Puzzle Test Questions and Answers

Q: Which of the following is not possible ?

The statement that is not possible is Ferguson is 20 years old.Six cousins of different ages from 17 to 22 must be exactly 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, with Eeshwar 22. Ferguson's age lies between Bharat's and Dinesh's, Amit is older than Bharat, and Chandan is older than Dinesh.If Ferguson were 20, one of Bharat or Dinesh would have to be older than 20, that is 21. If Bharat were 21, Amit would have to be 22, but that is Eeshwar. If Dinesh were 21, Chandan would have to be 22, the same clash. So Ferguson cannot be 20.The others are possible: for example Bharat 17, Ferguson 18, Amit 19, Dinesh 20, Chandan 21 makes Dinesh 20 and Ferguson 18; and Bharat 17, Amit 18, Ferguson 19, Dinesh 20, Chandan 21 makes Ferguson 19.

Q: If Bharat is 17 years old, then which of the following could be the ages of Dinesh and Chandan respectively ?

Dinesh and Chandan could be 19 and 21.With Bharat 17, the youngest, Ferguson must be older than Bharat and younger than Dinesh. So Dinesh cannot be 18, since no whole age lies between 17 and 18 for Ferguson. That rules out every option starting with 18.Dinesh 19 and Chandan 21 works: Ferguson 18, Amit 20 (older than Bharat), Chandan 21 (older than Dinesh) and Eeshwar 22 use every age once.Options 18 and 19, 18 and 20, and 18 and 21 all leave no room for Ferguson between Bharat and Dinesh.

Q: In case of how many suspects, their correct statement(s) cannot be identified from the given information ?

The correct statements cannot be identified for 1 suspect.If B were the murderer, D's second statement would be true, so D's first, 'C is innocent', would be false, making C a murderer too, which is impossible. So B is innocent: D's II is false, D's I is true, and C is innocent. C's II, 'B is innocent', is then true, so C's I, 'I was sleeping', is false.The murderer is A or D. If A were the murderer, both of A's statements would be false, since the murderer used a knife and was in town. So A is innocent, B's I is false and B's II is true, and the murderer is D.The true statements of B, C and D are fixed. For A, one of 'never touched a knife' and 'not in town' is true, but nothing settles which, so only A's case stays open.

Q: Which of the following statements must be incorrect ?

The statement that must be incorrect is C was sleeping on the night of the murder.As worked out for this set, B is innocent, so C's second statement, 'B is innocent', is true. Since each suspect makes exactly one true statement, C's first statement, 'I was sleeping on the night of the murder', must be false. That also agrees with B's true statement that he played cards with C the entire night.B's statement about playing cards with C is true, not incorrect. Of A's two statements one is true and one false, but the information does not show which, so neither of them must be incorrect.

Q: For which suspect (s), must their respective second statements be true ?

The second statements must be true for B and C only.From the solution of this set: B's second statement (playing cards with C) is true, because his first, 'A is the murderer', is false. C's second statement, 'B is innocent', is true. D's second statement, 'B is the murderer', is false, since D's true statement is 'C is innocent'. For A, it cannot be determined which statement is true, so A's second statement is not necessarily true.So 'D only' is wrong, 'C only' leaves out B, and 'A, B and C only' wrongly includes A.

Q: Who is the murderer ?

The murderer is D.B cannot be the murderer: if he were, D's statement 'B is the murderer' would be true, so D's other statement, 'C is innocent', would be false, making C guilty too, but there is only one murderer. C is innocent, because D's true statement is now 'C is innocent'.A cannot be the murderer either: the murder was done with a knife at the victim's home in town, so if A were the murderer both 'I have never touched a knife' and 'I was not in town' would be false, but each suspect has one true statement. With A, B and C cleared, D is the murderer, which also makes B's statement 'A is the murderer' false and his card game with C true, as required.

Q: Who is the moderator ?

The moderator is Kate.Gary is the attorney in seat 4, and the writer and the attorney sit on either side of the moderator in seat 3, so the writer is in seat 2. Lane is the pilot and Heloise is stated not to be the moderator. The moderator cannot sit next to Jarrod or Lane, and Gary is already the attorney, so the moderator is Kate.Lane (pilot), Gary (attorney) and Heloise (not the moderator) are ruled out directly.

Q: Where does Jarrod sit ?

Jarrod sits in Seat #1.Kate is the moderator in seat 3, and Gary the attorney is in seat 4. Heloise sits between Kate and Jarrod, so she must be next to Kate, and the only free seat next to seat 3 is seat 2. Jarrod is then on the other side of Heloise, in seat 1. Lane takes the last seat, seat 5.Seat 3 is Kate's, seat 4 is Gary's and seat 2 is Heloise's, so only seat 1 is left for Jarrod.

Q: What occupation does Jarrod hold ?

Jarrod is the explorer.The occupations are moderator (Kate), pilot (Lane) and attorney (Gary). Heloise sits in seat 2, on one side of the moderator, so she is the writer. That leaves the explorer for Jarrod in seat 1, and the attorney in seat 4 is not next to him, as the clue requires.Moderator, pilot and attorney belong to Kate, Lane and Gary, so none of them can be Jarrod's occupation.

