Reasoning Quiz (Puzzles)



Directions (Questions 1 to 5) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions :
Madan and Rohit are in the same team of hockey. Parth defeated Rohit in badminton but lost to Sachin in tennis. Nitin teams with Sagar in football and with Sachin in hockey. Rohit defeated Sachin in chess. Those who play cricket do not play badminton, volleyball or tennis. Madan and Parth are in opposite teams of basketball. Nitin represents his state in cricket while Sagar does so at the district level. Boys who play chess do not play football, basketball or volleyball. Madan and Parth are together in the volleyball team. Boys who play football also play hockey.

1. Name the boys who do not play football.
(a) Sachin, Nitin
(b) Rohit, Sagar
(c) Rohit, Sachin
(d) Rohit, Nitin
(e) None of these

2. Who plays both hockey and tennis?
(a) Sachin
(b) Rohit
(c) Nitin
(d) Parth
(e) None of these

3. Which is the most popular game with this group?
(a) Cricket
(b) Hockey
(c) Football
(d) Badminton
(e) None of these


4. Who plays the largest number of games?
(a) Sagar
(b) Rohit
(c) Parth
(d) Nitin
(e) None of these

5. Which boy plays both badminton and hockey?
(a) Sachin
(b) Rohit
(c) Nitin
(d) Parth
(e) None of these

Directions (Questions 6 to 10) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
Seven boys A, D, Y, U, P, Q and J live in three different buildings – Ashiana, Top-view and Ridge. Each of them is flying kites of different colours i.e. red, green, blue white, black, yellow and pink, not necessarily in that order. Not more than three or less than two stay in any of the buildings. Q is flying a pink and does not live in Ridge building. U does not live in the same building as A or P and is flying a yellow coloured kite. D lives in Ridge building with only one more person and is flying a green kite. None in the Top-view building flies a white kite. P does not fly a blue kite.

6. Who live in Ridge building?
(a) D, U
(b) D, A, P
(c) Y, A, P
(d) A, P
(e) None of these

7. Who is flying the blue kite?
(a) A
(b) J
(c) P
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

8. Who flies the red kite?
(a) A
(b) J
(c) P
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

9. Who stay in Top-view building?
(a) Y, J, P
(b) A, P
(c) A, P, D
(d) Y, U, J
(e) None of these

10. What coloured kite is J flying?
(a) Blue
(b) White
(c) Black
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these


Answers


1.   c
2.   a
3.   b
4.   c
5.   b


Madan
Rohit
Parth
Sachin
Nitin
Sagar
Hockey
Y
Y

Y
Y
Y
Badminton

Y
Y

N
N
Tennis


Y
Y
N
N
Chess

Y

Y


Football

N

N
Y
Y
Basketball
Y
N
Y
N


Volleyball
Y
N
Y
N
N
N
Cricket




Y
Y

6.   a
7.   a
8.   c
9.   e
10. b

Boy
Building
Kite
A
Top-View
Blue
D
Ridge
Green
Y
Top-View
Black
U
Ridge
Yellow
P
Top-View
Red
Q
Ashiana
Pink
J
Ashiana
White


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