SSC CGL Puzzle Questions with Detailed Solutions

Five friends Anubha, Disha, Palak, Prabha, and Prachi live in a five-floored building, each floor having only one apartment. The bottommost floor is numbered as 1 and the floor immediately above it is numbered as 2 and so on. Palak lives on the floor just above Prachi's. Only one person lives between Disha and Prabha. Disha does not live above Prachi.
Who lives on the fifth floor?

Five plays T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 are to be stage d from Monday to Friday of a week. On each day, only one play will be staged. T4 and T5 should not be the first or last to be staged. T5 should be staged immediately be fo re T3. T2 should be staged immediately after T4. One play is staged betwe en T1 and T2. How many plays are staged after T4?

Eight persons A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7 and A8 live in an eight storied building, one on each floor but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor is numbered 1, and the floor above it is numbered 2 and so on. Only two persons live below the floor on which A7 lives. Only one person lives between A7 and A1. A8 lives on an odd numbered floor but not on floor number 7. Only two persons live between A8 and A2. A2 does not live on the topmost floor. A1 does not live on the lowermost floor. A4 lives imme diate ly be low A3. Neither A4 nor A5 lives on floor numbered 6. Who lives immediately below A6?

Each of F, G, H, I, U, V and W has an exam on a different day of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Only three people have exam between V and W. Only three people have exam between U and I. F has exam on some day before H and on some day after G. Only I has exam after W. How many people have exam after U?

Four persons, Meena, Tarun, Kavita, and Amit, travelled to four cities on July dates: 5, 12, 19, and 26. Kavita did not go on the 5th or 26th. Amit travelled before Tarun. Meena went after Kavita. Kavita went after Tarun. Who travelled on the 19th?

Five friends, Nisha, Rafiq, Om, Salma, and Tejas, travelled to different cities on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th of May. Rafiq travelled on the 5th. Nisha travelled two days after Rafiq. Om did not travel before Tejas. Salma did not go on the 3rd or 5th. Tejas did not travel on the 3rd. Who travelled on the 9th?

Four friends, Ritu, Kabir, Shilpa, and Aditya, travelled to a city in April on dates 4, 11, 18, and 25. Kabir went exactly one week before Shilpa. Aditya did not go on the 25th. Ritu travelled after Shilpa. Aditya travelled on the 18th. Who travelled on the 11th?

These questions are based on the following information given below. Each of the seven persons - Aravind, Kranthi, Sunil, Rajesh, Kapil, Lala and Thomas - is of a different profession among lawyer, doctor, engineer, professor, scientist, journalist and architect. We also have the following information about them.
Either Aravind or Sunil is the doctor.
Neither Sunil nor Lala is the engineer.
Kranthi is either the lawyer or the professor.
Rajesh is the scientist.
Kapil is either the architect or the lawyer.
Thomas is either the doctor or the architect.
Lala is the ____

Four people - Riya, Sohan, Meena, and Arun - visited four different cities on May 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th. Arun did not go on the 3rd or 6th. Meena visited before Arun. Riya did not go on the 9th. Riya visited on the 3rd. Meena did not go on the 9th. Who went on the 6th?

A team of six persons is to be selected from among five doctors, A, B, C, D and E, and five engineers, P, Q, R, S and T, such that there are at most two engineers in the team and it meets the following criteria:
i. A and D must be together.
ii. B and R cannot be together.
iii. P and S cannot be together.
iv. Q and R must be together.
v. B and P must be together.
Which of the following teams can be formed?
1. BACDQR
2. PBSCDA
3. APEDBТ
4. PDABEC

Five teachers Arti, Lubna, Pratiksha, Rajesh and Vimal teach one of five subjects i.e. Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Mathematics. Rajesh does not teach Chemistry and Zoology. Vimal does not teach Physics and Zoology. Pratiksha does not teach Zoology and Physics. Lubna teaches Botany. Which subject is taught by Arti?

There are 6 flats on a floor in two rows (three in each row opposite to each other). Flats of one row are facing north. Flats of other row are facing south. These flats are alloted to A, B, C, D, E and F. D and F get diagonally opposite flats. F's flat is next to C's flat. C gets a South facing flat. The direction in which the flats of B and E are facing is same. B's flat is not next to D. Which of the following pair represents people having flats opposite to each other?

There are 4 cold drinks - Pepsi, Coke, Sprite and Fanta and, 5 chocolates - Dairy- Milk, Perk, Munch, Kit-Kat and Milky-bar. Out of these, Sam's father chooses 2 cold drinks and 3 chocolates, to give to Sam, based on the following conditions - Kit-Kat and Coke cannot be together. -
Sprite and Dairy-Milk cannot be together. -
Fanta and Kit-Kat must be together. -
Munch and Pepsi cannot be together. -
Perk and Dairy-Milk cannot be together.
Which of the following combination Sam may get from his father?
I. (Kit-Kat, Milky-bar, Fanta, Perk, Pepsi)
II. (Coke, Perk, Munch, Sprite, Milky-bar)
III. (Munch, Milky-bar, Perk, Sprite, Pepsi)

Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F lived in a building with 6 floors. Only one person lived on each floor. B lived just above D. 2 persons lived between D and F. D lived on one of the floors above F. A lived just above C who did not live on a floor second from the bottom. How many persons lived below E?

Five persons A, B, C, D, E belong to different cities and have different favorite colours. Cities: Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Chennai, Lucknow Colours: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black
A - Chennai – Blue
Delhi person likes Red
C ≠ Green/Yellow
B - Mumbai
E - Black, not Jaipur
D - Jaipur
Who lives in Delhi and likes Red? ​