Puzzle – Railway Reasoning (Part- 1)

Total Questions: 50

31. Five friends A, S, D, F and G took admission in a coaching institute in consecutive months of the same calendar year. A took admission in May. Only D took admission between F and S, while G took admission exactly one month after A.F was the last one to take admission. In which month did D take admission? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) August
Solution:

As per the given instructions, we can arrange as follows.
It is clear from the above arrangement D takes admission in August month.

32. P. Q, R, S, T, U and V live on seven different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it is number 2, and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 7. Q lives on floor number 2. R lives on the floor immediately above U's floor. S is on the floor immediately below V's floor. Only three persons live between the floors of T and P. R lives on the topmost floor. Only one person lives between the floors of R and P. On which floor does P live? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) Floor 5
Solution:

So, it is clear from the above figure that the floor on which P lives = 5.

33. O, P, Q, R, S, T and U are seven boxes, which are placed one above the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Only one box is placed between R and P. Only one box is placed between S and T. Only one box is placed between P and Q . Q is placed at the bottom. T is placed immediately above Q . How many boxes are placed between S and Q ? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) two
Solution:

34. Four friends Ramniwas, Ramesh, Ramsingh and Raman received their PhD degrees in consecutive months of the same calendar year. Ramniwas received his degree exactly one month prior to Ramsingh. Raman received his degree exactly one month after Ramesh. Ramniwas received his degree in September and Raman did not obtain his degree before Ramniwas. In which month did Ramesh receive his degree? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) November
Solution:

Since Raman did not get his degree before Ramnivas, the correct sequence of people who got degree would be

35. Each of W, X, Y, Z, A, B and C has a wedding to attend on a different day of a week starting from Monday to Sunday of the same week. C has to attend wedding immediately after A. Y has to attend a wedding on one of the days before B and W. Only Z has to attend a wedding before A. X has to attend a wedding on Friday. B does not have to attend a wedding on Sunday. On which day of the week does Y have to attend a wedding? [Group - D 17/08/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Thursday
Solution:

We can arrange all 7 people in the following way.Hence we can see in the above table Y attend a wedding on Thursday.

36. Six girls decided to record a video of their talks, one on each separate day of the same week. Sunday will be a rest day. P said Friday will suit her. U will start the process and record on Monday. S will record immediately before T. Q will record on a day exactly between the days of U and S. T selected Thursday. Which day is left for R to record the video? [Group - D 18/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) Saturday
Solution:

After arranging in given order we get R record video on Saturday.

37. P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live on seven 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 7. U lives on the top floor. Only two persons live between T and Q . Q is on floor number 3. V lives on the floor immediately above P's floor. S lives on the floor immediately above R's floor. Q lives on the floor immediately below R's floor. Who lives on floor number 6 ? [Group - D 18/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) T
Solution:

After arranging as per given instructionsTherefore, T lives on 6th floor

38. G, H, I, J, K and L live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 6, the floor above it is numbered 5, and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 1. J lives on an even numbered floor. G and K each live on an odd numbered floor. I lives on floor number 2. H lives on an odd numbered floor, immediately above L and immediately below I. G does not live on the topmost floor. Who lives on the lowermost floor? [Group - D 18/08/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) J
Solution:

39. P, Q, R, S, T and U 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. Exactly three persons live between the floors of R and Q . T lives on the floor immediately above P's floor. U lives on the floor immediately above Q's floor. R lives on the floor immediately below S's floor. T lives on floor number 4. Q does not live on floor number 5. Who lives on floor number 6 ? [Group - D 22/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) S
Solution:

We can see that from the above table that S lives on floor number 6.

40. Each of A, B, C, D, E and F has an exam on a different day of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Thursday is the only gap day on which no exam is held. E’s exam is on Saturday. The exams of A and F are separated by one day that is the gap day. D’s exam is immediately before F but is immediately after C. B’s exam is on Sunday. On which day is D’s exam held? [Group - D 23/08/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) Tuesday
Solution: