Puzzle Test Jumbled Problems

Puzzle Test: Puzzles are the most interesting part of reasoning. Jumbled puzzles have various categories and elements in one particular question. First and foremost, read the entire problem carefully, because the introduction usually contains your first clues for the puzzle, or defines important parameters for the puzzle. Work out a particular structure of relationships. Organize the information in a schematic manner by using tables, symbols, and diagrams.

Puzzle Test Jumbled Problems : This section contains puzzles which at the first look seem too difficult to solve, as they contain a low of jumbled information covering many aspects at the same time. The candidate is required to work out the given information and prepare clear, classified data from the same so as to be able to answer the given questions.

Example 1 : Direction : - Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it :

There are five friends A, B, C, D and E. Two of them are businessmen while the other three belong to different occupations viz., medical, engineer and legal. One businessman and the lawyer stay in the same locality S, while the other three stay in three different localities P, Q and R. Two of these five persons are Hindus while the remaining three come from three different communities viz. Muslim, Christian and Sikh. The lawyer is the oldest in age while one of the businessmen who runs a factory is the youngest. The other businessman is a cloth merchant and age - wise lies between the doctor and the lawyer. D is a cloth merchant and stays in locality S while E is a Muslim and stays in locality R. The doctor is a Christian and stays in locality P, B is a Sikh while A is a Hindu and runs a factory.

Solution : Now we shall take each statement one by one and organise them is a tabular form as shown:

I. A is a Hindu, B is a Sikh, E is a Muslim. Now, the doctor is a Christian and D is a cloth merchant. So, C is a Christian and D is a Hindu.

II. D stays in locality S. E stays in locality R. Now, one businessman i.e. D and the lawyer stay in S. C is a doctor and A a factory owner. So, B is the lawyer and stays in locality S. C, the doctor, stays in locality P. Clearly, A stays in locality Q.

III. Clearly, A is a factory owner, B is a lawyer, C is a doctor, D is a cloth merchant and E is an engineer.

IV. B, the lawyer, is oldest. A, the factory owner, is the youngest. D, the cloth merchant lies between doctor and lawyer i.e. B and C in age.

So, age - wise sequence is: B > D> C> E > A.

Person	A	B	C	D	E
Profession	Factory Owner	Lawyer	Doctor	Cloth Merchant	Engineer
Religion	Hindu	Sikh	Christian	Hindu	Muslism
Locality	Q	S	P	S	R

Question 1 : - Who stays in locality Q?

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E

Answer : - (a) A stays in locality Q.

Question 2 : - What is E's occupation ?

(a) Business (b) Engineer (c) Lawyer (d) Doctor

Answer : - (b) : E is an engineer.

Sample Questions

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Question : 1

Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. 1. There is a group of five persons - A, B, C, D and E. 2. One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocate. 3. Three of them - A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them - B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea. 4. The industrialist, D and A are friends to one another but two of them prefer coffee to tea. 5. The horticulturist is C's brother. Who is the industrialist?
A. E	B. C	C. B	D. A
Right Option : C
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Question : 2

Study the following information carefully and answer the following questions. A, B, C ,E, F, G and H are seven employees in an organization working in the departments of Administration, Accounts and Operations. There are at least two employees in each department. There are three females, one in each department. Each of the seven employees earns different amount. F works in Administration and his only other colleague G earns the maximum. C, the least earner, works in Accounts. B and E are brothers and do not work in the same department. A, husband of H, works in Accounts and earns more than each of F, B and E. The wife in the couple earns more than the husband. In which of the following departments does B work?
A. Operations	B. Accounts	C. Operations or Accounts	D. Data inadequate
Right Option : C
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Question : 3

Direction : - Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : There are five friends A, B, C, D and E. Two of them are businessmen while the other three belong to different occupations viz., medical, engineer and legal. One businessman and the lawyer stay in the same locality S, while the other three stay in three different localities P, Q and R. Two of these five persons are Hindus while the remaining three come from three different communities viz. Muslim, Christian and Sikh. The lawyer is the oldest in age while one of the businessmen who runs a factory is the youngest. The other businessman is a cloth merchant and age - wise lies between the doctor and the lawyer. D is a cloth merchant and stays in locality S while E is a Muslim and stays in locality R. The doctor is a Christian and stays in locality P, B is a Sikh while A is a Hindu and runs a factory. Question : - Agewise who among the following lies between A and C ?
A. Lawyer	B. Doctor	C. Cloth merchant	D. Engineer
Right Option : D
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