Life is not always about making the right choice, but it is always about eliminating the wrong choices. To solve any puzzle series, we have to apply this rule. Puzzles have become the most preferred question by the examiner to test the student’s ability to analyse and solve the given data accurately. Even though the data might look limited, but it is sufficient to answer each question. Nowadays, Floor based/Month based questions have gained a lot of popularity in various bank exams. The key to solving such puzzles is by considering all the possible outcomes and eliminating the undesired ones. So, let’s look at few examples to solve them.
(Q No’s 1-5)Study the following information and answer the questions.
Seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have a seminar on seven different months of the same year namely January, February, March, June, August, October and December but not necessarily in the order. Each of them also likes a different fruit namely Banana, Grapes, Papaya, Orange, Mango, Litchi and Apple but not necessarily in the same order.
R has a seminar in a month which has less than 31 days. Only two people have a seminar between R and S. The one who likes banana has a seminar immediately before S. Only one person has a seminar before the one who likes Papaya. Only three people have a seminar between Q and the one who likes Mango.
T likes neither Mango nor Papaya. P has a seminar immediately before T. V likes apple. The one who likes Grapes has a seminar in the month, which has less than 31 days. The one who has a seminar in March does not like Orange.
Solution
STEP-1: Make a tabular column and arrange the months in ascending or descending order. For considering all the possible outcomes, draw additional columns. Initially, fill the table with the data which is clearly mentioned in the given passage. Always try to fill in data sequentially as mentioned in the passage. After filling the table with clearly mentioned data, fill the remaining gaps by considering all the possible cases. There will be only one possible outcome which will follow all the rules given in the passage.
- Here, we can eliminate outcome-2 because it is not satisfying the condition- “The one who likes Banana has a seminar immediately before S”.
- When stated that only person-A has seminar before person-B, it means that A has seminar before all the persons available in the class and B is the person giving his seminar -2nd. So, in this case, the one who likes Papaya will be giving the seminar in the 2nd month. (Focus on the word only).
- The person T has many possible positions. But if we join the condition that P should have seminar immediately before T, the even the outcome-1 gets eliminated.
Q1) Which of the following represents the month in which S has a seminar?
a) January
b) Cannot be determined
c) October
d) December
e) June
Q2) Which of the following represents the people who have a seminar in January and June, respectively?
a) V,S
b) U,S
c) Q, T
d) V, R
e) U, R
Q3) How many people have a seminar between the months in which V and R have a seminar?
a) None
b) Two
c) Three
d) One
e) More than three
Q4) As per the given arrangement, R is related to Banana and Q is related to Orange following a certain pattern, which of the following is V related to following the same pattern?
a) Mango
b) Litchi
c) Apple
d) Papaya
e) Grapes
Q5) Which of the following fruits does U like
a) Orange
b) Papaya
c) Mango
d) Banana
e) Grapes
Answers
(Q No’s 6-10) Study the following information and answer the questions
- The one who likes Thor lives on an even numbered floor. Only three people live between the one who likes Thor and M.
- Only two people live between M and N. N does not live on the lowermost floor. Only three people live between N and the one who likes Hulk.
- Olives immediately above K. Olives on an even numbered floor. K does not like Hulk. K lives neither on floor numbered 3 nor 5.
- Only two people live between K and the one who likes Nova and Ironman. The one who likes Ironman lives below the one who likes Nova.
- L lives immediately above Q. Only one person lives between Q and the one who likes Captain America.
- The one who likes Wolverine lives immediately above the one who likes Batman.
- P does not like Thor. K does not like Superman.
Solution
As I have mentioned before, first build a table with many columns for considering all the possible outcomes. The table should be formed by taking the floors in descending order as mentioned in the passage. Fill the table with the data which is clearly mentioned in the passage.
- The next point says that- “Olives immediately above K. Olives on an even numbered floor. K does not like Hulk. K lives neither on floor numbered 3 nor 5”. So, Case-1 will again be sub-divided into two cases because it has two possibilities for the position of K and O.
- In case-1 & 2, since the person who likes two superheroes cannot stay in the same room, that both cases are eliminated.
a) K- floor numbered five
b) Q-floor numbered 6
c) L- floor numbered six
d) N- Floor numbered seven
e) R - floor numbered eight
Answer: -floor numbered 6 does not belong to that group because all others have one-floor gap between them.
a) Other than those given as options
b) Superman
c) Nova
d) Thor
e) Batman
Q8) Which of the following superheroes does P like?
a) Ironman
b) Wolverine
c) Batman
d) Captain America
e) Other than those given as options
Q9) N lives on which of the following floor numbers?
a) Five
b) Three
c) Seven
d) One
e) Other than those given as options
Q10) As per the given arrangement, P is related to Nova and N is related to Wolverine in a certain way. To which of the following is M related to in the same way?
a) Superman
b) Batman
c) Captain America
d) Thor
e) Hulk
Answers
(Q No’s 11-15) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Solution:
Case-1(a) is eliminated because the one who likes snooker cannot live above the 7th floor.
There are two possible positions for L & A since A should live immediately above L.But the next sentence suggests that A does not like chess.
In case-1(b), after following all the conditions, at the end, M is left with the sport – Badminton which does not support the passage. So, it is eliminated.
a) Snooker
b) Ludo
c) Polo
d) Badminton
e) Chess
Q12) Who among the following lives on the floor numbered 4?
a) The one who likes Hockey
b) The one who likes Chess
c) A
d) L
e) B
Q13) Which of the following statements is true with respect to the given arrangement?
a) Only two persons live between K and M
b) The one who likes Hockey lives immediately above K
c) C likes Chess
d) C lives on an even numbered floor
e) None of the given options is true
Q14) If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order from top to bottom, the position of how many people will remain unchanged?
a) None
b) Three
c) Two
d) One
e) Four
Q15) Which of the following combinations is True with respect to the given arrangement?
a) Polo-C
b) Ludo-B
c) Cricket-K
d) Chess-L
e) Snooker-A
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