Reasoning and Puzzles Practice Questions-1

Reasoning and Puzzles Practice Questions-1

Explanation of all the questions have been covered up in video with the same name. Students are suggested to try the questions on their own before watching the video.

Four competitions in Painting, Dancing, Singing and Essay Writing were held in college in the month of February on the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th, not necessarily in that order. The winners of these events were Amit, Amitabh, Binod and Bikash.

1. No person was the winner of more than one competition.
2. No two persons were the winners of the same competition.
3. Amit was not the winner of the Painting competition, which was held before the Dancing competition.
4. Bikash did not win the Singing competition, which was not the 1^st event.
5. Binod won the event held on 2^nd February but did not win the Painting competitions.
6. Dancing competition was not the last event.

Questions:

1. If Amit did not win the last event, who won the event held on 3^rd February?

(1) Amit

(2) Bikash

(3) The person who participated in singing.

(4) Amitabh

(5) The person who participated in Essay writing.

2. Which of the following statements can be TRUE?

(1) Amitabh won the Painting competition on 4^th February,

(2) Bikash won the Singing competition on 5^th February.

(3) Amitabh won the painting competition on 5^th February.

(4) Amit won the Singing competition on 4^th February.

(5) Bikash won the Dancing competition on 4^th February.

3. Which event was held on 4^th February?

(1) Dancing

(2) Singing

(3) Essay writing

(4) Painting

(5) Cannot be determined

4. If Amitabh did not win in Painting and Amit did not win in Singing, then the date on which Amitabh won an event was

(1) 2^nd February

(2) 3^rd February

(3) 4^th February

(4) 5^th February

(5) Cannot be determined

Answers:

1. 2
2. 5
3. 1
4. 4