Assignment 1_Level 1 Puzzles

I.
Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Five friends Keshav, Lalit, Shishir, Jayesh and Tanmay are known for their intelligence, smartness, wisdom, prudence and
honesty but not necessary in the same order.

(i) Keshav and Shishir are known for neither Wisdom nor for Intelligence.
(ii) Lalit and Tanmay are not known for Smartness or Prudence.
(iii) Keshav is not known for either Honesty or Smartness.
(iv) Jayesh and Tanmay are not known for either Intelligence or Smartness.
(v) Jayesh is not known for Wisdom.

1. Who is known for his smartness?

1) Keshav
2) Shishir
3) Tanmay
4) Lalit
5) None of these

2. Which one of the following combination is true?

1) Jayesh – Prudence
2) Shishir - Intelligence
3) Tanmay - Wisdom
4) Lalit – Honesty
5) None of these

3. Jayesh is known for which quality?

1) Intelligence
2) Prudence
3) Smartness
4) Honesty
5) None of these

4. Who is known for his wisdom?

1) Keshav
2) Jayesh
3) Lalit
4) Tanmay
5) None of these

5. Keshav is known for which quality?

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1) Intelligence
2) Honesty
3)Wisdom
4) Prudence
5) None of these

II.
Directions: Study the given information carefully to answer the given question.
Among six students T, U, V, W, X and Y each having a different weight in a class. U’s weight is less than only W. T’s
weight is more than V and Y but less than X. Y’s weight is not the lowest. The student whose weight is 75 kg is the
second highest. The one whose weight is 45 kg is the second lowest.

1. How many persons weigh more than Y?

1) More than three
2) None
3) One
4) Two
5) None of these

2. With respect to the weight of the persons, if U + W = 179 kg, then W + Y = ______
1) 121 kg
2) 135 kg
3) 149 kg
4) 150 kg
5) None of these

3. If X’s weight is 18 kg more than Y’s weight, then which of the following is true about X?
1) X’s weight is 14 kg less than that of U.
2) The sum of X’s and V’s weight is more than 122 kg.
3) X’s weight is an odd number.
4) X’s weight is 65 kg.
5) None of these

III.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions based on it.
Amisha, Anupama, Chetna, Nandita, Farhan &Govind are six teachers teaching in six different schools viz. A, B, C, D, E &
F. All of them go to school five days a week and they run a school in a nearby village and teach there six days a week,
each going one day a week. No two teachers attend the school in the village on the same day.

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Amisha works with neither school E nor school B. Amisha&Govind do not go to the village school on Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday. The person who teaches in school F and school E attend the village school on Wednesday and
Saturday respectively. Anupama teaches either in school A or in school B but Nandita teaches in school C. Chetna
attends the village school on Friday and she teaches in school D. The person who teaches in School B does not attend
the village school on Wednesday.

1. Which school does Amisha work with?

1) B 2) A 3) D
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

2. Who goes to village School on Wednesday?

1)Anupama 2) Nandita 3) Govind
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

3. Which of the following combinations is correct?

1) Amisha – Monday – E2) Faruq – Wednesday – E
3) Farhan – F – Saturday 4) Govind – E – Saturday
5) None of these

4. Which of the following combinations is not correct?

1) Amisha – Monday – A 2) Farhan – Wednesday – F
3) Chetna – Friday - B 4) Govind – E – Saturday
5) None of these

5. Which day does Anupama teach?

1) Tuesday 2) Saturday 3) Thursday
4) Tuesday/Thursday 5) None of these

IV.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions following it.
Five friends Nilesh, Shantanu, Kesari, Vikas and Amburaj like to watch different TV Channels viz. Headlines Today, Times
Now, NDTV, IBN7 and AajTak and they read different Newspapers i.e. The Hindu, The Pioneer, Business Standard, Indian
Express and The Hindustan Times but not in that order.

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Amburaj and Kesari do not read either The Hindu or Business Standard and neither of them watches Times Now or
NDTV. Nilesh and Shantanu do not watch either AajTak or IBN7 and they do not read Indian Express or The Hindu. Vikas
does not watch Headlines Today or NDTV. The person who reads The Hindu does not like to watch AajTak or IBN7.
Nilesh does not read Hindustan Times and Shantanu does not watch NDTV. The person who watches Headlines Today
does not like to read Business Standard or The Pioneer. AmbuRaj does not watch AajTak and the person who watches
AajTak does not like to read Indian express.

