Puzzle – Railway Reasoning (Part- 5)

Total Questions: 54

31. Eight boxes A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are placed one above another (not necessarily in the same order). Only two boxes are placed between B and E. H is placed immediately below E. Only one box is placed between G and C. Only one box is placed between G and A, B is placed above D and H. More than one box are placed between C and F. How many boxes are placed between F and C? [RRB NTPC 27/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 2
Solution:

32. A team of 5 members is to be selected from 6 men A,B,C,D,E and F and 6 women P,Q,R,S,T and U. C and U have to be selected together. If B is selected, then neither U nor Q can be selected. Among A,B,S and T exactly two persons are to be selected. If E is selected, then neither S nor B can be selected. If A is selected, then B will be selected. Which of the following is the correct selection of the team? [RRB NTPC 01/04/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) P , R , S , T , D
Solution:

From the given information it is clear that C and U both selected together but in the option (a) Only C is selected so it is eliminated. Among ABST any two should be selected but in option (c) and option (d) three persons are selected so these are eliminated.

33. 6 women W1, W2, W3, W4, W5 and W6 lives in different hotel P,Q,R,S,T and W (not necessarily in the same order). No two women live in same hotel. One woman live in only one hotel. W4 does not live in hotel P or R. W3 and W6 live in S and W respectively. W1 does not live in T or R. W5 does not live in R or P. Which of the following combination of woman and hotel is definitely true? [RRB NTPC 01/04/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) W1 - P
Solution:

34. Group captain is selecting 5 members out of A,B,C,D,E,F,P,Q,R and T for his team. A,E and F can only be selected together. If B is selected, then neither Q nor D can be selected. C cannot be selected with E or F. Only one can be selected from B or T. Which of the following selection is correct? [RRB NTPC 03/04/2021 (Morning) ]

Correct Answer: (b) D, P, R, C, Q
Solution:

A, B, E, P, R → A, E, F are selected together but in this case F is absent
D, P, R, C, Q → all other case are invalid so this seem to be valid,
B, P, R, C, T → B and T can not be selected together so, this case is invalid
A, B, C, E, F → C can be not selected with E and F so, this case is invalid

35. There is a group of five friends, R, S, T, U and V. They are planning to spend their Sunday. One of them wants to go for a picnic; one wants to go to play cricket; one wants to go to visit the zoo; one wants to go to a coffee shop and one wants to go to watch a movie. [RRB NTPC 03/04/2021 (Evening)]

R neither wants to go for a picnic nor to a coffee shop.
S does not like to play or watch cricket.
One among T and B wants to go for a picnic.
U wants to visit the zoo.
V loves coffee and every Sunday she visits a coffee shop.
Who wants to go to watch a movie?

Correct Answer: (b) S
Solution:

36. A group of six persons has to be formed from among the Post Graduate Teacher (PGTs) P, Q, R, S and T and Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) A, B, C, D and E. There are some conditions of the persons for the group formation. B will join the group only with C. A will not join with E or Q . D will not join with R. Which of the following groups is possible? [RRB NTPC 05/04/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) PQSBCE
Solution:

According to the given information option (a) satisfies all given conditions.

37. Six professors of management O, P, Q, R, S, and T teach two subjects each, one major and one minor. R teaches Finance as a minor subject, while three others teach it as a major. Operations is a major subject for T and a minor for both Q and S. O and R teach the same subjects - Finance and IT. Both S and T teach marketing. Only one of the professors teaches Strategy as a minor subject. Which minor subject does P teach? [RRB NTPC 05/04/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) Strategy
Solution:

38. Seven friends P, Q, R, S, T, U and V were born in seven different months March, April, June, July, August, September and December not necessarily in the given order. R was born in the month having days less than 31 days but before August. Only three friends were born after T. U was born just before V but after T. More than three friends were born between P and S. R was not born just before T and T was born before S. How many friends were born between Q and S? [RRB NTPC 05/04/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Three
Solution:

Only three friends are born between Q and S.

39. Study the following information and answer questions that follow. Among six students, Anil and Bhupesh are from Subhash house while the rest belong to Shekhar house. Danish and Farooq are tall while the others are short, Anil, Charu and Danish wear glasses while the others do not. Which student of Subhash house is short and wears glasses? [RRB NTPC 06/04/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) Anil
Solution:

According to the question, only Danish and Farooq are tall .
i.e. none from the Subhash house is tall , that means Anil and Bhupesh are short. Again it is given that Anil, Charu and Danish wear glasses while the others do not. So, the student Anil from the Subhash House is short and wears glasses.

40. Six bags, A, B, C, D, E and F are kept one above another (not necessarily in the same order). Only three bags are kept between B and D. Bag A is kept above E but below C. There are only two bags between A and F. B is kept above D. D is not kept below F. If we re-arrange these bags in alphabetical order from top to bottom, then the position of how many bags will remain the same? [RRB NTPC 06/04/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) One
Solution:

According to the given information we can draw the following diagram :
Here if we arrange them in alphabetic order from the top to the bottom (A, B, C, D, E, F) then only the position of ‘F’ will remain the same.