Complex Puzzle for Competitive Exams

Directions (Q. 1-4): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

A polling was held in a particular constituency last month. Rakesh, who is a voter of that constituency, walked 40 metres towards east from his home and took a right turn and walked 20 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 30 metres. Finally he took a right turn and reached the polling station, which was 10 metres away.

There was a long queue at the polling station and when Rakesh reached there it was 4’o clock. He was a little worried about whether he would be able to cast his vote or not as it was taking two-and-a half minutes for every voter to complete the whole procedure before casting a vote.

1. In which direction was the polling station located from the starting point?

1) South

2) Southeast

3) Northeast

4) Northwest

5) East

2. What was the total distance covered by Rakesh to reach the polling station?

1) 100 m

2) 40 m

3) 80 m

4) 60 m

5) 50 m

3. If there were 22 people ahead of Rakesh, at what time did he cast his vote

1) 55 minutes past 4’o clock

2) 50 minutes past 4’o clock

3) 52 minutes past 4’o clock

4) 58 minutes past 4’o clock

5) 56 minutes past 4’o clock

4. What is the shortest distance between the polling station and Rakesh’s home?

1) 10 m

2)18 m

3) 20 m

4) 15 m

5) None of these

Directions (Q. 5-8): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

A group of seven students M, N, O, P, Q, R and S went to Shimla to celebrate Christmas. All of them went to the church for prayer and sat in a row facing north, but not necessarily in the same order. Q sat on the immediate left of O and second to the right of R. M was fourth to the right of R, but not an immediate neighbour of P or Q. N was an immediate neighbour of R. There were two persons sitting between M and N. P was sitting at the extreme right of the row.

5. Which of the following pairs sat at the ends of the row?

1) R and P

2) R and M

3) R and S

4) P and S

5) P and Q

6. How many persons sat between S and Q?

1) Three

2) One

3) Four

4) Two

5) None of these

7. Which of the following pairs sat between O and R?

1) M, Q

2) Q, N

3) Q, O

4) R, Q

5) S, M

8. Who sat in the middle of the row?

1) Q

2) M

3) O

4) S

5) Data inadequate

Directions (Q. 9-12): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

T-20 World Cup is being organised by Bangladesh. Different teams are participating in the T-20 World Cup. There are some new teams which are also participating in this T-20 for the first time. Seven new teams which are participating for the first time are – Afghanistan, Nepal, UAE, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Hongkong and Ireland. They will be playing there practice matches at different places, namely Mirpur, Chittagong, Sylhet, Dhaka, Begra, Khulna and Fatullah, but not necessarily in the same order, on different days of the week, starting from Monday.

Afghanistan will be playing at Chittagong, but neither on Friday nor on Monday.
The host country will be playing on Thursday at Begra.
There is a gap of one day between Afghanistan and Bangladesh match.
Hongkong will be playing the match before Ireland but after Netherlands at Sylhet on Wednesday.
Ireland will be playing on the last day of the week.
Nepal will be playing at Fatullah.
No match will be played at Mirpur on Monday.
The match at Khulna will be played on the last day of the week.
The match at Dhaka will be played on Tuesday.
No match will be played at Fatullah on Tuesday and Friday.

9. Nepal will be playing the match on which day of the week?

1) Friday

2) Tuesday

3) Saturday

4) Wednesday

5) Monday

10. Which team will be playing the match between Saturday and Thursday?

1) Ireland

2) UAE

3) Bangladesh

4) Netherlands

5) Afghanistan

11. Which of the following combinations is true?

1) Bangladesh – Thursday – Begra

2) Netherlands – Wednesday – Mirpur

3) Ireland – Saturday – Khulna

4) UAE – Monday – Chittagong

5) Nepal – Friday – Dhaka

12. Which team will be playing in Dhaka?

1) Nepal

2) Bangladesh

3) Netherlands

4) Hongkong

5) Ireland

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