Puzzle – Railway Reasoning (Part- 3)

Total Questions: 50

1. Each of the six security guards, L, M, N, O, P and Q, have their night shift duties on six different days of a week. starting from Monday and ending on Saturday of the same week, but not necessarily in the same order. L's nightshift duties are on the day immediately after N. O's nightshift duties are on the day immediately before P but it is not on Monday. M's nightshift duty is on Saturday. Q's nightshift duty is on Wednesday. Who among the following has nightshift duties on Tuesday? [Group - D 19/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) L
Solution:

2. Each of the six professors of same department, Jayanth, Kiran, Lasya, Mythili, Nischal and Omprakash, have their classes on six different days of a week, starting from Monday and ending on Saturday of the same week, but not necessarily in the same order. Only two professors have classes before Mythili's class. Jayanth has the class on Tuesday and Omprakash has the class on Saturday. Only one professor has the class after the class of Kiran. The class of Nischal is not on any of the days between the classes of Kiran and Mythili. Who among the following has the class on Monday? [Group - D 20/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Nischal
Solution:

We can clearly see that Nischal has class on Monday.

3. Five employees of the same company, Jagruti, Krishna, Laxman, Maya and Nirupam, live on five different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it number 2, and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 5. Krishna and Nirupam live on the topmost and bottommost floors, respectively. Jagruti lives on the floor immediately above Laxman. Maya lives on the floor immediately above Nirupam. Who lives on the second floor? [Group - D 20/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) Maya
Solution:

From the above table, we can clearly see that Maya lives on the 2nd floor.

4. Each of the six students of class XII, Q, R, U, V, Y and Z, has an online medical entrance exam on a different day of a week, starting from Tuesday and ending on Sunday of the same week, but not necessarily in the same order. None of them have the exam before U. Y has the exam immediately after U. V has the exam on Saturday and Z has the exam immediately before V. Q does not have the exam on Sunday. Who among the following has the exam on Thursday? [Group - D 22/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) Q
Solution:

We can clearly see that Q has his exam on Thursday.

5. Five boxes A, B, C, D and E are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. D is kept third from the bottom. Only one box is kept between D and C. There are only three boxes between B and C. E is placed immediately above C. How many boxes are placed between A and B? [Group - D 22/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 0
Solution:Now, from the above table, we can clearly see that There is not any box between A and B.

6. Six national mathematics lectures are planned on the eve of Mathematics Day in six cities - Madurai, DwarIka, Kakinada, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Bilaspur - on different months between July to December in the same year (but not necessarily in the same order). Only the Dwaraka lecture is planned between the Chandigarh and Bilaspur lectures. The Chandigarh lecture is in October. Only two lectures are planned before the Kakinada lecture. The Madurai lecture is immediately after the Lucknow lecture. Which city has the last lecture in the year? [Group - D 22/09/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) Bilaspur
Solution:Now, from the above table we can clearly see that Bilaspur city has the last lecture in the year.

7. Eight people live on 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 8. Only 4 people live above Aditya. Anu lives on the sixth floor. Only two people live between Anu and Shubham. Ravi lives immediately above Deep. Diksha lives immediately below Sakshi. Sakshi lives on the topmost floor. On which floor does Deep live? [Group - D 22/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 1
Solution:

From the above table we can clearly see that Deep lives on the 1st floor.

8. Each of six teachers, J, K, L, M, N and O, have their classes on six different days of a week starting from Monday and ending on Saturday of the same week, but not necessarily in the same order. Only two teachers have classes before M's class. J has the class on Tuesday, and O has the class on Saturday. Only one teacher has the class after the class of K. N's class is not between the classes of K and M. Who among the following has the class on Monday? [Group - D 22/09/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) N
Solution:

Now, from the above table we can clearly see that N’s class is on Monday.

9. Seven boxes, L, M, N, O, P, Q and E, are kept one above the other but not necessarily in the same order. L. is fifth from the bottom in the stack. M is immediately above L. Only three boxes are there between O and L. Only two boxes are there between P and N. N is immediately above Q . P is at one of the positions above N. Which box is kept at the sixth position from bottom? [Group - D 26/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) M
Solution:From the above table, we can clearly see that Box M is kept at the sixth position from bottom.

10. M, N, O, P, Q and R live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1. the floor above it, number 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 6. M lives two floors above R, on an odd-numbered floor. Q lives immediately below M. There are only two people living between O and Q . O is not living on the lowermost floor. If N lives immediately above M, then how many people live exactly between Q and P? [Group - D 26/09/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) Three
Solution:

Now from the above table, We can clearly see that three people are sitting between Q and P.