SSC Puzzles Questions

SSC Puzzles Questions

Question 1

Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U were sitting around a hexagon table facing the centre. U was sitting opposite to P, who was to the immediate left of R. S was sitting to the immediate right of U, and T was exactly between P and S. What was the sitting location of Q?

Question 2

Four friends are playing carrom and sitting on the four sides of the carrom board. B is to the right of C. D is to the left of A .Who is sitting to the left of C?

Question 3

Six friends are sitting in two lines, one line behind the other line, and all the friends are facing north. Each line has three friends. Jogi is sitting between Vikrant and Saroj. Shrikantis sitting just behind Vikrant. Vaani is to the immediate right of Tripti. Which three persons are sitting in the same line?

Question 4

Among six objects F, G, H, J, K and L:

i. H is twice as heavy as K, and J is one and half times as heavy as F.
ii. G is half as heavy as J.
iii. F and J together are less heavy than H.
iv. J and L together are twice as heavy as F.

If the objects are arranged in descending order of their weight, which object will be second from the bottom?

Question 5

Seven persons, A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are sitting along a round table facing outward. C is sitting 2nd to the left of A but to the immediate right of D. B is 3rd to the right of A while G and E are sitting between them. What is the sitting location of F?

Question 6

Six friends, Abhishek, Apurva, Parth, Kiran, Onkar and Viraj, are sitting on the vertices of a
regular hexagon and they are sitting facing the centre of the hexagon.
1. Apurva is sitting between Onkar and Parth.
2. Abhishek is sitting next to Onkar.
3. Kiran is not exactly opposite to Apurva.
In the above question, if Viraj and Onkar exchanged their positions, then who would be
sitting next to Kiran?

Question 7

Six students, L, M, N, O, P and Q, are standing facing north, but not necessarily in the same sequence. L is at one of the corners and Q is beside him. M is to the immediate right of P. M is at the second place from the right end. N is not beside Q.

Who is standing to the immediate right of Q?

Question 8

Some persons are sitting beside a round table facing the centre. S is sitting just opposite of R, who is immediate left of Q. T is sitting immediate right of Q. If U is exactly in opposite of Q, then what is the sitting location of P?

Question 9

Among five rods, P, Q, R, S and T, the weight of T is 20 kg. The weight of S is half the
weight of P. The weight of Q is one-fourth the weight of P. R's weight is twice the
weight of Q. The weight of P is twice the weight of T. Which rod is the lightest among
all?

Question 10

Five persons, A, B, C, D, E, are sitting around a circular table facing towards the centre.
1) A is the neighbour of E and D.
2) B is second to the left of D.
Who is to the immediate right of B?

Question 11

Four girls A, B, C and D, and four boys P, Q, R and S, are sitting around a round table facing the centre.

i. No two girls or boys are sitting next to each other.
ii. Q is sitting to the immediate left of B.
iii. S is sitting between A and D and is facing R.

Who is sitting between P and R?

Question 12

Six students are sitting on a bench facing the interactive board in the classroom. A is sitting second to the right of B, while F is second to the right of E. If C is second right of A, then what is the sitting position of D in respect of F?

Question 13

Among five iron balls P, Q, R, S and T, the weight of Q is 5 kg, which is double the weight of P. The weight of S is half the weight of T. The weight of R is equal to the weight of P and Q taken together. The weight of T is four times the weight of R. What is the weight of S?

Question 14

five friends P,Q ,R,S and T are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. $ is sitting to the immediate
rightofP. T is sitting to the immediate left of Q. P is between S and R. Who is sitting at the second place to the left of T?

Question 15

Six friends are sitting in a line facing West. Gaurav is sitting at the third place to the left of Meenal. Varun is sitting between Vasu and Meenal. Poorvi is third to the right of Varun. Lalit is sitting to the immediate right of Meenal. Gaurav is sitting at one of the corners. Who is sitting to the immediate left of Poorvi?

