Logical Reasoning Puzzles form an essential part of bank PO, SSC, government exams and many entrance tests. These are mostly based on arrangements, classifications or some conditional selection. Such questions intend to check your analytical, deductive and problem solving skills. Here, we have compiled a series of different logical puzzles with solutions. This set contains 10 medium level logic puzzles.
Solve the given questions and check your mental aptitude:
Directions for questions 1-5: Read the following information and answer the questions that follow:
Atul, Jack, Krishan, and Rohitash are the students of a school. 3 of them stay far away from the school and 1 lives near it. 2 study in class IX, 1 in class X and 1 in class XI. The subjects are Math, Music, Physical Science and Home Science. One of them is good in all the four subjects while another is weak in all the subjects. Rohitash stays far away from the school and is good at Music only while Krishan stays close to the school and is weak in Music only. Neither of these two nor Atul studies in class XI. One who is good in all the subjects studies in class X.
Q.1. Name the boy who is good at all the subjects.
A. Rohitash
B. Krishan
C. Atul
D. Jack
Sol : Option C
Stay
class
Good At
Weak In
Rohitash
Far
IX
Music
Maths,Physical science, Home Science
Krishan
Close
IX
Maths,Physical science, Home Science
Music
Atul
Far
X
All Subjects
Jack
Far
XI
All Subjects
Krishan stays close to school. Thus, the other three — Rohitash, Atul and Jack stay far away from the school.
Krishan, Rohitash, and Atul do not study in class XI. Thus, Jack studies in class XI. Rohitash and Krishan are not good at all subjects. So, Atul is good at all subjects and studies in class X. Clearly, Rohitash and Krishan study in class IX.
Rohitash is good at Music. Krishan is weak in Music. Atul is good at all the subjects. Clearly, Jack is weak in all the subjects.
Hence Atul is good at all the subjects.
Q.2. Name the boy who is weak in all the subjects.
A. Rohitash
B. Krishan
C. Atul
D. Jack
Sol : Option D
Stay
class
Good At
Weak In
Rohitash
Far
IX
Music
Maths,Physical science, Home Science
Krishan
Close
IX
Maths,Physical science, Home Science
Music
Atul
Far
X
All Subjects
Jack
Far
XI
All Subjects
Krishan stays close to school. Thus, the other three — Rohitash, Atul and Jack stay far away from the school.
Krishan, Rohitash, and Atul do not study in class XI. Thus, Jack studies in class XI.Rohitash and Krishan are not good at all subjects. So, Atul is good at all subjects and studies in class X. Clearly, Rohitash and Krishan study in class IX.
Rohitash is good at Music. Krishan is weak in Music. Atul is good at all the subjects. Clearly, Jack is weak in all the subjects.
Jack is weak in all the subjects.
Q.3. Which two boys are good in Physical Science ?
A. Rohitash and Jack
B. Krishan and Atul
C. Atul and Jack
D. Krishan and Rohitash
Sol : Option B
Stay
class
Good At
Weak In
Rohitash
Far
IX
Music
Maths,Physical science, Home Science
Krishan
Close
IX
Maths,Physical science, Home Science
Music
Atul
Far
X
All Subjects
Jack
Far
XI
All Subjects
Krishan stays close to school. Thus, the other three — Rohitash, Atul and Jack stay far away from the school.
Krishan, Rohitash, and Atul do not study in class XI. Thus, Jack studies in class XI. Rohitash and Krishan are not good at all subjects. So, Atul is good at all subjects and studies in class X. Clearly, Rohitash and Krishan study in class IX.
Rohitash is good at Music. Krishan is weak in Music. Atul is good at all the subjects. Clearly, Jack is weak in all the subjects.
Hence Krishan and Atul are good at Physical Science
Q.4. Which two boys are good at Music ?
