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RAR Civils Puzzle Mock Test

The document contains details about reasoning puzzles and questions related to arrangements of boxes, persons, items etc. Some key details: - There are several puzzles involving arrangements of boxes identified by letters in different configurations with constraints on their relative positions. - Questions test deductive reasoning to determine properties of the boxes like which box is at top/bottom, how many are between two given boxes etc. - Similarly, there are puzzles involving arrangements of persons on different floors of a building with details about their weights and constraints. - Questions related to these puzzles test logical reasoning to deduce details like sums of weights, persons living between two others etc. - Puzzles also involve arrangements

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RAR Civils Puzzle Mock Test

The document contains details about reasoning puzzles and questions related to arrangements of boxes, persons, items etc. Some key details: - There are several puzzles involving arrangements of boxes identified by letters in different configurations with constraints on their relative positions. - Questions test deductive reasoning to determine properties of the boxes like which box is at top/bottom, how many are between two given boxes etc. - Similarly, there are puzzles involving arrangements of persons on different floors of a building with details about their weights and constraints. - Questions related to these puzzles test logical reasoning to deduce details like sums of weights, persons living between two others etc. - Puzzles also involve arrangements

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RAR CIVILS-PUNJAB
NAIB- TEHSILDAR REASONING PRACTICE SETS
INDEX
1 Coding Decoding

2 Blood relations

3 Direction Test

4 Ranking-1

5 Ranking and arrangement-2

6 Number Series

7 Calendar

8 Clock

9 Puzzle
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PPSC NAIB TEHSILDAR ( REASONING)

TOPIC: PUZZLE TOTAL QUESTIONS : 40


Directions (1-5); Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

Eight boxes B, C, D, P, Q, R, S and T are placed one

above another. Only three boxes are placed between box

P and R. Box C is placed immediately below box O. Two

boxes are placed between C and D. Only one box is placed

between box P and B who is above P. More than one box

is placed between box B and S. Box D is placed above box

S. Box T is neither placed at top nor below box S. Box R is

not placed at the top.

1. Which of the following box is placed at top?

(A) S

(B) B

(C) D

(D) S

E) None of these
2. How many boxes are in between box O and box S?

(A) Three

(B) Two

(C) Four

(D) More than four

(E) None of these

3. Which of the following box is placed just above box T ?

(A) B

(B) R

(C) C

(D) S

(E) None of these

4. Which of the following box is placed at bottom?

(A) T

(B) R

(C) C

(D) S

E) None of these

5. Which of the following is true regarding P?

(A) P is placed above B

(B) P is at 2nd position from bottom

(C) D is just below P

(D) P is placed below B


(E) None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

Ten Boxes are placed one above the other in any

particular order. Box number 1 is at the bottom and Box no

10 is at the top. Arrange them as per the information given

here. There are four boxes kept between U and X. Box Y is

placed at the top i.e. at box no. 10. There are two boxes

between Box P and Box T. Box X is placed at odd number

position. Box R is at 7th number position from bottom. Box

S and Box T are kept in a place immediately above and

immediately below Box R. Box Q is placed exactly between

the box V and box X. One of the boxes placed is W.

6. Which box is placed at the fifth from bottom ?

(A) Box P

(B) Box U

(C) Box Q

(D) Box T

(E) None of these

7. Which of the following boxes are between S and Q?

(A) Box R, T

(B) Box X. Y
(C) Box T, Q

(D) Box P, W

(E) Box P V

8. Which of the following boxes is placed at position no. 8?

(A) Box Y

(B) Box X

(C) Box S

(D) Box R

(E) None of these

9. Which of the following boxes is placed immediately below Box W?

(A) Box P

(B) Box U

(C) Box Q

(D) Box V

(E) Box T

10. Which boxes are placed in the middle of the arrangement?

(A) Box U and R

(B) Box T and Q

(C) Box E and F

(D) Box V and W

(E) Box Q and S

Directions (11-15): Study the information carefully

Nine boxes are placed one above another in a stack.

Five boxes are placed between L and M which is below L,


Three boxes are placed between box N and O, which is

placed above box M. There are four boxes placed between

box Q and box P, which is placed just above box L. More

than two boxes are placed between box O and box R, which

is placed just below box N. Less than four boxes are placed

between box S and box T, which is placed below box S.

11. Which of the following boxes is placed two box above box R?

(A) N

(B) S

(C) Q

(D) T

(E) None of these

12. Which of the following boxes is placed fourth from bottom of the stack?

(A) M

(B) T

(C) R

(D) C

(E) None of these

13. How Many boxes are placed between box L and Box T?

(A) Four

(B) Three

(C) . More then four

(D) One

( E) None

14. Which of the following statements is true about box N ?


(A) Box N is placed just above box S.

(B) Not more than two boxes are placed between box M and N.

