Classification Puzzles

Tabular Method or Classification Test
Direction (Q1-Q4):
5 people an Engineer, a Doctor an architect, a lawyer and a Sportsman are married to a Dentist, an
Engineer, a Secretary, a Housewife and a Teacher not necessarily in the same order. Further information
is as follows:
No one is married to a person of the same profession.
Neither the Dentist nor the secretary is married to the Doctor or the Architect.
The Sportsman's wife is a Housewife.
The architect is not married to the teacher.
The Dentist's husband does not have the same profession as the Architect's wife.
1- Who is the Lawyer's wife?

a. Secretary
b. Teacher
c. Dentist
d. Engineer
2- Who is the Engineer married to?

a. Secretary
b. Teacher
c. Architect
d. Cannot be determined
3- What is the profession of the Doctor's wife?

a. Teacher
b. Secretary
c. Housewife
d. Engineer
4- Which of the following statements is true?
a. The lawyer is married to the secretary.
b. The sportsman is married to the engineer.
c. The Architect's wife has the same profession as the secretary's husband.
d. The Doctor is married to the Dentist.
Direction (Q5-Q8):
5 horses named Black, Grey, Brown, White and Spotted are standing in a row to begin the derby race of
the season. Their Jockeys are also standing with them in the same position as their horses called J1, J2, J3,
J4 and J5 in no particular order. Further Information is as under-
J1 is not the Jockey of the Black, Grey or Brown horse and is in the middlemost position.
Grey and White are at alternate positions.
J3 is at an extreme position and is the Jockey of either Grey or Black.
J4 is the Jockey of the White horse.
J5 is the Jockey of the first horse from the left and is not adjacent to J4.
5- Who is the Jockey of the Grey horse?

a. J1 b. J2 с. J3 d. J4
6- What can be said about the following 2 statements

J2 and J4 are at alternate positions.
J1 and J4 are at adjacent positions
a-Both statements are false.
b-Both statements are true.
c-Statement 1 is false while 2 is true.
d-Statement 1 is true while 2 is false.
7- Which of the following combination of Jockey and horse is not correct?

a-J2, Grey
b. J5, Brown
c. J3, White
d. J1, Spotted
8- Which horse is 3rd to the right of the white horse?

a-Brown
b. Grey
c. Spotted
d. Cannot be determined
Directions (Q9 – Q12) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below-
In a building, there are thirteen flats on three floors-II III and IV. Five flats are unoccupied. Three
managers, two teachers, two lawyers and one doctor occupy the remaining flats. There are at least three
flats on any floor and not more than six flats on any floor. No two persons of the same profession stay on
any floor. On the II floor, out of four flats, one occupant is the lawyer and he has only one neighbour. One
lawyer lives one floor below the other. The doctor is not the neighbour of any of the lawyers. No flat is
unoccupied on the III floor.
9-How many flats are occupied on the IV floor?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
10- How many flats are there on the III floor?

(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Three or Four
(e) None of these
11- What is the combination of occupants in the II floor?

(a) Lawyer, Teacher
(b) Manager, Teacher
(c) Manager, Doctor
(d) Lawyer, Manager
(e) Teacher-Doctor
12- Who among the following is the neighbor of the other Lawyer?
(a) Teacher
(b) Manager
(c) Both Manager and Teacher
(d) Data Inadequate
(e) None of These
Directions for (Q13-Q16)- Study the following information carefully and answer the given question
1. Jai, Manan, and Tej are intelligent.
2- Jai, Shubh, and Avi are hard working
3- Shubh, Tej and Avi are honest.
4- Jai, Manan and Avi are ambitious.
13- Which of the following person is neither hard working nor ambitious?
a. Jai
b. Manan
c. Tej
d. Avi
14- Which of the following persons has all the qualities?

a. Jai
b. Avi
c. None
d. None of these
15- Which of the following person is honest and Intelligent but not hard working?
a. Jai
b. Manan
c. Shubh
d. Tej
16- Which quality is the least common?

a. Ambitious
b. Honest
c. Hardworking
d. None
Directions (Questions 17 to 21): Read the following information and answer the questions based on it-
In a school, there were five teachers. A and B were teaching Hindi and English. C and B were teaching
English and Geography. D and A were teaching Mathematics and Hindi. E and B were teaching History
and French.
17. Who among the teachers was teaching maximum number of subjects?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
18. Which of the following pairs was teaching both Geography and Hindi?
(a) A and B
(b) B and C
(c) C and A
(d) D and B
19. More than two teachers were teaching which subject?

(a) History
(b) Hindi
(c) French
(d) Geography
(e) Mathematics
20. D, B and A were teaching which of the following subjects?

(a) English only
(b) Hindi and English
(c) Hindi only
(d) English and Geography
(e) Mathematics and Hindi
21. Who among the teachers was teaching less than two subjects?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) Data inadequate
(e) There is no such teacher
Directions (Questions 22 to 26) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that
follow:
Madhu and Shobha are good in Dramatics and Computer Science.
Anjali and Madhu are good in Computer Science and Physics.
Anjali, Poonam and Nisha are good in Physics and History.
Nisha and Anjali are good in Physics and Mathematics.
Poonam and Shobha are good in History and Dramatics.
22. Who is good in Computer Science, History and Dramatics?

