Practice Puzzle - Sequential Order of Things

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the question based on it :

Five boys took part in a race.
Raj finished before Mohit but behind Gaurav.
Ashish finished before Sanchit but behind Mohit.

Who finished the race first ?

Ashish

Gaurav

Raj

Mohit

Raj finished before Mohit but behind Gaurav.

So, the order is Gaurav, Rig, Mohit.

Ashish finished before Sanchit but behind Mohit.

So, the order is Mohit, Ashish, Sanchit.

Thus, the full order is :

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Gaurav	Raj	Mohit	Ashish	Sanchit

Clearly, Gaurav won the race.

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five men A, B, C, D and E read a newspaper.
The one who reads first gives it to C.
The one who reads last had taken from A.
E was not the first or last to read.
There were two readers between B and A.

Question

B passed the newspaper to whom ?

C is the second reader.
A is the second last reader.
E is not the first or last to read.

So, E is the third reader.

There were two readers between B and A.

So, the order of reading the newspaper is :

Clearly, B passed the newspaper to C.

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five men A, B, C, D and E read a newspaper.
The one who reads first gives it to C.
The one who reads last had taken from A.
E was not the first or last to read.
There were two readers between B and A.

Question

Who read the newspaper last ?

D read the newspaper last.

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer questions that follow :

Seven executives P, Q, R, S, T, U and W reach office in a particular sequence.
U reaches immediately before P but does not immediately follow S.
R is the last one to reach office.
T follows immediately after P and is subsequently followed by W.

Question

Among the executives, who reaches the office first ?

Can't be determined

Clearly, U is followed by P; P by T; T by W.

Now. U does not immediately follow S and R reaches last.

So, the order of reaching office is :

S is the first to reach office.

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer questions that follow :

Seven executives P, Q, R, S, T, U and W reach office in a particular sequence.
U reaches immediately before P but does not immediately follow S.
R is the last one to reach office.
T follows immediately after P and is subsequently followed by W.

Question

Who ranks fourth in the sequence of reaching office ?

The order of reaching office is :

P is fourth in the sequence.

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer questions that follow :

Seven executives P, Q, R, S, T, U and W reach office in a particular sequence.
U reaches immediately before P but does not immediately follow S.
R is the last one to reach office.
T follows immediately after P and is subsequently followed by W.

Question

Who reaches the office first ?

S reaches first.

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer questions that follow :

Seven executives P, Q, R, S, T, U and W reach office in a particular sequence.
U reaches immediately before P but does not immediately follow S.
R is the last one to reach office.
T follows immediately after P and is subsequently followed by W.

Question

Who reaches the office last ?

R reaches last.

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week.
On each day, only one play will be staged.
D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged.
E should be immediately followed by C.
B should be staged immediately after D.
One play is staged between A and B.

Question

Which is the first play to be staged ?

E should be immediately followed by C i.e. the order E - C should be followed.
D should be immediately followed by B i.e. the order D - B should be followed.
One play is staged between A and B
D or E should not be the first or last play.

So, the order is :

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	D	B	E	C

A is the first play to be staged

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week.
On each day, only one play will be staged.
D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged.
E should be immediately followed by C.
B should be staged immediately after D.
One play is staged between A and B.

Question

Which is the last play to be staged ?

C is the last play to be staged.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	D	B	E	C

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week.
On each day, only one play will be staged.
D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged.
E should be immediately followed by C.
B should be staged immediately after D.
One play is staged between A and B.

Question

Which play was staged on Wednesday ?

B was staged on Wednesday .

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	D	B	E	C

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week.
On each day, only one play will be staged.
D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged.
E should be immediately followed by C.
B should be staged immediately after D.
One play is staged between A and B.

Question

Which play was staged on Friday ?

C was staged on Friday .

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	D	B	E	C

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week.
On each day, only one play will be staged.
D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged.
E should be immediately followed by C.
B should be staged immediately after D.
One play is staged between A and B.

Question

Which play was staged between Tuesday and Thursday ?

B was staged between Tuesday and Thursday .

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	D	B	E	C

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week.
On each day, only one play will be staged.
D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged.
E should be immediately followed by C.
B should be staged immediately after D.
One play is staged between A and B.

Question

Which play was staged between Wednesday and Friday ?

E was staged between Wednesday and Friday .