(C) One box is placed between L and N.

(D) Less than three boxes are placed above box N.

(E) Both (B) and (D).

15. Which of the following boxes is placed just below box Q?

(A) T

(B) M

(C) R

(D) N

ES

Directions(16-20): Read the given information carefully and answer the questions:

Six boxes G, H, I, J, K and L are placed one above

another, also they are occupied with different items i.e.

R, T, U, V, Wand X (but not necessarily in the same order),

G is placed either top or bottom, only 3 boxes are placed

between G and J, which is occupied with V. Only 2 boxes

are placed between J and L. Box K is not placed just above

and below J. Box K is not placed just above the box which

is occupied with R. The box which is placed just below H

is occupied with T. The box which is placed at bottom

occupied with W. Box which is occupied with X is placed

somewhere between J and L ?


16. Box I is occupied with which of the following items?

(A) R

(B) T

(C) U

(D)V

(E) none

17. Which of the following box placed at top?

(A) K

(B) H

(C) J

(D) I

(E) L

18. How many boxes are placed between box H and box G?

(A) One

(C) Three

B) Two

(D) More than three

E) None of these

19. Which of the following items is placed just above box L?

(A) T

B) The box which is occupied with J

(C) X

(D) Both (B) and (C)

E) None of these
20. Box H is occupied with which of the following items?

(A) T

(B) X

(C ) U

(D) W

(E ) None of these

Directions(21-25): Read the given information carefully and answer the questions.

Eight boxes P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are arranged

from top to bottom. Each box is stored in different cities-

Raipur, Indore, Bhopal. Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad

and Chennai, but not necessary in the same order. Only

two boxes are kept between V and U. Both the boxes which

are placed at Mumbai and Indore are kept above R. Only

one box is kept between T and the box which stored at

Hyderabad. The box Q is not stored at Raipur. The box U is

stored at Bhopal and the box S is stored at Pune. Only four

boxes are kept between V and W, which is below V. The

box W is not stored at Indore. As many boxes are between

W and Q as between W and S. P is kept immediate above

the box placed at Delhi. Only three boxes are kept between

the box stored at Mumbai and Indore. Box S is not kept

below box W.

21. T box stored at which city?


(A) Delhi

(B) Mumbai

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Raipur

E) None of these

22. Which of the following boxes is placed at top?

(A) U

(B) T

(C) P

(D) V

(E) None of these

23. How many boxes are placed between P and the box which stored at Chennai?

(A) One

(B) Three

(C) Two

(D) More than three

(E) None of these

24. Which of the following boxes stored at Raipur?

(A) S

(B) P

(C) R

(D) Q

(E) None of these

(25).How many boxes are above W?

(A) 1
(B) 2

( C) 3

(D) 4

(E) 5

Directions(26-30): Study the following information carefully and answer the below
questions.

There are eight persons viz. A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S live

in eight floored building numbered 1 to 8 in such a way

that the lowermost floor is marked as 1, the floor above it

is marked as 2 and so on and the top floor is marked as 8.

Each of them has different weight viz. 30,40,45,65,95,80,85

and 90 kg but not necessarily in the same order.

Only one person lives on each floor.

The person whose weight is 65 kg lives on an odd

numbered floor at a gap of two floors from D, who doesn't

live on the top most floor. S lives on the adjacent floor of the

one whose weight is 85 kg. Twice the weight of the person

who lives on the floor number 4 is equal to thrice the weight

of the person who lives on the floor number 2. Q lives at a

gap of one floor from the one whose weight is 85 kg. Number

of floors above C is same as the number of floors below the

one whose weight is 40 kg. The weight of A is twice the weight

of S. A, who neither lives on the lowermost floor nor adjacent

to the one whose weight is 65kg, lives at a gap of three floors

from S, who neither lives on the top nor his weight is 65 kg.
P, whose weight is 30kg lives just above the floor of R. Weight

of O is more than that of the one who lives at a gap of one

floor above C.

26. What is the sum of the weight of the one who lives on the floor numbred 7 and the one
who lives on the floor numbered 3?

(A) 165 Kg

(B) 160 Kg

(C) 175 Kg

(D) 145 Kg

(E) None of these

27. Who lives immediately above the floor of S?

(A) The one whose weight is 65 kg.

(B) The one whose weight is 40 kg.

(C) P

(D) The one who lives fourth from the top floor

(E) Q

28. How many persons live between A and the one whose weight is 40 kg?

(A) Two

(B) Three
(C) One

(D) Four

(E) None

29. Which of the following statements is not true?

(A) The one whose weight is 45 kg lives immediately below B


(B) P lives at a gap of one floor from S.

(C) lives at a gap of three floors from the one whose weight is 30kg.

(D) The One whose weight is 85 kg lives immediately below Q.

(E) All the given statements are true.

