Puzzle – Railway Reasoning (Part- 5)

Total Questions: 54

11. Rahul, Virat, Yusuf, Sunil and Robert are friends. Sunil, Virat and Rahul play cricket. Yusuf plays football, tennis and badminton. Football and tennis are played by only Yusuf and Robert. Rahul and Sunil play hockey and badminton. Sunil also does swimming whereas Robert also likes hockey. Which of the following sports is played by only one player? [RRB NTPC 01/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) Swimming
Solution:

Swimming is the sport played by only one player.

12. Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H like different fruits:- Guava, Cherry, Banana, Apple, Orange, Grapes, Mango and Pineapple (not necessarily in the same order). No two people like the same fruit and each person likes only 1 fruit. B and D like orange and mango respectively. C and H like neither banana nor cherry. F likes pineapple. A does not like bananas, guava or apples. G like grapes. Which of the following combinations of person and fruit is likely to be CORRECT? [RRB NTPC 02/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) C - Apple
Solution:

13. Six people M, N, X, A, Y and B like different colors. M and Y like black and pink both. A and N like white and pink. X and B like white and green both. Y and B like black and green both. [RRB NTPC 02/03/2021 (Evening)]

Which of the following combinations of person and color is correct?

Correct Answer: (b) Y - black, pink, green
Solution:

14. Each of the six friends A, B, C, D, E, and F is reading one book among the books G, H, I, J, K and L in a reading program. A and B are not reading books G, J and L. F is reading book H. B, C and D are not reading the books I and L. Which book is being read by A? [RRB NTPC 03/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) I
Solution:

15. There are five books- Biology, Chemistry, History, Maths and Physics-stacked vertically on a shelf. The colours of their covers, (not necessarily in the given order), are black, blue, red, white and yellow. The Chemistry book and the yellow book are at the extremes. The Physics books is not in the middle. The blue book and the Biology book are separated by two books. The Maths book is white and is not the second from either end. The subject of the black book is biology. The blue book is a neighbour of the red Physics book. Which of the following is one of the possible combinations? [RRB NTPC 08/03/2021 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (d) Chemistry - Blue - Number 1 from the left
Solution:

16. A,B,C,D,E are five events which are to be performed on stage from Monday to Saturday, one event every day, not necessarily in the same order, with one day’s rest in between. C will be performed on the immediately next day after D. The rest day is between A and E. There is a gap of 2 days between E and C. B is not on the last day and the rest day was not on Tuesday or Thursday. Ignoring the rest day, what was the order in which the events were performed? [RRB NTPC 08/03/2021 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (d) BDCAE
Solution: When Ignoring the rest day, then order in the events were performed - B D C A E

17. In a test series, South Africa defeated England twice, Bangladesh defeated South Africa twice, England defeated Bangladesh twice, South Africa defeated Pakistan twice and Bangladesh defeated Pakistan twice. Which country lost the highest number of times? [RRB NTPC 11/03/2021 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) Pakistan
Solution:

18. There are six persons i.e. A, B, C, D, E, F working in different offices i.e. K, L, M, N, O, P not necessarily in the same order. There are three males and three females. B is the wife of E and is working in office N. None of the women works in L or P. C is the sister of D and is working in office K. F is working in office M. D is working in L. No man works in O. Who works in office P. [RRB NTPC 11/03/2021 (Evening) ]

Correct Answer: (c) E
Solution:

19. From the following information, determine whose book is neither a novel nor in Paperback format. [RRB NTPC 13/03/2021 (Morning)]

1) The books of Ken Singleton, George Smith, and Harold masters are poems.
2) The books of John Procter, Robin Hopkins and Ken Singleton are Paperbacks.
3) The books of Robin Hopkins, George Smith and John Procter are novels.
4)The books written by Ken Singleton, Harold masters and John Procter have brown leather covers with blcak spine.

Correct Answer: (b) Harold Masters
Solution:

From the given information it can be observed that Harold masters related to poem books.

20. Five persons A,B,C,D and E are taking part in a race, each with a car of different colour, i.e. black, white, blue, yellow, red, not necessarily in same order. Blue car is leading in the race and A is the slowest person in the race. The one that has red car is just behind E. B has a white car and it needs to cross just one person to be at the second position. C is just behind D. The one who is at the second last position does not drive black car. Who is driving yellow car and what is its position in the race? [RRB NTPC 14/03/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) E, 4th
Solution: