Higher Order Thinking Skills [HOTS] Puzzle
Puzzle:1
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the center. They like different colors, Black, Green, Blue, White, Orange, Red, Yellow and Pink but not necessarily in the same order. They also belong to three different cities- Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. At least two & not more than three persons belong to one city.
A like Orange and belong to Mumbai and sits on the immediate right of E. Only D and E belong to Kolkata and D sits third to the right of E. F like White and belong to Pune. H belongs to same city as G. G is third to the left of F. B sits opposite the person who likes Pink. C sits exactly opposite the person who likes Black. The persons who like Red and Blue belong to Mumbai. G likes Pink. B likes Blue. The persons who belong to Mumbai do not sit adjacent to each other. The one who likes yellow does not belong to Mumbai or Kolkata. H does not like Red.
Puzzle :2
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight friends who live in an eight-storey building. The ground floor is numbered one and the topmost floor is numbered eight. Each of them belong to different cities, Jaipur, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi and Patna but not necessarily in the same order. There is only one floor between P and the one who belongs to Patna lives. The person who belongs to Patna does not live on floor numbered 1. S lives just below Q. The one who belongs to Jaipur lives an even numbered floor and just above the floor on which the one who belongs to Pune lives. The person who belongs to Raipur lives on an even numbered floor but not on the 8th floor. Neither S nor W lives on the 1st floor. Only one person lives between the one who belongs to Ranchi and S. P lives on an odd-numbered floor and T lives just above P. Q lives on the fourth floor.
Only two persons live between the person who belongs to Raipur and P. U lives just below the one who belongs to Pune. S belongs to neither Pune nor Patna. The one who belongs to Delhi does not live on an odd-numbered floor. V does not belong to Kolkata. There are two floors between the floor on which W lives and the floor on which T lives. Only two persons live between the one who belongs Mumbai and the one who belongs to Delhi.
Puzzle :3
Eight friends namely viz, Mohan, Ravi, Sumit, Manish, Mahesh, Sunita, Amit and Arun like three cities i.e. Mumbai, Agra and Delhi and each of them like a different games i.e. Badminton, Cricket, Tennis, Football, Golf, Racing, Kho-Kho and Archery, but not necessarily in the same order. At least two and not more than three friends like the same city.
The one who likes Tennis is the only other friend who likes the same city as Manish. Mohan and Amit both like Delhi. Amit does not like Kho-Kho. Manish likes Mumbai and likes Badminton. The one who likes Delhi does not like Racing. Ravi likes Football but does not like Agra. No one from Delhi likes Archery. Arun does not like Tennis and likes same city as Sumit. Sumit likes Archery and Sunita likes Cricket.
Puzzle:4P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight friends who live in an eight-storey building. The ground floor is numbered one and the topmost floor is numbered eight. Each of them belong to different cities, Jaipur, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi and Patna but not necessarily in the same order. There is only one floor between P and the one who belongs to Patna lives. The person who belongs to Patna does not live on floor numbered 1. S lives just below Q. The one who belongs to Jaipur lives an even numbered floor and just above the floor on which the one who belongs to Pune lives. The person who belongs to Raipur lives on an even numbered floor but not on the 8th floor. Neither S nor W lives on the 1st floor. Only one person lives between the one who belongs to Ranchi and S. P lives on an odd-numbered floor and T lives just above P. Q lives on the fourth floor.
Only two persons live between the person who belongs to Raipur and P. U lives just below the one who belongs to Pune. S belongs to neither Pune nor Patna. The one who belongs to Delhi does not live on an odd-numbered floor. V does not belong to Kolkata. There are two floors between the floor on which W lives and the floor on which T lives. Only two persons live between the one who belongs Mumbai and the one who belongs to Delhi.
Puzzle :3
Eight friends namely viz, Mohan, Ravi, Sumit, Manish, Mahesh, Sunita, Amit and Arun like three cities i.e. Mumbai, Agra and Delhi and each of them like a different games i.e. Badminton, Cricket, Tennis, Football, Golf, Racing, Kho-Kho and Archery, but not necessarily in the same order. At least two and not more than three friends like the same city.
The one who likes Tennis is the only other friend who likes the same city as Manish. Mohan and Amit both like Delhi. Amit does not like Kho-Kho. Manish likes Mumbai and likes Badminton. The one who likes Delhi does not like Racing. Ravi likes Football but does not like Agra. No one from Delhi likes Archery. Arun does not like Tennis and likes same city as Sumit. Sumit likes Archery and Sunita likes Cricket.
Nine friends A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H and I like different companies mobile phone namely Samsung, Sony, Nokia, Apple, LG, HTC, Lenovo, Intex and Jio are sitting in a row from left to right but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing north and some of them are facing south.
E who likes Intex is sitting along with the one who likes Lenovo. D likes neither Sony nor Lenovo. The one who likes Samsung is sitting immediately left of B. B is sitting in the middle of the row. C is sitting fourth to the right of the one who likes Intex. The one who likes Jio is sitting third to the right of D. The one who likes Nokia and Sony are facing the same direction and sitting together and one of them is sitting at one of the ends. G is sitting two place away from A and they both face opposite directions.
H likes HTC and is facing in the North direction and is sitting at third position from the right end. The one who likes Apple is sitting 2nd to the right of the person Who likes Sony. I faces in the south direction. The one who likes Apple is facing the direction opposite to that of I. The immediate neighbours of the one who likes Apple is facing the direction same as that of I. The one who likes Apple is neither sitting with the one who likes HTC nor with the one who likes Nokia. G does not like Jio.
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