Banking wizard by pankaj gautam

BANKING WIZARD BY PANKAJ GAUTAM

further.

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  Jot down all the names which you have found in the questions at different points.
  
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  If stuck at a point then at times there are clues given in the question which are very helpful.
  
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  Write down all the probable possibilities and then keep striking it off as and when you get the additional information.
  
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  The statement which alone gives a particular position/information etc are definitive statement others are derived i.e you need combination of 2 or more statements to solve.
  

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  In sitting arrangement try finding the ends or corner position first and then proceed further.
  
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  In a circle there is no beginning or end position.
  
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  Apply process of elimination, process of selection and process of ‘test the rule’.
  
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  Differentiate between immediate right and right and immediate left and left.
  
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  Differentiate between first and second person. (eg a is to the left of e, who is to the right of c meaning that e is to right of c)
  
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  A person to the left of one person that means the other person is to the right of that person and vice versa. (eg if a is to the left of b then b has to be on the right of a, unless they are facing in different directions.)
  
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  Draw all possible arrangements, at times there can be more than 1 arrangement.
  
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  Don’t ponder too much on solving that part of puzzle which is not needed to answer the questions.
  
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  Understand the difference between opposite and diagonally opposite, and also understand the concept of opposite depending upon the no of sides of the figure/ arrangements whether rectangular, pentagon hexagon etc.[(n÷2]-1)] n has to be even.
  
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  See the answer choices carefully and then answer there could be several correct answers like a could be in the middle but at the same time to the left of d or right of e or in that case between d and e , so mark your answer as per the choice given.
  
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  If all the persons change their direction then there is no change in their relative position, however if few of them change their direction then it will effect their relative position.
  

PUZZLE: 1

5 friend amol, mandar, piyu, shashi and reena attended sagar’s birthday party. Each of them gifted sagar an article such as a fountain pen, a cell phone, a shirt, a jacket and an ipod. Sagar in return gifted each of them a different article such as a video game, a sweater, a perfume, a calculator and a pair of sunglasses. Following are the additional information:

1. 
   Amol gifted a shirt and received video game
   
2. 
   Shashi didn’t gift the ipod but received perfume.
   
3. 
   Mandar did not gift an electronic item and received calculator.
   
4. 
   The person who gifted the jacket received the sweater in return and reena received the pair of sunglasses.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Who gifted the jacket
   
2. 
   Which pair of person gifted jacket and received iPod.
   
3. 
   Which person gifted cell phone and received calculator.
   

PUZZLE: 2

A leading socialite decided to organize a dinner and invited a few of her friends. Only the host and hostess were sitting at the opposite ends of a rectangular table with three persons along each side. The pre-requisite for the sitting arrangement was that each person must be seated such that at least on one side it has a person of opposite sex.

Maqbool is opposite shobha, who is not the hostess. Rattan has a woman on his right and is sitting opposite a women. Monisha is sitting to the hostess right, next to dhirubhai.

One person is seated between madhuri and urmila who is not the hostess. The men were maqbool, ratan, dhirubhai and Jackie while the women were madhuri, urmila shobha and monisha.

Questions:

1. 
   The eighth person present Jackie must be
   

1. 
   The host
   
2. 
   Seated to shobha’s right
   
3. 
   Seated opposite urmila
   

Options: a.) I only, b.) iii only, c.) I and ii only, d) ii and iii only.

2. 
   Which of the following person is definitely not seated next to a person of same sex?
   

1. 
   maqbool, b.) madhri, c.) Jackie, d.) shobha.
   

3. 
   If ratan would have exchanged seats with person four places to his left, which of the following would have been true after the exchange?
   

1. 
   No one was seated between two persons of the opposite sex( eg no man between two women)
   
2. 
   One side of the table consisted entirely of the person of the same sex.
   
3. 
   Either the host or the hostess changed seats.
   

4. 
   if each person is placed directly opposite her spouse, which of the following pairs must be married?
   

1. 
   Ratan and monisha
   
2. 
   Madhuri and dhirubahi
   
3. 
   Urmila and Jackie
   
4. 
   Ratan and madhuri
   

PUZZLE: 3

Five of India’s leading models are posing for a photograph promoting “world peace and understanding”. But then rakesh shrestha the photographer is having a tough time getting them to stand in a straight line. Aishwarya refuse to stand next to sushmita because shushmita had said something about her in a leading gossip magazine.

