Reasoning Aptitude
PUZZLES MCQs
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answers the questions given below:* M, K, J, R, T, R, D and W are seven members of a family.* There are two married couples among them belonging to two different generations.* Each of them has a different choice of Cuisine - Chinese, Continental, Thai, Punjabi, South indian, Gujarati and Malwani.* The grandfather is the family likes Gujarati food. None of the ladies likes continental or Thai food.* T is son of M, who likes Chinese food.* W is J's daughter-in-law and she likes south Indian food.* K is grandfather of D, who likes Punjabi food.* J is mother of R, who likes continental food.
[Bank P.O. 2004]
How is R related to D?
Answer: (c)
R is the brother of M, who is the father of D.
So, R is the uncle of D.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answers the questions given below:* M, K, J, R, T, R, D and W are seven members of a family.* There are two married couples among them belonging to two different generations.* Each of them has a different choice of Cuisine - Chinese, Continental, Thai, Punjabi, South indian, Gujarati and Malwani.* The grandfather is the family likes Gujarati food. None of the ladies likes continental or Thai food.* T is son of M, who likes Chinese food.* W is J's daughter-in-law and she likes south Indian food.* K is grandfather of D, who likes Punjabi food.* J is mother of R, who likes continental food.
[Bank P.O. 2004]
How many male members are there in the family?
Answer: (d)
The sex of D cannot be determined.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answers the questions given below:* M, K, J, R, T, R, D and W are seven members of a family.* There are two married couples among them belonging to two different generations.* Each of them has a different choice of Cuisine - Chinese, Continental, Thai, Punjabi, South indian, Gujarati and Malwani.* The grandfather is the family likes Gujarati food. None of the ladies likes continental or Thai food.* T is son of M, who likes Chinese food.* W is J's daughter-in-law and she likes south Indian food.* K is grandfather of D, who likes Punjabi food.* J is mother of R, who likes continental food.
[Bank P.O. 2004]
Which of the following combinations represents favourite food of the two married ladies?
Answer: (a)
The two married ladies are J and W. They like Malwani and South Indian Food respectively.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:* P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family belonging to three generations.* There are two married couples, one each of first and second generations respectively.* They travel in three different cars X, Y and Z so that no car has more than three members and there is at least one female in each car.* R who is a granddaughter, does not travel with her grandfather and grandmother.* Q travels with his father T in car Y.* V travels with her granddaughter S in car X.* P travels with her daughter in car Z.
[I.B.P.S. 2002]
In which car three members are travelling?
Answer: (b)
Q, T and W travel in car Y.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:* P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family belonging to three generations.* There are two married couples, one each of first and second generations respectively.* They travel in three different cars X, Y and Z so that no car has more than three members and there is at least one female in each car.* R who is a granddaughter, does not travel with her grandfather and grandmother.* Q travels with his father T in car Y.* V travels with her granddaughter S in car X.* P travels with her daughter in car Z.
[I.B.P.S. 2002]
How many female members are there in the family?
Answer: (c)
The female members are V, P, W, R and S.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:* P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family belonging to three generations.* There are two married couples, one each of first and second generations respectively.* They travel in three different cars X, Y and Z so that no car has more than three members and there is at least one female in each car.* R who is a granddaughter, does not travel with her grandfather and grandmother.* Q travels with his father T in car Y.* V travels with her granddaughter S in car X.* P travels with her daughter in car Z.
[I.B.P.S. 2002]
How is W related to P?
Answer: (b)
W is the daughter of P.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:* P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family belonging to three generations.* There are two married couples, one each of first and second generations respectively.* They travel in three different cars X, Y and Z so that no car has more than three members and there is at least one female in each car.* R who is a granddaughter, does not travel with her grandfather and grandmother.* Q travels with his father T in car Y.* V travels with her granddaughter S in car X.* P travels with her daughter in car Z.
[I.B.P.S. 2002]
How is S related to 'T'?
Answer: (a)
S is V's granddaughter and T is V's husband.
So, S is the granddaughter of T.
Directions: Study the information given below and answers the questions that follow: * There is a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F.* They are Lawyer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Engineer and Accountant.* There two married couples in the family. D, the salesman, is married to the lady Teacher.* The Doctor is married to the Lawyer. F, the Accountant, is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer, is the daughter-in-law od A.* E is the unmarried Engineer. A is the grandmother of F.
[A.I.M.A.T.S. 2002]
How is E related to F?
Answer: (d)
Clearly, from the given data, the relation between E and F cannot be determined.
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:* P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family belonging to three generations.* There are two married couples, one each of first and second generations respectively.* They travel in three different cars X, Y and Z so that no car has more than three members and there is at least one female in each car.* R who is a granddaughter, does not travel with her grandfather and grandmother.* Q travels with his father T in car Y.* V travels with her granddaughter S in car X.* P travels with her daughter in car Z.
[I.B.P.S. 2002]
Which of the following is one of the married couples?
Answer: (e)
The married couples are TV and QP.
Directions: Study the information given below and answers the questions that follow: * There is a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F.* They are Lawyer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Engineer and Accountant.* There two married couples in the family. D, the salesman, is married to the lady Teacher.* The Doctor is married to the Lawyer. F, the Accountant, is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer, is the daughter-in-law od A.* E is the unmarried Engineer. A is the grandmother of F.
[A.I.M.A.T.S. 2002]
What is the profession of A?
Answer: (b)
A is the lady teacher.