Puzzle – Railway Reasoning (Part- 1)

Total Questions: 50

1. P, L, K, U, J and Y went for a trip to Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in six consecutive months of the same calendar year. P preferred to visit Rajasthan in the month of November. U visited Uttar Pradesh exactly two months prior to P. Y preferred the month of July. J preferred to visit Rajasthan exactly between the months preferred by Y and U. L visited exactly one month prior to Y. In which month did K visit? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (d) October
Solution:

2. S, T, U, V, W and X live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2, and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 6. V lives on the lowermost floor. X and U each live on an even numbered floor. T lives exactly between U and W. W lives on floor number 2. Who lives on floor number 5? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) S
Solution:

3. V, W, X, Y, Z and A are six singers who have their concerts in different days of the same month, viz. 12th, 14th, 16th, 21st, 25th and 31st of July. W has his concert on one of the days before X, but not on 21st. V has his concert on 14th. Only A has his concert after X. Y has his concert before V. Who has the concert on 21st of July? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Z
Solution:

As per given instructions in the question, we can arrange all six singers in the following way. We can see that singer Z has concert on 21 July

4. Some people are playing on a football ground. Only two are wearing red coloured T-shirts. Exactly three are wearing yellow-coloured T-shirts. The one who is wearing a red T-shirt passed the ball to the only individual wearing a saffron coloured T-shirt. The person wearing a white coloured T-shirt tackled the person wearing the saffron coloured T-shirt, and then passed the ball to the player who is wearing the green coloured T-shirt. No other individual is playing on the ground. How many total players are playing football on the ground? [Group - D 22/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 8
Solution:

Number of people wearing red color t-shirts = 2
Number of people wearing yellow color t-shirts = 3
Number of people wearing Saffron color t-shirt = 1
Number of people wearing White color t-shirt = 1
Number of people wearing Green color t-shirt = 1
Total number of people in the ground = 2 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8

5. L, G, K, P, H and Z. live on eight different floors of the same multistorey building with 2 floors being vacant. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 8. H lives on floor No. 1, K on No. 2, and P on No. 8. One immediate floor above and one immediate floor below Z are vacant. G's floor is immediately above the floor on which L lives and G's floor is also immediately below P's floor. Who lives on floor No. 4 ? [Group - D 22/08/2022 ( Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Z
Solution:

As per given instructions in the question, we can arrange 8 persons in the following way.As per given instructions in the question, we can arrange 8 persons in the following way.

6. Five persons P, Q, R, S and T got jobs in five different years, viz., 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. Q got the job immediately before T. R got the job immediately after P. S got the job immediately after R. T got the job in the year 1992. Who among the following got the job in the year 1995? [Group - D 24/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) S
Solution:

7. Mr. Singh and Mrs. Singh received five gift boxes on their wedding anniversary. He numbered these boxes according to the order in which they were received. In the evening he opened a box, which contained a pair of rings. He found a dinner set in an even numbered box. The first box sent by Mr. Singh's sister contained a photo collage, and the last box received contained a wind chime. She found a beautiful dress in an even numbered box. In which number was the pair of rings in the box? [Group - D 06/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 3
Solution:

As per given instructions, the following arrangement are possible,So from the above table we can say that the pair of rings lies in Box 3.

8. Six boxes of different food items are kept in a row on the dining table. The box with toffees is kept at one end. There are three boxes kept between the box with toffees and the box with chocolates. The box with ice cream is not kept with the toffee box or the fruit-jam box. Cookies and pancakes boxes are kept with the ice cream box. Which of the following box is kept at an end? [Group - D 08/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Fruit-jam
Solution:

As per given instructions the following arrangements are possible,Here,
T = toffee
Co/p = Cookies / pancakes
I = ice - cream
Ch = chocolates
F- j = fruit - jam
From the above fig we can see that the
Fruit - jam box is kept at the end of the row.

9. There are four people sitting in a room. When asked a question, each of them gives two answers. Only two out of the four people give one right answer and one wrong answer, while other two persons give both answers wrong. When asked about the day today, person 1 says its wednesday or sunday. Person 2 says its monday or saturday. Person 3 says its Tuesday or friday. And person 4 says its thursday or wednesday. What is the day today? [NTPC CBT II Level 6 (09/05/2022) Shift 2]

Correct Answer: (d) Wednesday
Solution:

The correct answer must have been repeated twice in their answers.
We can clearly see that only Wednesday repeats twice.

10. There are 3 badminton players in each stream - Commerce, Science and Arts. A , B and C are from commerce. P, Q, and R are from science J, K and L are from Arts, A team of 4 badminton players are to be sent for a tournament with the following condition. [NTPC CBT II Level 5 (12/06/2022) Shift 1]

(a) There must be at least one student form each stream.
(b) P will not go with Q or R.
(c) A and C will always go together.
(d) K and L will always go together.
Which of the following combination of players is a possible combination for the tournament?

Correct Answer: (a) A , C, P and J
Solution:

Science = P, Q, R
Commerce = A, B, C
Arts = J, K, L
P will not go with Q and R. It means P is the first player.
A and C will always go together. So, A and C are 2nd and 3rd player.
We need only 4 player. So, we can’t take
K and L because they always go together.
So, J is the fourth player.
So, Team = A, P, C, J