Question 16

Eight houses A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are in two rows with four houses in each row.
The houses in one row face the houses in the other.
i. C is facing F.
ii. G and A are diagonally opposite.
iii. E is facing H, but is not in the same row as that of A.
iv. H is between D and C.
Which house is B facing?

Question 17

Six friends, Abhishek, Apurva, Parth, Kiran, Onkar and Viraj, are sitting on the vertices of a
regular hexagon and they are sitting facing the centre of the hexagon.
1. Apurva is sitting between Onkar and Parth.
2. Abhishek is sitting next to Onkar.
3. Kiran is not exactly opposite to Apurva.
Who is exactly opposite to Abhishek?

Question 18

Among seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F and G, B is taller than only four other friends. C is
taller than D. A is taller than F. E is taller than one person only that is G, who is the
shortest in height among all friends. B is taller than A. Who is the tallest among all the
friends?

Question 19

Five objects A, B, C, D and E are of different weights. The weight of B is double the weight of E. The weight of C is three times the weight of A. D's weight is four times the weight of C. The weight of B is half the weight of D. Which object is the heaviest among all?

Question 20

P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a row facing north. U is adjacent to S and P. P is second to the left of Q. Q is at an extreme end.
Who is sitting second from the left end?

Question 21

There are five friends who are sitting in a line, all facing north. Mohit is sitting at the
second place to the left of Arjun. Surya is sitting to the immediate left of Kartik.
Harman is sitting to the immediate right of Mohit. There are two persons between
Surya and Mohit. Which two persons are sitting at the corners?

Question 22

Eight houses, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, are in two parallel rows, I and II, with 4 houses
in each row. The houses in each row are at equal distances. The four houses in row-I
are facing north, and are facing the four houses in row-II.

B in row-I faces F and is not at an extreme end.
H is adjacent to F and is facing D.
C and E are diagonally opposite.
E is facing A, which is adjacent to H.

Which of the following statements is true?

Question 23

Vinita, Anita, Preeti and Kunjan are dining around a square table facing the centre. Each friend is sitting at the middle of one of the four sides. Kunjan is sitting to the left of Anita. Preeti is sitting to the right of Vinita. Who is sitting to the left of Kunjan?

Question 24

In a year-end examination, 6 papers-Maths, Physics, Geography, Economics, Chemistry, History- are scheduled on 6 consecutive days of a week (Monday - Saturday)
1. Maths paper is after the Chemistry paper, with a 1-day gap between them.
2. Physics paper is on Monday.
3. Geography paper is not on the last day.
4. History paper, which is scheduled on the previous day of the Maths paper, has a two-day gap with the Physics paper.

Which paper is scheduled on Saturday?

Question 25

Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U read a magazine one after another.

i. S was neither the first nor the last to read it.
ii. There were as many readers between P and T as there were between R and P.
iii. S read it sometime before Q, who read it sometime after U.
iv. The one who read it last had taken it from R.

Who were the two persons to have read the magazine first and last, respectively?

Question 26

A medical representative visited the doctors P, Q, R, S, T and U from Monday to Saturday - only one doctor per day.

i. He visited U on some day before visiting R and T.
ii. He visited P on the previous day of visiting S, but not on Thursday.
iii. He did not visit either Q or S on the last day.
iv. He visited Q just after U, but not on Tuesday.

Which are the two doctors he visited on the first two days?

Question 27

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre.
i. D is between G and A, and is facing B.
ii. F is between A and H, and H is third to the right of D.
iii. E is second to the left of G.
Who are the persons sitting immediately to the left of C?

Question 28

Eight students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table, at equal distances from each other. If B is seated in the north-east direction, in which direction is H seated?

Question 29

Seven persons visited a doctor for consultation, one after another.
i. Mahesh visited immediately after Amit but sometime before Virat.
ii. Ashok visited just after Virat and just before Naman.
iii. Neither Anup nor Naman was the last to visit.
iv. There were as many visitors between Ashok and Suraj as there were between Anup
and Ashok.
Who were the first and the last persons to have visited the doctor, respectively?