Rachel and anu want to stand together because they are such a good friends. Manpreet on the other hand cannot get along with Rachel because there is some talk about Rachel scheming to get a contract already awarded to manpreet.

Anu believes her friendly astrolozer who has asked her to stand at the extreme right for all group photographs. Finally rakesh managed to pacify the girls and got a beautiful picture of five beautiful girls smiling beautifully in a beautiful straight line promoting world peace.

Questions:

1. 
   If aishwarya is extreme left who is in the middle.
   
2. 
   If aishwarya is extreme left who is second from left.
   
3. 
   If anu’s astrologer tells her to stand second from left and aishwarya second from right then who is at extreme right?
   

PUZZLE: 4

Mr. bankatlal acted asa judge for a beauty contest. There were 4 participants viz, miss Andhra, miss up, miss wb, and miss Maharashtra. Mr bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the yellow sari won the contest he further elaborated:

1. 
   All were in a row.
   
2. 
   Sari color green, yellow, white, red.
   
3. 
   Runners up sat beside miss Maharashtra.
   
4. 
   Runners up in green sari.
   
5. 
   Miss wb not sitting at the ends and was not the runners up.
   
6. 
   Winners and runners up are not adjacent.
   
7. 
   Miss Maharashtra was wearing white sari.
   
8. 
   Miss Andhra was not wearing green sari.
   
9. 
   Yellow and white were at the ends.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Who wore the red sari?
   
2. 
   Miss wb wassitting adjacent to:
   
3. 
   Which sari was worn by miss Andhra?
   
4. 
   Who was the runners up?
   

PUZZLE: 5

Seven varsity basketball players a b c d e f g are to be honored at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on the Dias in a row.

A and g have to leave the luncheon early and so at the extreme right. B will receive the most valuable players trophy and so must be the center. C and d are bitter rivals and therefore must be seated as far apart as possible.

Questions:

1. 
   Which of the following cannot be seated at either end?(c d f g )
   
2. 
   Which pair cannot be seated together?(bd df dg ea)
   
3. 
   Which of the following pair cannot occupy the seats on either side of b?(fd de eg cf)
   

PUZZLE: 6

1. 
   There are three houses on each side of the road.
   
2. 
   P q r s t u
   
3. 
   Colors red blue green yellow orange white
   
4. 
   Of different height.
   
5. 
   T is tallest opposite red colored house
   
6. 
   Shortest U opposite green colored house
   
7. 
   U orange colored located between p and s
   
8. 
   R yellow opposite p
   
9. 
   Q green opposite u
   
10. 
    P white color taller than r but shorter than s and q.
    

Question:

1. 
   What is the color of house diagonally opposite to the yellow colored house?
   
2. 
   Which is the second tallest house?
   
3. 
   What is the color of the tallest house?
   

PUZZLE: 7

There was an office block for six officers a b c d e f, three on either side and the sides separated by a corridor which is right at the entrance. Both b and c occupy offices to the right of the corridor ( as one enters the office block)and a on the left of the corridor…………………………………> this is the way to entry. E and f on opposite sides of corridor but not facing each other. C and d faces each other. e does not have a corner office. F’s office is further down the corridor than a’s but on the same side.

Question:

1. 
   If e sits in his office and faces the corridor than whose office is there t his left?
   
2. 
   Whose office’s faces a’s office?
   
3. 
   D was heard telling someone to go further down the corridor to the last office on the right. To whose room was he trying to direct the person?
   

PUZZLE: 8

A b c d e f are group of friends. There are 2 housewives 1 professor 1 engineer 1 accountant and 1 lawyer. 2 married couples. Lawyer is married to d, who is a housewife. No woman is either engineer or accountant. C is an accountant married to f who is a professor. A is married to a housewife. E is not a housewife.

Question:

1. 
   Which of the following is one of the married couple? (a-b, b-e, d-e, a-d)
   
2. 
   What is e’s profession?
   
3. 
   How many members of the group are male?
   

PUZZLE: 9

K l m n p q r s u w are the only ten members in a department. There is a proposal to form a team subject to the following condition:

1. 
   Team must include exactly one among p q r s.
   
2. 
   Team must include either m or q but not both.
   
3. 
   If a team include k it must also include l and vice versa.
   
4. 
   If a team includes one among s u and w it must also include the other two.
   
5. 
   L and n cannot be the members of the same team.
   
6. 
   L and u cannot be the members of the same team.
   

Note: the size of the team is defined as the no of members in the team.

