Puzzle Q.

3 There are six movies, viz Rockstar, Kahani,

Dabang, Barfi, Wanted and 3 idiots. All of them have
been directed six different directors, namely Abhijit
Q.1 There are six Indian cricketers, namely Sachin, Dhoni,
Sarkar, Imtiaz Ali, Abhinav Kashyap, Prabhu Deva,
Virat, Raina, Ishant and Yuvraj. Among them two are
Anurag Basu and Raj Kumar Hirani, but not
batsmen, while, others are wicket keeper, fast bowler,
necessarily in the same order. Moreover each of the
all-rounder and spinner, though nott necessarily in the
six movies won a Filmfare award each, in six
same order. Also, each of these cricketers belongs to a
different categories, namely Best actor, Director,
different city, namely Chandigarh, Delhi, Ranchi, Chennai,
Music, Costume, Story and Lyrics, but not necessarily
Mumbai and Jaipur.
in the same order.
⦁ Virat, a fast bowler, is neither from Chennai nor from
⦁ Raj Kumar Hirani did not direct, Rockstar while
Jaipur.
Wanted won the award for Best Music.
⦁ The one who is from Mumbai is a spinner. Neither Raina
⦁ 3 idiots was awarded for the Best Story and was
nor Sachin is from Mumbai.
directed by Prabhu Deva. Barfi lost the award for
⦁ Sachin is the all-rounder of the team and is from Jaipur.
Best Direction.
⦁ Virat is not from Ranchi while Yuvraj is not from
⦁ Wanted was directed neither by Anurag Basu nor
Chennai.
by Raj Kumar Hirani.
⦁ Raina the wicket keeper is from Delhi. Neither Dhoni
⦁ Kahani was directed by Imtiaz Ali and Dabang won
nor Yuvraj is a spinner.
the award for Best Costume.
i) Who among the following is from Chandigarh?
⦁ The movie that won the Award for Best Actor was
A) Dhoni B) Viraat C) Ishant
directed by Abhinav Kashyap. Rockstar won the
D) Yuvraj E) None of these
award for Best Lyrics.
ii) Dhoni is from which of the following cities?
i) Who is the director of the movie Wanted?
A) Ranchi B) Mumbai C) Chennai
A) Raj Kumar Hirani B) Imtiaz Ali C) Anurag Basu
D) Chandigarh E) None of these
D) Abhijit Sarkar E) Can’t be determined
ii) Imtiaz Ali’s movie won the award for which
Q.2 There are five countries, namely India, Russia, China,
category?
Germany and Brazil. Each of them has a national flower,
A) Best Actor B) Best Music C) Best Director
viz Lotus, Rose, Lily, Jasmine and Sunflower and also a
D) Best Costume E) None of these
national animal, viz Lion, Tiger, Elephant, Panther and
Bear ( but not necessarily in the same order.)
Q.4 Seven friends A,B,C,D,E,F and G have their
⦁ The country whose national animal is Beat has Rose as
favorite subjects – English, Hindi, Maths, Sanskrit,
its national flower.
Science, GS and Computer, but not necessarily in the
⦁ Neither Lily nor Jasmine is the national flower of
same order. Each of them studies in a different
Germany, whose national animal is Panther. India’s
standard-V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI, but not
national flower is Lotus and Russia’s national animal is
necessarily in the same order.
Lion.
C’s favourite subject is Hindi and he studies neither
⦁ Sunflower is not China’s national flower and Bear in not
in std. V nor in std. IX. D studies in std. X and his
Brazil’s national animal.
favourite subject is English. E and F do not like Maths
⦁ The country whose national flower is Lily has Tiger as its
and neither of them studies in std. IX. B likes Sanskrit
national animal.
and studies in std. VII. The one who likes GS studies
i) What is the national animal of India?
in std. XI. G likes Computer and studies in std. VIII. E
A) Tiger B) Lion C) Elephant
does not like Science.
D) Can’t be determined E) None of these
i) Which of the following combinations is correct?
ii) Which of the following is the national flower of
A) B-VI-Sanskrit B) E-VI-Science C) G-VIII-Maths
Chinea?
D) Can’t be determined E) None of these
A) Lily B) Sunflower C) Jasmine
ii) Which is the E’s favourite subject?