Question 30

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W in are sitting clockwise at equal distances in the
same sequence around a circular table. All are facing the centre of the table. If U is
sitting in the South, then who is sitting in the North-east direction?

Question 31

Eight members of a family - Archana, Suman, Dheeraj, Meghana, Bindu, Tilak, Rajan
and Kiran are sitting in a straight line facing North. They have different ages - 12,
17, 19, 22, 28, 31, 38 and 48 but not necessarily in the same order.
Archana is sitting third to the right of the one who is 22 years old. Meghana and the
one who is 22 years old are sitting to gether. One person is sitting between Kiran and
one whose age is 48 years. The difference between the ages of Bindu and Kiran is 5
years. The one who is 10 years older than Meghana is sitting third to the right of
Meghana. Rajan and Dheeraj are sitting to gether and one of them is sitting at the
extreme end of the line. Dheeraj is 9 years older than Suman. Archana is sitting in
the middle of Kiran and Tilak. Archana is 12 years younger than Dheeraj. Kiran is not
12 years old.
Who is sitting third to the right of Meghana?

Question 32

In a year-end examination, 6 papers-Maths, Physics, Geography, Economics, Chemistry, History- are scheduled on 6 consecutive days of a week (Monday - Saturday)
1. Maths paper is after the Chemistry paper, with a 1-day gap between them.
2. Physics paper is on Monday.
3. Geography paper is not on the last day.
4. History paper, which is scheduled on the previous day of the Maths paper, has a two-day gap with the Physics paper.

In the above description, the History paper was cancelled due to incompletion of syllabus and the exam was scheduled for five days (Monday - Friday), with the order of the papers reversed.

Which paper was scheduled on Thursday?

Question 33

Five persons, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting along a round table facing the centre. V is sitting 2nd to the right of W, who is 2nd to the right of X. If Y is sitting adjacent to X, then who is to the immediate left of V?

Question 34

Five salesmen A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a meeting around a circular table. A is to the immediate left of E. C is to the immediate left of B. D is sitting between B and A. Who is sitting at the second place to the right of E?

Question 35

Eight people A, B, C, D, E , F, G and H, are sitting in two rows, four in each row.
1. A is sitting in the front row, next to H.
2. F is sitting between C and B
3. E, who is sitting in front of B, is not sitting in any corner.
4. D is sitting in the right corner of the back row.
Who is sitting in the right corner of the front row?

Question 36

Seven different coloured books are kept one after the other.

i. The RED book is just on the top of the ORANGE book.
ii. The BLUE book is between the GREEN and the YELLOW books.
iii. The VIOLET book is between the GREEN and the BLACK books.
iv. There are as many books between the GREEN and the RED books as there are between the BLACK and the BLUE books.

If the YELLOW book is on the top, which book is exactly in the middle?

Question 37

Six boys A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a queue.

i. There are two boys between B and D, and D is just in front of E.
ii. A and C are adjacent to B.
iii. A is just behind E, and C is just in front of F.

Which two boys are exactly in the middle positions?

Question 38

Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a line facing North.
i. There is one person between A and F.
ii. B and E have two persons between them.
iii. C is on the extreme left.
iv. F is between B and D.
If E is NOT at an extreme end, who is on the extreme right?

Question 39

Five friends are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. Abhishek is sitting to the immediate left of Sharad. Joseph is to the immediate right of Wasim. Vishal is third to the left of Wasim. Who is sitting between Joseph and Abhishek?

Question 40

Six students are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Puneet is sitting
between Iqbal and Aman. Joya is sitting at the second place to the right of Iqbal.
Pratiksha is sitting at the third place to the left of Aman. Anamika is sitting between
Joya and Aman. Who is sitting between Puneet and Anamika?