Question:

1. 
   Who can be a member of team size 5?
   
2. 
   What would be the size of largest possible team?
   
3. 
   In how many ways can a team be constitute so that the team includes n?
   

PUZZLE: 10

In a sports event six teams a b c d e f are competing against each other. Matches are scheduled in two stages. Each team plays 3 match in stage 1 and 2 match in stage2. No team plays against the same team more than once in the event. No ties are permitted in any of the matches. Additional observations for stage 1:

1. 
   One team won all the three matches.
   
2. 
   Two teams lost all the matches.
   
3. 
   D lost to a but won against c and f.
   
4. 
   E lost to b but won against c and f.
   
5. 
   B lost at least one match.
   
6. 
   F did not play against the top of stage 1.
   

Results of stage 2:

1. 
   The leader of stage 1 lost the next 2 matches.
   
2. 
   Of the 2 teams who were at the bottom after stage 1, one won both the matches while the other lost both the matches.
   
3. 
   One more team lost both matches in stage 2.
   

Question:

1. 
   The two teams that defeated the leader of stage 1 are:
   
2. 
   The team/s that won both matches in stage 2 is:
   
3. 
   The team/s that won exactly 2 matches in the event:
   
4. 
   Team/s with most win the entire competitions:
   

PUZZLE: 11

Recently ghosh babu spent his winter vacation on kya kya island. During the vacation, he visited the local casino where he came across a new card game. Two players uses 52 cards one is the dealer and the other is a player.

Player picks card at random. This is called base card. Amt in rupee = face value of base card ie base amount. Face value of A Q K J =10. Others face values are numbers on the card. Once the player picks a card, dealer pays the base amount. The dealer picks the card which is called the top card. If the base card and top card are same then player pays twice the base amount to the dealer.

If only color matches then player pays base amount to dealer. If top card card is of different color then base then dealer pays base amount to the player. Ghosh babu played the game four times. First he picks 8 of clubs and the dealer Q of club. Second he picks 10 of heart and the dealer 2 of spade. Third he picks 6 of diamond and the dealer A of diamond and fourth ghosh babu picks 8 of spade and dealer J of spade.

Question:

1. 
   If ghosh babu stopped playing the game at a point of maximum gain(in the hindsight), what was the gain?
   
2. 
   The initial money ghosh babu had (before the beginning of the game session) was x. at no point did he have to borrow any money. What is the maximum possible value of x?
   
3. 
   If the final amount which ghosh babu had with him was100. What was the initial amount he had with him?
   

PUZZLE: 12

The primitive tribes folk of islands of lexico photos have recently developed a language for themselves, which has a very limited vocabulary. The words can be classified into three types.

1. 
   The bingoes
   
2. 
   The cingoes
   
3. 
   The dingoes
   

The bongos types of words are grumbs, harrumphs, I have itoo

The cingoes types of words are I have itoo, jingogo, koolodo

The dingoes types of words are lovitoo, metoo, nana.

They have also devised some rules of grammar. Every sentence must have only five words. Every sentence must have 2 bingoes 1 cingo and 2 dingoes.

If grumbs is used in a sentence I haveitoo must also be used and vice versa.

Koolodo can be used in a sentence only if lovitoo is used.

Question:

1. 
   Which choice of word in a sentence is not possible, if no rules of grammar are to be violated?
   

1. 
   Grumbs and harrumphs (bingoes) I have itoo (cingoes)
   
2. 
   Hatrumphs and I have itoo(bingoes)
   
3. 
   Grumbs and I have itoo(bingoes) lovitoo and nana(dingoes)
   
4. 
   Metoo and nana (dingoes)
   

2. 
   If grumbles and harrumphs are the bingoes in a senctence then, which is true:
   

1. 
   I have itoo is the cingo
   
2. 
   Lovitoo is the dingo
   
3. 
   Either lovitoo ir metoo must be one or both dingo.
   

PUZZLE: 13

Kya kya is an obscure island which is inhabited by two types of people the yes type and the no type.

Native of type yes ask only question the right answer to which is yes while native of no type ask the questions right answer to which is no. (eg yes type will ask is 2+2=4? And no type will ask is 2+2=5?)

Questions:

1. 
   If an islander asks do I belong to the no type? Which of the following is correct?
   

1. 
   He is a no.
   
2. 
   He could be either yes or no.
   
3. 
   He is a yes.
   
4. 
   It is impossible for him to have asked such a question.
   

2. 
   Ram and laxman are brothers from the island. Laxman asks you; “is at least one of the two brother is of type no”? you can conclude:
   

1. 
   Ram is no laxman yes
   
2. 
   Both are yes
   
3. 
   Ram is yes laxman no.
   
4. 
   Both are no.
   

3. 
   You approached one of the islander and asked; “am I of type yes”? you can infer:
   

1. 
   He was no
   
2. 
   He was yes
   
3. 
   Such a situation was not possible
   
4. 
   No conclusion is possible.
   

PUZZLE: 14

A b c d e f g are brothers. Two brothers had an argument and a said to b “ you are as old as c was when I was twice as old as d, and will be as old as e was when he was as old as c is now”. B said to a; “you may be older than f but g is as old as I was when you were as old as g is, and d will be as old as f was when f will be as old as g is”.

Questions:

1. 
   Who is the eldest?
   
2. 
   Who is the youngest?
   
3. 
   Which two are probably twins?
   

PUZZLE: 15

A group of 3 and/or 4 to be selected from 7. 2 women fiza, kavita and 5 men ram shyam david peter rahim. Additional information:

9. 
   Ram and shyam cannot be together.
   

2. 
   Kavita has to be with david.
   
3. 
   Shyam has to be with rahim.
   
4. 
   David not with peter.
   
5. 
   Ram with peter
   
6. 
   David with fiza.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Which of the following can be feasible group of three? (david ram rahim, peter shyam rahim, kavita david shyam, fiza david rahim)
   
2. 
   Which of the following is feasible of 4? (ram peter fiza rahim, shyam rahim kavita david, shyam rahim fiza david, fiza david ram peter)
   
3. 
   Which is true?
   

1. 
   Kavita and rahim can be a part of group of four.
   
2. 
   A group of 4 can have 2 women.
   
3. 
   Group of 4 can have all 4men.
   
4. 
   None of the above is true.
   

PUZZLE: 16

The head of a newly formed govt desires to appoint five of the six elected members. A b c d e f to portfolio of home, power, defense, telecom and finance. F does not want any portfolio if d gets one. C wants either home or finance or no portfolio. B says that if d gets either power or telecom then she must get the other one. E insists on a portfolio if a gets one.

Question:

1. 
   Which is a valid assignment?
   

1. 
   a-home b-power c-defense d-telecom e-finance
   
2. 
   c-home d-power a-defense b-telecom e-finance
   
3. 
   a-home b-power e-defense d-telecom f-finance
   
4. 
   b-home f-power e-defense c-telecom a-finance
   

2. 
   if a gets home and c gets finance, then which is not a valid assignment of defense and telecom?
   

1. 
   A-defense b-telecom
   
2. 
   F-defense b-telecom
   
3. 
   B-defense e-telecom
   
4. 
   B-defense d-telecom
   

PUZZLE: 17

A string of 3 english letter is formed as per the following rules:

1. 
   The first letter is any vowel
   
2. 
   2^nd is m n or p
   
3. 
   If second m then 3^rd is vowel which is different from the first letter.
   
4. 
   If 2^nd is n then 3^rd is e or u
   
5. 
   If the second letter p then 3^rd is same as first.
   

Question:

1. 
   how many strings of letters can possibly be formed using the above rules?
   
2. 
   How many strings of letters can be possibly be formed using the above rules such that the third letter of the string is e?
   

PUZZLE: 18

Five men ram shyam tanmay umesh and vishesh each work in a hotel and do one out of the following job mopping, sweeping, laundry, vacuuming and dusting. They do these jobs one day a week Monday through Friday.

1. 
   Vishesh doesn’t vacuum and doesn’t work on Tuesday.
   
2. 
   Shyam does dusting and doesn’t work on Monday or Friday.
   
3. 
   The mopping is done on Thursday.
   
4. 
   Tanmay does his task which is not vacuuming on Wednesday.
   
5. 
   Laundry is done on Friday but not by umesh.
   
6. 
   Ram does his job on Monday.
   

Question:

1. 
   What task does tanmay do on Wednesday?
   
2. 
   Which day does umesh do his task?
   
3. 
   What task does vishesh do?
   
4. 
   What day is the vacuuming done?
   

PUZZLE :19

A person perform 7 daily routine task. Pastry-baking, worklist-making, cake-baking, label-stitching, item-sorting, room-cleaning and finally bathing. On top of these weird collection mr. weirdo does these activities keeping in mind certain stipulations.

