Puzzle Test Questions and Answers

Five men A, B, C, D and E read a newspaper.
The one who reads first gives it to C. The one who reads last had taken from A. E was not the first or last to read. There were two readers between B and A.

B passed the newspaper to whom ?

(i). There are six friends A, B, C, D, E and F.
(ii). Each one is proficient in one of the games, namely Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis and Polo.
(iii). Each owns a different coloured car, namely yellow, green, black, white, blue and red.
(iv). D plays Polo and owns a yellow coloured car.
(v). C does not play either Tennis or Hockey and owns neither blue nor yellow coloured car.
(vi). E owns a white car and plays Badminton.
(vii). B does not play Tennis, he owns a red coloured car.
(viii). A plays Cricket and owns a black car. Which coloured car F owns ?

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.
(i). Road A is 1 km east of road B.
(ii). Road B is ½ km west of road C.
(iii). Road D is 1 km west of road E.
(iv). Road G is ½ km south of road H.
(v). Road I is 1 km north of road J.
(vi). Road K is ½ km north of road L.
(vii). Road K is 1 km south of road M. If road E is between B and C, then distance between A and D is :

Six students A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in the field. A and B are form Nehru House while the rest belong to Ghandhi House. D and F are tall while the others are short. A, C and D are wearing glasses while the others are not. Which short student of Gandhi House is not wearing glasses ?

(i). There are six friends A, B, C, D, E and F.
(ii). Each one is proficient in one of the games, namely Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis and Polo.
(iii). Each owns a different coloured car, namely yellow, green, black, white, blue and red.
(iv). D plays Polo and owns a yellow coloured car.
(v). C does not play either Tennis or Hockey and owns neither blue nor yellow coloured car.
(vi). E owns a white car and plays Badminton.
(vii). B does not play Tennis, he owns a red coloured car.
(viii). A plays Cricket and owns a black car. Which of the following combination of colour of car and game played is not correct ?

Of the six men of literature A, B C. D. E and F being considered here, two belonged to the 17th century, three to the 19th and one to the 20th century. Four were recognised as great poets, three as great novelists and three as great dramatists. One contributed to Bengali literature, two to Hindi, two to Marathi and one to Tamil. The 20th century writer wrote poetry only and contributed to Marathi literature and the other Marathi writer contributed to poetry, novel and drama. One Hindi writer and the only Tamil writer belonged to the 19th century. The former contributed to poetry and novel while the latter to novel and drama. The Bengali writer belonged to the 17th century and contributed to poetry only. A belonged to the 20th century. B wrote drama only, C contributed to Marathi literature, D was a Hindi poet and novelist and belonged to the 19th century. E also belonged to the 19th century, and F contributed to poetry only. Among these, who was the Tamil writer ?

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a circle facing the centre. B is sitting between G and D. H is third to the left of B and second to the right of A. C is sitting between A and G and B and E are not sitting opposite to each other. Which of the following statements is not correct ?

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.
(i). Road A is 1 km east of road B.
(ii). Road B is ½ km west of road C.
(iii). Road D is 1 km west of road E.
(iv). Road G is ½ km south of road H.
(v). Road I is 1 km north of road J.
(vi). Road K is ½ km north of road L.
(vii). Road K is 1 km south of road M. If K is parallel to I and K is ½ km south of J and 1 km north of G. which two roads would be ½ km apart ?

There are six persons A, B, C, D, E and F in a school. Each of the teachers teaches two subjects, one compulsory subject and the other optional subject. D's optional subject was History while three others have it as compulsory subject. E and F have Physics as one of their subjects. F's compulsory subject is Mathematics which is an optional subject of both C and E. History and English are A's subjects but in terms of compulsory and optional subjects, they are just reverse of those of D's. Chemistry is an optional subject of only one of them. The only female teacher in the school has English as her compulsory subject. 

What is C's compulsory subject ?

Among five boys, Vineet is taller than Manick, but not as tall as Ravi. Jacob is taller than Dilip but shorter than Manick. Who is the tallest in their group ?