Solving Puzzles Problems

Puzzles problems involve things, persons, or certain number of items.

1. The common puzzle structure.
Seating arrangements with Banks/Colour/Fruit/Language/State/car models etc. likes and dislikes and options.

Or, Days and subjects with the similar likes and dislikes thing. Or, maybe months/floors/single row/double row etc. with multiple likes/dislikes options.

The more complicated the better for them and worse for us!

2. Read once, start drawing
A table or a circle or a row or multiple rows…whatever as per the given question.

Do not waste time reading the whole puzzle! In the two lines, you get to know if it’s a seating arrangement in circle/square/row/multiple rows etc., immediately draw the required figure.

3. Keep reading and arranging
Once you have the basic structure of arrangement, then keep reading and after every line, arrange the information given in that sentence.

Do one sentence at one time. Arrange the information given in one sentence and only then move on the next one.

4. Use tables
To solve puzzles of days/subjects/floors/persons where there is no seating order.

This is a great way to solve puzzles – and you’ll see that your questions will start looking easy once you have all the information nicely arranged in a tabulated manner.

5. Indirect clues
After arranging as per the direct information available in question, you’ll see that some are left un-arranged.

These will require your logical reasoning abilities to be able to solve these indirect relations.

Types of Puzzles questions

1. Classification Puzzle questions
This classification Puzzle question is based on questions, in which certain things belonging to another groups or different item. You need to find the answer with the help of clues.

Example: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Four person A, B, C, D went to four different places which is Mumbai, Delhi, Bihar, Bangalore, by different transport as follow Car, Train, Bus, Aeroplane.
The person who traveled to Delhi did not travel by Bus, C travel by Car and went to Bangalore. A went to Mumbai by Train, D travel by Bus.

Q1. Who among them goes to Bihar ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Q2. Among which places B traveled ?
Delhi.
Mumbai.
Bangalore.
Mumbai.

Q3. By which transport B goes to Delhi ?
Car.
Bus.
Aeroplane.
Train.

Explanation:
Person Place Mode
A Mumbai Train
B Delhi Aeroplane
C Bangalore Car
D Bihar Bus


2. Comparison Puzzle questions
In Comparison puzzle questions are given about the comparison among the things or people. You have to understand the comparison, regarding that answer the questions.

Example: Vikas is older than Sunita. Uday is older than Sunita but younger than Vikas. Shamol is younger than Raju and Sunita. Sunita is older than Raju.

Explanation
Vikas > Uday > Sunita > Raju > Shyam

Q1. Who is the oldest ?
Shyam.
Uday.
Vikas.
Sunita.
None of these.

Q2. Who is among the youngest ?
Uday.
Shyam.
Vikas.
Raju.
None of these.


3. Sequential Puzzle questions
Five students P, Q, R, S and T read a book. The one who reads first gives it to R. The one who reads last did taken from P, T was not the first or last to read. There are two readers in between Q an P.

Q1. Q passed the book to whom ?
P.
R.
S.
T.
None of these.

Q2. Who read the book at last ?
P.
Q.
R.
S.
None of these..


4. Selection Puzzle questions

A group of five has to be selected from among five doctor’s P, Q, R, S and T and four nurses A, B, C, D. There are some criteria for selection .
P and D always have to together.
A cannot be with C.
C cannot be put with Q.
R and T have to be together.
S and B cannot be put together.

Q1. If two of the members to be doctor’s, the group will be consist.
PQDAB.
PSDBC.
QSDCB.
RTDAB.

Q2. If P and R same group member’s then other member cannot be in group.
QTC.
STD.
TDA.
ABT.


5. Family Puzzle questions
A, B, C, D, E and F are six members in a family. In family members present two married couples. B is an scientist and father of E. D is a grand mother of C and Teacher. F is a grand Father of E and is businessman. In family only one member is scientist and only one businessman and two student and one doctor and teacher.

Q1. How many female members in the family ?
2.
4.
3.
5.
None of these.

Q2. Who is the grand mother of C ?
D.
B.
A.
F.
None of these.


6. Jumbled Puzzle questions

In this group of member’s has five member’s- P, Q, R, S, T.
One of them is a student , one is a Doctor, one is a Horticulturist, one is an Advocate and one is a Businessman.
Three of them is P, R and Advocate prefer Milk to water and two of them Q and the horticulturist prefer Water to Milk.
The advocate and S and P are friends to one another but two of these prefer Water to Milk.

The Student is R’s brother.
P Q R S T

Profession Student Advocate Doctor Horticulturist Businessman
Preference Milk Water Milk Water Milk

Q1. Who is an advocate ?
T.
R.
S.
Q.
P.

Q2. Who is n doctor ?
P.
T.
S.
R.
Q