Reasoning Quiz – March, 2015 – Set 12 – Puzzles



Directions (Q. 1-5):
Read the following information carefully to answer the questions given below:

There are three
houses on each side of the road. The houses are A, B, C, D, E and F. The houses
are of different colors i.e. Purple, White, Blue, Sea Green, Orange and Cream
but not necessarily in that order. Also the houses are of different heights. A,
the White colored house, is taller than C, but shorter than B and D. The
shortest houses is exactly opposite to the Sea Green colored house. B, the Sea
Green colored house is exactly opposite to F. F the Orange color house, is
located between A and D. C the Cream colored house, is exactly opposite to A. E
the tallest house, is exactly opposite to the Purple colored house.
1. What is the color
of the house diagonally opposite to the Cream colored house?
(a) Orange
(b) Purple
(c) Sea Green
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
2. What is the color
of the shortest house?
(a) Sea Green
(b) Blue
(c) Cream
(d) Orange
(e) None of these
3. Which of these sequences
is correct according to decreasing order of height?
(a) E > D > A > C > F
(b) E > B > A > C > F
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
4. Which of these
statements is correct?
(a) Orange color house is opposite to Sea Green color house
(b) White color house is diagonally opposite of blue color
house.
(c) Purple color house is opposite of blue color house.
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
5. Which of these
statements is incorrect?
(a) E is blue colored house.
(b) F is orange colored house.
(c) C is Cream colored house.
(d) A is Sea Green colored house.
(e) None of these
Solutions:
According to height
1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5
E D A C F
Or
E B A C F
According to color there are two possibilities
White
Orange
Purple
A
F
D
C
B
E
Cream
Sea Green
Blue
or
Purple
Orange
White
D
F
A
E
B
C
Blue
Sea Green
Cream

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