Puzzle – 1:
Eight persons-P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W like different subjects-English, Hindi, Maths, Science, Social science, Fishery science, Literature, History and Psychology but not necessarily in the same order. They like different colors among-red, white, grey, black and green. They also like different cars- Austin, Bentley, Porsche, Jaguar and Bugatti. Each car is liked by atleast one person but not more than two persons like the same car. Also each color is liked by atleast one person but not more than two persons like the same color. S and V are the only ones who like same car and same color. The one who likes Psychology does not like Jaguar or Bugatti. T likes science and likes a color which is not liked by another other person and that color is not black. V does not like Fishery sciences. One of the persons who like red likes Jaguar. Also Q does not like red as well as Jaguar. The one who likes literature likes the car liked by no one else. The one who likes history likes white which is not liked by anyone other than him. Porsche is only liked by the person liking English and is not Q. R likes Austin but does not like red. W does not like Jaguar. People who like grey like Bentley and Porsche. P and W like the same color. The persons liking Austin don’t like black and one of the persons liking Austin likes Maths.
Puzzle – 2:
Six people named Gaurav, Anish, Kartik, Mohit, Mayank and Manav are married to six women named Charu, Kriti, Sugandh, Priya, Neha and Deepa, but not necessarily in the same order. They have different professions, viz. Doctor, Accountant, CA, Engineer, Businessman and Architect, but not necessarily in the same order. They like to play different sports, viz. Cricket, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Badminton and Tennis but not necessarily in the same order.
Kartik is CA but he was not married to Charu or Deepa. Gaurav is a Doctor and Mayank is an Engineer. However neither of them was married to Kriti or Priya. The woman whose husband is an Architect likes to play Cricket. Sugandh’s husband likes to play Football, but he is not a Doctor. Charu and Neha’s husbands like to play Cricket and Badminton and are CA and Architect but not necessarily following the above mentioned order. Mohit is not an Accountant or an Architect and likes to play Tennis. Manav is married to Kriti and he likes to play Basketball.
Puzzle – 3:
Eight persons-A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line, not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing south and some north. B stands fourth to the left of H. H faces north. Neither B nor H stands at any of the extreme ends of the line. Both the immediate neighbours of B face north. D is one of the immediate neighbours of H. G stands third to the right of D. Both the immediate neighbours of E face south. E does not stand at any of the extreme ends of the line. E is not an immediate neighbour of G. A stands second to the left of C. G and C face opposite directions.
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