Puzzles & Problem Solving

Q1.On a particular school day, a student will take classes of six subjects - Geography, History, Jurisprudence, Kinetics, Literature, and Mechanics. Each class will be taken only once on that day and their order is subject to conditions (A)-(D). If Literature is earlier than Kinetics, then History must be in the following position:

Q2.Six girls are sitting in a circle facing towards the centre of the circle. R is between N and S. P is next to the left of V. R is 4th to the right of P. What is the position of T?

Q3.Peter is in the East of Tom and Tom is in the North of John. Mike is in the South of John then in which direction of Peter is Mike?

Q4.On a particular school day, a student will take classes of six subjects—Geography, History, Jurisprudence, Kinetics, Literature, and Mechanics. Each class will be taken only once on that day and their order is subject to the following conditions: A. Geography has to be immediately after History. B. Kinetics has to be earlier than Geography. C. Mechanics has to be earlier than Literature. D. Mechanics has to be either immediately before or immediately after Jurisprudence. If Literature is earlier than Kinetics, then History must be in the following position:

Q5.Adil, Badar, Salma, Dawood and Mehak each have different amount of money. Saima has more money than only Mehak; Badar has more money than Dawood but less than Adil. Who among them has the highest amount of money?

Q6.A got more points than B but less than C. D got less points than E but more than A. If C gets less than D, then who gets the highest points?

Q7.Subject scheduling problem. HG consecutive, K<G, M<L, M and J adjacent. If L<K, what position is History?

Q8.Six girls are sitting in a circle facing towards the centre. R is between N and S. P is next to the left of V. R is 4th to the right of P. What is the position of T?

Q9.A, P, R, X, S and Z are sitting in a row. S and Z are in the centre; A and P are at the ends. R is sitting to the left of A. Who is to the right of P?

Q10.Asif is standing in a queue such that he is sixth from either side. How many people are there in the queue?

Q11.Raza ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eight from the bottom in a class. How many students are there in the class?

Q12.Bastion was 16th in line at the coffee shop. He was also 16th from the back of the line. How many people were in line?

Q13.If Ali is 19th from both the front and the end in a row, how many persons are in the row?

Q14.In a row of trees, one tree is fifth from either end. How many trees are in the row?

Q15.In a row of 21 girls, when Maryam shifted 4 places right, she became 12th from the left. What was her earlier position from the right?

Q16.Saqib ranks 7th from the top and 28th from the bottom in a class. How many students are in the class?

Q17.Jabbar ranks 16th from the top and 49th from the bottom in a class. How many students are in the class?

Q18.In a line of 50 people, Jannat is 10th from front and Muhatasib is 25th from behind. Khadija is in the exact middle. What is Khadija's position from the front?

Q19.Which is the letter that follows the letter which is midway between E and Q?

Q20.Sara is five ranks below the top student Faiq in a class of 50 students. What is Sara's rank from the bottom of the class?