(a) Anjali
(b) Madhu
(c) Shobha
(d) Nisha
23. Who is good in Physics, Dramatics and Computer Science?

(a) Shobha
(b) Poonam
(c) Madhu
(d) Anjali
24. Who is good in Physics, History and Dramatics?

(a) Poonam
(b) Shobha
(c) Madhu
(d) Anjali
25. Who is good in History, Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics?

(a) Poonam
(b) Nisha
(c) Madhu
(d) Anjali
26. Who is good in Physics, History and Mathematics but not in Computer Science ?
(a) Madhu
(b) Poonam
(c) Nisha
(d) Anjali
Directions (Questions 27-28): Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:
(i) K, G and H are intelligent.
(ii) K, R and J are hard-working.
(iii) R, H and J are honest.
(iv) K, G and J are ambitious.
27- Which of the following persons is neither hard-working nor ambitious?

(a) K
(b) G
(c) H
(d) R
(e) None of these
28- Which of the following persons is neither honest nor hard-working but is ambitious?
(a) K
(b) G
(c) R
(d) H
(e) None of these
Directions (Questions 29 to 32):

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
1- J, K, K, A and T are five members of a family
2- They have their birth dates from January to May, each member in one of these months
3- Each one likes one particular item for his/her birthday out of Bengali Sweets, Chocolates, Pastries, Ice
Cream and Dry Fruits.
4- The one who likes Pastries is born in the month which is exactly middle in the months given.
5- A does not like Ice cream but brings Chocolates for J in February
6- T who is fond of Bengali sweets is born in the next month immediately after K.
7- K does not like Dry fruits or Ice cream.
29-What is the choice of A?

(a) Pastries
(b) Dry fruits
(c) Bengali sweets
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
30- Which combination of month and item is true for J ?

(a) March – Pastries
(b) February – Pastries
(c) February - Ice cream
(e) None of these
31- What is the choice of K 7

(a) Ice cream
(b) Bengali sweets
(c) Dry fruits
(e) None of these
32- In which month was K born?

(a) January
(b) May
(c) January or May
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
Directions (Questions to 33 to 37): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions
that follow:
(i) A, B, C, D, E and F are six students procuring their Master's degree in six different subjects English,
History, Philosophy, Physics, Statistics and Mathematics.
(ii) Two of them stay in hostel, two stay as paying guest (PG) and the remaining two stay at their home.
(iii) C does not stay as PG and studies Philosophy.
(iv) The students studying Statistics and History do not stay as PG
(v) E studies Mathematics and D studies Physics.
(vi) F and D stay in hostel. E stays as PG and B stays at home.
33- Who studies English?

(a) C
(b) D
(c) E
(d) F
(e) None of these
34- Which of the following combinations of subject and place of stay is not correct
(a) English Hostel
(b) Mathematics - PG
(c) Philosophy - Home
(d) Physics Hostel
(e) None of these
35- Which of the following pairs of students stay one each at hostel and at home?
(a) BC
(b) DC
(c) FD
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
36- Which subject does B study?

(a) History
(b) Statistics
(c) History or Statistics
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
37- Which of the following pairs of students stay at home?

(a) AB
(b) BC
(c) CD
(d) DE
(e) None of these
1-c 11-d 21-e 31-a
2-d 12-c 22-c 32-c
3-a 13-c 23-c 33-e
4-c 14-d 24-a 34-a
5-b 15-d 25-d 35-b
6-b 16-d 26-c 36-c
7-c 17-b 27-c 37-b
8-d 18-e 28-b
9-b 19-b 29-b
10-a 20-c 30-e
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1- Who is the Lawyer's wife?

2- Who is the Engineer married to?

3- What is the profession of the Doctor's wife?

5- Who is the Jockey of the Grey horse?

6- What can be said about the following 2 statements

7- Which of the following combination of Jockey and horse is not correct?

8- Which horse is 3rd to the right of the white horse?

10- How many flats are there on the III floor?

11- What is the combination of occupants in the II floor?

14- Which of the following persons has all the qualities?

16- Which quality is the least common?

19. More than two teachers were teaching which subject?

20. D, B and A were teaching which of the following subjects?

22. Who is good in Computer Science, History and Dramatics?

23. Who is good in Physics, Dramatics and Computer Science?

24. Who is good in Physics, History and Dramatics?

25. Who is good in History, Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics?

27- Which of the following persons is neither hard-working nor ambitious?

Directions (Questions 29 to 32):

29-What is the choice of A?

30- Which combination of month and item is true for J ?

31- What is the choice of K 7

32- In which month was K born?

33- Who studies English?

36- Which subject does B study?

37- Which of the following pairs of students stay at home?

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