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	D	B	E	C

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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow :

Five plays A, B, C, D and E are to be staged from Monday to Friday of a week.
On each day, only one play will be staged.
D or E should not be either the first or last to be staged.
E should be immediately followed by C.
B should be staged immediately after D.
One play is staged between A and B.

Question

Which of the following is the correct sequence of staging all the plays ?

A - D - B - E - C

D - A - B - E - C

A - D - B - C - E

D - A - E - C - B

A - D - B - E - C is the correct sequence of staging all the plays.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	D	B	E	C

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Directions : Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

A training college has to conduct a refresher course for teachers of seven different subjects — Mechanics, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, Science and Engineering from 22nd July to 29th July.

Course should start with Psychology.
23rd July, being Sunday, should be holiday.
Science subject should be on the previous day of the Engineering subject
Course should end with Mechanics subject.
Philosophy should be immediately after the holiday.
There should be a gap of one day between Economics and Engineering.

Question

Which subject will be on Monday ?

Science

Economics

Philosophy

Mechanics

The course starts with Psychology. So, Psychology will be on the 22nd. 23rd being a Sunday will be a holiday. Science will be before Engineering and Economics will be on one day gap with Engineering means the order followed can be Economics, Science and Engineering. Mechanics will be the last i.e., on the 29th. So, Sociology will fill the gap on the 28th. Thus, we have :

Date	Subject
22nd	Psychology
23rd	Sunday
24th	Philosophy
25th	Economics
26th	Science
27th	Engineering
28th	Sociology
29th	Mechanics

Philosophy will be on Monday

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Directions : Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

Course should start with Psychology.
23rd July, being Sunday, should be holiday.
Science subject should be on the previous day of the Engineering subject
Course should end with Mechanics subject.
Philosophy should be immediately after the holiday.
There should be a gap of one day between Economics and Engineering.

Question

Which subject will be on Wednesday ?

Science

Engineering

Sociology

Mechanics

Science will be on Wednesday

Date	Subject
22nd	Psychology
23rd	Sunday
24th	Philosophy
25th	Economics
26th	Science
27th	Engineering
28th	Sociology
29th	Mechanics

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Directions : Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

Course should start with Psychology.
23rd July, being Sunday, should be holiday.
Science subject should be on the previous day of the Engineering subject
Course should end with Mechanics subject.
Philosophy should be immediately after the holiday.
There should be a gap of one day between Economics and Engineering.

Question

Which subject precedes Mechanics ?

Economics

Science

Engineering

Sociology

Sociology precedes Mechanics

Date	Subject
22nd	Psychology
23rd	Sunday
24th	Philosophy
25th	Economics
26th	Science
27th	Engineering
28th	Sociology
29th	Mechanics

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Directions : Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

Course should start with Psychology.
23rd July, being Sunday, should be holiday.
Science subject should be on the previous day of the Engineering subject
Course should end with Mechanics subject.
Philosophy should be immediately after the holiday.
There should be a gap of one day between Economics and Engineering.

Question

Which subject is followed by Economics ?

Science

Engineering

Sociology

Mechanics

Science is followed by Economics

Date	Subject
22nd	Psychology
23rd	Sunday
24th	Philosophy
25th	Economics
26th	Science
27th	Engineering
28th	Sociology
29th	Mechanics

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Directions : Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

Course should start with Psychology.
23rd July, being Sunday, should be holiday.
Science subject should be on the previous day of the Engineering subject
Course should end with Mechanics subject.
Philosophy should be immediately after the holiday.
There should be a gap of one day between Economics and Engineering.

Question

How many days' gap is there between Philosophy and Science ?

One

Two

Three

Four

There is a gap of one day between Philosophy and Science

Date	Subject
22nd	Psychology
23rd	Sunday
24th	Philosophy
25th	Economics
26th	Science
27th	Engineering
28th	Sociology
29th	Mechanics

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Directions : Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

Course should start with Psychology.
23rd July, being Sunday, should be holiday.
Science subject should be on the previous day of the Engineering subject
Course should end with Mechanics subject.
Philosophy should be immediately after the holiday.
There should be a gap of one day between Economics and Engineering.

Question

How many days' gap is there between Science and Mechanics ?

One

Two

Three

Four

There is a gap of two days between Science and Philosophy

Date	Subject
22nd	Psychology
23rd	Sunday
24th	Philosophy
25th	Economics
26th	Science
27th	Engineering
28th	Sociology
29th	Mechanics