Puzzle – Railway Reasoning (Part- 4)

Total Questions: 50

1. Five friends Amit, Bablu, Chirag, Deepak and Eklavya, each having different occupations Advocate, Boxer, Coach, Doctor, and Engineer, are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 2]

1. Bablu is a Boxer and Deepak is a Doctor.
2. Amit sits second to the right of Chirag, who is a Coach.
3. The Boxer will never sit immediately next to the Coach.
4. The Doctor and Boxer are immediate neighbours of each other.
Who sits to the immediate right of Chirag?

Correct Answer: (d) Eklavya
Solution:

All persons are facing towards centre. We can clearly see in the above figure that Eklavya sits to the immediate right of Chirag.

2. Five friends, Purva, Roshan, Vibhor, Luna and Anuj, are wearing five different coloured T- shirts , red, black, purple, yellow and blue. Each of the friends is allergic to one of the following: nuts, dair, cats, fish and dust, such that no two has the same allergy. [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 3]

Luna is allergic to cats but is not wearing a purple T-shirt. The one wearing a yellow T-shirt has dust allergy. Purva is wearing a black t-shirt but is not allergic to dairy or fish. Vibhor is wearing a purple T-shirt but does not have fish allergy. Luna is wearing a blue T-shirt. Roshan is wearing a red T-shirt. Who is allergic to dust?

Correct Answer: (d) Anuj
Solution:In the above picture we can clearly see that the person who is allergic to dust is Anuj.

3. Who among the following plays cricket, basketball, and badminton? [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 3]

1. There are four friends Punit, Kaushal, Rakhi and Jagjeet.
2. Punit and Kaushal play rugby and cricket
3. Kaushal and Rakhi play rugby and badminton.
4. Punit and Jagjeet play cricket and basketball.
5. Rakhi and Jagjeet play badminton and basketball.

Correct Answer: (d) Jagjeet
Solution:In the above figure we can see that Jagjeet plays Cricket, Basketball and Badminton

4. There are five people A, B, C, D and E at a party, among whom there are two couples. They are employed as a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant and an engineer, though not in the same order. The engineer is married to the teacher and C is the unmarried lawyer. D is an accountant. The teacher B is a female whose female friend is the accountant. Find which of the following could be true. [RRB NTPC 29/12/2020 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) A is an engineer
Solution:Types of employment ⇒ teacher, doctor, lawyer, accountant and engineer, and five people are ⇒ A, B, C, D,  E. Given, there are 2 couples and C is an unmarried  lawyer. ⇒ 2 couples →  (Engineer + Teacher) & (Doctor + Accountant), Also given ⇒ B (female) =  Teacher, D (female) = Accountant i.e. From the rest, A, E can be either an engineer or doctor. So, from the given options, the conclusion that “A is an engineer” could be true.

5. Six girls P, Q, R, U, V, and W, are sitting on a school ground. P and Q are from the Maitri House while the rest are from the Gargi House. U and W are short while the other girls are tall. P, R and U are wearing caps while the others are not. Which tall girl from the Gargi House is NOT wearing a cap? [RRB NTPC 29/12/2020 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) V
Solution:

P, Q (Maitri House) and R, U, V, W (Gargi House)
U and W are short while the other girls i.e. P, Q, R, V are tall.
P, R and U are wearing caps, while others
i.e. Q, V, W are not wearing any caps.
So, the tall girl from the Gargi house who is not wearing a cap is ‘V’.

6. A college offers two papers to a student such that if a student studies Philosophy, he or she must study French. One who studies History cannot choose Psychology. French students cannot study History. French students cannot opt for Spanish. Only History students can study Political Science. No Psychology student has opted for Sociology. If so, what other discipline will a Psychology student have to study? [RRB NTPC 05/01/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Spanish
Solution:

7. There are six toys arranged one above the other in the form of a stack. the lowermost is numbered 1 and the toy above it as 2 and so on. Each toy is of a different colour Purple, Pink, White. Yellow, Red and Grey. Purple toy is at the even position but not at the top. Red toy is not adjacent to white or yellow toy. Grey toy is at the 5th position. There are two toys between pink and white toys where the pink toy is above the white one. White toy is not at the bottommost position. At which position is the Pink toy? [RRB NTPC 07/01/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 6th
Solution:

8. Six persons — Seema, Vaibhav, Ajay, Manisha, Tulika and Ananya – were born in six different states, namely Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar and Rajasthan but not necessarily in the same order. They all play six different games, namely Chess, Football, Hockey, Ludo, Badminton and Cricket, but not necessarily in the same order. Ananya was born in Gujarat and she plays Cricket. Ajay does not play Chess or Ludo. The person who was born in Bihar plays Football. Seema plays Hockey and she was not born in Assam or Madhya Pradesh. Manisha was born in Rajasthan and she plays badminton. [RRB NTPC 08/01/2021 (Morning)]

Identify the state in which Ajay was born?

Correct Answer: (c) Bihar
Solution:

From the above table, we can see that Ajay was born in Bihar.

9. Seven chocolates A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are bought at different costs between Rs.40 and Rs.50 (excluding both Rs.40 and Rs.50) but not necessarily in the same order. The cost of chocolate C is Rs.5 less than that of chocolate E. The cost of chocolate A is a prime number. The cost of chocolate F is Rs.2 more than that of chocolate A. The cost of chocolate F is more than that of chocolate E. The cost of chocolate D is an odd number. The cost of chocolate G is Rs.3 more than the cost of chocolate D. None of the chocolates cost Rs.44. The cost of chocolate B is an even number. What is the cost of chocolate E? [RRB NTPC 08/01/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Rs. 46
Solution:

By going through the optionsThe cost of chocolate E = 46
NOTE ⇒ Always try to solve this type of tricky question by options .

10. A company sold six different cars: Swift, Santro, Creta, Audi, I10, and Magna during a period of Monday to Saturday. Only one car was sold on a particular day. No car was sold twice. At Least four cars were sold after the car santro. The car magna was sold on tuesday. The car Audi was sold immediately after the car Creta and car Creta was sold at least before three cars. Both the Santro and i-10 were sold at least before one car. On which day was the Swift car sold? [RRB NTPC 12/01/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) Saturday
Solution: