Examples of Puzzle Reasoning Questions
Q.19-23. Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
Twelve members of the South Africa Football team get together in the dressing room to discuss their game plan against Pakistan for the final match of Jules Rimet Trophy. They are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each in such a way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 Ayabulela Konqobe, Riyaaz Ismail, Wayne Matle, Shaun Bartlett, Fabian McCarthy and Jabulani Menduare seated and all are facing east and in row 2 Bontle Karabo Molefe, Hendrick Ekstein, Michelle Katsvairo, Itumeleng Khune, Sibusiso Khumalo and Donald Khuse are seated and all are facing west but not necessarily in the same order. Personally, each of them likes a different cricketing legend namely – Rashid, Saeed, Anwar, Mohammad, Javed, Imran, Waqar, Hanif, Younis, Inzamam, Afridi and Fazal but not necessarily in the same order.
Ayabulela Konqobe likes neither Anwar nor Waqar. The one who likes Hanif sits on the immediate right of the person who faces Riyaaz Ismail. Only two persons sit between the persons who like Imran and Afridi. The one who likes Imran does not sit at any extreme end of the rows. Those who like Imran and Afridi are not facing east. Those who like Mohammad and Javed are facing west. The one who likes Waqar faces Javed. Wayne Matle, who likes Younis, sits third to the left of Jabulani Menduare. Only four persons sit to the right of Riyaaz Ismail, who likes Fazal. The one who likes Younis is an immediate neighbour of the persons who like Fazal and Anwar. The one who likes Inzamam sits third to the right of the person who faces the one who likes Waqar.
Neither the one who likes Imran nor the person who likes Afridi is an immediate neighbour of the person who likes Hanif. The person who likes Javed faces the person who sits on the immediate left of the one who likes Rashid. Only three persons sit between Sibusiso Khumalo and Bontle Karabo Molefe. Itumeleng Khune is facing the person who likes Anwar. Shaun Bartlett faces the person who sits on the immediate left of Michelle Katsvairo. Only one person sits between Donald Khuse and the person who likes Mohammad. Donald Khuse doesn’t face the person who likes Fazal.
Q-19 Who among the following sits fourth to the left of Fabian McCarthy?
(1) The one who faces the person who sits on the immediate left of Hendrick Ekstein.
(2) The one who sits exact diagonally opposite the person who likes Javed.
(3) The one who sits exact diagonally opposite the person who likes Javed.
(4) The one who likes Waqar faces the person who sits on the immediate right of Donald Khuse.
(5) None of these
Q-20 Which of the following statements is/are true?
(1) Ayabulela Konqobe likes Waqar.
(2) Itumeleng Khune likes Javed and sits second to the right of the person who likes Inzamam.
(3) The person who likes Anwar faces the person who is sitting second to the left of the person who likes Inzamam.
(4) The person who likes Fazal sits on the immediate right of Wayne Matle.
(5) None of these
Q-21 If the positions of Ayabulela Konqobe and Jabulani Menduare in row-1 are interchanged and the positions of Bontle Karabo Molefe and Donald Khuse are in row-2 are interchanged then which of the following sits exact diagonally opposite the one who likes Rashid?
(1) Jabulani Menduare
(2) Ayabulela Konqobe
(3) Donald Khuse
(4) Hendrick Ekstein
(5) None of these
Q-22 If Inzamam is related to Fabian McCarthy and and Javed is related to Fazal, in the same way Hanif is related to which of the following?
(1) The person who likes Mohammad
(2) The person who is facing east and second to the left of the person who is facing the person who sits second to the left of Itumeleng Khune.
(3) The one who sits at an extreme end of the row and sits second to the right of Fabian McCarthy.
(4) Either 2 or 3
(5) None of these
Q-23 Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and therefore form a group. Which of the following is not related to that group?
(1) Saeed – Donald Khuse
(2) Imran – Fabian McCarthy
(3) Rashid – Bontle Karabo Molefe
(4) Afridi – Ayabulela Konqobe
(5) Hanif – Jabulani Menduare