1. Who among the following reads The Hindu?

1) Vikas 2) Nilesh 3) Kesari 4) Amburaj 5) None of these

2. Who among the following watching Headlines Today also likes to read Hindustan Times?
1) Nilesh 2) Amburaj 3) Kesari
4) Shantanu 5) None of these

3. Which of the following combinations is not correct?

1) Nilesh - The Business Standard - NDTV 2) Kesari – AajTak – Indian Express 3) Amburaj – IBN7 – Indian
Express
4) The Pioneer – Kesari – AajTak 5) Data inadequate

4. Who watches Times Now?

1) Vikas 2) Shantanu 3) Nilesh
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

5. Which of the following combinations of individual-Newspapers – TV Channels is correct?

1) Nilesh- Hindustan Times -NDTV
2) Keasri-The Pioneer-AajTak
3) Amburaj-Business Standard-Headlines Today
4) Shantanu-Indian Express-Times Now
5) None of These

V.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below –

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Seven actors Parineeti, Archana, Malvika, Arundhati, Navya, Kaushiki and Pallavi have acted in three different
mythological films viz. Mahabharata, Ramayana and Jai Hanuman with atleast two of them in one film. Each of them
lives in seven different areas of Mumbai City viz. Versova, Bandra, Navi Mumbai, Goregaon, Bombay Central, King’s
Circle and Andheri.
Malvika acted in Ramayana whereas Arundhati in Mahabharata. Archana did not act in the movie in which Malvika acted
and she does not live in King’s Circle. Parineeti stays in Bandra and she did not act with either Pallavi or Archana. None
of those who acted in Mahabharata live in Navi Mumbai or Bombay Central. Kaushiki acted in Jai Hanuman with only
Navya. Arundhati lives in Goregaon. Kaushiki and Malvika reside in King’s Circle and Navi Mumbai respectively. Pallavi
does not live in Versova.

1. Which of the following groups of persons act in car Jai Hanuman?

1) Navya& Arundhati 2) Navya, Kaushiki
3) Archana &Kaushiki
4) Pallavi &Navya 5) None of these

2. Which movie has three actors playing different roles in it?

1) Rmayana 2) Jai Hanuman 3) Mahabharata
4) Neither Ramayana nor Mahabharata
5) Cannot be determined

3. Which of the following actors reside in King’s Circle?

1) Kaushiki 2) Arundhati 3) Navya
4) Malvika 5) None of these

4. Which of the following groups of persons is a group of all females?

1) Pallavi, Kaushiki 2) Parineeti, Malvika
3) Navya, Kaushiki 4) Arundhati, Archana
5) None of these

5. Which of the following combination is correct?

1) King’s Circle- Navya - Jai Hanuman
2) Mahabharata - Navi Mumbai - Malvika
3) Jai Hanuman - Bombay Central - Pallavi
4) Archana –Mahabharata - Versova

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5) None of these

VI.
Directions (Q.1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below –
Amit, Sumit, Sanchita, Sameer and Vijay are five friends. All of them have cars of different brands. All of them live in
different cities viz. Agra, Baroda, Delhi, Aurangabad and Chennai. Amit has Corolla and he lives in Chennai. The person
who has Uno lives in Delhi. Two of the cars are indigo and Swift. Sameer does not have Desire and he lives in
Aurangabad. While Vijay lives in Agra. Sumit does not have Indigo or Desire and he lives in Baroda.

1. Who among the following has Desire?

1) Amit 2) Sumit 3) Sanchita
4) Sameer 5) Vijay

2. Which of the following cars does Sameer have?

1) Swift 2) Desire 3)Indigo
4) Uno 5) Corolla

3. Which of the following combinations is false?

1) Vijay - Desire 2) Sanchita-Indigo
3)Amit - Swift 4)Sameer– Uno
5)None of these

4. Which of the following cities does Sanchita live in ?

1) Chennai 2) Delhi 3)Baroda
4) Delhi 5) None of these

5. Which of the following combinations is true?

1) Vijay – Indigo - Agra 2) Sanchita – Uno – Delhi
3)Sameer – Indigo - Baroda
4) Sumit – Swift – Aurangabad 5)Amit –Corolla– Delhi

VII.
Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer these questions:

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Seven people Haribhai, Rasbihari, Manjibhai, ShyamLal, Nitin Modi, LaxmanLal and Sohan Lal are seven politicians fom
seven different parties viz. AamAdmi Party (AAP), Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party(SP), Janata
Dal(JD), Bharatiya Samajwadi Party (BSP) & Shiv Sena. All the politicians are from seven different states viz. Goa, MP,
West Bengal, Maharashtra, Orissa, Jharkhand & Haryana.
Manjibhai is a representative of AAP and he’s from Maharashtra. Rasbihari, a politician from MP is neither from BJP nor
SP. Sohan Lal is not from Orissa. Haribhai is a Congress representative but is not from either Jharkhand or West Bengal.
Nitin Modi is from JD and belongs to Haryana. The BSP representative is from Orissa. Shyam Lal, a politician from
Jharkhand is not a representative of BJP.