Question 41

The Academic Staff College organised a refresher course in six different subjects, only
one on each day, from Monday to Sunday.

i. One of the days was a holiday.
ii. Psychology was on the previous day of the holiday.
iii. The course ended with History.
iv. Economics, which was taken up on Wednesday, was on the previous day of
Physics.
v. Psychology and Philosophy had a gap of two days.
vi. There was gap of one day between Sociology and Economics and a gap of two
days between Sociology and Physics.

Which day was a holiday?

Question 42

Seven girls P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Q is third to the right of R. V is third to the right of P. T is to the immediate right of Q. S is to the immediate left of R. U is sitting between R and P. Who is sitting between S and T?

Question 43

The notification for six different posts - Clerk, PRO, Lecturer, Accountant ,
Watchman and Principal- are to be released on consecutive Fridays. The schedule of
the releasing is to be in accordance with the following conditions:
(i) Clerk post must be released a week before the Watchman post .
(ii) Lecturer post must not be released immediately after the first release.
(iii) PRO post must be released on the Friday following the Friday on which the
Principal post is released.
(iv) Account ant post must be released on the fifth Friday and should not be
immediately preceded by the PRO post .
(v) The Watchman post must not be released last .
Which of the following notifications will be released immediately after the PRO
post ?

Question 44

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting clockwise around a circular table in the same sequence at equal distances facing the centre of the table. If C is sitting in the south direction, then who is sitting in the north-west direction?

Question 45

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in a row facing North.

i. Q sits to the immediate right of P, who is at one of the extreme ends of the line.
ii. Q sits third to the left of T.
iii. There are two persons between W and T.
iv. U is not an immediate neighbour of S and sits to the immediate left of V.
v. There are three persons between V and R.

Who are sitting between Q and T?

Question 46

Five friends A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a line, all facing north. E is sitting to the
immediate left of B. A is sitting to the immediate right of C. D is to the immediate right
of B. B is third to the left of A. Who is sitting at the third place to the right of E?

Question 47

Seven persons, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are sitting around a circular table facing towards the
centre.
1) C is the neighbour of A and G.
2) B is to the immediate right of A.
3) F is second to the left of D.
What is G’s position?

Question 48

Among five objects, Gas stove, Washing machine, Refrigerator, Inverter and
Microwave oven:
the Washing machine is twice as heavy as the Inverter;
the Gas stove is one and half times as heavy as the Microwave oven;
the Washing machine and Microwave oven together weigh as much as the Gas stove
and Inverter together;
the Refrigerator and Inverter together are one and half times as heavy as the Gas
stove.
Which is the heaviest among the five objects?

Question 49

Five persons P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around a pentagon table facing the centre. T is
immediate left to R, who is second right to P. Q is immediate left to S, who is exact left
to P. Who is sitting exact right to P?

Question 50

Six persons are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. W is to the immediate
left of X, who is sitting opposite Y. If V is second to the left of Y and exactly opposite U,
what is the sitting location of Z?

Question 51

Two teams, consisting of 3 players in each team, are participating in a debate competition. Three players in one team are
sitting facing the three players of the other team. K and are sitting facing each other. N and are in different teams. M
is sitting facing N.P is at one of the corners.N is sitting to the immediate right of L. Which of the following are
members of the same team?

Question 52

Eight people A, B, C, D, E , F, G and H, are sitting in two rows, four in each row.
1. A is sitting in the front row, next to H.
2. F is sitting between C and B
3. E, who is sitting in front of B, is not sitting in any corner.
4. D is sitting in the right corner of the back row.
If H is sitting in a corner, who is sitting in front of F?

Question 53

Seven boys A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a row.
i. D is to the immediate left of F.
ii. A is to the immediate left of G.
iii. E and G have two boys between them.
Iv. B is between D and G.

Who is standing exactly in the middle?

Question 54

Seven friends Aditya, Harsha, Sravya, Nidhi, Karun, Prem and Umesh, are sitting in a row facing north, but not necessarily in the same order, and watching a film in the theatre. Prem sits at the second position from either right or left. Two persons sit between Nidhi and Prem. Sravya sits fourth to the left of Karun. Umesh sits to the immediate left of Nidhi. Harsha sits third to the right of Sravya. Sravya is not sitting at an extreme end.

