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Puzzles Questions with Answers

Multi-constraint grids — floors, boxes, days, categories — solved by elimination. This page pools every puzzles question on the site — 101 of them, from 16 exams, weighted towards Banking, Railways — so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

87% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 0% easy, which is harder than the average topic in this section.

Questions
101
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
0/13/88
Negative marking
None
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Puzzles questions with solutions

6 from the 101-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. V, W, X, Y, and Z live on five different floors of a building, numbered 1 (bottommost) to 5 (topmost), not necessarily in that order. V lives on an odd-numbered floor. W lives immediately above X. Y lives on floor number 4. Z lives on the topmost floor. X does not live on floor number 1. On which floor does V live?

    • A. 5
    • B. 1 ✓
    • C. 2
    • D. 3

    Solution. With Z=5, Y=4, W=3, X=2 (as derived from the constraints), the only floor left for V is 1, which is odd, satisfying the given clue.

  2. 2. Three officers are ranked by seniority. X is senior to Y, and Y is senior to Z. Who is the most junior?

    • A. X
    • B. Y
    • C. Z ✓
    • D. Cannot be determined

    Solution. From X > Y > Z in seniority, Z is the most junior of the three.

  3. 3. J, K, L, M, and N live on five different floors of a building, numbered 1 (bottommost) to 5 (topmost), not necessarily in that order. J lives on an odd-numbered floor. K lives immediately above L. M lives on floor number 4. N lives on the topmost floor. L does not live on floor number 1. Who lives on floor number 3?

    • A. K ✓
    • B. L
    • C. M
    • D. J

    Solution. N is on floor 5 (topmost) and M is on floor 4. Among floors 1-3, K is immediately above L, and L cannot be on floor 1, so K=3, L=2, leaving J=1 (an odd floor, satisfying the clue). So floor 3 is K.

  4. 4. Five files — J, K, L, M, N — are reviewed one after another. K is reviewed immediately after J. N is reviewed immediately before M. L is reviewed last. J is reviewed first. In what position is file M reviewed?

    • A. 2nd
    • B. 3rd
    • C. 5th
    • D. 4th ✓

    Solution. J is 1st and K (immediately after J) is 2nd. L is reviewed last, so L is 5th. The remaining positions 3rd and 4th must hold N immediately before M, so N is 3rd and M is 4th.

  5. 5. Six colleagues P, Q, R, S, T, and U have different ages. R is older than only two people. The oldest is not P. S is younger than T but older than U. P is older than T. How many people are older than S?

    • A. 4 ✓
    • B. 3
    • C. 5
    • D. 2

    Solution. The age order (youngest to oldest) is U, S, R, T, P, Q. Everyone ranked after S — namely R, T, P, and Q — is older than S, which is 4 people.

  6. 6. Three boxes of different weights are compared: Box X is heavier than Box Y. Box Z is lighter than Box Y. Which box is the lightest?

    • A. X
    • B. Y
    • C. Z ✓
    • D. Cannot be determined

    Solution. From X > Y > Z, Box Z is the lightest of the three.

Exams that set Puzzles

2 categories, led by Banking, Railways.

Also set by SBI Clerk, SBI PO, SEBI Grade A, SIDBI Grade A & B. Browse all exams.

Puzzles: frequently asked questions

How many puzzles questions are there?

101, from the 16 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 0% are graded easy and 87% hard, which makes puzzles one of the harder topics in this section, against a 17% average.

Which exams ask puzzles questions?

16 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (14), Railways (2). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is puzzles hard?

87% of these 101 questions are graded hard and 0% easy, making it one of the harder topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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