A. Rohitash and Jack
B. Krishan and Atul
C. Jack and Atul
D. Rohitash and Atul
Sol : Option D
Stay
class
Good At
Weak In
Rohitash
Far
IX
Music
Maths,Physical science, Home Science
Krishan
Close
IX
Maths,Physical science, Home Science
Music
Atul
Far
X
All Subjects
Jack
Far
XI
All Subjects
Krishan stays close to school. Thus, the other three — Rohitash, Atul and Jack stay far away from the school.
Krishan, Rohitash, and Atul do not study in class XI. Thus, Jack studies in class XI. Rohitash and Krishan are not good at all subjects. So, Atul is good at all subjects and studies in class X. Clearly, Rohitash and Krishan study in class IX.
Rohitash is good at Music. Krishan is weak in Music. Atul is good at all the subjects. Clearly, Jack is weak in all the subjects.
Hence Rohitash and Atul are good at Music.
Q.5. Other than Rohitash and the boy good in all the subjects, who else stays far from the school?
A. Rohitash
B. Krishan
C. Atul
D. Jack
Q.6. 4 boys are sitting in a park to be photographed. Manjeet is to the right of Rohan. Rustom is between Rohan and Manjeet. Sukhjeet is to the left of Rohan. Who is 2nd from the left in the photograph ?
A. Rohan
B. Sukhjeet
C. Manjeet
D. Rustom
Sol : Option A
Sukhjeet is to the left of Rohan and Manjeet is to his right. Rustom is between Rohan and Manjeet. So, the order is: Sukhjeet, Rohan, Rustom, and Manjeet. Therefore, Rohan will be second from left in the photograph.
Q.7. There are 5 Persons Timi, Nimi, Jimi, Pimi, Simi standing, in a row. Nimi is to the right of Pimi. Simi is to the left of Jimi and right of Timi. Timi is to the right of Nimi. Which of the them is in the middle ?
A. Timi
B. Nimi
C. Pimi
D. Simi
Sol : Option A
Timi is to the right of Nimi. Nimi is to the right of Pimi. Simi is to the right of Timi and left of Jimi. Thus, the order is: Pimi, Nimi, Timi, Simi, Jimi. So, Timi is in the middle.
Q8. There are 7 houses, A to G in a row. A is standing right to B and left to C. D is standing left to E but right to C. Similarly, F is standing right to E and left to G. Which house lies in the middle?
A. C
B. D
C. E
D. A
Sol : Option B
A is to the right of B and left of C i.e. B, A, C.
D is left to E and to the right of C i.e. C, D, E.
F is to the right of E and left of G i.e. E, F, G.
Thus, the order is: B, A, C, D, E, F, G.
So, Middle house is D.
Q9. Five girls are sitting in a row. Ruhi is sitting on the extreme left & adjacent to Khushi. Tina and Khushi are not sitting together. Sinu and Pihu are sitting Togther but Sinu is not sitting next to Tina. Who are sitting at extreme ends of the row?
A. Khushi and Pihu
B. Ruhi and Tina
C. Ruhi and Sinu
D. Pihu and Tina
Sol : Option B
Ruhi is sitting at extreme left & Khushi & Ruhi are sitting together. So arrangement will be :
Ruhi Khushi _ _ _
Tina is not sitting with Khushi. Therefore, Tina will be sitting at either at extreme right or second right. Sinu & Pihu are sitting together but Sinu is not sitting with Tina. So arrangement will be: Ruhi Khushi Sinu Pihu Tina
Clearly, Ruhi & Tina are sitting at extreme ends.
Q10. 5 students are sitting in a row. Aakash is not adjacent to Shruti. Ritesh is not adjacent to Shruti or Abhay. Malvika is at the middle in the row. Ritesh is adjacent to Malvika. Then Aakash is adjacent to whom out of the following ?
A. Ritesh
B. Shruti
C. Malvika
D. Abhay
Sol : Option A
The order could be Aakash, Ritesh, Malvika, Shruti/Abhay, Abhay/ Shruti. So, Aakash is adjacent to Ritesh.