1. Which of the following combinations is correct?

1) Haribhai-Congress-Haryana
2) Shyamlal – JD-Jharkhand
3) Sohanlal-BJP-West Bengal
4) Laxman Lal-BSP- Goa
5) None of these

2. Who represents Shiv Sena?

1)Manjibhai 2)Rasbihari 3)Nitin Modi
4)Shyamlal 5)None of these

3. Who belongs to MP?

1) Rasbihari 2) Manjibhai 3) SohanLal
4) Shyamlal 5) None of these

4. The one who belongs to Jharkhand represents which party?

1) Haribhai 2) Manjibhai 3) Rasbihari
4) Shyam Lal 5) None of these

5. Which party does Laxman Lal represent?

1) BJP 2) BSP 3) JD
4) Cannot be determined 5) none of these

VIII.
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

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Ronit, Pallav, Amish, Jamal, Tanmay, Vibhor and Swaroop are seven working professionals preparing for Civil Services
examination. They are Doctor, Engineer, Chartered Accountant, Reporter, Banker, Teacher and Company Secretary. Each
of them opted for different subjects for their Preliminary Examinations viz. Maths, English, statistics, Sanskrit, Accounts,
Zoology and Hindi not necessarily in the same order.
Pallav is a Banker and has not opted for Zoology or Maths. Amish has opted for Statistics but he’s neither a teacher nor
an Engineer. Tanmay is a Company Secretary and has opted for Hindi. The one who has taken English as his subject is a
Reporter. Jamal is a Doctor. Swaroop has opted Sanskrit. Rohit is not a Reporter and the one who has taken
Mathematics is an engineer.

1. Who among the following teaches Zoology?

1) Ronit 2) Jamal 3) Vibhor
4) Amish 5) Swaroop

2. Which of the following subjects does Pallav opt for?

1) Accounts 2) English 3) Maths
4) Hindi 5) None of these

3. Which of the following combinations is true?

1) Amish – Chartered Accountant-Accounts
2) Vibhor – Teacher-English
3) Tanmay- Company Secretary- Statistics
4) Ronit-Engineer-Maths
5) None of these

4. Which of the following professionals opts for English?

1) Ronit 2) Vibhor 3) Amish 4) Swaroop 5) None of these

5. Which of the following combinations is false?

1) Amish – Chartered Accountant-Statistics
2) Tanmay- Company Secretary- Hindi
3) Vibhor – Reporter-English
4) Jamal-Doctor-Zoology
5) None of these

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IX.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions

There are five male and five female singers having a concert in different places viz. Belgium, Paris, Amsterdam, Rome
and Moscow. Male singer namely Eminem, Justin Bieber, Enrique, Akon and Ed Sheeran, and female singer, viz Taylor
Swift, Katty Perry, Maddona, Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez (but not necessarily in the same order.). InEachplace one
male and female singers are concerting together.
(i) Jennifer Lopez is concerting with Justin Bieber.
(ii) Beyonce is concerting in Rome but neither with Enrique nor Akon. Eminem is concerting in Belgium’s and Taylor Swift
is concerting in Paris.
(iii) Ed Sheeran and Jennifer Lopez is not concerting in Amsterdam and Moscow respectively.
(iv) Enrique is concerting with Katty Perry.

1. Justin Beiber is concerting in which of the following places?

1) Paris
2) Moscow
3) Amsterdam
4) Rome
5) None of these

2. Who is concerting with Taylor Swift?

1) Ed Sheeran
2) Eminem
3) Enrique
4) Akon
5) None of these

3. Which two singers are concerting in Moscow?

1) Jennifer Lopez and Justin Bieber
2) Enrique and Katty Perry
3) Akon and Beyonce
4) Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift
5) None of these

4. Which of the following statement is definitely true?

1) Enrique is concerting in Moscow.
2) Ed Sheeran is concerting with Maddona.
3) Eminem is concerting with Beyonce.

