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Concept Explanation

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 :

Person	Sex	Profession	Marital Status
P	Male	Pharmacist
Q	Female	Architect	Wife of W
R	Male/Female	Teacher
S	Male/Female	Engineer
T	Female	Lawyer	Unmarried
V	Male/Female	Doctor
W	Male	Chartered Accountant	Husband

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

(e) None of these

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

Sample Questions

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Question : 1

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below: Four families decided to attend the marriage ceremony of one of their colleagues. One family has no kids, while the others have at least one kid each. Each family with kids has at least one kid attending the marriage. Given below is some information about the families, and who reached when to attend the marriage. The family with 2 kids came just before the family with no kids. Jenelia who does not have any kids reached just before Mira's family. Shahid and his wife reached last with their only kid. Akshay is not the husband of Gauri. Akshay and Shahrukh are fathers. Mira's and Twinkle's daughters go to the same school. Gauri came before Jenelia and met Twinkle when she reached the venue. Hritesh stays the farthest from the venue. Whose family is known to have more than one kid for certain?
A. Hritesh's	B. Shahrukh's	C. Akshay's	D. Shahid's
Right Option : B
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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 statement is false ?
A. The Architect earns more than the Lawyer		B. The Teacher earns less than the Lawyer
C. The doctor earns more than the Engineer		D. The Pharmacist earns more than the lawyer.
Right Option : A
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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?
A. Science	B. Psychology	C. History	D. Literature
Right Option : D
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Explanation

In the above question, the following statement is given :

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.

The series is Geography(G)- 7, History(H)- 8, Literature(L)-13, Psychology (P)-8, Science(S)-14.

As , we know, there are 7 books of geography, So, we should add 7 times 5 in 1. The last book of Geography comes at 31st rank.

Now, there are 8 books of History, So, we should add 7 times 5 in 2, we get 32, than the last book of History comes at 36th rank.

Now , there are 13 books of Literature , So, we should add 7 times 5 in 3,we get 33. But, now next rank of it is 37, than, 40, 42,44, soon.

Now, there are 8 books of psychology, So, we should add 7 times 5 in 4, we get 34, after that last book ranks 38.

Now, there are 14 books of Science, So, we should add 7 times 5 in 5, we get 35, after that its rank is 39, 41,43,45,47,49,50.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Book Detail	G1	H1	L1	P1	S1	G2	H2	L2	P2	S2
Position	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Book Detail	G3	H3	L3	P3	S3	G4	H4	L4	P4	S4
Position	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Book Detail	G5	H5	L5	P5	S5	G6	H6	L6	P6	S6
Position	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Book Detail	G7	H7	L7	P7	S7	H8	L8	P8	S8	L9
Position	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
Book Detail	S9	L10	S10	L11	S11	L12	S12	L13	S13	S14