Cheatsheet: Puzzles | IBPS PO Prelims & Mains Preparation - Bank Exams PDF Download

Introduction

From practical experience and the general trends, it can be asserted that the question on “puzzle” can be generally classified into the following types of problems:-

1. Simple problems of categorization
2. Arrangement problems
3. Comparison Problems
4. Blood Relations
5. Blood Relations with professions
6. Conditional selection
7. Miscellaneous problems

In the puzzles, you shall be given fast-working and efficient methods for all the types of problems above.

Theory

These type of questions can be solved easily if we draw an appropriate table corresponding to the problem.
For eg, if we are given that 5 persons A, B, C, D, E live on floors 1-5 and own cars P, Q, R, S, T but not necessarily in same order, then the table can be built like this:
Now mark the correct combination with “\” and incorrect combination with “X.”

So if B owns Q and lives on 4th floor, then the table looks like this
Remember not to assume any information by yourself and mark it.

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