lucky number i.e. 141, 242, 324, 384, 427, 835, 844, and 960 but not necessarily in the same or-
der. T's lucky number is 2.5 times of S’s lucky number. S is not an immediate neighbor of R and
the one whose lucky number is 835. There is an angle of 180 degree between W and V who is not
an immediate neighbor of S. The one whose lucky number is 844 and the one whose lucky num-
ber is an odd number as well as not divisible by 7 sit opposite to each other. There is an angle of
135 between U and the one whose lucky number is 141. R Sits at 90 degree clockwise direction of
P. U’s lucky number is 7th highest and is not an immediate neighbor of R. Lucky number of the
one, who sits 2nd to right of R is an odd palindrome number. V's lucky number is perfect square,
There is an angle of 90 degree between P and Q. R’s lucky number is 7th lowest number.
PUZZLE –2:-
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. They are born in different years – 1953, 1958,
1968,1974, 1980, 1985, 1993, and 1999. There ages are with respect to the year 2017. Only 2 peo-
ple were born before H. One person was born between H and D. There is a difference of 5 years
between D and G. B is not 18 years old. Two people were born between A and B. Neither A nor B
is the oldest among all. A was born before B. There is a difference of 21 years between C and A. E
is younger than F.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 17)
PUZZLE—1:-
Ten friends A, B, P, N, M, T, R, S, U and V sit around a rectangular table such that two persons sit
along each length of the table, one person sits along each breadth of the table and one person sit
at the corner. Each of them faces towards the table.
i)R sits opposite to S and B sits opposite to N but none of them sit at the corner. Exactly two of
them sit along the length.
ii)M and U sit at the corner but they do not sit at the same row.
iii)S sit third to the right of U and adjacent to T. B, M and V sit at the same row.
iv)A and T sit in the same row.
v) M is not a neighbour of T.
PUZZLE –2:-
Seven friends A, B, C, E, F, H and I Visit restaurant from Monday to Sunday in a week. They either
go the restaurant named “Aryan" or to the restaurant named “Dastarkhwan". No two persons
appearing consecutively in alphabetical order visit restaurant on consecutive days. E.g. E and H
can visit restaurant on consecutive days, but A and B cannot visit restaurant on consecutive days.
"Aryan" is first restaurant to be visited. Person who likes eating Mexican food visits "Aryan". H
likes Mutton biryani which is not served by "Aryan". "Dastarkhwan" serves Mughlai food on Fri-
day. There is only one person between E and I and that person visits "Aryan" . E and I do not visit
"Aryan" or like Mughlai food. Punjabi food is liked by F and is served immediately after Mughlai
food by not by same restaurant. Chinese food is not served by "Dastarkhwan" and is served be-
fore Mexican food. C visits "Dastarkhwan" immediately after I. Tundey kebab is served before
Galauti kebab and A visits restaurant before E.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 18)
PUZZLE—1:-
Seven persons, Rahul, Ramesh, Rakesh, Ram, Rajat, Ritesh, and Ronit stay in an eight storied build-
ing such that the lowest floor is numbered as one and so on. One of the floors is vacant. They have
their birthdays on 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th 15th and 16th of a month not necessarily in the same or-
der. It is further known that:
• Only Rahul's birthdate and his floor number are same.
• Product of Rakesh's and Ronit's birthdate is equal to Ram’s birthdate.
• Ramesh stays on one of the floors above the vacant floor. He was born on an even numbered
date.
• The person whose birthday is on 16th stays just above the vacant floor
• Sum of Ronit's and Rakesh's birthdate is equal to Rahul's birthdate.
• Atleast 2 persons stay below the vacant floor.
• Ronit stays just above Ritesh. Either of them was born on the 16th.
• Rakesh's birthdate is a multiple of her floor number.
• There is a gap of 3 floors between Ram and the vacant floor.
• Atleast 4 persons have birthdates before Ritesh
PUZZLE –2:-
Varun, Kiran, Prakash, Dinesh and Sankar are five persons who work in different company among
Vedanta, Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft and Google, not necessarily in the same order. Each of them has
different salary viz. Rs. 12000, Rs. 18000, Rs. 24000, Rs. 30000 and Rs. 36000, again not necessarily
in the same order.