Who sits to the immediate right of Prem?

Question 55

Six girls are sitting in a row facing North.

i. Navika is to the immediate left of Seema, whose neighbour is Sabnam.
ii. Hima is sitting at one end of the row, but not Sabnam.
iii. Rupali is between Vinita and Navika.

Who is sitting at the other end of the row?

Question 56

Five students, J, K, L, M and N are sitting on a bench facing the blackboard. K is sitting to the immediate right of M. who is sitting at the extreme left. If J is to the immediate left of L but exactly right of N, then who is sitting in the middle of the bench?

Question 57

Six friends, Tanay, Neha, Kalpana, Raashi, Hemant and Chaitra, are standing in a row.
There are two persons between Neha and Chaitra. Kalpana is between Raashi and
Neha. Hemant is standing beside Chaitra. Neha is at one of the ends of the row. Who is
standing between Chaitra and Tanay?

Question 58

Six persons appeared for an examination. Nripesh scored more than Manasi and
Anshika, but less than Leena. Only two persons scored more than Nripesh. Sambit
scored less than Nagen, but not the lowest marks. Only two persons scored less than
Manasi.
Which of the following statements is definitely FALSE?

Question 59

Six persons are posing before a camera for a group photograph. P is standing exactly between N and S, while Q is to the immediate left of N. O is at the extreme right, while R is to his immediate left. Who is to the exact right of S?

Question 60

A sales representative plans to visit each of six stores U, V, W, X, Y and Z exactly once during the course of one day. He is setting up his schedule for the day in accordance with the following conditions:

(i). He must visit U before V and Z.
(ii). He must visit V before Y.
(iii). The third store he visits must be X.

The sales representative could visit any of the following companies immediately after X, except:

Question 61

Arpan, Lohit, Vinayak, Kripal and Ashraf are watching a movie. All are sitting in a line facing the screen. Kripal is to the immediate left of Ashraf. Vinayak is to the immediate left of Arpan. Lohit is second to the left of Arpan. Kripal is sitting at one of the corners. Who is sitting to the immediate right of Ashraf?

Question 62

Six students, A, B, C, D, E and F, are standing facing north, but not necessarily in the
same sequence. A is at one of the corners and F is beside him. B is to the immediate
right of E. B is at the second place from the right end. C is not beside F.
Who is standing third from the right side?

Question 63

Five persons, A, B, C, D, and E are sitting on a bench all facing the park. D is second
left of C but immediate right of B. If E is on the extreme left of the bench and sitting
adjacent to B, what is the exact location of A?

Question 64

Seven employees of a company—Chandan, Ayyappan, Sukesh, Rekha, Ankit, Madhavi, Sadhvi—are seated around a circular conference table facing the centre.

1. Chandan is between Ayyappan and Sukesh.
2. Rekha, who is second to right of Sukesh, is between Ankit and Madhavi.
3. Ankit is not the neighbour of Sadhvi.
Which of the following statements is WRONG?

Question 65

Six friends G, H, M, J, K and L are sitting in a straight line facing north. G is sitting between L and H. H is fourth to the right of M. K is to the immediate right of H. Who is sitting between L and M?

Question 66

Six girls K, L, M, N, O and P are sitting in a straight line facing north. L is between P and K. O is third to the left of K. N is third to right of L. K is to the immediate left of M. M is between K and N. Who is sitting between O and L?

Question 67

Six persons, Vinay, Madhav, Nilesh, Sagar, Arvind, Rajesh, are standing in two rows facing towards each other such that three persons are in a row.
1) Nilesh is between Arvind and Sagar.
2) Nilesh is not facing Vinay.
3) Madhav is facing Arvind.
What is Rajesh’s position?

