All 29 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. Neha lives on an odd-numbered floor.
2. Omkar lives on a floor somewhere above Priya.
3. There are exactly 2 floors between Priya and Neha.
4. Pooja lives on a floor somewhere above Omkar.
5. Neha lives on a floor somewhere above Tarun.

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. Exactly 2 people sit between Jaya and Neha (the shorter way).
2. Exactly 1 person sits between Jaya and Rahul (the shorter way).
3. Neha sits immediately to the left of Karan (all facing the centre).
4. Neha sits 2nd to the right of Zoya (all facing the centre).
5. Zoya sits 2nd to the right of Arjun (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. Tanvi sits 3rd to the left of Aditi (all facing the centre).
2. Esha sits 3rd to the right of Lata (all facing the centre).
3. Lata sits immediately to the left of Tanvi (all facing the centre).
4. Anjali sits at one of the corners of the table.
5. Lata sits immediately to the right of Pooja (all facing the centre).
6. Uma sits 3rd to the right of Sneha (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. Neha sits somewhere to the right of Isha.
2. Farhan sits somewhere to the left of Nikhil.
3. Nikhil sits somewhere to the left of Meera.
4. Neha sits immediately to the right 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. Exactly 1 person sits between Esha and Lata in the same row.
2. Jaya faces south.
3. Jaya sits immediately to the left of Lata (both facing south).
4. Exactly 1 person sits between Kiran and Pooja in the same row.
5. Pooja sits immediately to the left of Geeta (both facing 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.

3 floors with two flats on each — East and West — so 6 homes in all. Floor 1 is the lowest, floor 3 the top.

1. There is exactly 1 floor between Harsh and Bhavna.
2. Imran lives on a floor somewhere above Harsh.
3. Divya lives on a floor somewhere above Imran.
4. Divya lives in the East flat.
5. Rahul lives on the lowest floor.
6. Karan lives in the West flat.
7. Rahul lives in the West flat.

Can you work out who lives on which floor AND in which flat? 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. Esha is ranked immediately below Harsh.
2. Exactly 2 people are ranked between Arjun and Esha.
3. Manish is ranked immediately above Harsh.
4. Uma is ranked lower than Arjun.

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. Jaya's appointment is on a later day of the week than Esha's.
2. Esha's appointment is on an earlier day of the week than Uma's.
3. There is exactly 1 day between Esha's and Kiran's appointments.
4. There are exactly 3 days between Uma's and Kiran's appointments.
5. Jaya's appointment is on a later day of the week than Divya'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 E is kept 3rd from the top of the stack.
2. Box D is kept somewhere below Box C.
3. Box H is kept immediately below Box A.
4. Box H is kept at the bottom of the stack.

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 second to the right of Bhavna?

1. Chetan
2. Esha
3. Pooja
4. Neha
5. Bhavna

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, "MILK" is written as "EADC". The code for a word is "DAGF". What was the original word?

1. DESK
2. KING
3. LION
4. GOLD
5. BIRD

What is the code for "bright"?

1. du
2. to
3. za
4. ro
5. mo

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

1. 72
2. 54
3. 30
4. 50
5. 48

19 : 360 :: 2 : ?

1. 5
2. 3
3. 4
4. 2
5. 6

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

1. FGL
2. QVW
3. EJK
4. AFG
5. MRS

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 Deepak related to Rahul?

1. grandfather
2. nephew
3. grandson
4. niece
5. grandmother

If the expression is "Geeta - Priya - Kavya", how is Geeta related to Kavya?

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

Pointing to the woman in a photograph, Karan said, "She is the sister of my mother." How is the woman related to Karan?

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

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

1. E >= C
2. A > D
3. C <= D
4. E > A
5. E < D

What number replaces the question mark?

1. 47
2. 43
3. 45
4. 46
5. 44

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

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

A machine rearranges an input line of words and numbers step by step, following one fixed rule (study the sample below). How many steps does the machine need to complete the arrangement of the New Input?

1. 5
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1
5. 4

How many persons are sitting in the row?

1. 20
2. 13
3. 19
4. 16
5. 14

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

1. 12 m
2. 6 m
3. 46 m
4. 10 m
5. 14 m

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

1. %
2. &
3. P
4. M
5. $

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