Varun works in Vedanta. There are at least two persons whose salaries are higher than that of
Kiran. The person who has the highest salary works in Google. The sum of the salaries of Dinesh
and Varun is equal to the salary of Sankar, and none of them works in Google. The person who
works in Infosys has salary of Rs. 18000. Sankar doesn’t work in Wipro.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 19)
PUZZLE—1:-
There are seven trucks (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) travelling to different states namely, Assam Bihar, Hi-
machal, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala and Manipur, but not necessarily in the same order All trucks
reached their respective states on seven different days of the week. The truck which reached its
destination on Monday was the first truck to reach its destination. All trucks have different loading
capacities and no two trucks have same loading capacity and Loading capacity at each of the trucks
is more than 1200 kg but less than 3200 kg. Loading capacity of each truck is in multiple at 100.
Truck C, which is travelling to Manipur, reached four days before the truck G, which is travelling to
Karnataka. Truck B reached three days before the truck which is travelling to Bihar. Loading capaci-
ty of truck D is 2500 kg. Loading capacities of truck B and the truck which is traveling to Jharkhand
are prime numbers when divided by 100 and also greater than the loading capacity of truck D.
Loading capacity of truck C is the lowest possible loading capacity. Truck G reached its destination
three days after the truck D. Truck A which is travelling to Kerala reached its destination before
Thursday. Loading capacity of truck E is an even number when divided by 100 and is also a multiple
of 300. Loading capacity of truck E is less than 2000 kg. Truck F is travelling to Jharkhand and has
the highest loading capacity. Loading capacity of truck which is travelling to himachal is not in the
multiple of 500. Loading capacity of truck which reached its destination on thursday is more than
the truck which reached its destination on Monday. Loading capacity of truck A is in multiple of 700
and has a loading capacity which is 100 kg more than truck G. Loading capacity of truck A is less
than the loading capacity of truck D. The truck which has second lowest loading capacity reached
its destination before the truck whose loading capacity is third lowest.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 20)
PUZZLE—1:-
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight batsmen sitting around a circular table, not necessarily in the
same order. Each of them scored different runs in a tournament viz., 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, 200,
220 and 240, again not necessarily in the same order. All of them are facing towards the center of
the table.
R sits third to the left of S. The difference between the runs scored by the persons sitting opposite
to R and U is equal to 40. The person who scored 160 runs sits second to the left of R. T scored less
runs than W but more runs than Q. The person who scored 140 runs is not sitting adjacent to the
person who scored the least number of runs. The person sitting opposite to the person who scored
160 runs scored 40 runs more than him. U and the person who scored 200 runs are immediate
neighbors of each other. The person who scored the highest runs sits second to the left of U. T is an
immediate neighbor of the person who scored the highest number of runs. W and Q are immediate
neighbors of each other. R scored more runs than both W and Q. V scored more runs than P. U is
not the least scorer. S does not sit adjacent to Q.
PUZZLE –2:-
There are five friends - Varnika, Pratiksha, Kiran, Shikha and Khushboo who study in different col-
leges among Hindu College, Shia PG College, Christian college, National PG College and Hansraj Col-
lege. Each of them studies different subjects among Economics, Philosophy, Mathematics, Chemis-
try and Biology. They attend their classes on different floors of their respective college buildings
among 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. All the information given above is not necessarily in the same or-
der.
Pratiksha studies in Hansraj College and attends her classes neither on 3rd nor 4th floor. Khushboo
attends her classes on 1st floor and studies neither in Christian college nor in Hindu College. The
girl who studies Economics doesn't study in Shia PG College. The person who studies in National PG
College attends her classes on 4th floor. Kiran studies Economics. The girl who studies in Christian
college studies Chemistry. Shikha doesn't attend her classes on 4th floor. The girl who studies in
Hansraj College studies neither Mathematics nor Philosophy. The girl who attends her classes on
3rd floor neither studies in Hindu College nor is Varnika.
The girl who studies in Hindu College does not attend her
classes on 5th floor. Varnika does not study in
Hindu College.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 21)
PUZZLE—1:-
Eight friends - Tarun, Zaheer, Dravid, Kaushik, Hamid, Bale, Mohit and Nazir - sitting around a circu-
lar table at equal distance from one another, but not necessarily in the same order. Half of them
are facing the center while the others are facing away from the center.