Q: If Dinesh Plays Polo, who plays Cricket?

If Dinesh plays Polo, Bhushan plays Cricket.Fix what the clues determine. Eknath is the Manager and does not play Polo; Squash is the Writer's game and Cricket the Doctor's, and Ajay has Tennis, so Eknath plays Hockey. Ajay is not the Professor, Doctor (Cricket), Writer (Squash) or Manager, so Ajay is the Architect.Bhushan, Chandru and Dinesh share Cricket, Polo and Squash. With Dinesh on Polo, Squash must go to Chandru, because Bhushan does not play Squash. That leaves Cricket for Bhushan.Ajay (Tennis) and Eknath (Hockey) are already placed, and Chandru plays Squash, so the other options fail.

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Direction for [ Question No: 11 To 12 ] :

Directions : Read the following passage and solve the questions based on it.

Amit, Bharat, Chandan, Dinesh, Eeshwar and Ferguson are cousins. None of them are of the same age, but all of them have birthdays on the same date. The youngest of them is 17 years old and Eeshwar, who is the eldest, is 22 years old. Ferguson is somewhere between Bharat and Dinesh in age. Amit is elder to Bharat and Chandan is older than Dinesh.

11.

Which of the following is not possible ?

A.Dinesh is 20 years old
B.Ferguson is 18 years old
C.Ferguson is 19 years old
D.Ferguson is 20 years old

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2021,

Answer: D

The statement that is not possible is Ferguson is 20 years old.

Six cousins of different ages from 17 to 22 must be exactly 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, with Eeshwar 22. Ferguson's age lies between Bharat's and Dinesh's, Amit is older than Bharat, and Chandan is older than Dinesh.

If Ferguson were 20, one of Bharat or Dinesh would have to be older than 20, that is 21. If Bharat were 21, Amit would have to be 22, but that is Eeshwar. If Dinesh were 21, Chandan would have to be 22, the same clash. So Ferguson cannot be 20.

The others are possible: for example Bharat 17, Ferguson 18, Amit 19, Dinesh 20, Chandan 21 makes Dinesh 20 and Ferguson 18; and Bharat 17, Amit 18, Ferguson 19, Dinesh 20, Chandan 21 makes Ferguson 19.

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12.

If Bharat is 17 years old, then which of the following could be the ages of Dinesh and Chandan respectively ?

A.18 and 19
B.19 and 21
C.18 and 20
D.18 and 21

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2021,

Answer: B

Dinesh and Chandan could be 19 and 21.

With Bharat 17, the youngest, Ferguson must be older than Bharat and younger than Dinesh. So Dinesh cannot be 18, since no whole age lies between 17 and 18 for Ferguson. That rules out every option starting with 18.

Dinesh 19 and Chandan 21 works: Ferguson 18, Amit 20 (older than Bharat), Chandan 21 (older than Dinesh) and Eeshwar 22 use every age once.

Options 18 and 19, 18 and 20, and 18 and 21 all leave no room for Ferguson between Bharat and Dinesh.

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Direction for [ Question No: 13 To 16 ] :

Directions : Four people, A, B, C and D, are suspects in a murder case, where exactly one of them is the murderer. The victim has been murdered by a knife during a stormy night at her residence in a small town. All four of the suspects made two statements each. It is known that for each of them, one statement is correct and one statement is wrong, although, at the outset, it is not known which one is correct and which one is wrong.

A: I. I have never touched a knife in my life.
II. I was not in town on the night of the murder.
B: I. A is the murderer.
II. I was playing cards with C the entire night of the murder.
C: I. I was sleeping on the night of the murder.
II. B is innocent.
D: I. C is innocent.
II. B is the murderer.

Answer 60 - 63 on the basis of the above information.

13.

In case of how many suspects, their correct statement(s) cannot be identified from the given information ?

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2018,

Answer: B

The correct statements cannot be identified for 1 suspect.

If B were the murderer, D's second statement would be true, so D's first, 'C is innocent', would be false, making C a murderer too, which is impossible. So B is innocent: D's II is false, D's I is true, and C is innocent. C's II, 'B is innocent', is then true, so C's I, 'I was sleeping', is false.

The murderer is A or D. If A were the murderer, both of A's statements would be false, since the murderer used a knife and was in town. So A is innocent, B's I is false and B's II is true, and the murderer is D.

The true statements of B, C and D are fixed. For A, one of 'never touched a knife' and 'not in town' is true, but nothing settles which, so only A's case stays open.

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14.

Which of the following statements must be incorrect ?

A.A has never touched a knife in his life.
B.A was not in town on the night of the murder.
C.B was playing cards with C the entire night of the murder.
D.C was sleeping on the night of the murder.

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2018,

Answer: D

The statement that must be incorrect is C was sleeping on the night of the murder.

As worked out for this set, B is innocent, so C's second statement, 'B is innocent', is true. Since each suspect makes exactly one true statement, C's first statement, 'I was sleeping on the night of the murder', must be false. That also agrees with B's true statement that he played cards with C the entire night.

