Seating and Coding Puzzles

Seating Arrangement Puzzle

• Seven people (P, Q, R, S, T, U, V) with ages 6, 15, 19, 23, 30, 45, 60 are seated around a circular table facing the center.
• No two consecutive letters are next to each other.
• A person's age cannot be a factor or a multiple of the sum of the ages of their immediate neighbors.
• R is to the immediate right of the person aged 15.
• One person sits between T and R.
• One person sits between P and the person aged 6.
• T's age is twice the age of the person 2nd to T's right.
• The age difference between V's immediate neighbors is greater than 14.
• U's age is not a multiple of 10.
• The sum of R's immediate neighbors' ages is 34.
• Q is younger than P.

Coding/Decoding Puzzle

• Books with different page numbers are shown with codes.
• Numbers of pages of different books: 90, 120, 270, 300, 330, 315, 231, 567, 399, 525.
• Operations are applied to page numbers to get codes.
• Codes are then arranged in ascending order and placed into stores A and B.
• The first five codes go to Store A, and the last five go to Store B.

Symbol Based Reasoning

• P@Q means P is neither smaller nor equal to Q.
• P$Q means P is not smaller than Q.
• P%Q means P is not greater than Q.
• P*Q means P is neither smaller nor greater than Q.
• P#Q means P is neither greater nor equal to Q.

Family Relationship Reasoning

• P@Q means P is married to Q.
• P#Q means P is the parent of Q.
• P&Q means P is the sibling of Q and both are of the same gender.
• P$Q means P is the sibling of Q and both are of different gender.
• P+ means P is male.
• P* means P is female.

Box Puzzle

• Thirteen boxes of different colors are placed one above another alphabetically.
• Each box contains a different number of toffees that is a multiple of 13.
• The maximum toffees in a box is 169.
• Equal number of boxes placed above and below J.
• Two boxes between J and the Pink box.
• Black box placed above Red and below the box with 169 toffees.
• The number of boxes above Red is the same as below the box with 13 toffees.
• White box placed above the box with 65 toffees and below the box with 104 toffees.
• The number of boxes between boxes with 13 and 52 toffees is the same as between boxes with 52 and 104 toffees.
• Two boxes between Blue (not 13 toffees) and Green, which is placed below J.

Statement and Assumption: Advertisement

• Statement: Exchange old furniture to get 25%-33% off on new furniture.
• Assumption I: There is no demand for furniture without attractive schemes.
• Assumption II: Customers desire the best quality regardless of cost or convenience.
• Assumption III: Customers want to update their homes at a reasonable cost and with fewer hassles.

Statement and Assumption: Tense Situation

• Statement: The area is tense and out of control, and people are told to stay home.
• Assumption I: There had been serious incidents.
• Assumption II: People will not go to the office.
• Assumption III: Normality will be restored shortly.

Statement and Argument: Ban on Aerated Drinks

• Arguments for banning aerated drinks in India:
• Reduce the risk of exposing people to some diseases.
• It is banned in other countries.
• Arguments against banning aerated drinks in India:
• Individuals should have the right to choose what they want.
• There is no confirmed evidence that such products have adverse effects.

Distance and Direction Reasoning

• P@Q means P is East of Q (4m or 15m).
• P#Q means P is West of Q (7m or 18m).
• P&Q means P is North of Q (4m or 15m).
• P%Q means P is South of Q (7m or 18m).

Alphabet Arrangement

• Given alphabets are arranged alphabetically and numbered I, II, III, IV, V from left to right.

Linear Seating Arrangement Puzzle

• Eleven seats are placed in a row facing North, with three seats vacant.
• No two vacant seats are adjacent.
• People are of different ages.
• Seat numbers are 1 to 11 from West to East.
• Note: Two persons sitting between P and Q does not mean only two seats are placed between them
• Three people between A and B.
• The person age 32 sits on the immediate left of B.
• D and E are neighbors of A whose seat number is less than 6.
• B is as many years older than H as younger than D.
• C sits 3rd to the left of A.
• One person sits between G and F, who is 40 years old.
• The sum of the age of D and G is 82.
• H sits immediately to the left of one of the vacant seats.
• H's age is half the age of the person at seat number 11.
• The people ages 26 and 28 occupy odd-numbered seats.
• D sits to the left of the person age 22 and to the right of the person age 28.
• No vacant seat is between H and the person age 22.

City Based Puzzle

• Eight people work in Delhi, Pune, and Hyderabad (at least two per city).
• There are four married couples from two generations.
• Married couples do not work in the same city.
• Different designations: GM, AGM, CEO, Manager, Assistant Manager, PO, Clerk, Sub staff (in decreasing seniority).
• Three people are senior to B's only son.
• B does not work in Pune.
• E is G's sister-in-law and is the junior most person.
• H is D's son-in-law, who is immediately senior to A.
• F is C's spouse, and they do not work in Delhi.
• The number of posts above A's father-in-law is the same as below A's sibling.
• Only C and H work in Hyderabad.
• Only PO and Sub staff work in Delhi.
• E's spouse does not work in Delhi.
• G is B's daughter-in-law and D's spouse.
• F is senior to H and junior to C.

Statement and Course of Action: Blue Whale Challenge

• The Blue Whale Challenge is a suicide game with tasks over 50 days.
• The Madras High Court directed exploration of banning it.
• Preventive actions:
• Introduce a chapter on "Responsible use of Internet" in the school syllabus.
• Issue severe warnings to those who shared the 'dangerous' online game.
• Create awareness among students and intensify monitoring.
• Conduct workshops to counsel students on the danger of the game.

Statement and Inference: Dokalam Standoff/BRICS Meeting

• India displayed robust participation at the BRICS meeting after the Dokalam standoff.
• PM Modi and President Xi Jinping held constructive talks.
• Reaffirmed peace and tranquility in border areas were a pre-requisite.
• Inferences:
• First substantive bilateral meeting after the Dokalam standoff.
• India and China agreed on a "forward-looking" approach to their ties.
• Counter-terrorism issues were taken up during the course of BRICS.

Statement and Hypothesis: Cabinet Reshuffle

• After ministerial performance reports and meetings, strategic changes were made to the Cabinet.
• 19 new ministers were inducted, while 5 were sacked.
• The aim was to ensure the last-mile delivery of projects with 2019 approaching.
• Hypotheses:
• The Modi government received criticism for failures to meet promises, particularly on job growth.
• Cabinet reshuffles are tactical or strategic.
• The makeover of the union cabinet shows the BJP has a clear eye on the coming 2019 Lok Sabha showdown.

Coding/Decoding (Phrase Related)

• The phrase "recover that device issue" undergoes several steps as per the rules.
• "lost all" -> "tosl lla" -> "os5"
• "important" -> "tmportani" -> "la2 ti8"

Seating Arrangement (Circular table)

• Eight persons are sitting around a hollow circular table and each of them graduated from different universities.
• Some of the persons are facing inside and some of them are facing outside.

Automatic Toys

• Three automatic toys on two types of movements: Neck movements (NM) and Hand rotation (HR).
• It starts recording from 9 AM onwards on 12 June. Each toy has different battery percentage and battery capacity.