Both the immediate neighbors of Hamid face in the direction opposite to the direction of Hamid
(i.e., If Hamid faces towards the center, both the immediate neighbors of Hamid face outside and
vice-versa). Mohit is not an immediate neighbor of Hamid. Tarun and Zaheer do not sit opposite to
each other. Both the immediate neighbors of Nazir face the same direction as that of Kaushik (i .e.,
if Kaushik faces towards the center, then both the immediate neighbors of Nazir also face towards
the center and vice versa). Nazir is sitting fourth to the left of Hamid. Kaushik is sitting second to
the right of Nazir. Dravid is an immediate neighbor of Mohit. Both the immediate neighbors of Bale
face towards the center. Tarun faces in same direction as that of Bale.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 22)
PUZZLE—1:-
Eight books namely Chemistry, Maths, Economics, History, physics, Geography, Accounts and Biolo-
gy are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Two books belong to classes
9th to 12th each. The color of the cover of the books are blue, brown, red, orange, green, grey,
black and purple. The two books in the middle belong to class 12th. The book with black cover is 3
places below the one with Green color. Geography and Economics book are adjacent to each other
and neither of it are on top nor on bottom. The book with red cover is just above the Accounts
books. One of the class 10th book is brown in color which is not kept on top. Cover of Chemistry is
of purple color and it is 3rd position from the top. The two class 11th books are Physics and Maths.
Economics book is kept 3rd place from the bottom and belongs to class 9th. The Physics book
which is not Grey is kept just below the Accounts book One of the class 11th book is kept between
class 9th and 10th books The cover of History and Biology books is not grey. There are three books
between the red and the orange colored book. The book with green cover does not belongs to
class 10th and is not Biology.
PUZZLE—2
10 friends travel in a metro. Five of them Amit, Vipul, Deepu, Ravi and Roshan are sitting in a row
facing North and the other five friends Shashi, Pankaj, Monu, Ram and Tinku are sitting in row fac-
ing south. Each friend in row is facing exactly one from the other row. One of them likes grapes.
Shashi sits opposite the friend who likes a banana and sits at one of the extremes. The friend who
likes kiwi who is not Monu sits second to the right of Shashi. Tinku sits exactly in the middle of
Monu and the friend who likes a cherry who is not Shashi. Vipul who does not sit at extreme end
likes an orange and sits opposite the friend who likes an apple. The one who likes pineapple sits
opposite the friend who is to the immediate left of Vipul. The friend who likes a strawberry who is
not Deepu sits opposite Ram. Pankaj does not sit at any of the extremes but sits opposite the friend
who likes a guava, who is adjacent to Amit and the friend who likes a mango. Ravi neither likes a
guava nor likes a strawberry
 PUZZLES
(Set – 23)
PUZZLE—1:-
Eight persons Vinit, Mohit, Vinay, Ishank, Saurav, Vikas, Sunil and Shivam are staying on an eight
storey building. Lowermost floor is numbered 1 and topmost floor is numbered 8. They got differ-
ent marks in an examination in the range of 35-80. Their marks are multiple of 5 and no two per-
sons got the same marks.
Mohit lives on an even numbered floor. Two persons are between mohit and the one who got 50
marks. Mohit lives above the one who got 50 marks. Shivam got 35 marks and lives on 4th floor.
Sunil got less marks than Vinay. The number of person lives above Mohit is same as below Vinay.
Sunil lives below Vinay. The one who got 80 marks lives just above Sunil. Vikas got 20 more marks
than Mohit and Mohit got 10 more marks than Sunil. One person lives between Vikas and the one
who got 65 marks. Vikas lives on an odd numbered floor. Two persons live between Vinit and
Ishank. Ishank lives above Vinit. Vinit got less marks than Vikas. Ishank got less marks than Vinit but
more than Vinay.
PUZZLE—2
Six persons namely, Vikram, Vicky, Vinod, Vishesh, Vimlesh and Vimal went to a shop to buy only
one kind of fruits among Apples, Bananas, Cherries, Grapes, Mangoes and Strawberries. Each of
them bought certain number of fruits from 1 to 6.

1) Vinod bought more fruits than that of Vishesh.

2) The person who bought strawberries bought 6 of them.
3) The number of fruits that Vishesh bought is in even number.
4) Vimlesh bought cherries, which were more in number than that of Vicky.
