Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Puzzle Test, Exercise 1: Exercise

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:-

Four friends Alpana, Damini, Shikha and Rekha complete their PhD in different number of years. The one who took maximum time took eight years to complete her PhD while the one who took the least time took only three years to complete it. Rekha took more time only than Alpana and completed her PhD in five years. Shikha did not take longer time than Damini to complete her PhD.

How many years did Shikha take to complete her PhD ?

Ankita is taller than Neeraj who is shorter than Anju. Anju is taller than only one person. Pratibha is taller than Prema who is taller than Ankita. Who will come in the middle when they are arranged in ascending or descending order?

In the following arrangement of numbers how many $5$ are there which is preceded by $4$ but not followed by $7$?

$4 5 7 1 2 5 4 6 4 5 4 7 5 4 5 6 5 7 4$

A shopkeeper quotes the rate on the price tag by replacing numbers with letters as follows:

Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. B is second to the right of D who is third to the right of F. C is second to the left of A who is second to the left of F. G is third to the right of E.

Who is third to the right of H?

Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:

The admission ticket for an exhibition bears a password that is changed after every clock hour based on a set of words chosen for each day. The following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock hours. The time is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Day's first password :

First Batch - 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.: is not ready cloth simple harmony burning

Second Batch-10 a.m. to 11 a.m.: ready not is cloth burning harmony simple

Third Batch-11 a.m. to noon: cloth is not ready simple harmony burning

Fourth Batch -12 noon to 1 p.m.: not is cloth ready burning harmony simple

Fifth Batch - 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.: ready cloth is not simple harmony burning

And so on.--

If the password for the first batch was -"rate go long top we let have",

Which batch will have the password - "go rate top long have let we"?

Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:

The admission ticket for an exhibition bears a password which is changed after every clock hour based on set of words chosen for each day. The following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock hours. The time is $9 \mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}. \mathrm{to} 3 \mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.$ Day's first password :

First Batch- $9 \mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}. \mathrm{to} 10 \mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.$$:$ Is not ready cloth simple harmony burning.
Second Batch- $10 \mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}. \mathrm{to} 11 \mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.:$ Ready not is cloth burning harmony simple.
Third Batch- $11 \mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}. \mathrm{to} 12 \mathrm{noon}$$:$ Cloth is not ready simple harmony burning.
Fourth Batch - $12 \mathrm{noon} \mathrm{to} 1 \mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.:$ Not is cloth ready burning harmony simple.
Fifth Batch - $1 \mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}. \mathrm{to} 2 \mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.:$ Ready cloth is not simple harmony burning.
And so on.

If the password for $11 \mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}. \mathrm{to} 12 \mathrm{noon}$ was- 'soap shy miss pen yet the she'.
what was the password for the first batch ?

Study the following information and answer the question given below it:

The admission ticket for an exhibition bears a password that is changed after every clock hour based on a set of words chosen for each day. The following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock hours. The time is $9.\mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.$ to $3.\mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.$ Day's first password :

First Batch - $9.\mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.$ to $10.\mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.$: is not ready cloth simple harmony burning
Second Batch- $10.\mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.$ to $11.\mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.$: ready not is cloth burning harmony simple
Third Batch-$11.\mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.$ to $12 \mathrm{noon}$: cloth is not ready simple harmony burning
The fourth Batch - $12 \mathrm{noon}$ to $1.\mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.$: not is cloth ready burning harmony simple
The fifth Batch - $1.\mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.$ to $2 \mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.$: ready cloth is not simple harmony burning
and so on.--

If the password for the $6$th batch i.e. $2.\mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.$ to $3.\mathrm{p}.\mathrm{m}.$ is- "are trap cut he but say lap",
What will be the password for the $2$nd batch i.e. $10‐11 \mathrm{a}.\mathrm{m}.$?