Reasoning Puzzles For All Government Exams

The puzzle-based questions form an integral part of the reasoning ability section for the various Government exams conducted in our country. This variety of questions covers a major part of the logical reasoning section for multiple competitive exams.

It must be noted that Seating Arrangement is a type of puzzle based on which questions may be asked in the exams. Candidates can check the tips to solve the Seating Arrangement questions at the linked article.

The puzzle-based questions may be asked in different formats. These formats include:

• Floor-based Puzzle
• Tabular Puzzles
• Miscellaneous Puzzles which may include three or more categories 

To solve questions based on each of these types of puzzles, candidates can check the Reasoning Puzzle Questions page and get over 30 questions on puzzles along with their solutions.

For beginners who have just started preparing for the Government exams, they must know that these puzzles form a major part of the questions asked in the reasoning ability section. Each of them is followed by 3 to 5 subpart questions. Hence, they can be scoring.

In this article, we bring you the tips to prepare for the puzzle-based questions asked in the reasoning section along with some examples to help you understand the concept even better. 

Various other topics are a part of the reasoning ability section; candidates can get a detailed list of all the topics and the Government exams. This section is included at the logical reasoning page.

Tips to Solve the Reasoning Puzzle Questions

Given below are a few tips that may help you save a lot of time in solving the puzzle-based questions for the upcoming bank, insurance, SSB, RRB and other competitive exams:

• The first and the foremost thing that a candidate needs to remember is that the entire information given in the puzzle is all you know. No assumptions must be made while solving the puzzle.
• Never panic, seeing the length of the question. This may increase the chances of making silly mistakes which may result in wastage of time. One wrong step in the puzzle may result in re-doing the entire thing.
• Ensure that you solve the entire puzzle at once and then start answering questions. This is because accuracy in answers can only be obtained at the end of the solution.
• To solve the puzzle, start reading the given information line by line and based on that form a diagram for a chart-like figure for the same.
• As you move on, keep cancelling the data whose possibility has ended.
• For puzzles where multiple data is given for multiple people, ensure that you carefully detect the gender, singular, and plural forms while reading the question.
• The information that does not fit in anywhere write it aside as it may be required later on.
• Do not make very confusing images. Ensure that the figure you draw to answer the question is clear and no mistake is made while answering the questions’ subparts.

Puzzle based questions are also asked in the form of seating arrangement. Candidates who wish to solve the seating arrangement questions can visit the linked article and prepare themselves for the upcoming Government exams.

The above-mentioned points will help a candidate get an idea of how to start solving the puzzle-based questions. 

Given below are a few other topics from the logical reasoning syllabus that may help you score more in the Reasoning Ability section of the upcoming Government exams:

Candidates can go through the video explanation of Reasoning Puzzles and gain clarity on the conceptual knowledge of the different variety of Puzzle questions-

Puzzle – Based Reasoning Sample Questions

To simplify the idea of solving the puzzle related questions for the reasoning ability section, given below are a few examples which have been solved for your reference.

Example 1:

Question: Eight persons Piyush, Qureshi, Rekha, Sunil, Trisha, Vandana, Wajahat, and Aradhana attend the lecture in January, August, November, March, October, April, September and June. Each one of them like different colours: White, Pink, Brown, Yellow, Orange, Green, Red and Black. More than five persons attend the lecture between Piyush and the one who likes Black. 

Wajahat attends the seminar before the one who likes Green. As many persons attend the lecture after Aradhana is same as many persons attend the lecture before the one who likes Orange. Qureshi does not attend the lecture immediately before or after Aradhana. Qureshi does not like Orange. As many persons attend the lecture after the one who likes Green is the same as the number of people attending the lecture before Wajahat. Aradhana attends the lecture immediately before the one who likes Black. Wajahat does not like Orange. 

Only one person attends the lecture between Trisha and the one who likes Yellow. Vandana attends the lecture immediately before the one who likes Yellow. The one who likes Yellow attends the lecture before the one who likes Red. Two persons attend the lecture Qureshi and the one who likes Pink. Only one person attends the lecture between Rekha and the one who likes White. Qureshi does not like White.

Solution: Based on the data given above, the solution is as follows:

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Example 2:

Question: Eight friends-Sakshi, Twinkle, Unnati, Varun, Wasim, Xavi, Yusuf, and Zain will have to take leave in different months in the same year, March, April, May and June. Each will take the leave on two different dates, either 14th or 19th of the given months. Each of them wishes to visit the different Indian States, viz. Uttrakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, but not necessarily in the same order. Varun will take leave on one of the days before Zain. 

Only three persons will take leave between the one who wants to visit Uttar Pradesh and Xavi. Only two persons will take leave between Twinkle and the one who wishes to visit Rajasthan. The number of persons will take leave before the one who wants to go to Tamil Nadu is the same number of persons who will take leave after the one who likes Madhya Pradesh. Sakshi will take leave on one of the days before Wasim. Only two persons will take leave between the one who likes Rajasthan and the one who likes Tamil Nadu. Neither Varun nor Zain will take leave on 19th of the given month. 

Only two persons will take leave before the one who wants to visit Uttar Pradesh. The one who likes Uttrakhand will take leave immediately after Zain. The number of people will take leave between Varun and Zain is the same number of people who will take leave between the one who wants to visit Tamil Nadu and the one who is planning to go to Maharashtra. Only two persons will take leave between the one who likes Madhya Pradesh and Yusuf. Wasim does not take leave in June. The number of people who will take a leave after Xavi is as the same number of the person will take leave before Twinkle. Only three persons will take leave between the one who wants to visit Uttarakhand and who wants to visit West Bengal.

Solution:

The questions given above have been given for your help and assistance. Candidates must start their preparation for the upcoming Government exams and to solve more questions based on the reasoning ability section, candidates can solve the Previous Year question papers.

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