Grid Matrix Puzzle

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Grid Matrix Puzzle: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Grid Matrix Puzzle with Single Attribute, Grid Matrix Puzzle with Multiple Attributes, Grid Matrix Puzzle with Common Attributes, Schedule Puzzle with Days, Schedule Puzzle with Dates, etc.

Important Questions on Grid Matrix Puzzle

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Eight scholars 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20 and 19 have appeared in an examination. They are ranked based on their performance. The following observations are made based on their performance.

(A) No two scholars share the same rank.
(B) 26 has a better rank compared to 19.
(C) 24 is exactly one rank better than 20.
(D) There is only one scholar ranked between 25 and 21. 21 has a lower rank than 26.
(E) 23 and 20 have a better rank than 26.
(F) 22 tops the ranking.

If 21 is ranked sixth, what 23's rank can be?

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Eight scholars 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20 and 19 have appeared in an examination. They are ranked based on their performance. The following observations are made based on their performance.

(A) No two scholars share the same rank.
(B) 26 has a better rank compared to 19.
(C) 24 is exactly one rank better than 20.
(D) There is only one scholar ranked between 25 and 21. This scholar has a lower rank than 26.
(E) 23 and 20 have a better rank than 26.
(F) 22 tops the ranking.

How many positions can 20 occupy?

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Eight scholars 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20 and 19 have appeared in an examination. They are ranked based on their performance. Following observations are made based on their performance.

(A) No two scholars share the same rank.
(B) 26 has a better rank compared to 19.
(C) 24 is exactly one rank better than 20.
(D) There is only one scholar ranked between 25 and 21. This scholar has a lower rank than 26.
(E) 23 and 20 have a better rank than 26.
(F) 22 tops the ranking.

Who is on seventh rank?

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Eight scholars 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20 and 19 have appeared in an examination. They are ranked based on their performance. The following observations are made based on their performance.

(A) No two scholars share the same rank.
(B) 26 has a better rank compared to 19.
(C) 24 is exactly one rank better than 20.
(D) There is only one scholar ranked between 25 and 21. This scholar has a lower rank than 26.
(E) 23 and 20 have a better rank than 26.
(F) 22 tops the ranking.

Who is ranked fifth?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Eight scholars 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20 and 19 have appeared in an examination. They are ranked based on their performance. Following observations are made based on their performance.

(A) No two scholars share the same rank.
(B) 26 has a better rank compared to 19.
(C) 24 is exactly one rank better than 20.
(D) There is only one scholar ranked between 25 and 21. This scholar has a lower rank than 26.
(E) 23 and 20 have a better rank than 26.
(F) 22 tops the ranking.

From the given data, how many ranks are definitely determined?

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There are seven students – M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S – who like different subjects viz- Hindi, English, Maths, Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology but not necessarily in the same order. They read on different days of the week starting from Monday. They also like different sports, viz- Hockey, Cricket, Football, Tennis, Badminton, Baseball, and Kho-Kho but not necessarily in the same order. N, who likes Baseball, reads on the fourth day of the week but neither Hindi nor Biology. Two students read between the days on which N and R read and neither of them read on the 1st day of the week. There is only one student who reads between M and O. But O does not read either on the1st or 3rd day of the week. O likes Cricket sport and reads Hindi. The one who reads Math on the last day of the week likes Football sport. P does not read on the day either immediately before or immediately after the day on which M read, who doesn’t like either Badminton or Hockey or Tennis sport. P does not read science. S reads immediately after O and he likes Hockey sport. Q does not like Badminton
sport and reads Chemistry. M does not read either Physics or Science. The one who reads English takes class immediately after the day when Hindi has been read.

Which of the following combinations is definitely false?

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In the Year 2016, seven persons viz. P, Q, R, S, T, V, and W donated some money to a charitable trust on different months of the year starting from January and ending in November. Some of them are females and some of them are male. Their contribution,(in rupees) are – 5000, 500, 40, 1600, 80, 40 and 2500. V made his donation in June. Two donations were made between the donations made by V and P. In the first month of the year, a male made a contribution of 5000 rupees. S did not made his donation a month after the donation of Q. None of the given people made his contribution in a month which has 28 days. There are two such cases where the difference in the number of days of the months of two successive donations is zero. In one such case, the months are consecutive months of the year. The contribution of Rs 500 was made in November month. The sum of contributions of W and Q is equal to that of S. Contribution by a female is always preceded and succeeded by the contribution of a male. T is the only female who cannot be succeeded by anyone. P is the only male which is followed by another male. Only one donation is made between the donations made by T and S. The donation of the male who donated his money in June is the perfect square of the donation made in August. The donation by T is not made on the month immediately before or immediately after the month when V made his donation (considering only those months in which the donations were made. R donated money immediately before W. Only three persons made their contribution in a month which has 31 days.   