1. 
   Worklist before pastry.
   
2. 
   Cake baking after sorting but before worklist.
   
3. 
   Both room cleaning and label stitching after cake baking.
   
4. 
   Bathing before cleaning.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Which one of the following could be the order of the work done by mr. weirdo from first to last?(test the rule)
   

1. 
   L –i-cb-w-p-r
   
2. 
   B-i-p-c-l-w-r
   
3. 
   I-b-c-r-w-l-p
   
4. 
   B-c-l-r-w-i-p
   

2. 
   Which one of the following is a complete and accurate list of last jobs performed?
   

1. 
   P-r
   
2. 
   R-l
   
3. 
   R-l-w
   
4. 
   P-r-l
   

3. 
   If mr weirdo baths after he makes his worklist then when could he room-clean at the earliest?
   

PUZZLE: 20

A b c are 3 students from doon school, p q r from elite school. Q is brighter than r but duller than the doon school students who is brighter than a . the same doon school student is duller than p but brighter than c.

Question:

1. 
   Who is brightest among all?
   
2. 
   Who is dullest among a b c? give your answer as d if the same cannot be determined.
   
3. 
   Who is dullest among the students from elite?
   

PUZZLE: 21

A b c d e f g h are sitting around a circular table.

1. 
   D is opposite h and is immediate right of g.
   
2. 
   E is immediate right of b.
   
3. 
   A is opposite c, who is not immediate next to f on either side.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Who is immediate right of h?
   
2. 
   Who is sitting opposite b?
   
3. 
   Who is immediate right of c?
   
4. 
   Who is opposite g?
   

PUZZLE: 22

Five friends decided to visit goa. All of them a b c d e are sitting in a straight line on the bench.

1. 
   C does not sits near a or e.
   
2. 
   A and e have 3 persons sitting between them.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Who is sitting in the middle of the bench.
   
2. 
   Who are sitting at extreme ends.
   
3. 
   Who is sitting on the right of c?
   

PUZZLE: 23

Seven friends a b c d e f g decided to enjoy a boating trip. There are only two boats and the following conditions are to be kept in mind:

1. 
   A will go in the same boat in which e goes.
   
2. 
   F cannot go in the boat in which c is, unless d also accompanies them.
   
3. 
   Neither b nor c can be given the boat in which g is present.
   
4. 
   The maximum no of person in one boat can be 4 only.
   

Questions:

1. 
   If and b are in one boat which of the following statement is true?
   

1. 
   G is on other boat.
   
2. 
   D is on other boat
   
3. 
   C is on other boat.
   
4. 
   E is with f and b in one boat.
   

2. 
   Which is true from the following: (aegf, cfab, fgbc, fcda)
   

PUZZLE: 24.

5 expert on nino technology involved in an international research project hold a quarterly review meeting:

1. 
   R1 knows Japanese and hindi
   
2. 
   R2 knows Japanese and English
   
3. 
   R3 knows English and hindi
   
4. 
   R4 knows French and Japanese
   
5. 
   R5 english, hindi and French.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Besides r5 who can converse with r4 without and interpreter?
   
2. 
   Which of the following cannot converse without an interpreter?
   

1. 
   R2 and r5.
   
2. 
   R1 and r2
   
3. 
   R1 and r3
   
4. 
   R3 and r4.
   

3. 
   Determine a language that is least commonly used in the meeting:
   
4. 
   Suppose a sixth expert r6 joins the session, what are the language/s that he should know so that a maximum no of original expert are able to understand him?
   

PUZZLE: 25

1. 
   There is a group of five person a b c d e.
   
2. 
   In the group there is one badminton player, one chess player and one tennis player.
   
3. 
   A and d are unmarried ladies and they do not play any games.
   
4. 
   No lady is a chess player or a badminton player.
   
5. 
   There is a married couple in the group of which e is the husband.
   
6. 
   B is the brother of c and is neither a chess player nor a tennis player.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Who are ladies?
   