5) Vikram bought neither grapes nor 6 fruits.
6) Vishesh did not buy Strawberries or grapes.
7) Vimal did not buy fruits in odd number.
8) Vicky bought 2 mangoes, which were less in number than that of apples.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 24)
PUZZLE—1:-
7 Friends— A to G, possess a certain number of stocks from 10 to 40, of XYZ, in their portfolio.
None of them has the same number of
stocks. The following information is also given about number of stacks:
• The difference between the number of stocks of A and D is more than the difference between the
number of stocks with E and G.
• The number of stocks with only one of them, is a prime number and that prime number is greater
than 30. Also, the number of persons with more stocks than this person is same as the number of
persons with lesser stock than this person.
• There is exactly one pair of persons, whose number of stocks are consecutive to each other.
• The number of stocks with exactly two of them, who is not A or G, are multiples of 9.
• E has the highest number of stocks, which is a multiple of a prime number and that prime num-
ber is less than 20 but more than 10
• A, who has less than 20 stocks, has the least number of stocks, which is 20 less than that of G.
• The number of stocks with none of them was multiples of 10.
• D has 8 more stocks than B.
• The difference in the number or stocks of A and B is less than difference in number of stocks with
C and F.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 25)
PUZZLE—1:-
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are Sitting in a straight line and facing north. Their ages are
i.e. 18, 23, 25, 26, 30, 34, 37 and 40, not necessarily in the same order.
Note: Their heights are different and in decreasing order from the left end to right end i.e., It
means the one who is at the left end is the tallest and the one who is at the right end is the short-
est person.
G is 3rd tallest and youngest in the group. E is 2nd to the left of H, E is not neighbor of G. Only one
person is taller to B. Only two persons are elder to A. Two persons are sitting between A and D. D is
taller to A but not neighbor of G. The difference of age between A and C is 8 years. H is taller to F
but shorter to C. The number of persons is sitting between C and the one who is 25 years old is
same as E and the one who is 40 years old. H is not the eldest person. H is elder to A. The one who
is shortest in the group is 30 years old.
PUZZLE—2:-
In Championship Games, eight participants won different number of medals from 1 to 8 in no par-
ticular order. The eight participants are from three different countries— India, Russia and China.
The eight participants are Rahul, Yogesh, Virat, sana, Naman, Sindhu, Karun and Hussain, in no par-
ticular order. Three of them are from Russia, three are from India and two are from China. The fol-
lowing information is known about them:
a. The participant who won only one medal does not belong to India.
b. Naman won lesser number of medals than Yogesh and Hussain.
c. The participant who won eight medals is not from Russia.
d. sana is from India.
e. Sindhu won lesser number of medals than both Rahul and sana, but more number of medals
when compared to both Hussain and Yogesh.
f. Karun is not from Russia.
g. Naman who does not belong to Russia, didn't win the least number of medals.
h. Rahul won more number of medals than sana. Also, there is only one person who won the num-
ber of medals, which is between the number of medals won by Rahul and sana.
i. Hussain, who is from India didn't win three medals.
j. If Karun belongs to China then the person winning 2 med-
als must be from Russia.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 26)
PUZZLE—1:-
Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting on a square table facing centre. Four out of them
are sitting at four corners and other four are sitting at middle of each side of the table. All sitting at
the corners have their ages in multiples of 5 and those sitting in the middle of each side have their
ages in multiples of 7. All these people are then made to sit in rows facing each other (that is four
facing south and four facing north), such that people with common divisor are made to sit in the
same row. P sits on an extreme end of the row and at a corner of the square table. Q sits in the
same row as P's. U is 42 years old and does not sit in the same row as Q. S sits third to the left of Q
and is an immediate neighbor of a 10 year old person V is eight times as old as S and is facing him.
People with their ages as multiples of seven are facing north. W and T are sitting opposite to each
other on the square table and are immediate neighbors while sitting in the row. Neither W nor T sit
at any extreme end of the row. R sits second to the left of U while sitting in the row R sits at an ex-
treme end of the row while S does not sit at any extreme end R is an immediate neighbour of T and
Q. In the row T faces S while P does not face V. R is 28 years old. W is five times as old as P but W is
not 50 years old. Q is 10 years younger than W. None of the eight persons are older than 60 years
of age.
