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PUZZLES
(Set – 36)
PUZZLE—1
Eight friends Venkat, Abdulla, Rakshan, Vikram, Prakash, Suman, John and Manoj live on eight different
floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered
1 and the topmost floor of the building is numbered 8. Each of them likes different teams of
Champions trophy cricket viz, England Team, India Team, Australia Team, Bangladesh Team, New Zealand
Team, Pakistan Team, South Africa Team and Sri Lanka Team but not necessarily in the same order.
The one who likes India Team lives on an even-numbered floor but not on the topmost floor. Only
one person lives between Suman and the one who likes New Zealand Team. Only two persons live between
Suman and the one who likes India Team. Neither Prakash nor Rakshan lives on the first floor.
Only one person lives between Rakshan and the one who likes Australia Team. Venkat lives just above
Suman. Only two persons live between Prakash and Venkat. The one who likes New Zealand Team does
not live on floor number one, Abdulla lives on an even numbered floor and just above Rakshan. The one
who likes Bangladesh Team lives on an even numbered floor and lives just above the person who likes
Sri Lanka Team. Rakshan does not like New Zealand Team or Sri Lanka Team. Only two persons live between
the one who likes Pakistan Team and the one who likes England Team. Vikram does not like
South Africa Team. The one who likes Pakistan Team does not live on an odd-numbered floor. Manoj
lives just below the one who likes Sri Lanka Team.
PUZZLE —2
Eight students- Raju, Ramu, Ravi, Ramesh, Ritesh, Rakesh, Rajesh, and Rehman live in an apartment
which has Eight floors numbered 1 to 8. The top floor is numbered as 8. They also got different
Ranks from 1 to 8 in school. They are also having different Lucky numbers 1 to 8. Ramu’s Lucky
number, Floor Number, and His rank are the same number. Except Ramu, all others are having
unique Floor number, Lucky Number, and Rank(i.e., No two numbers will be same for a particular
student). Two persons live between Ritesh and one who got Rank 4. One person lives between
Rakesh and Raju. Raju’s Rank and Rehman’s Floor number are same. Rajesh and Ravi live on consecutive
floors. Ravi’s Rank and Rakesh’s Lucky number are same. Ramesh got better Rank than Ravi.
Rajesh’s Lucky number and Ramesh’s Floor number are same. Ritesh’s Lucky number is 5. Students
who got Rank 5 and Rank 6 live on consecutive floors. One who got Rank 5 is having Lucky
number as 1. Sum of Rakesh’s Floor number and Lucky number is equal to his Rank. Rakesh lives on
an Odd numbered floor but not on floor number 1.
Rehman’s Floor number and Ravi’s Lucky number are same.
Two persons live between Rehman and Rakesh.
Rakesh Rank is same as Ritesh floor number.
Rakesh Rank is an odd number.