2. 
   Who plays tennis?
   
3. 
   Who is wife of e?
   

PUZZLE: 26

A group of 6 coffee house owners in the city decided to arrange weekly meeting in order to devise a strategy to grow together. They decide to meet for 6 days Monday through Saturday at one of the coffee house in the city of one particular owner. Three male owns a b and c and 3 female owns d e and f.

1. 
   Men and women will alternately get to select a coffee house.
   
2. 
   They will meet at e before c.
   
3. 
   A before f.
   
4. 
   D on Monday and b on Tuesday.
   

Questions:

1. 
   On which day they meet at f?
   
2. 
   On Wednesday where do they meet?
   
3. 
   A is owned by which sex?
   

PUZZLE: 27

A b c d e and f live on different floor in the nariman point building in Mumbai number 1 to 6 with 1 being the ground floor.

1. 
   A on odd no
   
2. 
   Two floors between a and f.
   
3. 
   C above e.
   
4. 
   C does not lives on an even no floor.
   
5. 
   One person between c and b.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Persons on the even no floors:
   
2. 
   Person on the ground floor:
   
3. 
   B on which floor?
   

PUZZLE: 28

In the English alphabets letters from a to m denote numeric values from 1 to 13 (a-1, b-2 and so on) N to z denotes 13 to 1 (n-13, o-12,……., z-1).

Questions:

1. 
   Assuming that salaries are basically coded with the help of employee names using the code given above, who among the following will be drawing the highest salary? (prem, shan, ramu)
   
2. 
   Following the above coding process, what will be the value of gs-tsz?
   

PUZZLE: 29

The govt of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend its limited income. It has 7 million left in its budget and 8 program to choose form. There is no provision in the constitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need, in other words no program may be partially funded. The program and their funding request are as under:

1. 
   Hurricane preparedness 2.5 million
   
2. 
   Harbor improvement 1 million
   
3. 
   School music program .5 million
   
4. 
   Senate office building remodeling 1.5 million
   
5. 
   Agricultural subsidy program 2 million
   
6. 
   National radio .5 million
   
7. 
   Small business loan program 3 million
   
8. 
   International airport 4 million.
   

Questions:

1. 
   Senators from urban areas are very concerned about assuring that there will be funding for a new international airport. Senators from rural areas refuse to fund anything until money for agricultural subsidies is appropriated. If the legislature funds these two programs, on which of the following could they spend the rest of the money?
   
2. 
   If the legislature decided to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio and the small business loan program, what two others program could they fund?
   
3. 
   If the legislature decided to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio and the small business loan program, the only other single program that can be funded is:
   

PUZZLE: 30

At a small company, parking spaces are reserved for the top executives: ceo, president, vp, secretary and treasurer with the spaces lined up in that order. The parking lot guard can tell at a glance if the car are parked correctly by looking at the colors of the cars. The cars are yellow, green, purple red and blue and the executives are a b c d e.

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  The car in the first space is red.
  
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  A blue car is parked between the red car and the green car.
  
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  The car in the last space is purple
  
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  The secretary drives a yellow car.
  
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  A’s car is parked next to d’s
  
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  E drives a green car
  
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  B’s car is parked between c’s and e’s
  
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  D’s car is parked in the last space.
  

Questions:

1. 
   Who is the secretary?
   
2. 
   Who is the ceo?
   
3. 
   What color is the vp’s car?
   

PUZZLE: 31

5 cities all got more rain than usual this year. The 5 cities are last stand, mile city, new towns, olliopolis and polberg. The cities are located in 5 different areas of the country: the mountains, the forest, the coast, the desert and in a valley. The rainfall amounts were 12 inches, 27inches, 32 inches, 44 inches and 65 inches.

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  The city in the desert got the least rain, the city in the forest got most rains.
  
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  New town is in the mountain.
  
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  Last stand got more rain than the olliopolis.
  
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  Mile city got more rain than the polberg but less rain than the new town.
  
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  Olliopolis got 44 inches of rain
  
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  The city in the mountain got 32 inches of rain the city on the coast got 27 inches of rain.
  

Questions:

1. 
   Which city got most rain?
   
2. 
   How much rain did mile city received?
   
3. 
   Which city is in the desert?
   
4. 
   Where is olliopolis located?
   

PUZZLE: 32

Four persons F , W,G and C needs to cross a river. They have a boat with them which can accommodate F plus one more person at a time. W and G cannot be left alone at any time. G and C cannot be left alone at any time. There is no restrictions on the number of trip.

