Passage Based Puzzle

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Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting in a straight line facing North. Each one of them has passed a recruitment exam and must join the office on different month viz. January, February, March, April, May, June, July, and August but not necessarily in the same order. G sits third to the right of the person who joins in May. The person who joins in August sits second to the right of G. A and E are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither A nor E has joining dates either in May or August. Neither A nor E is an immediate neighbour of G. H sits third to the right of the person whose joining date is in January. Neither A nor E has joining dates in January. H's joining date is not in August. Only two people sit between E and the person whose joining date is in July. The person whose joining date is in February sits to the immediate left of D. Only one person sits between E and B. C joins on one of the months before July. E joins after April. G joins after A.

On which of the following months does H join the office?

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In a school, there were five teachers. A and B were teaching Hindi and English, C and B were teaching English and Geography. D and A were teaching Mathematics and Hindi. E and B were teaching History and French.

Who among the teachers was teaching less than two subjects?

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There is a group of five persons - A, B, C, D and E. One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocate.Three of them - A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them - B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea. The industrialist and D and A are friend to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.The horticulturist is C`s brother.

Who prefers Coffee? 

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H study in different standard viz $1^{st}, 2^{nd}, 3^{rd}, 4^{th}, 5^{th}, 6^{th}, 7^{th} \& 8^{th}$. All of them are seated around a circular table facing the centre. C sits third to the right of H. H studies in Standard $8^{th}$. F sits second to the left of E who is not an immediate neighbour of C or H. The one who studies in Standard $1^{st}$ is the immediate neighbour of E. Three People sit between H and the student of Standard $7^{th}$. H, C and also their immediate neighbours do not study in Standard $2^{nd}$. Only one person sits between the student of Standard $2^{nd}$ and G. Students of Standard $3^{rd}$ and is immediate neighbours of each other. C is neither in Standard $4^{th}$ nor in Standard $3^{rd}$. Only one person sits between A and the students of Standard $5^{th}$. A does not study in $2^{nd}$ or $3^{rd}$. B does not study in Standard $2^{nd}$.

How many persons sit between D and the student of Standard $4^{th}$, when counted from the left hand side of a student of Standard $4^{th}$?

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There is a group of five persons - A, B, C, D, and E. One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocate. Three of them- A, C, and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them- B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea. The industrialist and D and A are friends to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea. The horticulturist is C's brother.

Who is an industrialist?

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P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and X are captains of eight different cricket teams, namely Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, West Indies and South Africa, but not necessarily in the same order. All of them are seated around a circular table and are facing the centre.
P sits third to the left of the Sri Lankan captain. Only two people sit between T and W. Neither T nor W is an immediate neighbour of P. Neither T nor W is the captain of Sri Lanka. The captain of South Africa sits second to the right of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of P. S is not the Sri Lankan captain and P is not the captain of South Africa. The Australian captain sits third to the left of V. The Australian and Sri Lankan captains are not immediate neighbours. Only one person sits between S and the Indian captain. Captains of Pakistan and New Zealand are immediate neighbours. S is not the captain of New Zealand's team. Only one person sits between Q and the captain of England. The captain of England is an immediate neighbour of X. W and Q are not immediate neighbours.

Who is the captain of the Australian team?

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(a) Eight persons: E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L, are seated around a square table - two on each side. (b) There are three lady members and they are not seated next to each other. (c) J is between L and F. (d) G is between I and F. (e) H, a lady member, is second to the left of J. (f) F, a male member, is seated opposite E, a lady member. (g) There is a lady member between F and I.

Which of the following statements is true about J?

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P, Q, R, S, T and M are six students of a school, one each studies in Class I-VI. Each of them has a favourite colour from red, black, blue, yellow, pink and green, not necessarily in the same order. Q likes black and does not study in Class IV or V. The one who studies in Class IV does not like green. P studies in class II. M likes blue and does not study in class IV. The one who likes yellow studies in class VI. S likes pink and studies in class I. R does not study in class VI.

In which class does M study?

How many such digits are there in the number '$967584231$' each of which is as far away from the beginning in the number as when they are arranged in ascending order starting from right?

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Madan and Rohit are in the same team of hockey. Parth defeated Rohit in badminton but lost to Sachin in tennis. Nitin teams with Sagar in football and with Sachin in hockey. Rohit defeated Sachin in chess. Those who play cricket do not play badminton, volleyball or tennis. Madan and Parth are in opposite teams of basketball. Nitin represents his state in cricket while Sagar does so at the district level. Boys who play chess do not play football, basketball or volleyball. Madan and Parth are together in the volleyball team. Boys who play football also play hockey.

Who has played the largest number of games?

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Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week. On each day, only one play will be staged. D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged. E should be immediately followed by C. B should be staged immediately after D. One play is staged between A and B.

Which play was staged on Wednesday?