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4) Jennifer Lopez is concerting in Rome.

5) None of these

5. Akon is concerting in which of the following places?

1) Paris
2) Moscow
3) Amsterdam
4) Rome
5) None of these

X.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions based on it.

Four Bank officers Garima, Amish, Sitesh and Praveen, working in four different Banks SBI, BOB, PNB & IOB, live in four
different floors of a Bankers’ Apartment. In an essay writing competition organized by the Bankers’ Association they won
1st, 2nd, 3rd& 4th Prize not necessarily in the same order.
The person living on IIIrd Floor did not win either 1st or 2nd Prize. Sitesh wins the 1st Prize. The one who works with IOB
wins the 2nd Prize. Garima works with SBI. The person living on IInd Floor, Praveen, wins the 4 th Prize. The person who
lives on IVth Floor works with BOB.

1. Who among the following comes second?

1) Amish 2) Praveen 3) Sitesh
4)Garima 5)None of these

2. Which of the following is correct in respect of Name – Floor- Bank ?

1) Sitesh –IV – IOB 2) Amish – I-PNB
3) Praveen – III -PNB 4) Garima – III – SBI
5) None of these

3. Who stays on the IIIrdFloor ?

1)Garima 2)Sitesh3)Amish
4)Praveen 5)None of these

4. Which of the following individual- Bank combination is not correct?

1) Sitesh –BOB 2) Praveen – IOB 3) Garima – SBI

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4) Amish – IOB 5) None of these

5. Which of the following statements is true?

1) Amish works with IOB and won 2nd prize.
2)Garima stays on the Ist Floor
3) Praveen stood 4th in class.
4) Sitesh belongs to PNB
5) None of these

XI.
Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Animesh, Mitesh, Nadim & Om are four friends married to Ragini, Shazia, Gunjan &Vaani, not necessarily in the same
order. They got married in different years viz. 2003, 2006, 2007 & 2013.
Nadim got married in 2007 and has one daughter but he is not married to either Shazia or Vaani. The person who got
married in 2006 lives with his wife Shazia and two sons. Ragini got married to Animesh in 2013 and the couple has no
kids. Om got married in 2003 and has one son.

1 Who among the following did not get married in 2006?

1) Mitesh, Om & Nadim 2) Om, Mitesh, Animesh
3)Nadim, Om &Animesh 4) Data Inadequate 5) None of these

2 . How many children does Om have?

1) One Son 2) Two sons
3)One daughter- One daughter 4) No children 5) None of these

3. Which one of the following combinations is correct?

1) Animesh-Vani- No children 2) Om- Shazia-One son
3)Mitesh-Gunjan-one daughter
4)Ragini-Animesh-No children 5) None of these

4. Who got married to Gunjan?

1) Animesh 2) Nadim
3)Mitesh 4) Om 5) None of these

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5. When did Om get married?

1) 2003 2) 2006 3)2007 4) 2013 5) None of these

XII.
Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Five siblings comprising three sisters and two brothers A,B,C,D &E are settled in different countries viz. China, Canada,
Austria, Croatia & Singapore and have come to India to celebrate the festival of Holi. All of them went for shopping and
bought different kinds of dresses, Salwar Kurta, Jeans-Tshirt, Saree, Lehenga &Pyjama – Kurta.
C, the youngest one is settled in either Singapore or China and she has bought a Salwar-Kurta for the festival. D and the
eldest one are sisters and are settled in Croatia and Canada respectively. The eldest sister is wearing a Saree in the
festival. A & E are brothers and bought Jeans- Tshirt and Kurta-Pyjama respectively for the festival. Two siblings are elder
than D and only one person sibling is younger than E.
The person who bought Kurta Pyjama is settled in China.

1 Who is the eldest amongst the siblings?

1) D 2) A
3)C 4) B 5) None of these

2 . In which country, E is settled?

1) Croatia 2) Canada
3)China 4) Austria 5) None of these

3. Which one of the following combinations not correct?

1) A-Male-Canada 2) B-eldest-female
3)D-Lehanga-Singapore 4) C-Female-Croatia
5) None of these

4. Who is wearing a Kurta-Pyjama ?

1) A 2) C 3)E 4) B 5) None of these

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5. Which of the following statements is true?

1) D is the eldest one and is settled in China
2) A is settled in Austria and intends to wear Saree.
3)E is immediately younger to D 4) B is not the eldest one among the siblings 5) None of these

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