Who amongst the following is male who donated 2500 Rs?

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In the Year 2016, seven persons viz. P, Q, R, S, T, V, and W donated some money to a charitable trust on different months of the year starting from January and ending in November. Some of them are females and some of them are male. Their contribution,(in rupees) are – 5000, 500, 40, 1600, 80, 40 and 2500. V made his donation in June. Two donations were made between the donations made by V and P. In the first month of the year, a male made a contribution of 5000 rupees. S did not made his donation a month after the donation of Q. None of the given people made his contribution in a month which has 28 days. There are two such cases where the difference in the number of days of the months of two successive donations is zero. In one such case, the months are consecutive months of the year. The contribution of Rs 500 was made in November month. The sum of contributions of W and Q is equal to that of S. Contribution by a female is always preceded and succeeded by the contribution of a male. T is the only female who cannot be succeeded by anyone. P is the only male which is followed by another male. Only one donation is made between the donations made by T and S. The donation of the male who donated his money in June is the perfect square of the donation made in August. The donation by T is not made on the month immediately before or immediately after the month when V made his donation (considering only those months in which the donations were made. R donated money immediately before W. Only three persons made their contribution in a month which has 31 days.   
Which of the following combinations is correct as per the given arrangement?

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Study the following information carefully to answer the given question.  
In the Year 2016, seven persons viz. P, Q, R, S, T, V, and W donated some money to a charitable trust on different months of the year starting from January and ending in November. Some of them are females and some of them are male. Their contribution,(in rupees) are – 5000, 500, 40, 1600, 80, 40 and 2500. V made his donation in June. Two donations were made between the donations made by V and P. In the first month of the year, a male made a contribution of 5000 rupees. S did not made his donation a month after the donation of Q. None of the given people made his contribution in a month which has 28 days. There are two such cases where the difference in the number of days of the months of two successive donations is zero. In one such case, the months are consecutive months of the year. The contribution of Rs 500 was made in November month. The sum of contributions of W and Q is equal to that of S. Contribution by a female is always preceded and succeeded by the contribution of a male. T is the only female who cannot be succeeded by anyone. P is the only male which is followed by another male. Only one donation is made between the donations made by T and S. The donation of the male who donated his money in June is the perfect square of the donation made in August. The donation by T is not made on the month immediately before or immediately after the month when V made his donation (considering only those months in which the donations were made. R donated money immediately before W. Only three persons made their contribution in a month which has 31 days.   

Who among the following is a female?

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Study the following information carefully to answer the given question.  
In the Year 2016, seven persons viz. P, Q, R, S, T, V, and W donated some money to a charitable trust on different months of the year starting from January and ending in November. Some of them are females and some of them are male. Their contribution,(in rupees) are – 5000, 500, 40, 1600, 80, 40 and 2500. V made his donation in June. Two donations were made between the donations made by V and P. In the first month of the year, a male made a contribution of 5000 rupees. S did not made his donation a month after the donation of Q. None of the given people made his contribution in a month which has 28 days. There are two such cases where the difference in the number of days of the months of two successive donations is zero. In one such case, the months are consecutive months of the year. The contribution of Rs 500 was made in November month. The sum of contributions of W and Q is equal to that of S. Contribution by a female is always preceded and succeeded by the contribution of a male. T is the only female who cannot be succeeded by anyone. P is the only male which is followed by another male. Only one donation is made between the donations made by T and S. The donation of the male who donated his money in June is the perfect square of the donation made in August. The donation by T is not made on the month immediately before or immediately after the month when V made his donation (considering only those months in which the donations were made. R donated money immediately before W. Only three persons made their contribution in a month which has 31 days.   

As per the given arrangement which of the following person represent the one who was donated money in between the W and S?

