All 28 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. Imran lives on the floor immediately above Esha.
2. Chetan lives on a floor somewhere above Harsh.
3. There are exactly 2 floors between Chetan and Imran.
4. Harsh lives on an even-numbered floor.
5. Isha 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. Jaya sits next to Gauri.
2. Lata sits directly opposite Arjun.
3. Lata sits immediately to the right of Kiran (all facing the centre).
4. Exactly 2 people sit between Gauri and Kiran (the shorter way).
5. Kiran sits next to Manish.

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. Isha sits immediately to the left of Zoya (all facing the centre).
2. Gauri sits 2nd to the left of Zoya (all facing the centre).
3. Esha sits immediately to the left of Deepak (all facing the centre).
4. Zoya sits 3rd to the left of Kiran (all facing the centre).
5. Kiran sits immediately to the left of Sanjay (all facing the centre).
6. Kiran sits at one of the corners of the table.
7. Deepak sits 3rd to the left of Divya (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. Lata sits somewhere to the right of Gauri.
2. Geeta sits at the far-right (extreme) end of the row.
3. Harsh sits immediately to the left of Gauri.
4. Exactly 3 people sit between Geeta and Imran.

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. Divya sits at an extreme end of their row.
2. Gauri faces south.
3. Jaya faces south.
4. Gauri sits 2nd to the left of Pooja (both facing south).
5. Divya sits immediately to the left of Kiran (both facing north).
6. Meera faces north.

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. Neha is ranked immediately above Tanvi.
2. Neha is ranked immediately below Karan.
3. Harsh is 2nd from the bottom.
4. Sneha is ranked lower than Karan.

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. Priya's appointment is on a later day of the week than Karan's.
2. Omkar's appointment is on a later day of the week than Priya's.
3. Anjali's appointment is on Tuesday.
4. Omkar's appointment is on the day immediately after Bhavna'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 G is kept somewhere below Box F.
2. Box E is kept somewhere below Box G.
3. Box F is kept somewhere below Box A.
4. Exactly 2 boxes are kept between Box G and Box H.

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 immediately to the left of Jaya?

1. Deepak
2. Bhavna
3. Manish
4. Divya
5. Jaya

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.

If "ROAD" is written as "ZWIL" in a certain code, how is "BOOK" written in that code?

1. IVVR
2. KXXT
3. HUUQ
4. LYYU
5. JWWS

Which word is coded as "fi"?

1. market
2. red
3. river
4. bright
5. garden

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

1. 9
2. 64
3. 16
4. 4
5. 27

11 : 120 :: 6 : ?

1. 25
2. 24
3. 26
4. 30
5. 35

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

1. ORV
2. MPT
3. ILP
4. DHK
5. LOS

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 Suresh related to Manish?

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

If the expression is "Karan * Meera - Diya", how is Karan related to Diya?

1. nephew
2. grandmother
3. uncle
4. aunt
5. grandfather

Pointing to the girl in a photograph, Amit said, "She is the daughter of my father's only son." How is the girl related to Amit?

1. daughter
2. aunt
3. son
4. niece
5. nephew

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

1. A > B
2. F = C
3. B > C
4. A < C
5. A < B

What number replaces the question mark?

1. 7
2. 9
3. 10
4. 8
5. 11

How many pairs of letters in the word "ORGANISED" have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

1. Five
2. Two
3. Three
4. Six
5. None

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

1. 97 39 16 kite quilt iron
2. 16 iron 39 kite quilt 97
3. iron kite 16 quilt 39 97
4. 16 97 39 iron kite quilt
5. iron kite 16 quilt 97 39

How many persons are sitting in the row?

1. 10
2. 16
3. 12
4. 14
5. 13

How far and in which direction is Vikram from the starting point?

1. 9√2 m South-East
2. 9√2 m North-West
3. 9√2 m East
4. 9√2 m South
5. 9 m South-East

Which element in the series is immediately preceded by a digit and immediately followed by a digit?

1. 9
2. P
3. 7
4. N
5. C

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