Questions:

1. 
   How many time F will return alone?
   
2. 
   Total how many trips needed?
   
3. 
   Who among G, C and W will be both the first and last to cross the river?
   
4. 
   In which trip does C crosses?
   

PUZZLE: 33

You have a silver bar segmented into 7 equal pieces. Its value is seven day salary for your employee (one segment per day). The payment between you and your employee has to completely settle at the end of each day, that is neither you nor your employee can keep a dues. Maximum two cuts are allowed.

Questions:

1. 
   What is the value of largest part?
   
2. 
   On which day were the two cuts made?
   
3. 
   What was the exchange mechanism on day 4?
   
4. 
   What would be the ratio of two cuts?
   

PUZZLE: 34

In a zoo the attendant note down the number of new animals admitted into the zoo for the 13 days in the following manner. Day 1: in the zoo today came 1 rat. Dat 2: in the zoo today came 1 rat and 2 cat. Day 3: in a zoo today came 1 rat 2 cat and 3 dogs, and so on. On day 13^th, he wrote in the zoo today came 1 rat, 2 cat, 3 dogs, 4 frog, 5 donkey, 6 monkey, 7 deer, 8 bear, 9 wolf, 10 crocodile, 11 elephant, 12 tiger and 13 lion.

Questions:

1. 
   How many total animals were admitted in 13 days?
   
2. 
   How many animals admitted on day 7?
   
3. 
   How many bear were admitted in the Zoo?
   
4. 
   How many animals were admitted till day 9?
   
5. 
   Had the trend continued what would have been the difference of animals between day 38 and day 39?
   

Puzzle: 35

Marwah and Ramesh are in the same team of hockey players. Prem has defeated Ramesh in Badminton but lost to Saurabh in tennis. Naresh is a team mate of Samrat in Football and with Saurabh in hockey. Ramesh defeated Saurabh in chess. Those who play Cricket don’t play Badminton, Volleyball or Tennis.

Marwah and Prem are in opposite teams of Basketball. Naresh Represents his state in cricket while Samrat does so at the District level. Boys who play Chess don’t play football, Basketball or Volleyball. Marwah and Prem are together in the Volleyball Team. Boys who play Football plays hockey also.

1. 
   Name the boys who don’t play football.
   
2. 
   Which is the most popular game with this group?
   
3. 
   Who plays both badminton and hockey?
   

Puzzle: 36

In a Public Sector Undertaking Townships, there are five executives: AM, A R M and T. five flats 1 to 5.

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  2 Cricketers other three Football, Tennis and Chess
  
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  1 cricket player and chess player stays in the third flat, whereas the other three in 2^nd 4^th and 5^th.
  
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  2 are mechanical engineers other three Quality inspector Design Engineer and Power Engineer.
  
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  Chess player is oldest in age the Cricket player who plays at the national level is youngest.
  
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  Age of the other cricket player who plays at the regional level lies between Football player and Chess Player.
  
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  M is a regional level player and stays in the 3^rd flat while T is a Quality Inspector and stays in the 5^th flat.
  
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  Football Player is a Design Engineer and stays in the 2^nd Flat.
  
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  AM is a power Engineer and plays Chess while A is the Mechanical Engineer and Plays Cricket at the National Level.
  

1. 
   Who stays in the 4^th flat?
   
2. 
   What does T play?
   
3. 
   Who plays Football?
   
4. 
   Who shares the same flat?
   
5. 
   What is the occupation of the Chess Player?
   

Puzzle: 37

P Q R S T V W and Z are travelling to three different Destinations: Delhi Chennai Hyderabad in three different vehicles: Honda city swift Dzire and Ford IKON. 3 females (1 in each car). At least 2 persons in each car. R not with Q and W. T male only with Z and not travelling to Chennai. P in Honda City to Hyderabad. S is sister of P and travel by Ford IKON. V and R travel together. W does not travel to Chennai.

1. 
   Member travelling to Chennai are travelling in Which Car?
   
2. 
   Which car has four members?
   
3. 
   Who are the three female members?
   
4. 
   Who is travelling with W?
   
5. 
   Members travelling in Honda City:
   

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