B's statement about playing cards with C is true, not incorrect. Of A's two statements one is true and one false, but the information does not show which, so neither of them must be incorrect.

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15.

For which suspect (s), must their respective second statements be true ?

A.D only
B.C only
C.B and C only
D.A, B and C only

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2018,

Answer: C

The second statements must be true for B and C only.

From the solution of this set: B's second statement (playing cards with C) is true, because his first, 'A is the murderer', is false. C's second statement, 'B is innocent', is true. D's second statement, 'B is the murderer', is false, since D's true statement is 'C is innocent'. For A, it cannot be determined which statement is true, so A's second statement is not necessarily true.

So 'D only' is wrong, 'C only' leaves out B, and 'A, B and C only' wrongly includes A.

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16.

Who is the murderer ?

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2018,

Answer: D

The murderer is D.

B cannot be the murderer: if he were, D's statement 'B is the murderer' would be true, so D's other statement, 'C is innocent', would be false, making C guilty too, but there is only one murderer. C is innocent, because D's true statement is now 'C is innocent'.

A cannot be the murderer either: the murder was done with a knife at the victim's home in town, so if A were the murderer both 'I have never touched a knife' and 'I was not in town' would be false, but each suspect has one true statement. With A, B and C cleared, D is the murderer, which also makes B's statement 'A is the murderer' false and his card game with C true, as required.

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Direction for [ Question No: 17 To 19 ] :

Answer the following questions on the basis of the information given below :

Eleanor is incharge of seating arrangements of the speakers on a table. In addition to the moderator, there will be a pilot, a writer, an attorney, and an explorer. The speakers' names are Gary, Heloise, Jarrod, Kate and Lane.

• The moderator must sit in the middle, in seat #3.
• The attorney cannot sit next to the explorer.
• Lane is the pilot.
• The writer and the attorney sit on either side of the moderator.
• Heloise, who is not the moderator, sits between Kate and Jarrod.
• The moderator does not sit next to Jarrod or Lane.
• Gary, who is the attorney, sits in seat #4.

17.

Who is the moderator ?

A.Lane
B.Gary
C.Heloise
D.Kate

Exam Year(s)

KPSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: D

The moderator is Kate.

Gary is the attorney in seat 4, and the writer and the attorney sit on either side of the moderator in seat 3, so the writer is in seat 2. Lane is the pilot and Heloise is stated not to be the moderator. The moderator cannot sit next to Jarrod or Lane, and Gary is already the attorney, so the moderator is Kate.

Lane (pilot), Gary (attorney) and Heloise (not the moderator) are ruled out directly.

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18.

Where does Jarrod sit ?

A.Seat #1
B.Seat #2
C.Seat #3
D.Seat #4

Exam Year(s)

KPSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: A

Jarrod sits in Seat #1.

Kate is the moderator in seat 3, and Gary the attorney is in seat 4. Heloise sits between Kate and Jarrod, so she must be next to Kate, and the only free seat next to seat 3 is seat 2. Jarrod is then on the other side of Heloise, in seat 1. Lane takes the last seat, seat 5.

Seat 3 is Kate's, seat 4 is Gary's and seat 2 is Heloise's, so only seat 1 is left for Jarrod.

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19.

What occupation does Jarrod hold ?

A.Moderator
B.Pilot
C.Attorney
D.Explorer

Exam Year(s)

KPSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: D

Jarrod is the explorer.

The occupations are moderator (Kate), pilot (Lane) and attorney (Gary). Heloise sits in seat 2, on one side of the moderator, so she is the writer. That leaves the explorer for Jarrod in seat 1, and the attorney in seat 4 is not next to him, as the clue requires.

Moderator, pilot and attorney belong to Kate, Lane and Gary, so none of them can be Jarrod's occupation.

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Direction for [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :

Refer to the data and answer the following question.

Five friends, named Ajay, Bhushan, Chandru, Dinesh and Eknath, each belonging to a different profession, play Cricket, Tennis, Hockey, Polo and Squash, not necessarily in the same order. We know that:

1. Ajay plays Tennis and he is not a Professor
2. Dinesh is not a Doctor
3. The Writer plays Squash and the Doctor plays Cricket
4. Bhushan does not play Squash
5. Eknath is the Manager and does not play Polo
6. The 5^th person is an Architect

20.

If Dinesh Plays Polo, who plays Cricket?

A.Bhushan
B.Chandru
C.Ajay
D.Eknath

Exam Year(s)

Haryana Civil Services - 2026, HPSC - 2026,

Answer: A

If Dinesh plays Polo, Bhushan plays Cricket.

Fix what the clues determine. Eknath is the Manager and does not play Polo; Squash is the Writer's game and Cricket the Doctor's, and Ajay has Tennis, so Eknath plays Hockey. Ajay is not the Professor, Doctor (Cricket), Writer (Squash) or Manager, so Ajay is the Architect.

Bhushan, Chandru and Dinesh share Cricket, Polo and Squash. With Dinesh on Polo, Squash must go to Chandru, because Bhushan does not play Squash. That leaves Cricket for Bhushan.

Ajay (Tennis) and Eknath (Hockey) are already placed, and Chandru plays Squash, so the other options fail.

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