PUZZLE—2:-
Seven students A, B, C, D, E, F and G were standing for their school drill facing the north not neces-
sarily in a straight row.
• F was 10m to the northwest of the one who was 12m to the north of G.
• C was 24m to the west of the one who was 18m to the south of D.
• G was to the west of D who was 20m to the southeast of A.
• B was 10m to the west of F.
• C and F were in the same vertical or horizontal line.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 27)
PUZZLE—1:-
An almirah had 6 Shelves in a row each of a different colour and width. The shelves were yellow,
purple, grey, violet, silver and orange coloured. The Shelves had some laurels in form of trophies
and Shields. The number of trophies or Shields kept in each shelf was different and varied between
the range 1-6 not necessarily in the same order. The Width Of each trophy was 5cm and the Width
Of each Shield was 6cm. All the Shelves were filled to their maximum capacity. Assume that the
almirah was kept facing North.
• The violet shelf was 3rd to the right of the Shelf that was 31cm Wide
• The purple shelf was exactly in between the grey shelf and the Shelf that was 32cm wide
• The difference between the widths of the silver and grey sheIves was equal to the difference be-
tween the widths of the orange and grey shelves
• The yellow shelf had twice the number of Shields as in the purple shelf
• Number of trophies in the violet shelf was equal to the number of Shields in the silver shelf that
was at either of the extreme ends
• The purple shelf was 13cm wider than the grey shelf and had 6 trophies
• Grey Shelf was at a gap of 1 from the silver shelf that had 7 laurels in total.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 28)
PUZZLE—1:-
There are 8 people (P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W) who are somehow related to each other. They like differ-
ent colors among blue, yellow, grey, pink, red, black, green and orange but not necessarily in the
same order. Only married couples have children. The number of male members is not more than
the number of female members. Father of R likes Grey color. U does not like red color. The one
who likes blue color is the husband of the person who likes yellow color. P does not like orange col-
or. Mother of Q likes red color. V is father-in- law of P, who is father of the person who likes green
color. S is father of the person who likes pink color and P. W who does not belong to the first gen-
eration is not blood related to U. W is not the daughter of T. W doesn't like green color.
PUZZLE—2:-
A family consists of six members, namely A, B, N, O, P and Q. Each of them likes different color viz.
Blue, Green, Red, Black, Yellow and Brown, not necessarily in the same order. The mother-in-law of
A likes Black color. The grandfather of N likes Blue color. The niece of Q likes Red color. The pair of
brother and sister in the family likes Green and Brown colors, not necessarily in the same order.
The son-in-law of B likes Yellow color. B and O are not married to each other. P is not the father of
Q. The son of B doesn’t like Green color. Also, only married couples can have a child.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 29)
PUZZLE—1:-
Eight people- A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a row, facing south. The number of males and
females in the group is equal. The following information is known about their seating arrangement.
Exactly two persons sit between E and F. E and F are males. B sits fourth to the left of H. A and C sit
adjacent to each other. At least three persons sit between D and H. Either D or H is a female and
that female sits at one of the extreme ends. The person who is sitting to the immediate right of F is
not a female. A does not sit to the left of G, whose gender is opposite to that of B. Not more than
two people of the same gender sit together.
PUZZLE—2:-
Some person were seated around a circular table facing the centre. Each or them liked a
certain colour The distance between neighbours is the same.
• A was 3rd to the right of Z who was at a gap of 2 from S.
• person to the left of A liked green and was seated to the person seated right to S.
• P liked yellow and was to the immediate right of the one who liked White.
• D was 2nd to the left of the one who liked purple
• One who liked brown was opposite to the one who liked red.
• The one who liked red was to the immediate left of the one who liked pink.
• P was neighbouring Z
• A did not like purple.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 30)
PUZZLE—1:-
Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F and G work in three different companies L, M and N. Not less than two
friends work in one company. All of them have a different brand bike -Harley Davidson, Eider, Royal
Enfield, Tork, Terra, Triumph and Hyosung but not necessarily in the Same order. Each of them likes
different monuments- India Gate, Taj Mahal, Gateway Of India, Hawa Mahal, Kutub minar, Red fort
and Charminar but not necessarily in the same Order. Each Of them has different age.
(i)The one who has Hyosung bike likes Charminar among all monuments.
(ii)B and G work in the same company. B has Royal Enfield bike.
