Puzzle Test Family Based Problem


 
 
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Puzzle Test Family Based Problem

Puzzles are the mind boggler and head hunters, which checks the mental ability of candidate to comprehend and analyse the given information presented in twisted and unsegregated manner and transform them into sequential and logical manner to know the hidden ideas and information behind it.

Puzzle Test Family Based Problem : In this type of questions, some clues are given regarding relationship among different members of a family, together with their professions, qualities, dresses, preferences etc. The candidate is required to analyse the whole information and then answer the given questions accordingly.

Example 1 : Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family. There are three female members. Each of them has a different profession - Lawyer, Chartered Accountant (CA), Engineer, Teacher, Doctor, Architect and Pharmacist. No lady is either Pharmacist or Chartered Accountant. Each of them has a different monthly income. The Chartered Accountant. Each of them has a different monthly income. The Chartered Accountant earns the most. S, the engineer, earns less than V, the doctor. R the teacher, earns more than P and less then S. W's wife earns the least. T is an unmarried lady lawyer and she earns less than P and more than only Q. The Pharmacist's income is not the lowest.

Solution : Using the above statements:

  • S earns less than V. R earns more than P and less than S. T earns less than P.   Thus, S < V,  P < R < S,  T < P
  • Combining the above, we have : T < P < R < S < V.
  • Since T earns more than only Q, So Q earns the least. But W's wife earns the least. So, Q is W's wife.
  • Thus, we have: Q < T < P < R < S < V.
  • Now, S is engineer, V is doctor, R is teacher, T is lawyer. So, Q is either Pharmacist or CA or Architect. But, Q is female and no lady is either Pharmacist or CA. So, Q is an Architect.
  • P and W are CA and Pharmacist. But CA earns the most and P doesn't earn the most.
  • So, W is a CA and earns the most. Also, W is Q's husband and hence a male.
  • So, P is a pharmacist and hence male.
  • The above information can be summarised as follows :

    PersonSexProfessionMarital Status
    PMalePharmacist 
    QFemaleArchitectWife of W
    RMale/FemaleTeacher 
    SMale/FemaleEngineer 
    TFemaleLawyerUnmarried
    VMale/FemaleDoctor 
    WMaleChartered AccountantHusband

    In terms of income, we have : Q < T < P < R < S < V < W.

    Question 1 : Who earns the least ?

    (a)  P             (b) Q            (c) P or Q           (d) R           (e) None of these

    Answer : Clearly, Q earns the least. So, the answer is (b).

    Question 2 : Which of the following pairs of professions represents the professions of husband and wife ?

    (a)  Pharmacist, Architect                     (b) Chartered Accounting, Architect

    (c)  Engineer, Pharmacist                      (d) Chartered Accounting, Engineer

    (e) None of these

    Answer : Clearly, W, the Chartered Account, is the husband of Q, the Architect. So, the answer is (b).

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    Question : 1

    Read the following information carefully and answer the given question :

    Heena, Kiran, Shakti, Shree, Meeta and Lata are six members of a family. There are three female members.

    Each of them has a different profession - Lawyer, Instructor, Engineer, Teacher, Doctor, Pilot.

    • No lady is either lawyer, engineer or doctor.
    • Heena is a teacher who is married to a Lawyer, they have only one daughter who is married to a engineer.
    • Shree is the father of Meeta and Lata.
    • Lata is a instructor and her mother is a Pilot.
    • Heena and Kiran is a couple.

    How many kids shakti have ?

    Right Option : C
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    Question : 2

    Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

    P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family. There are three female members. Each of them has a different profession - Lawyer, Chartered Accountant (CA), Engineer, Teacher, Doctor, Architect and Pharmacist. No lady is either Pharmacist or Chartered Accountant. Each of them has a different monthly income. The Chartered Accountant. Each of them has a different monthly income. The Chartered Accountant earns the most. S, the engineer, earns less than V, the doctor. R the teacher, earns more than P and less then S. W's wife earns the least. T is an unmarried lady lawyer and she earns less than P and more than only Q. The Pharmacist's income is not the lowest.

    Question : Which of the following represents the three female members of the family ?

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 3

    Read the following information carefully to answer the given question:

    Fifty books belonging to different subjects,viz.History (8),Geography (7),Literature (13),psychology (8) and science (14),are placed on a shelf.They are arranged in an alphabetical order subject to the condition that no two books of the same subject are placed together as long as books of other subjects are available. Unless otherwise mentioned,all counting is done from the left.

    Which subject does the 40th book belong to? 

    Right Option : D
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