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Eight books namely Tamil, English, Hindi, Commerce, Social, Botany, Zoology, and Civics are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Among them, every two books belong to classes from 9th to 12th. The colors of the cover of the books are blue, brown, red, orange, green, grey, black, and purple. The two books in the middle belong to class 12th. The book with a black cover is 3 places below the one with Green color. Botany and Hindi book are adjacent to each other and neither of them is on top nor on the bottom. The book with a red cover is just above the Zoology books. One of the class 10th books is brown in color which is not kept on top. The cover of Tamil is of purple color and it is 3rd position from the top. The two-class 11th books are Social and English. Hindi book is kept 3rd place from the bottom and belongs to class 9th. The Social book which is not Grey is kept just below the Zoology book. One of the class 11th books is kept between class 9th and 10th books. The cover of Commerce and Civics books is not grey. There are three books between the red and the orange-colored book.

Botany book is placed in which position?

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Eight books namely Tamil, English, Hindi, Commerce, Social, Botany, Zoology, and Civics are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Among them, every two books belong to classes from 9th to 12th. The colors of the cover of the books are blue, brown, red, orange, green, grey, black, and purple. The two books in the middle belong to class 12th. The book with a black cover is 3 places below the one with Green color. Botany and Hindi book are adjacent to each other and neither of them is on top nor on the bottom. The book with a red cover is just above the Zoology books. One of the class 10th books is brown in color which is not kept on top. The cover of Tamil is of purple color and it is 3rd position from the top. The two-class 11th books are Social and English. Hindi book is kept 3rd place from the bottom and belongs to class 9th. The Social book which is not Grey is kept just below the Zoology book. One of the class 11th books is kept between class 9th and 10th books. The cover of Commerce and Civics books is not grey. There are three books between the red and the orange-colored book.

Which one is correct according brown covered box?

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Eight books namely Tamil, English, Hindi, Commerce, Social, Botany, Zoology, and Civics are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Among them, every two books belong to classes from 9th to 12th. The colors of the cover of the books are blue, brown, red, orange, green, grey, black, and purple. The two books in the middle belong to class 12th. The book with a black cover is 3 places below the one with Green color. Botany and Hindi book are adjacent to each other and neither of them is on top nor on the bottom. The book with a red cover is just above the Zoology books. One of the class 10th books is brown in color which is not kept on top. The cover of Tamil is of purple color and it is 3rd position from the top. The two-class 11th books are Social and English. Hindi book is kept 3rd place from the bottom and belongs to class 9th. The Social book which is not Grey is kept just below the Zoology book. One of the class 11th books is kept between class 9th and 10th books. The cover of Commerce and Civics books is not grey. There are three books between the red and the orange-colored book.

Which of the following is does not belong to the group?

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Eleven friends Abhishek, Ankita, Bharti, Deepika, Karthik, Nikita, Pranav, Rajkumar, Ratnesh, Satish, and Vinay work in the company XYZ private limited. They decided to play the Secret Santa game. Everyone had to pick a single chit that had the name of one of her/his friends. If Abhishek picks up the chit with the name of Ankita, Abhishek will be the Secret Santa of Ankita. One who picks up the chit will be the Secret Santa for the person whose chit she/he picked and then will have to gift something to her/his friend. If one picks her/his name, she/he will have to pick again till everyone gets the chit of the person other than themselves. Eleven chits were prepared but due to some chemical reactions, the names could not be read properly. Following is the only information that could be derived from the chits. Abhishek could only read the letters 'R' and ‘H’ in his chit. Ankita could read-only ‘K’ and 'H. Bharti's chit had only 3 vowels (not necessarily distinct). Deepika picked up the chit which did not have the letters H, R or S. Karthik's chit had a name that had only 2 distinct common alphabets as his ow name, while each distinct common alphabet may/may not have repetitions in either name. Nikita could only read A, H, and B. Pranav could read-online S and H in his chit. Satish picked Vinay's name. Vinay picked that person's name who picked up Nikita's name. Ratnesh picked that person's name who picked up Karthik's name. Ratnesh did not pick Nikita's name. Rajkumar did not pick Satish's or Bharti's name. Ankita's name was picked up by that person whose name was picked up by Abhishek.

If the persons picking up the chits, picked them in the alphabetical order of their names, then whose name would be picked up last?