(iii)The one who is second eldest likes neither Kutub minar nor Red fort among all monuments. The
one whose favourite monument is Gateway of India has neither Royal Enfield nor Terra bike and is
in company M only with the person who is seventh youngest among them.
(iv)A has Harley Davidson bike. He does not like Tajmahal and works only with the person who is
sixth eldest among them.
(v)The one who is the eldest person has Tork bike and The one who likes Redfort has Triumph bike.
(vi)The one who is in company N likes Hawa Mahal and has a bike of Terra brand. The one who has
Tork bike doesn't like Red fort.
(vii) E's age is 32 years and he is elder than F.
(viii) G does not have Hyosung bike and also the one who has Hyosung bike is not the second
youngest among them. The one who is the sixth youngest person likes Tajmahal.
(ix) F is the sixth eldest person among them. D'S age is 21 years. The youngest person works in
company M. C is elder than E. The person who has Triumph bike is just Older than F. Seventh
youngest person does not like India Gate. G's age is 29 years.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 31)
PUZZLE—1:-
P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven people who live on seven different floors of a building but not nec-
essarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building (i.e. ground floor) is numbered 1,
the one above it is numbered 2 and so on till the top mast floor which is numbered 7. Each one of
them have different income from 4000, 16000, 8000, 9000, 12000, 13500 and 5000 again not nec-
essary in the same order.
1. The one who has an income of 5000 lives on one of the odd numbered floor.
2. S lives on an odd numbered floor but not on floor number 1.
3. The one who has an income of 13500 lives exactly between S and P.
4. Q does not have an income of 12000 and lives above 4th floor.
5. Only three people live between S and the one who have an income of 12000.
6. The one who lives on the ground floor has an income of 9000. T earns 4000 more than S.
7. Either U or V lives on the lowest numbered floor.
8. Either U or T have the second highest income.
9. T doesn't live on the top floor.
PUZZLE—2:-
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H born on 7th, 9th, 16th and 19th in March and July. Each one of
them likes either a colour or a fruit. The persons who likes colours were born on that day which is a
perfect square and the colour they likes are:- Yellow, Green, Red and Blue. The persons who were
born on the day which denotes a prime numbers like fruits Apple, Cherry, Mango and Banana. The
one who likes yellow colour was born on a day which is a perfect square in the month of march. No
person was born between D and the one who likes yellow. D doesn’t like colours. Three persons
were born between D and the one who likes Mango. There is no person born between the one who
likes Mango and Blue colour. The number of people born after the one who likes blue colour is one
less than the number of persons born before A. The one who likes Apple was born immediately be-
fore B. B do not like Mango. The number of people born before B is same as the number of persons
born after G. Three persons were born between the one who likes Green and H. H and the one who
likes Cherry was born in the same month but not in March. C was born after the one who likes Blue
colour. E doesn’t like any colour. F doesn’t like Apple
 PUZZLES
(Set – 32)
PUZZLE—1:-
There are eight sport persons from different cities attending a seminar in Hanamkonda. All of them
sat around a circle facing the center. Mr. Rajkumar from Kohlapur represented India in Table tennis
and is seated between sport persons from Cricket and Ahmedabad. The Kabaddi player is seated
third to the right to the player of Table tennis. Ms. Kamala is a well known Cricket player and is
seated opposite to Ms. kamini captain of India's Kabaddi team. The players of chess and Hockey are
seated opposite to each other. Mr. pankaj has come all the way to Hanamkonda as he is interested
to meet his friends, who are from beach volley ball and hockey. Two women are seated next to
each other Mr. Prasad is a former captain of India's beach volley ball team and he is from Mahaba-
lipuram. The sport persons from Aurangabad and Kohlapur are seated next to the cricketer. Ms
Shanthi is sealed second left to Arjun, who is from Srirangam. Sports persons from Gulbarga, Jabal-
pur and Ahmedabad are seated consecutively in the same order. The sports person from Jabalpur
is a women, who is interested in Hockey. Mr Kamlesh is seated second to the right of Cricketer. The
one who plays handball is next to Ms. Shanthi The Tennis player is third to the left of sportsperson
from Kochi.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 33)
PUZZLE—1:-
A travel agency operates five different buses — P, Q, R, S and T — on a certain route. Since, all the
five buses are of different types, the capacities (number of seats) of the five buses are all different
among 25, 30, 40, 50 and 60, in no particular Order. The fare per head of each bus is a different
amount among Rs.250, Rs.300, Rs.500, Rs.600 and Rs.700, in no particular order. It is assumed that
for any trip, each bus is fully occupied.