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Eight people E, F, G, H, J, K, L and M are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each of them is of a different profession Chartered Accountant, Columnist, Doctor, Engineer, Financial Analyst, Lawyer, Professor and Scientist but not necessarily in the same order. F is sitting second to the left of K. The Scientist is an immediate neighbour of K. There are only three people between the Scientist and E. Only one person sits between the Engineer and E. The Columnist is to the immediate right of the Engineer. M is second to the right of K. H is the Scientist. G and J are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither G nor J is an Engineer. The Financial Analyst is to the immediate left of F. The Lawyer is second to the right of the Columnist. The Professor is an immediate neighbour of the Engineer. G is second to the right of the Chartered Accountant.

Which of the following statements is true according to the given arrangement?

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There is a group of five persons - A, B, C, D, and E. One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocate. Three of them - A, C, and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them- B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea. The industrialist and D and A are friends with one another, but two of these prefer coffee to tea. The horticulturist is C`s brother.

Who is a physicist?

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Eight persons - A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H - are travelling in three different cars namely X, Y and Z, but not necessarily in the same order. There are at least two persons in each Car and each Car has persons of both the sexes. Out of eight persons three are females. All of them like different colours viz, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Black, White, Grey and Purple but not necessarily in the same order. Any female does not like Grey or White colour. D is travelling with G in the Car Z. G likes Black colour. The persons who like Red and Purple colour are travelling in the same car. E does not like Purple colour and he is not travelling with H in the same car. A does not like purple nor white colour. H is travelling in the Car Y. B, C and H are the females in the group. B likes Blue colour and travels with the person who likes Black colour. Red and Green colours are liked by female members. H is travelling with the only person who likes grey colour. One of the persons travelling in Car Z likes Yellow colour. Neither of the persons travelling in car X likes Green colour.

Who among the following likes Yellow colour?

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There are five-person P, Q, R, S, and T. One is a football player, one is a chess player and one is a hockey player. P and S are unmarried ladies and do not participate in any game. None of the ladies plays chess or football. There is a married couple in which T is the husband. Q is the brother of R and is neither a chess player nor a hockey player.

Who is the football player?

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Seven people Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Robert Niro, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowne and Tom Hank live on separate floors of the $7$- floor building. Ground floor is numbered $1$, the first floor is numbered $2$, and so on until the topmost floor is numbered $7$. Each one of these is travelling to a different city, viz Delhi, Manchester, Paris, Cannes, Kansas, Brussels and London but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which Johnny Depp lives. Only one person lives between Johnny Depp and the one travelling to Brussels. Russell Crowne lives immediately below the one travelling to Manchester. The one travelling to Manchester lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones travelling to Brussels and Paris. Brad Pitt lives immediately above Robert Niro. Brad Pitt is not travelling to Paris. Only two people live between Al Pacino and the one travelling to Kansas. The one travelling to Kansas lives below the floor on which Al Pacino lives. The one travelling to Delhi does not live immediately above or immediately below Al Pacino. Kevin Spacey does not live immediately above or immediately below Johnny Depp. Tom Hank does not travel to Corsica.

Who among the following lives on floor number $3$?

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On the shelf are placed six volumes side by side labelled P, Q, R, S, T and U. Three volumes R, Q and T have blue covers while the rest have red covers. S and U are new volume while the rest are old volumes. P, R, S are law reports while the rest are gazetteer.

Which is the red covered, new, law report volume?

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(a) Eight persons: E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L, are seated around a square table - two on each side. (b) There are three lady members and they are not seated next to each other. (c) J is between L and F. (d) G is between I and F. (e) H, a lady member, is second to the left of J. (f) F, a male member, is seated opposite E, a lady member. (g) There is a lady member between F and I.

Who among the following is seated between E and H?

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There are five persons P, Q, R, S and T. One is football player, one is chess player and one is hockey player. P and S are unmarried ladies and do not participate in any game. None of the ladies plays chess or football. There is a married couple in which T is the husband. Q is the brother of R and is neither a chess player nor a hockey player.

The three ladies are?

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A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H study in different standard viz$$$1^{st}, 2^{nd}, 3^{rd}, 4^{th}, 5^{th}, 6^{th}, 7^{th},$ and $8^{th}$All of them are seated around a circular table facing the centre. C sits third to the right of H. H studies in Standard $8^{th}$. F sits second to the left of E who is not an immediate neighbour of C or H. The one who studies in Standard first is the immediate neighbour of E. Three People sit between H and the student of Standard $7^{th}$. H, C and also their immediate neighbours do not study in Standard $2^{nd}$Only one person sits between the student of Standard undefined and G. Students of Standard $3^{rd}$ and $4^{th}$ are immediate neighbours of each other. C is neither in Standard $4^{th}$ nor in Standard $3^{rd}$. Only one person sits between A and the students of Standard $5^{th}$. A does not study in $2^{nd}$ or $3^{rd}$ Standard. B does not study in Std $2^{nd}$.

Who is amongst the following studies in Standard $3^{rd}$?