SSC CGL Preparation – Day 19

MCQs – Puzzle Test

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Q1. Linear Arrangement

Five people – A, B, C, D, and E – are sitting in a row facing North.

• B is to the immediate right of A.
• C is at one of the ends.
• D is not next to B.
• E is to the right of C.

Q: Who is sitting in the middle?

A) A
B) B
C) D
D) E

✅ Answer: C) D

🧠 Solution:
Try C at position 1 → E at 2 (right of C)
Now possible:
C – E – A – B – D ✅
Check conditions: All matched. D is in the middle.

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Q2. Floor Puzzle

Five friends live on a different floor in a building with five floors.

• A lives above C.
• D lives immediately above B.
• E lives on the top floor.
• C doesn’t live on the bottom floor.

Q: Who lives on the bottom floor?

A) C
B) B
C) A
D) D

✅ Answer: B) B

🧠 Solution:
Floors: 5 to 1
E at 5
D above B → D at 4, B at 3
A above C
C ≠ 1 → C at 2 → A at 3 → conflict
So C at 1 → A at 2
Final: E (5), D (4), B (3), A (2), C (1) ✅
B is at floor 3, but C can’t be at 1 → contradiction
Try C at 2 → A at 3
Then D at 5, B at 4, E must be at 5 → conflict
Correct order: E(5), D(4), B(3), A(2), C(1)
✅ Bottom floor → C
Mistake! Let’s re-evaluate

Let’s go step-by-step again:

E = 5
D above B → Try D = 4, B = 3
Then A above C → try A = 2, C = 1 ✅
All conditions met.
✅ Bottom = C ⇒ Option A

Correction: Answer: A) C

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Q3. Scheduling Puzzle

Events A, B, C, D, and E are scheduled on five consecutive days starting Monday.

• Event C is immediately after A.
• B is not on Tuesday.
• D is scheduled before A.
• E is not on Friday.

Q: Which event is on Wednesday?

A) A
B) C
C) B
D) D

✅ Answer: B) C

🧠 Solution:
D < A < C
Try D=Monday, A=Tuesday, C=Wednesday
Now B can’t be on Tuesday → Try B = Thursday, E = Friday ✖
But E ≠ Friday → So B = Friday, E = Thursday ✅
Sequence: D – A – C – E – B ✅
Wednesday = C

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Q4. Box Puzzle

Six boxes are stacked one above another.

• Box A is just above Box C.
• Only one box is between D and E.
• D is placed below C.
• B is above E but not at the top.

Q: Which box is at the top?

A) A
B) B
C) D
D) E

✅ Answer: B) B

🧠 Solution:
Let’s try arranging using clues:
C below A
D below C
Only one box between D & E
B above E but not on top → Try B = 2nd, A = 1st
Final stack (top→bottom):

1. A
2. C
3. B
4. E
5. D
6. F (extra) ✅
   B is not at top, A is
   Correction: A = top
   ✅ Answer: A) A

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Q5. Circular Arrangement

Eight friends – A to H – sit around a circular table facing the center.

• A sits second to the right of D.
• F is third to the left of A.
• B sits between F and G.
• H is opposite C.

Q: Who is to the immediate right of A?

A) C
B) F
C) H
D) E

✅ Answer: D) E

🧠 Solution:
Visualize clockwise placement with fixed D.
Using all clues and checking positions leads to A’s right as E.

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Q6. Height Comparison

Five people – P, Q, R, S, and T – have different heights.

• P is taller than Q but shorter than S.
• R is taller than only Q.
• T is the tallest.

Q: Who is the second tallest?

A) S
B) P
C) R
D) T

✅ Answer: A) S

🧠 Solution:
T > S > P > R > Q
Second tallest = S

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Q7. Blood + Puzzle

In a family of six members: A, B, C, D, E, and F –

• There are two married couples.
• D is wife of B.
• C is the son of A and brother of F.
• E is the daughter-in-law of F.

Q: Who is E married to?

A) A
B) C
C) B
D) D

✅ Answer: B) C

🧠 Solution:
C is A’s son and F’s brother → A and F are parents
E is daughter-in-law = wife of A’s son = C
✅ Answer: C’s wife = E ⇒ Option B

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Q8. Linear Puzzle (Facing North)

Six people – A to F – sit in a row facing North.

• C is 3rd to right of A
• B is not at any end
• D is to the left of E but right of C

Q: Who sits in the middle?

A) C
B) D
C) E
D) B

✅ Answer: B) D

🧠 Solution:
Placement logic leads to D in 4th position
✅ Middle of 6 = position 4 → D

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Q9. Floor Puzzle (5 Floors)

Conditions:

• T lives above R
• S lives below P
• U doesn’t live on top or bottom
• P lives immediately above T

Q: Who lives on the top floor?

A) P
B) T
C) S
D) U

✅ Answer: A) P

🧠 Solution:
P > T > R
S below P → S = 1 or 2
U ≠ 1 or 5 → U = 2, 3, or 4
Only one configuration fits → P on 5th ✅

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Q10. Month-Based Puzzle

Five people have birthdays in Jan–May (one per month).

• R’s birthday is after P but before T
• S has birthday just before T
• Q is not first

Q: Who has birthday in March?

A) P
B) Q
C) S
D) R

✅ Answer: D) R

🧠 Solution:
Arrange P < R < T
S just before T
Only valid:
Jan–P, Feb–R, Mar–S, Apr–T, May–Q
✅ March = S

Oops! But this contradicts R being before T and S just before T → Try again:

Let’s arrange:

P – Jan
R – Feb
S – Mar
T – Apr
Q – May
✅ March = S ⇒ Option C

Final Answer: C) S