30. Which of the following combinations of name, floor and weight is true?

(A) A-90 kg -7

(B) 80kg -2 -R

(C) S-45kg -5

(D) 85kg-Q-6

(E ) D-40kg-6

(31-35)Read the carefully and answer the questions given below:

Nine cricket players viz. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and N

are living on nine storey building. The lowermost floor is

numbered as one and the above floor is numbered as two

and so on. All the players got selected for some franchise

to play in IPL-2020. Each of them likes different city to

play cricket such as Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata,

Bangalore, Trivandrum, Delhi, Bhubaneswar and

Ahmedabad but not necessarily in the same order. Only

one person stays on each floor.

no p lives on an even numbered floor above the floor

number three. The person who likes to play cricket in

Bhubaneswar lives immediately above S who likes to play

cricket in Bangalore. Two players live between P and T. S


lives on the lowermost floor. There is a gap of three floors

between the one who likes to play cricket in Delhi and the

one who likes to play cricket in Bhubaneswar. Neither U

nor N likes to play cricket in Delhi. There is no gap between

the players who likes to play cricket in Mumbai and the one

who likes to play cricket in Pune. The player who likes to

play cricket in Bhubaneswar lives on one of the adjacent

floors of the player who likes to play cricket in Pune. The

number of players live between P and T is same as the

number of players live between S and R. P and V live on the

adjacent floors. V does not live on the top most floor. The

number of players live above W is same as the number of

players live below the player who likes to play cricket in

Kolkata. W lives on an even numbered floor. O who likes to

play cricket in Chennai lives on one of the floors above the

one who likes to play cricket in Kolkata. U and N live on the

adjacent floors. The player who likes to play cricket in

Trivandrum lives on an odd numbered floor.

31. Who among the following lives on the sixth floor of the building?

(A) R

(B) S

(C) P

(D) Q

(E) None of these

32. Who among the following likes to play in Trivandrum?


(A) Either U or N

(B) N

(C) P

(D) V

(E) Either (A) or (D)

33. Who among the following lives on the top floor of the building?

(A) Q

(B) N

(C) V

(D) R

(E) None of these

34. P likes to play from which of the following cities?

(A) Trivandrum

(B) Delhi

(C) Bangalore

(D) Ahmedabad

(E) None of these

35. How many persons live below the floor who likes to play for Kolkata?

(A) Four

(B) Three

(C) Two

(D) Seven

(E) None of these

Direction (36-40):

Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
Eight persons T, M, D, X, K, R, G and Z live on eight

diferent foors. The lowermost M

floor is numbered 1,the

floor above is numbered 2, and so on till the Top most floor 8 . Each one of them works in
different banks.

BOI, SBI, RBI, LVB, KVB, Axis bank, ICICI and SIB. All the

above information is not necessarily in the same order.

Only one person lives on each floor.

Three persons live between G and the one who works

in RBI. More than two persons live between M and the one

Who works in BOI. K lives below the one who works in RBI.

More than three persons live between R and the one who

works in ICICI. The one who works in ICICI lives above

R. G does not live on the top most floor. Z neither works in

ICICI nor works in SIB. Only one person lives between X and

the one who works in SIB. Number of persons live

above X is one less than the number of persons below T.

Five persons live between Z and the one who works in LVB

Number of persons live between X and the one who works

in RBI is one less than Number of persons live between D

and the one who works in SBI. K does not work in BOI.

The one who works in Axis bank lives above the one who

works in KVB. The one who works in RBI lives below G.

There are three persons living between K and the one who

works in KVB.
36. How many persons live between the person who lives immediately above X and the one
who works in SBI?

(A) Four

B) Six

(C) Five

(D) Three

(E) None of these

37. If I is related to SBI, X is related to RBI, in the same way which of the following is related
to SIB?

(A) R

(B) G

(C) K

(D) D

E) None of these

38. Which of the following combinations is not true?

(A) More than three persons live between G and the one who works in LVB.

(B) T lives below the one who works in Axis bank.

(C) X and the one who works in BOI lives on even numbered floor.

(D) The one who works in SIB lives immediately above the one who works in KVB.

(E) None is true

39. Which of the following persons works in Axis bank?

(A) G

(B) X

(C) T

(D) M

(E) None of these


40. What is the sum of the floor numbers of the person who lives immediately above D and
the person who lives immediately below Z?

(A) 12

(B) 10

(C) 13

(D) 8

(E) None of these

ANSWER KEY:

1-B 2-A 3-C 4-D 5-D 6-C 7-A 8-C 9-D 10-B

11-B 12-C 13-A 14-C 15-A 16-A 17-D 18-C 19-A 20-B

21- A 22-D 23-D 24-C 25-E 26-B 27-D 28-C 29-D 30-E

31-C 32-E 33-A 34-B 35-D 36-C 37-D 38-D 39-B 40-C

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