DAY/MONTH/YEAR BASED PUZZLES

Logical Reasoning(Master ) Puzzle Test

LEARN BY EXAMPLES:

Arnav, Bhim, Chetan, Daksh, Emam and Feroz are six friends having their birthdays on same date of different month viz. January, February, March, April, July and November of same year i.e. year 1998. They are engaged in different professions/services viz. Doctor, Lawyer, Soldier, Manager, Chartered Accountant (CA) and Actor.

Bhim is born in the month having 30 days and is engaged in service with Daksh only.
Emam is an Actor and born in February.
Feroz is neither a Doctor nor a Chartered Accountant.
The youngest person is a Chartered Accountant.
The difference of age between an actor and Arnav is exactly the same as between Daksh and a soldier.
The one who is older to Feroz but not the oldest is a Manager.
Arnav is six months older to the one who is Lawyer.

FORMULATE THE PUZZLE'S SOLUTION AND ANY QUESTION CAN BE ANSWERED BASIS THESE TABLES:

Following common explanation, we get

Birthday of Daksh is between Emam and Bhim.

Option C, is hence the correct answer.

Final table:

Months	Days	Persons	Service/Profession	Nature of work
January	31	Arnav	Doctor	Profession
February	28	Emam	Actor	Profession
March	31	Daksh	Manager	Service
April	30	Bhim	Soldier	Service
July	31	Feroz	Lawyer	Profession
November	30	Chetan	CA	Profession

Common explanation:

Reference:

Emam is an Actor and born in February.
The youngest person is a Chartered Accountant.

Inference:

Months	Days	Persons	Service/Profession	Nature of work
January	31
February	28	Emam	Actor	Profession
March	31
April	30
July	31
November	30		CA

Reference:

Arnav is six months older to the one who is Lawyer.

Inference:

Months	Days	Persons	Service/Profession	Nature of work
January	31	Arnav
February	28	Emam	Actor	Profession
March	31
April	30
July	31		Lawyer
November	30		CA

Reference:

The difference of age between an actor and Arnav is exactly the same as between Daksh and a soldier.
Bhim is born in the month having 30 days and is engaged in service with Daksh only.

Inference:

Months	Days	Persons	Service/Profession	Nature of work
January	31	Arnav
February	28	Emam	Actor	Profession
March	31	Daksh		Service
April	30	Bhim	Soldier	Service
July	31		Lawyer
November	30		CA

Reference:

Feroz is neither a Doctor nor a Chartered Accountant.

Inference:

So, Feroz is neither a Doctor nor a Chartered Accountant, so he must be a Lawyer.
Only left Chetan must be the Charted Accountant.

Months	Days	Persons	Service/Profession	Nature of work
January	31	Arnav
February	28	Emam	Actor	Profession
March	31	Daksh		Service
April	30	Bhim	Soldier	Service
July	31	Feroz	Lawyer
November	30	Chetan	CA

Reference:

The one who is older to Feroz but not the oldest is a Manager.

Inference:

Months	Days	Persons	Service/Profession	Nature of work
January	31	Arnav
February	28	Emam	Actor	Profession
March	31	Daksh	Manager	Service
April	30	Bhim	Soldier	Service
July	31	Feroz	Lawyer
November	30	Chetan	CA

Final table:

Months	Days	Persons	Service/Profession	Nature of work
January	31	Arnav	Doctor	Profession
February	28	Emam	Actor	Profession
March	31	Daksh	Manager	Service
April	30	Bhim	Soldier	Service
July	31	Feroz	Lawyer	Profession
November	30	Chetan	CA	Profession