All 27 reasoning puzzle types — one real example of each

5 people live on a 5-floor building — floor 1 is the lowest, floor 5 the top.

1. Manish lives on the floor immediately above Aditi.
2. Aditi lives on a floor somewhere above Varun.
3. Varun lives on an even-numbered floor.
4. Deepak lives on the topmost floor.
5. Bhavna lives on an odd-numbered floor.

Can you work out who lives on which floor? In the app you solve this on an interactive board — every clue lights up green or red against your current placement.

6 people sit around a round table, all facing the centre.

1. Uma sits 3rd to the left of Chetan (all facing the centre).
2. Meera sits immediately to the left of Uma (all facing the centre).
3. Exactly 1 person sits between Meera and Geeta (the shorter way).
4. Zoya sits 2nd to the right of Uma (all facing the centre).
5. Geeta sits 3rd to the left of Tanvi (all facing the centre).

Can you work out who sits in each seat? In the app you solve this on an interactive board — every clue lights up green or red against your current placement.

8 people sit around a square table — 4 at the corners, 4 at the middle of the sides. A clue may note someone faces outward: their left and right are reversed.

1. Sneha sits 3rd to the left of Rahul (all facing the centre).
2. Isha sits immediately to the left of Rohan (all facing the centre).
3. Sneha sits 3rd to the right of Rohan (all facing the centre).
4. Varun sits 3rd to the left of Zoya (all facing the centre).
5. Farhan sits at one of the corners of the table.
6. Farhan sits immediately to the right of Rohan (all facing the centre).
7. Lata sits 2nd to the left of Rahul (all facing the centre).

Can you work out who sits in each seat? In the app you solve this on an interactive board — every clue lights up green or red against your current placement.

5 people sit in a row, all facing the same way — seat 1 is the far left, seat 5 the far right.

1. Anjali sits immediately to the right of Farhan.
2. Exactly 2 people sit between Farhan and Aditi.
3. Anjali sits somewhere to the left of Lata.
4. Sneha sits somewhere to the left of Farhan.

Can you work out who sits in each seat? In the app you solve this on an interactive board — every clue lights up green or red against your current placement.

6 people sit in two equal rows facing each other — one row faces north, the other south. Left and right flip between the rows.

1. Sanjay sits directly opposite Uma (they face each other).
2. Chetan sits immediately to the left of Imran (both facing south).
3. Tanvi sits at an extreme end of their row.
4. Exactly 1 person sits between Uma and Imran in the same row.
5. Imran faces south.
6. Chetan sits directly opposite Arjun (they face each other).

Can you work out who sits where? In the app you solve this on an interactive board — every clue lights up green or red against your current placement.

5 people are ranked from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest); no two share a rank.

1. Harsh is 3rd from the top.
2. Farhan is ranked higher than Sneha.
3. Aditi is ranked lower than Zoya.
4. Zoya is 4th from the top.

Can you work out each person's rank? In the app you solve this on an interactive board — every clue lights up green or red against your current placement.

5 people each have an appointment on a different day of the same week — Monday to Friday, one per day.

1. Nikhil's appointment is on an earlier day of the week than Karan's.
2. Farhan's appointment is on an earlier day of the week than Kiran's.
3. Manish's appointment is on the day immediately after Karan's.
4. Karan's appointment is on an earlier day of the week than Farhan's.

Can you work out whose appointment falls on which day? In the app you solve this on an interactive board — every clue lights up green or red against your current placement.

5 boxes are kept one above another in a stack — position 1 is the bottom, position 5 the top.

1. Box C is kept immediately above Box B.
2. Box B is kept somewhere below Box D.
3. Box D is kept immediately above Box G.
4. Box D is kept somewhere below Box E.

Can you work out each box's position? In the app you solve this on an interactive board — every clue lights up green or red against your current placement.

Who sits third from the left?

1. Nikhil
2. Sneha
3. Rohan
4. Isha
5. Meera

Each person lives on a different floor (1–5). Which statements are sufficient to fix EVERY person's floor?

1. Statement I alone is sufficient, but II alone is not.
2. Statement II alone is sufficient, but I alone is not.
3. Each statement ALONE is sufficient.
4. Both statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but neither alone.
5. Even both statements together are NOT sufficient.

5 people are ranked from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest), no ties. Read Statements I and II, then decide which, if any, are sufficient to fix EVERY person's rank.

1. Statement I alone is sufficient, but II alone is not.
2. Statement II alone is sufficient, but I alone is not.
3. Each statement ALONE is sufficient.
4. Both statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but neither alone.
5. Even both statements together are NOT sufficient.

In a certain code, "LION" is written as "URXW". The code for a word is "VXXW". What was the original word?

1. ROAD
2. MOON
3. GOLD
4. ROSE
5. STAR

What is the code for "bright"?

1. ne
2. to
3. du
4. mi
5. pa

Four of these five numbers are alike in a certain way and form a group. Which number does NOT belong to that group?

1. 18
2. 68
3. 24
4. 76
5. 72

Four of these five letter clusters follow the same alphabet-gap pattern. Which one is the odd one out?

1. DGJ
2. BFJ
3. HKN
4. LOR
5. RUX

Take the two statements to be true even if they differ from commonly known facts, then decide which conclusion logically follows.

1. Only conclusion I follows
2. Only conclusion II follows
3. Either conclusion I or II follows
4. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
5. Both conclusions I and II follow

How is Sanjay related to Neha?

1. niece
2. uncle
3. nephew
4. grandson
5. aunt

If the expression is "Ramesh + Arjun + Rohan", how is Ramesh related to Rohan?

1. sister
2. grandfather
3. nephew
4. granddaughter
5. daughter

Pointing to the boy in a photograph, Riya said, "He is the son of my mother's only daughter." How is the boy related to Riya?

1. father
2. son
3. nephew
4. mother
5. uncle

Which of the following conclusions is DEFINITELY true from the given expression?

1. E = A
2. A > E
3. F >= B
4. E > B
5. E > A

What number replaces the question mark?

1. 26
2. 27
3. 24
4. 23
5. 25

If the English alphabet is written in reverse order (Z first, A last), which letter will be 8th to the right of the 16th letter from the right end?

1. G
2. H
3. X
4. C
5. I

A machine rearranges an input line of words and numbers step by step, following one fixed rule (study the sample below). What is Step III for the New Input?

1. 94 68 49 lotus wagon yard
2. 94 68 49 yard wagon lotus
3. yard lotus wagon 94 68 49
4. 49 lotus 68 94 yard wagon
5. lotus 49 wagon 94 68 yard

What is Anjali's position from the right end of the row?

1. 11
2. 12
3. 8
4. 10
5. 9

How far (in metres) is Rohan from the starting point?

1. 13 m
2. 12 m
3. 15 m
4. 5 m
5. 17 m

Which element is 2nd to the left of the 7th element from the right end of the series?

1. 4
2. 2
3. 7
4. Y
5. Q

Study the eligibility criteria and the candidate's profile, then choose the course of action. Base the decision STRICTLY on the information provided — do not assume anything.

1. Candidate is to be selected
2. Candidate is not to be selected
3. Case is to be referred to the General Manager
4. Data inadequate — the decision cannot be taken