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Puzzle is a problem that tests imagination, cleverness and skills of the solver. The article Puzzles Practice Quiz 2 presents with the list of Puzzles that would aid the aspirants in understanding the nature of puzzles related problems in the exams. Puzzles are considered as mathematical or logical problems. People with a high inductive reasoning aptitude exhibit great precision and speed in solving the puzzles. The Puzzles Practice Quiz 2 are very useful for different exams such as IBPS PO, Clerk, SSC CGL, SBI PO, NIACL Assistant, NICL AO, IBPS RRB, Railways, Civil Services etc.

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Directions (1 – 5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Seven Persons – M, N, O, P, Q, R and S – live on separate floors of a seven storeyed building, but not in the same order. The ground floor of the building is numbered 1, the floor above it 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 7.Each person likes different cartoon characters, viz, Chipmnuk, Flinstone, Jetson, Popeye, Scooby Doo, Simpson and Tweety, but not necessarily in the same order. Each person also likes different colours namely viz, Yellow, Orange, Red, Black, Blue, Brown and Purple.
More than three persons sit between the one who likes Yellow and the one who likes Orange. The person who likes Popeye lives on floor numbered 4. Only two persons live between P and the one who likes Popeye. The persons who live on the ground floor and the topmost floor don’t like Orange. M does not live on the lowermost floor. M lives on any odd numbered floor below the one who likes Popeye. S lives on an even numbered floor but neither immediately above nor immediately below the floor of M. The person who likes Jetson does not like Yellow. Only two persons live between M and the person who likes Tweety. Only one person lives between N and R. The person who likes Orange lives exactly between the persons who like Brown and Blue. R lives on an even numbered floor and does not like Popeye. Only three persons live between the persons who like Chipmnuk and Jetson respectively. The person who likes Chipmnuk live on any floor above the N’s floor. The person who likes Chipmnuk does not live on the topmost floor. O does not like Chipmnuk or Jetson. Only two persons live between the one who likes Purple and the one who likes Brown. The person who likes Scooby Doo lives on the floor immediately above the floor of the person who likes Simpson. N does not like neither Purple nor Red.
1. How many persons live between the floors on which S and P live?
    A. Three B. Two C. Four D. Five E. No one

2. Which of the following statements is/are true according to the given information?
    A. Q lives on floor numbered 5 and he does not like Black B. M likes Scooby Doo and he does not live on floor numbered 5 C. O likes Yellow and he lives on the topmost floor D. Only two persons live between the floors of Q and R E. All the statements are true.

3. Who among the following lives on the floor immediately above the floor of S?
    A. N B. R C. S D. O E. No one

4. Who among the following does like Purple?
    A. P B. R C. M D. Q E. S

5. Who among the following does like cartoon character Popeye?
    A. R B. P C. N D. Q E. S

Answers and Explanations
Explanation [1 - 5] - `
Floor No Person Cartoon Character Color
7 O Flinstone Yellow
6 S Tweety Purple
5 Q Chipmnuk Red
4 N Popeye Black
3 M Scooby Doo Brown
2 R Simpson Orange
1 P Jetson Blue

1. Answer - Option C
2. Answer - Option E
3. Answer - Option D
4. Answer - Option E
5. Answer - Option C
Directions (1 – 5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
There are eight persons in a family M, N, O , P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Among them there are three doctors, two Engineers, two Authors and one Painter. Each person has only one occupation. There are three married couples in the family and no unmarried female. Three generation are there in the family
P has two children. S and T are children of Q and O respectively. R is wife of P and mother of N and M. O is a female but not wife of M
S, a grandson of P, sits exactly between O and M and only Q sits exactly between N and R. Only one person sits between O and N but he is not T. N is not the immediate neighbor of S, who is not opposite to P. N does not sit opposite to a female. One of the sons of P is on immediate left of P. The person who is on the immediate left of S and the person who is on the immediate right of N are not doctors. The immediate neighbors of Q are neither an Engineer nor a Doctor. T is a Painter.
1. Who among the following sits exactly between P and Q ?
    A. Author B. Doctor C. Engineer D. Painter E. None of these

2. Which of the following does not form a group ?
    A. R B. M C. Q D. O E. None of these

3. Which of the following two members sits adjacent to each other in the arrangement ?
    A. QO B. NT C. TQ D. SM E. None of these

4. Who among the following is Son of Q ?
    A. T B. O C. S D. P E. None of these

5. Who among the following is an Engineer ?
    A. P B. O C. T D. Both 1 and 3 E. Both 1 and 2

Answers and Explanations
Explanation [1 - 5] -

1. Answer - Option A
2. Answer - Option B
3. Answer - Option D
4. Answer - Option C
5. Answer - Option E
Directions (1 – 5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
There is a family of six members P, Q, R, S, T and U. There are two married couples in the family and the family is of three generations. Each family member has different cars Maruti, Honda, Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Bentley. No lady members have Maruti or Mercedes. R who has Audi is daughter-in-law of T. Q is the brother of U and son of S and has Bentley. P is the grandmother of U and U does not have BMW. A husband and a wife have Maruti and Honda respectively.
1. Which car is maintained by Q?
    A. Honda B. audi C. Bentley D. maruti E. None of these

2. How many male members are there in the family?
    A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. can’t be determined E. None of these

3. Which of the following is true about U?
    A. Brother of Q B. Sister of Q C. Either brother or sister of W D. Son of Q E. None of these

4. Which of the following is one of the couples?
    A. TS B. UR C. PR D. SR E. None of these

5. Which of the following car are maintained by one of the couple ?
    A. Audi-BMW B. Mercedes – maruti C. Honda- maruti D. Honda- Audi E. Both a and c

Answers and Explanations
Explanation [1 - 5] -


PT and SR are couples. U and Q are brothers
1. Answer - Option C
2. Answer - Option C
3. Answer - Option A
4. Answer - Option D
5. Answer - Option E

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