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Eleven friends Abhishek, Ankita, Bharti, Deepika, Karthik, Nikita, Pranav, Rajkumar, Ratnesh, Satish, and Vinay work in the company XYZ private limited. They decided to play the Secret Santa game. Everyone had to pick a single chit that had the name of one of her/his friends. If Abhishek picks up the chit with the name of Ankita, Abhishek will be the Secret Santa of Ankita. One who picks up the chit will be the Secret Santa for the person whose chit she/he picked and then will have to gift something to her/his friend. If one picks her/his name, she/he will have to pick again till everyone gets the chit of the person other than themselves. Eleven chits were prepared but due to some chemical reactions, the names could not be read properly. Following is the only information that could be derived from the chits. Abhishek could only read the letters 'R' and ‘H’ in his chit. Ankita could read-only ‘K’ and 'H. Bharti's chit had only 3 vowels (not necessarily distinct). Deepika picked up the chit which did not have the letters H, R or S. Karthik's chit had a name that had only 2 distinct common alphabets as his ow name, while each distinct common alphabet may/may not have repetitions in either name. Nikita could only read A, H, and B. Pranav could read-online S and H in his chit. Satish picked Vinay's name. Vinay picked that person's name who picked up Nikita's name. Ratnesh picked that person's name who picked up Karthik's name. Ratnesh did not pick Nikita's name. Rajkumar did not pick Satish's or Bharti's name. Ankita's name was picked up by that person whose name was picked up by Abhishek.

 Which of the following is the correct combination of Name: Secret Santa?

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Eleven friends Abhishek, Ankita, Bharti, Deepika, Karthik, Nikita, Pranav, Rajkumar, Ratnesh, Satish, and Vinay work in the company XYZ private limited. They decided to play the Secret Santa game. Everyone had to pick a single chit that had the name of one of her/his friends. If Abhishek picks up the chit with the name of Ankita, Abhishek will be the Secret Santa of Ankita. One who picks up the chit will be the Secret Santa for the person whose chit she/he picked and then will have to gift something to her/his friend. If one picks her/his name, she/he will have to pick again till everyone gets the chit of the person other than themselves. Eleven chits were prepared but due to some chemical reactions, the names could not be read properly. Following is the only information that could be derived from the chits. Abhishek could only read the letters 'R' and ‘H’ in his chit. Ankita could read-only ‘K’ and 'H. Bharti's chit had only 3 vowels (not necessarily distinct). Deepika picked up the chit which did not have the letters H, R or S. Karthik's chit had a name that had only 2 distinct common alphabets as his ow name, while each distinct common alphabet may/may not have repetitions in either name. Nikita could only read A, H, and B. Pranav could read-online S and H in his chit. Satish picked Vinay's name. Vinay picked that person's name who picked up Nikita's name. Ratnesh picked that person's name who picked up Karthik's name. Ratnesh did not pick Nikita's name. Rajkumar did not pick Satish's or Bharti's name. Ankita's name was picked up by that person whose name was picked up by Abhishek.

If the persons picking up the chits, picked them in the alphabetical order of their names, then at what number was Ratnesh’s name picked up?

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Eleven friends Abhishek, Ankita, Bharti, Deepika, Karthik, Nikita, Pranav, Rajkumar, Ratnesh, Satish, and Vinay work in the company XYZ private limited. They decided to play the Secret Santa game. Everyone had to pick a single chit that had the name of one of her/his friends. If Abhishek picks up the chit with the name of Ankita, Abhishek will be the Secret Santa of Ankita. One who picks up the chit will be the Secret Santa for the person whose chit she/he picked and then will have to gift something to her/his friend. If one picks her/his name, she/he will have to pick again till everyone gets the chit of the person other than themselves. Eleven chits were prepared but due to some chemical reactions, the names could not be read properly. Following is the only information that could be derived from the chits. Abhishek could only read the letters 'R' and ‘H’ in his chit. Ankita could read-only ‘K’ and 'H. Bharti's chit had only 3 vowels (not necessarily distinct). Deepika picked up the chit which did not have the letters H, R or S. Karthik's chit had a name that had only 2 distinct common alphabets as his ow name, while each distinct common alphabet may/may not have repetitions in either name. Nikita could only read A, H, and B. Pranav could read-online S and H in his chit. Satish picked Vinay's name. Vinay picked that person's name who picked up Nikita's name. Ratnesh picked that person's name who picked up Karthik's name. Ratnesh did not pick Nikita's name. Rajkumar did not pick Satish's or Bharti's name. Ankita's name was picked up by that person whose name was picked up by Abhishek.

Whose name did Rajkumar pick?

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Eight persons namely – Gini, Pini, Queen, Tara, Rama, Sam, Mini and Kim attends seminar on different days of a week starting from Monday to Sunday. Maximum two person eat a fruit the same day. Each person was born in different year from 1992 to 1999. Each one of them eats different fruit. 