Total revenue per trip for a bus of any type = Number of Seats x Fare per head.
Further, it is known that for a single trip,
(i) the total revenue collected from bus Q is more than that from bus S and the total revenue bus P
is more than that from bus T.
(ii) the difference between the fare per head of bus Q and that of bus T is Rs,200.
(iii) the total revenue collected from each bus is distinct and more than Rs.10000.
(iv) the capacity of bus R is not 25 and the total revenue collected from bus S is not the least.
(v) the fare per head R is Rs.700 and the total revenue Collected from bus S is not Rs.15,000.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 34)
PUZZLE—1:-
N, O, K, L, M, Y, X, R and S nine students who are pursuing MBA live on the different floor of a hos-
tel but not necessarily in the same order. The Hostel has nine floors and only one person stays on
one floor. All of them likes different topic of their course, i.e. Economics, Marketing, Leadership,
Finance, Accounts, Management, Banking, Balance sheet and Entrepreneurship, but not necessarily
in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2, and so on,
and the topmost floor is numbered 9. Each of them lives on different number room from 1 to 9. R
likes Finance and stays on an even-numbered floor. N stays on any even-numbered floor below the
floor on which R stays. There are only two persons who have consecutive room numbers and stays
on the floor immediately next to each other. The one who likes Balance sheet stays on the fourth
floor. The one who stays on top floor is living on an even numbered room. The floor number of Y is
the same as the room number of K. M stays on the second floor and likes Leadership. The one who
likes Entrepreneurship stays on the third floor. N does not like Management. There are only four
persons staying between the one who likes Accounts and the one who likes Marketing. There are
two floors between the floors on which the persons who like Banking and Finance stay. K likes Mar-
keting. There are three floors between the floors on which K and X stay. The room number of M is
the same as the floor number of the one living immediately above him. S lives room no. 6 and N
lives room no. 9 and the one having same room and floor number does not stay between them. L
stays on a floor immediately above S's floor. Only one person has the same floor number and room
number and he does not stay on an odd numbered floor. There is one floor between the floors on
which Y and X stay. Y does not like Entrepreneurship. The one who likes Economics stays on the
topmost floor. Y does not stay on the ground floor. Room number of O is greater than X, whose
room no. is greater than L.
 PUZZLES
(Set – 35)
PUZZLE—1:-
Seven friends L, M, N, O, A, B, and C are living on a seven storied building. The floors are numbered
1-7 from bottom to top. They own different Car - XUV, TUV, Thar, Santro, Jimmy, Civic and Accord
not necessarily in the same order.
The one who owns the TUV lives just above L. L and N live at a gap of 3 floors. C owns Jimmy and
lives 2 floors below the one who owns Santro. B lives at a gap of 2 floors from the one who owns
Accord. Not more than 2 persons stay above L's floor. The one who owns Accord and O live on con-
secutive floors. The one who owns the XUV live at a gap of 3 floors from A who owns either Accord
or Santro. O does not own TUV and L does not own Thar.
PUZZLE—2:-
P, Q R, S, T, V, W and X are captains of eight different Cricket teams namely Australia, New Zealand,
India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, England, West Indies and South Africa, but not necessarily in the same
order. All of them are sitting around a circular table and are facing center. P is sitting third to the
left of the Sri Lankan captain. Only two people sit between T and W. Neither T nor W is an immedi-
ate neighbor of P Neither T nor W is the captain of Sri Lanka. The captain of South Africa sits sec-
ond to the right of S. S is not an immediate neighbor of P S is not Sri Lankan captain and P is not the
captain of South Africa. The Australian captain sits third to the left of V. Australian and Sri Lankan
captains are not immediate neighbors of each other. Only one person sits between S and the Indi-
an captain. Captains of Bangladesh and New Zealand are immediate neighbors of each other. S is
not the captain of New Zealand's team. Only one person sits between Q and the captain of Eng-
land, The captain of England is immediate neighbor of X. W and Q are not immediate neighbors of
each other.