D) Rose E) Can’t be determined
A) Computer B) English C) GS
 D) Hindi E) None of these
Q.5 Seven actors H,I,J,K,L,M and N act in different
types of drama, viz Action, Thriller, Romantic,
Suspense, Comedy, Horror and Inspirational, but not
necessarily in the same order. All the seven actors
are engaged on three different days of the week, viz
Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
H is engaged on Monday only with L and his
drama is Triller. K is acting in Horror drama and
does not act on Friday. The one who is acting in
comedy acts on Tuesday. I and J do not act on the
same day. Those who act on Monday do not
perform Romantic drama. M acts in Suspense
drama but not act on Tuesday. N acts on the same
day as M. J acts in Action drama.
i) Who acts in Comedy?
A) L B) M C) N D) I E) None of these
ii) Which of the following combinations of actor-
day-drama is definitely correct?
A) M-Friday-Romantic B) N-Friday-Romantic
C) K-Tuesday-Action D) L-Tuesday-
Inspirational E) None of these
Q.6 A,G,L,N,P,Q,R and S have applied for IBPS
exams for different banks, viz BOB, BOI, Dena Bank,
UBI, OBC, Indian Bank, corporation and UCO Bank
but not necessarily in the same order. There are
five male and three female candidates in this
groups. Each male and each female has applied
from his/her city, viz Jaipur, Delhi, Noida, Kanpur,
Patna, Ranchi, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. No male
has applied from Ranchi and Kanpur.
P has applied for Indian Bank from Ghaziabad.
The one who has applied for Corporation Bank is
neither from Noida nor from Kanpur. G has applied
for OBC. His sister L has applied for Dena Bank
from Jaipur. The one who belongs to Delhi has
applied for BOB. The one who has applied from
Noida is not a female. N has applied for UBI and
her friend has applied for BOB. Q is from Gurgaon
and has not applied either for Corporation Bank or
for UCO Bank. The one who has applied for UCO
Bank has applied neither from Patna nor from
Noida. S has applied from Kanpur. A does not apply
form Patna.
i) Which of the following groups is a group of
female applicants?
A) G,N,L B) N,Q,S C) L,N,S D) P,Q,R
E) None of these
ii) Who among the following has applied from
Ranchi?
A) P B) N C) S D) L E) None of these
Q.7 E,F,G,H,I,J and K are seven teachers teaching in
seven different schools, viz DPS , St Francis, St
Thomas, Bal Niketan, Gyan Niketan, Bal Bhawan
and St Mary’s but not necessarily in the same
order. They take rest one day in a week from
Monday to Sunday. No two teachers take rest on
the same day. G teaches in St Francis school and he
does not take rest on Friday or Wednesday. H takes
rest on Thursday and teaches in DPS. I and J do not
teach in Bal Bhawan and do not take rest on
Wednesday. F teaches in Bal Niketan and takes rest
on Sunday. The one who teaches in Gyan NIketan
takes rest on Tuesday. K teaches in St Mary’s and
takes rest on Monday. I does not teach in St.
Thomas.
i) G takes rest on which of the following days?
A) Monday B) Saturday C) Tuesday
D) Thursday E) None of these
iii) J teaches in which of the following schools?
A) Gyan Niketan B) St. Thomas C) DPS
D) Can’t be determined E) None of these
Q.8 Aman, Bhavesh, Chandan, Diwakar, Vansh,
Firoz and Gaurav are working in different shops ,
viz Stationery, Grocery, Toys , Shoes, Cloths, Big
Bazaar and Watch. They go to work on different
days of week from Monday to Sunday. Chandan
works neither in Clothes shop nor in the watch
shop but he goes on Wednesday. Vansh works in
the shop but not on Monday. The one who goes on
Friday works in the Toys shop. The one who works
in Big Bazaar goes on Tuesday. Diwakar goes on
Saturday, but does not work in the clothes shop.
Gaurav works in the Grocery shop. Firoz goes to
work on Thursday. Bhavesh does not go to work in
Big Bazaar.
i) The person who works in the shoes shop goes on
which of the following days?
A) Wednesday B) Sunday C) Tuesday
D) Monday E) None of these
ii) Who among the following works in the watch shop?
A) Firoz B) Aman C) Diwakar
D) Chandan E) None of these