Question 68

A taxi car has six seats, three in front row and three in back row. Those who board the
car first, go to back seat and the seats are occupied from right to left on first come
first serve basis. Y was 1st to board the car and U was the last one. Z was 2nd last to
board the car and was seated in front of V. If W is seated at the left of V, what is the
boarding order of X?

Question 69

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting anticlockwise around a circular table in the same sequence at equal distances facing the centre of the table. If T is sitting in the north-east direction, then who is sitting in the west direction?

Question 70

Four girls, Monika, Preeti, Abha and Raji, and three boys, Harsh, Punit and Sushant, are sitting in a row facing north such that no two girls are neighbours.
Monika is to the immediate left of Harsh but is not adjacent to Sushant. Abha is to the immediate right of Punit but is not sitting at one of the ends. Harsh and Punit are the neighbours of Raji.
Who is sitting at the extreme right end?

Question 71

Seven girls A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. E is sitting between D and C. G is second to the right of E. A is third to the right of C. B is between A and D. A is second to the left of D. Who is at the third place to the right of F?

Question 72

Six special lectures are to be organised on Banking system, Quality circles, Work motivation, Decision making, Current affairs, and Personality development. Lectures are scheduled to be held, one lecture on each day from Monday to Sunday, as per the details given below:

1. Work motivation should be organised immediately after Decision making.
2. Quality circle should be organised on Wednesday and should not be followed by Personality development.
3. Decision making should be organised on Friday and there should be a gap of two days between Banking system and Current affairs.
4. On one day, other than Saturday, there should be no lecture. Current affairs should be on previous day of holiday.

Which lecture will be organised on the first day (Monday)?

Question 73

Five friends are sitting on a bench facing North and South alternately. R is sitting at the left corner and facing North, and T is second to the right of R. If P is third to the left of Q, then what is the sitting position of S?

Question 74

Five people make statements about their heights. Only one of them is lying. Study the statements carefully and identify the second tallest person in the group.
1. Aditya: I am taller than Nachiket, but shorter than Sanika.
2. Rushikesh: I am taller than Aditya, but shorter than Sanika.
3. Nachiket: I am of the same height as that of Rushikesh and taller than Nikita.
4. Sanika: I am the tallest.
5. Nikita: Rushikesh is shorter than Aditya.

Question 75

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting anticlockwise at equal distances in the
same sequence around a circular table. All are facing the centre of the table. If T is
sitting in the West, then who is sitting at the third place to the left of P?

Question 76

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in two lines, with four friends sitting in each line. Both the lines are facing north. The four persons in the back line are exactly behind the four persons in the front line. P is between T and W. Q is just behind T. Q, who is to the immediate left of S, is also at one of the corners in the back line. R is between S and U. Who is sitting between P and V?

Question 77

Eight students were sitting on two benches, L, M, N, O on the front bench and P, Q, R, S on the next one, but not in the same sequence. Q was sitting exactly behind M, who was sitting to the extreme right. O & P and L & S were sitting adjacent to each other in diagonally cross positions, S being on the extreme left. What was the sitting position of N?

Question 78

In a line, five friends P, Q, R, S and T are sitting, all facing East. P is sitting at the
second place to the left of T. R is third to the left of S and also to the immediate right of
P. Which two persons are sitting at the corners?

Question 79

There are seven row houses, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S, in a campus, but not necessarily in
the same sequence. P is not at any of the ends. R is to the immediate right of P. S is
third from the left. O is at the left end. M is second from the right. O is not besides N.
Where is R located?

Question 80

There are seven row houses, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S, in a campus, but not necessarily in the same sequence. P is not at any of the ends. R is to the immediate right of P. S is third from the left. O is at the left end. M is second from the right. O is not beside N.

Which row house is second to the right of S?

Question 81

Six friends K, L, M, N, O and P are sitting in two rows; both the rows are facing north.
Four friends are in the first row, whereas two friends are in the second row. L is sitting
between O and P. M is just behind O. N is just behind L. There is nobody sitting behind
K and P, who are sitting at the corners. Who among them are sitting in the first row?

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