puzzles for general mental ability

Puzzles (General Mental Ability)

Directions (Q. no. 1-3) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(1)   Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in two rows, three in each.

(2)   E is not at the end of any row.

(3)   D is second to the left of F.

(4)   C, the neighbour of E, is sitting diagonally opposite to D.

(5)   B is the neighbour of F.

(1)   Which of the following are in the same row?

(a)    A and E

(b)   E and D

(c)    B and C

(d)   A and B

(2)   Which of the following are in one of the two rows?

(a)    CEB

(b)   DBF

(c)    AEF

(d)   ABF

(3)   After interchanging seat with E, who will be the neighbours of D in the new position?

(a)    C and A

(b)   F and B

(c)    Only A

(d)   Only B

                           

Directions (Q. no. 4-6) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(1)   There are five friends.

(2)   They are standing in a row facing South.

(3)   J is to the immediate right of A.

(4)   P is between B and S.

(5)   S is between J and P.

(4)   Who is at the extreme left end?

(a)    B

(b)   S

(c)    A

(d)   None of these

    

(5)   Who is in the middle?

(a)    B

(b)   S

(c)    P

(d)   J

(6)   To find answer to the above two questions, which of the given statements can be dispensed with?

(a)    1 only

(b)   2 only

(c)    3 only

(d)   4 only

Directions (Q. no. 7-9) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(1)   A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting on a wall and all of them are facing East.

(2)   C is on the immediate right of D.

(3)   B is at an extreme end and has E as a neighbour.

(4)   G is between E and F.

(5)   D is sitting third from the South end.

(7) Which of the following pairs of people are sitting at the extreme ends?

(a)    AB

(b)   AE

(c)    CB

(d)   FB

(8) Immediately between which of the following pairs of people is D sitting?

(a)    AC

(b)   AF

(c)    CE

(d)   CF

(9) Which of the conditions 1 to 5 given above is not required to find out the place in which A is sitting?

(a)    only 1

(b)   only 2

(c)    only 3

(d)   All are required

Directions (Q. no. 10-12) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(1)   Eleven students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in the first row of the class facing the teacher who is facing South.

(2)   D who is immediate left of F is second to the right of C.

(3)   A is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.

(4)   J is the immediate neighbour of A and B and third to the left of G.

(5)   H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I.

                                                                                                                              

(10) Which of the following groups of friends is sitting to the right of G?

      (a) CHDE

      (b) CHDF

       (c) IBJA

       (d) None of these

(11) Which of the following statements is true in the context of the above sitting arrangements?

(a) There are three students sitting between D and G.

(b) K is between A and J.

(c) B is sitting between I and J.

(d) G and C are neighbours sitting to the immediate right of H.

(12) If E and D, C and B, A and H and K and F interchange their positions, which of the following pairs of students is sitting at the ends?

(a) D and E

(b) E and F

(c) D and K

(d) K and F

Directions (Q. no. 13-15) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(1)   Eight persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L are seated around a square table- two on each side.

(2)   There are three lady members and they are not seated next to each other.

(3)   J is between L and F.

(4)   G is between I and F.

(5)   H, a lady member, is second to the left of J.

(6)   F, a male member is seated opposite to E, a lady member.

(7)   There is a lady member between F and I.

(13) Who among the following is seated between E and H?

(a) F

(b) I

(c) J

(d) K

(14) How many persons are seated between K and F?

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Three

(d) Four

(15) Who among the following are the three lady members?

(a) E, G and J

(b) E, H and G

(c) G, H and J

(d) None of these

Directions (Q. no. 16-19) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(1)   There are seven books one each on Psychology, Hindi, English, Sociology, Economics, Education and Accountancy, lying on a table one above the other.

(2)   Sociology is on the top of all books.

(3)   Accountancy is immediately below Education which is immediately below Sociology.

(4)   Economics is immediately above Psychology but not in the middle.

(5)   Hindi is immediately below Psychology.

(16) Economics is between which of the following books?                          

(a) Accountancy and Education

(b) Psychology and Hindi

(c) English and Psychology

(d) Psychology and Sociology

(17) Which three books are between Accountancy and Hindi?

(a) English, Economics and Psychology

(b) Economics, Psychology and Education

(c) Economics, Psychology and Hindi

(d) None of these

(18) If Sociology and English, Accountancy and Hindi and Education and Psychology interchange their positions, which book will be between Psychology and Sociology?

(a) Accountancy

(b) Hindi

(c) Economics

(d) English

(19) In a pile of 10 books, there are 3 of History, 3 of Hindi, 2 of Mathematics and 2 of English. Taking from above, there is an English book between a History and Mathematics book. A History book between a Mathematics and an English Book, a Mathematics book between an English and a Mathematics book, a Mathematics book between two Hindi books and two Hindi books between a Mathematics and a History book. Book of which subject is at the sixth position from the top?

(a) English

(b) Hindi

(c) Mathematics

(d) History                                                                                        

Directions (Q. no. 20-22) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

All the roads of a city are either perpendicular or parallel to one another. The roads are all straight. Roads A, B, C, D and E are parallel to one another. Roads G, H, I, J, K, L and M are parallel to one another.

(1)   Road A is 1 km East of road B.

(2)   Road B is ½ km west of road C.

(3)   Road D is 1 km west of road E.

(4)   Road G is ½ km south of road H.

(5)   Road I is 1 km north of road J.

(6)   Road K is ½ km north of road L.

(7)   Road K is 1 km south of road M.

(20) Which is necessarily true?

(a) E and B intersect.

(b) D is 2 km west of B.

(c) D is at least 2 km west of A.

(d) M is 1.5 km north of L.

                                                                             

(21) If E is between B and C, which of the following is false?

(a) D is 2 km west of A.

(b) C is less than 1.5 km from D.

(c) E is less than 1 km from A.

(d) D is less than 1 km from B.

(22) Which of the following possibilities would make two roads coincide?

(a) L is ½ km north of I.

(b) C is 1 km west of D.

(c) D is ½ km east of A.

(d) E and B are ½ km apart.

Directions (Q. no. 23-25) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Seven friends Kamla, Manish, Rohit, Amit, Gaurav, Pritam, and Priya are sitting in a circle. Kamla forms an angle of 90 degrees from Gaurav and an angle of 120 degrees from Manish. Rohit is between Gaurav and Kamla and exactly opposite of Amit who is 60 degree right of Priya. Manish is opposite Priya and is sitting on the left of Gaurav and Preetam is 90 degree left of Gaurav.

(23) Which of the following statements is not correct?

(a) Pritam is between Manish and Kamla.

(b) Manish is two places away from Priya.

(c) Gaurav is sitting opposite Pritam.

(d) All of the above.

(24) Who is the only person sitting between Rohit and Manish?

(a) Pritam

(b) Amit

(c) Gaurav

(d) Kamla

(25) Gaurav is not sitting at equal distance from

(a) Rohit and Pritam

(b) Amit and Kamla

(c) Manish and Pritam

(d) None of the above.

Directions (Q. no. 26-27) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(1)   There is a group of 5 girls.

(2)   Kamini is second in height but younger than Rupa.

(3)   Pooja is taller than Monika but younger in age.

(4)   Rupa and Monika are of the same age but Rupa is tallest between them.

(5)   Neelam is taller than Pooja and elder to Rupa.

(26) If they are arranged in the ascending order of height, who will be in the third position?

(a) Monika

(b) Rupa

(c) Monika or Rupa

(d) Neelam

(27) If they are arranged in the descending order of their ages, who will be in fourth position?

(a) Monika or Rupa

(b) Kamini

(c) Monika

(d) Cannot be determined

Directions (Q. no. 28-30) – Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

(1)   Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U are members of a club and play a different game of Football, Cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Badminton and Volleyball.

(2)   T who is taller than P and S plays Tennis.

(3)   The tallest among them plays Basketball.

(4)   The shortest among them plays Volleyball.

(5)   Q and S neither play Volleyball nor Basketball.

(6)   R plays Volleyball.

(7)   T is between Q who plays Football and P in order of height

(28) Who among them is taller than R but shorter than P?

(a) Q

(b) T

(c) U

(d) S

(29) Who will be at third place if they are arranged in the descending order of their height?

(a) Q

(b) P

(c) S

(d) T

(30) Which of the following statement is not true?

(a) P is shorter than R.

(b) Q is taller than S.

(c) S is taller than R.

(d) T is taller than R.