Month Puzzle For Prelims

Set – 15

Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W have a seminar in different months- January, March, April, May, July, August, September, October and November of the same year. No one has a seminar in one of the months. Q has a seminar in one of the months after August and five months after T. Only four persons have a seminar between Q and U. R has a seminar two months before U. As many months between R and T as between T and W. W and S have a seminar in adjacent months. P has a seminar after S. More than three persons have a seminar between P and V.

आठ व्यक्तियों – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V और W का एक ही वर्ष के विभिन्न महीनों – जनवरी, मार्च, अप्रैल, मई, जुलाई, अगस्त, सितंबर, अक्टूबर और नवंबर में सेमिनार है। किसी एक महीने में किसी का सेमिनार नहीं होता है। Q का सेमीनार अगस्त के बाद किसी एक महीने में और T के पांच महीने बाद है। Q और U के बीच केवल चार व्यक्तियों का सेमिनार है। R का सेमिनार U से दो महीने पहले है। जितने महीने R और T के बीच हैं उतने ही महीने T और W के बीच हैं। W और S का आसन्न महीनों में एक सेमिनार है। P का सेमिनार S के बाद है। P और V के बीच तीन से अधिक व्यक्तियों का सेमिनार है।

1. Who among the following person has a seminar in August?

a) R
b) Q
c) V
d) S
e) U

Option “D” is correct.

2. If T is related to W, R is related to V in a certain way, then in the same way who among the following person is related to S?

a) Q
b) V
c) P
d) R
e) U

Option “B” is correct.

3. If all the persons have a seminar in alphabetical order from January, then how many persons have a seminar in the same month (Excluding the vacant month)?

a) No one
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) More than three

Option “A” is correct.

4. Who among the following person has a seminar two months before P?

a) Q
b) R
c) W
d) T
e) U

Option “C” is correct.

5. How many persons have a seminar between V and W?

a) No one
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) More than three

Option “C” is correct.

Set – 16

Six persons – A, B, C, D, E, and F were born in different months – January, April, May, June, August, and September of the same year, but not necessarily in the same order. E was born in either May or June and was born two persons before D. The number of persons elder than E is the same as the number of persons younger than A. The number of persons born between A and D is the same as the number of persons born between B and F. F was elder than A, who was younger than C.

छह व्यक्ति- A, B, C, D, E और F का जन्म एक ही वर्ष के अलग-अलग महीनों- जनवरी, अप्रैल, मई, जून, अगस्त और सितंबर में हुआ था, लेकिन जरूरी नहीं कि इसी क्रम में हो। E या तो मई या जून में पैदा हुआ और D से दो व्यक्तियों पहले पैदा हुआ था। E से बड़े व्यक्तियों की संख्या, A से छोटे व्यक्तियों की संख्या के समान है। A और D के बीच पैदा हुए व्यक्तियों की संख्या, B और F के बीच पैदा हुए व्यक्तियों की संख्या के समान है। F, A से बड़ा था, जो C से छोटा था।

1) F was born in which of the following month?

a) August
b) June
c) May
d) April
e) January

Option “D” is correct.

2) How many persons were elder than E?

a) One
b) Two
c) Five
d) Four
e) Three

Option “E” is correct.

3) Who among the following person was born immediately after F?

a) The one who was born in June
b) The one who was born in May
c) B
d) D
e) C

Option “B” is correct.

4) Which of the following statement(s) is/are true with respect to the final arrangement?

a) All the statements are true
b) More than three persons were born before C
c) No one was born after F
d) E was younger than B
e) B was born in August

Option “E” is correct.

5) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which of the following one does not belong to that group?

a) CA
b) FE
c) BD
d) ED
e) AB

Option “C” is correct.

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