Two persons eat fruit between Gini and the one who was born in 1993. Pini was born on an odd number year and eats Cherry. The one who eats in Pineapple eats immediately the next day the one who was born in 1993. Three persons eat the fruit between Gini and Queen. Queen does not eat Apple but eats on Monday.The one who eats Orange eats it immediately before Mini who is the eldest most. Two persons eat the fruit between the one who eat Orange and the one who was born in 1996. The one who eat Pineapple was born in an odd numbered year.The one who eat Mango was born in 1994 and eats on the day next to Queen. The one who eats Apple eats before Wednesday. Tara eats the fruit before the one who eats Mango. Gini eats the fruit after Queen. Three persons eat the fruit between Tara and the one who eats Papaya. Tara is not born on 1994. At least two persons eats the fruit after Kim. Rama does not eat the fruit on Friday.  Queen was born in an even numbered year. One who eats on Monday eats Grapes but born on odd year. Rama likes kiwi and is elder than Queen and Tara. Sam is elder to only four. Strawberry is eaten by the youngest among all on Tuesday. The one who was born in 1993 eats on Friday. One of the fruit eaten is Chiku, but it is not eaten either on Saturday not on Sunday.

Which of the following is true for Sam?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below it.

Eight persons namely – Gini, Pini, Queen, Tara, Rama, Sam, Mini and Kim attends seminar on different days of a week starting from Monday to Sunday. Maximum two person eat a fruit the same day. Each person was born in different year from 1992 to 1999. Each one of them eats different fruit. 

Two persons eat fruit between Gini and the one who was born in 1993. Pini was born on an odd number year and eats Cherry. The one who eats in Pineapple eats immediately the next day the one who was born in 1993. Three persons eat the fruit between Gini and Queen. Queen does not eat Apple but eats on Monday.The one who eats Orange eats it immediately before Mini who is the eldest most. Two persons eat the fruit between the one who eat Orange and the one who was born in 1996. The one who eat Pineapple was born in an odd numbered year.The one who eat Mango was born in 1994 and eats on the day next to Queen. The one who eats Apple eats before Wednesday. Tara eats the fruit before the one who eats Mango. Gini eats the fruit after Queen. Three persons eat the fruit between Tara and the one who eats Papaya. Tara is not born on 1994. At least two persons eats the fruit after Kim. Rama does not eat the fruit on Friday.  Queen was born in an even numbered year. One who eats on Monday eats Grapes but born on odd year. Rama likes kiwi and is elder than Queen and Tara. Sam is elder to only four. Strawberry is eaten by the youngest among all on Tuesday. The one who was born in 1993 eats on Friday. One of the fruit eaten is Chiku, but it is not eaten either on Saturday not on Sunday.

Which of the following is true?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below it.

Eight persons namely – Gini, Pini, Queen, Tara, Rama, Sam, Mini and Kim attends seminar on different days of a week starting from Monday to Sunday. Maximum two person eat a fruit the same day. Each person was born in different year from 1992 to 1999. Each one of them eats different fruit. 

Two persons eat fruit between Gini and the one who was born in 1993. Pini was born on an odd number year and eats Cherry. The one who eats in Pineapple eats immediately the next day the one who was born in 1993. Three persons eat the fruit between Gini and Queen. Queen does not eat Apple but eats on Monday.The one who eats Orange eats it immediately before Mini who is the eldest most. Two persons eat the fruit between the one who eat Orange and the one who was born in 1996. The one who eat Pineapple was born in an odd numbered year.The one who eat Mango was born in 1994 and eats on the day next to Queen. The one who eats Apple eats before Wednesday. Tara eats the fruit before the one who eats Mango. Gini eats the fruit after Queen. Three persons eat the fruit between Tara and the one who eats Papaya. Tara is not born on 1994. At least two persons eats the fruit after Kim. Rama does not eat the fruit on Friday.  Queen was born in an even numbered year. One who eats on Monday eats Grapes but born on odd year. Rama likes kiwi and is elder than Queen and Tara. Sam is elder to only four. Strawberry is eaten by the youngest among all on Tuesday. The one who was born in 1993 eats on Friday. One of the fruit eaten is Chiku, but it is not eaten either on Saturday not on Sunday.

The one who was born in 1997 ate which of the following fruit?