Topic- MATRIX PUZZLES

-By Puru Jain

Q. Directions (Q1 – Q5): Read the data given below carefully and answer the following questions:
Eight friends Vandana, Aparna, Devika, Arunima, Charu, Nandita, Sagarika and Fatima went shopping.Each of them
bought shoes from 8 different brands – Puma, Reebok, Adidas, Bata, Nike, Woodland, Lee Cooper and Fila but not
necessarily in the same order
• The colour of each pair of shoes was different – black, white, brown, pink, green, grey, blue and purple but not
necessarily in the same order
• Devika did not buy the purple colour shoes but shopped from Woodland
• Vandana and Charu did not buy brown shoes
• Vandana doesn’t like Puma
• Fatima doesn’t like Fila but bought a pink pair of shoes
• Aparna’s favourite colour is blue and she bought the shoes of her favourite colour
• Nandita shopped at Bata
• Arunima likes Adidas and bought her grey colour shoes from there
• The one who shopped at Reebok has brown shoes and the one who bought Green shoes shopped at Puma
• The one who likes Nike bought black shoes
Q 1. Which of the given sets is incorrect?
1. Vandana – Nike – Black
2. Devika – Woodland – White
3. Nandita – Bata – Purple
4. Charu – Bata – Green
5. Arunima – Adidas – Grey
Q 2. Which brand shoes did Devika buy?
1. Woodland
2. Fila
3. Nike
4. Reebok
5. Lee Cooper
 Q 3. If Fatima bought shoes from Lee Cooper. What was the colour of the shoes she bought?
1. Brown
2. Pink
3. Purple
4. Black
5. Grey
 Q 4. Which of the below-given pairs of shoe brands and their colour is correct?
1. Reebok – Black
2. Puma – Green
3. Nike – Pink
4. Woodland – Green
5. Lee Cooper – Blue
Q 5. Which colour shoes did Arunima buy?
1. Black
2. Purple
3. White
4. Blue
5. Grey
Q. An Art and Culture exhibition is being organized in Pondicherry. 5 different states will represent their art in the
exhibition during six days of a week, starting Monday and ending on Saturday. One of these days shall be a rest
day.
• The five participating states include - Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Gujarat
• Only one state can put up their exhibition per day
• The rest day is between the days when Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat exhibit their art
• Punjab will put up their art work right before Uttrakhand
• There is a gap of 2 days between Gujarat and Punjab’s exhibition.
• Gujarat organised the exhibition before Punjab
• Delhi does not organise the exhibition on Saturday
Q1. Which is the rest day?
1. Monday
2. Wednesday
3. Friday
4. Saturday
5. Tuesday
Q2. When does Delhi put up their exhibition?
1. Monday
2. Saturday
3. Wednesday
4. Tuesday
5. Thursday
Q. . The exhibition of which state is organised on Thursday?
1. Delhi
2. Gujarat
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Punjab
5. None of the above
Q. Which state’s exhibition is organised on Saturday?
1. Punjab
2. Uttrakhand
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Gujarat
5. Saturday is rest day
Q. Eight persons live on separate floors of an eight-story building. The ground floor is one, and the topmost floor is
eight. F lives on an odd-numbered floor, and G lives above D. E lives immediately above H. G lives immediately
above l. Only one person lives between G and D. J lives above K. Only two persons live between K and J. K lives on
floor number five.
Q. How many persons live between the floors on which H and I live?
1. Two
2. Three
3. Four
4. One
Q. Who among the following lives on the floor immediately above K?
1. F
2. D
3. I
4. H
Q. . Which of the following statements is true?
1. Only one person lives between D and F.
2. F lives on the first floor.
3. E lives on the topmost floor.
4. Only two persons live between G and H.
5. K lives immediately above D.
Q. Who among the following lives on the second floor?
1. H
2. G
3. D
4. F
Q. Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions
Seven friends P, Q, R, S, T, U and V belongs to 7 different states viz UP, Delhi, AP, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala and
Gujarat but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them likes different dishes viz Dosa, Burger, Rajma, Pizza,
Sandwich, Samosa and Dhokla but not necessarily in the same order. Q likes neither Dosa nor Dhokla. S belongs to
AP. R belongs to Delhi and likes Pizza. T and U do not hail from Rajasthan. The one who hail from Rajasthan likes
Burger. Neither Sandwich nor Dosa is liked by S. Q hails from Punjab. The one who likes Dhokla is either from
Gujarat or from Punjab. U does not like Dosa or Sandwich. P likes Rajma. V is not from Kerala.
Q. The one who likes Samosa is from which of the following states ?
1.UP
2.Kerala
3.AP
4.Gujarat
5.None of these
Q. T likes which of the following dishes ?
1.Burger
2.Pizza
3.Dhokla
4.Dosa
5.None of these
Q. If the person who likes Dosa is from UP then the person who likes Rajma from which of the following state ?
1.Delhi
2.AP
3.Kerala
4.Rajasthan
5.None of these
Q. Who among the following like Dhokla ?
1.V
2.U
3.T
4.R
5.None of these
Q. A committee has nine members P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X and it is divided into three groups, viz Shubhas
group, Nehru group and Azad group – with three members in each group.
There are certain conditions for the formation of the groups. Only three members will be selected in each group.
One person cannot be selected for more than one group. P is in the Shubhas group. W is in the Nehru group. R and
S are in the same group but not in the group of X. P and Q are not in the same group. T is not in the same group as
X but is in the Azad group. U is in the group in which either W or Q or both of them are present. X and W are not in
the same group. U is neither with T nor with X.
Q. R and S are in which of the following groups?
a) Shubhas group
b) Nehru group
c) Azad group
d) Can’t be determined
e) None of these
Q. Which of the following statements is true about V?
a) V is in the Shubhas group with W
b) V is in the Azad group with P
c) V is in the Shubhas group with R and S
d) V is in the Shubhas group with P
e) None of these
Q. U is associated with which of the following groups?
a) Azad
b) Nehru
c) Shubhas
d) can’t be determined
e) None of these
Q. Which of the following members represents the Azad group?
a) RSP
b) TPQ
c) TRU
d) STR
e) None of these