COMPARISON BASED PUZZLE

Logical Reasoning(Master ) Puzzle Test

PUZZLE 1

A teacher made an observation on the basis of the ranks of seven students – Piya, Riya, Shreya, Niya, Diya, Miya and Jiya, in the previous exams taken by them.

The observations were:

No two students get same rank.

Jiya always performs better than Piya.

Piya always performs better than Riya.

Each time either Shreya tops the class and Diya gets the last rank, or alternatively Niya tops the class and either Miya or Riya gets the last rank.

Final Solution:

Order of Ranks:

Jiya > Piya > Riya

Possibilities of 1st and 7th rank:

Possibility 1:

Rank 1 = Shreya

Rank 7 = Diya

Possibility 2:

Rank 1 = Niya

Rank 7 = either Miya or Riya

We will keep this information in mind and solve the questions accordingly.

Common Explanation:

Reference:

Piya teacher made an observation on the basis of the ranks of seven students – Piya, Riya, Shreya, Niya, Diya, Miya and Jiya, in the previous exams taken by them.

Inference:

We will keep this information in mind while solving the puzzle.

Reference:

Jiya always performs better than Piya.

Piya always performs better than Riya.

Inference:

After using the above references we have:

Order of Ranks:

Jiya > Piya > Riya

Reference:

Each time either Shreya tops the class and Diya gets the last rank, or alternatively Niya tops the class and either Miya or Riya gets the last rank.

Inference:

After using the above references we have: