Problem Solving (Puzzle) Part02
Case (i)
Suresh
Case (ii)
Ramya
Problem: 01
Seven friends Kumar, Sita, Ravi, Ramya, Divya,
Suresh, Rajesh are left for seven different cities
Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata,
Hyderabad, not necessarily in the same order, each
one on a different day of a week.
Sita left for Delhi on Thursday. Only one person left
between suresh and ramya. Divya left immediately
after rajesh but immediately before kumar. Divya
not left on Tuesday. Ramya not left on Monday. The
person left for Kolkata on Tuesday. The person
going to pune left in the weekend. Suresh left for
mumbai. Rajesh not left for Bangalore, Chennai.
Ramya not left for Bangalore.
Ramya
Suresh
* Divya left immediately after
immediately before Kumar
Rajesh
Divya
Kumar
* Suresh left for mumbai.
Suresh = Mumbai
Step 1:
write the complete information in table.
* Ramya not left for Bangalore.
Ramya # Bangalore.
Days
Person
City
Kolkata
Sita
Delhi
Fri
Sat
Pune
Sun
Step 2:
write the Clues to right side of the table.
Day
Person
# Ramya
Tue
Day
Person
Mon
Suresh
Tue
City
Mon
* Rajesh not left for Bangalore, Chennai.
Rajesh # Bangalore, Chennai
Step 4:
* Only one person sits between Ramya and suresh.
from step2 ramya not left on monday so suresh may
be left on monday. for this condition step3 case(ii)
not valid. But we have another choice also Ramya
may be left on Friday or Sunday.
Case (i)
Case (ii)
wed
Thus
Ramya
Thus
Sita
Kolkata # Divya
Sita
Delhi
Sun
Pune
Delhi
Thus
Sat
Sat
Pune
Person
City
Thus
Sita
Delhi
Fri
Suresh
Sat
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Tue
Fri
Sun
Ramya
City
Kolkata
wed
Day
Step 3:
Now write down the incomplete information.
* Only one person left between Suresh and Ramya.
Person
Mon
Case (iii)
Sat
Day
Fri
Sun
Fri
City
Kolkata
wed
wed
Thus
but
Solve the remaining problem based on the
information in step3.
Mon
Tue
Rajesh
Pune
Sita
Delhi
Ramya
Sun Suresh
Pune
Step 5:
* Divya left immediately after rajesh but
immediately left before kumar.
from step2 Divya not left on Tuesday, so step 4
Case(ii) and (iii) not valid, because the order of
Divya should be like this.
Rajesh
Divya
Kumar
So the only possibility is step 4 case(i)
Day
Person
City
Mon
Step 8:
from step 7 only three cities remaining Bangalore,
Chennai, Hyderabad.
* if Rajesh is not going to Bangalore, Chennai
means the remaining city is Hyderabad (Rajesh
goes to Hyderabad)
* Now the remaining two cities are Bangalore and
Chennai. if Ramya not going to Bangalore means
she should go for Chennai (Ramya goes to
Chennai)
* Finally (Divya should go for Bangalore).
Suresh
Tue
Kolkata
wed
Ramya
Thus
Sita
Fri
Rajesh
Sat
Divya
Sun
Kumar
Delhi
Pune
Step 6:
Now the only person left is Ravi, from step5 clearly
we know he should be left for kolkata on tuesday.
Day
Person
Mon
Suresh
Tue
Ravi
wed
Ramya
Thus
Sita
Fri
Rajesh
Sat
Divya
Sun
Kumar
Person
Mon
Suresh Mumbai
Tue
Ravi
wed
Ramya
Thus
Sita
Fri
Rajesh
Sat
Divya
Sun
Kumar
Person
City
Mon
Suresh
Mumbai
Tue
Ravi
Kolkata
wed
Ramya
Chennai
Thus
Sita
Delhi
Fri
Rajesh
Hyderabad
Sat
Divya
Bangalore
Sun
Kumar
Pune
City
Kolkata
Delhi
Pune
Step 7:
from step3
*Suresh = Mumbai
*Rajesh # Bangalore, Chennai
*Ramya # Bangalore.
Day
Day
City
Kolkata
# Bangalore
Delhi
# Bangalore , Chennai
Problem: 02
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven friends all of them
likes different flavour of icecreams, Chocolate,
Rasperry ripple, Strawberry, Vanilla, Mango,
Butterscotch, CherryVanilla, each of them has a
favourite sport Cricket, Hockey, Footbal,
Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball, Table Tennis.
E's favourite icecream is Chocolate and plays
Basketball. A's favourite sport is table tennis.
The one whose favourite icecream is Buterscotch
has plays football. B's favourite icecream is
CherryVanilla, plays volleyball. G plays football. D's
favourite sport tennis, Niether Rasperry Ripple nor
Mango is his favourite icecream. F likes Strawberry,
Hockey is not his favourite game. The one who
plays Table tennis doesnot like mango.
Pune
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Step 1:
write the complete information in table.
Person
Icecream
Person
A
Sport
Tabletennis
Tennis
Chocolate
Strawberry
Basketball
Football
Icecream
A
B
C
# Rasperry ripple,
Mango
Tennis
Strawberry
Basketball
# Hockey
Football
Step 3:
write down the remaining information.
* Butterscotch = Football.
Solve the remaining problem based on the
information in step3.
Icecream
A
B
Cheery venilla
Chocolate
Strawberry
Butterscotch
Cricket
Butterscotch
Football
Icecream
Sport
Tabletennis
Cheery venilla Volleyball
Hockey
Tennis
Chocolate
Basketball
Strawberry
Cricket
Butterscotch
Football
Icecream
Sport
Rasperry ripple
Tabletennis
Cheery venilla
Volleyball
Sport
Mango
Hockey
Tabletennis
Vanilla
Tennis
Volleyball
Chocolate
Basketball
Strawberry
Cricket
Butterscotch
Football
Tennis
Strawberry
Person
C
D
Step 7:
* from step2 D# Rasperry ripple, Mango. the
remaining option is Vanilla. (D likes Vanilla)
* from step2 Mango # Tabletennis. if A doesnot
like Mango means, the remaining option is Rasperry
ripple (A likes Rasperry ripple).
* finally (C likes Mango)
Step 4:
* Butterscotch = Football.
Person
Basketball
Cheery venilla Volleyball
Chocolate
Chocolate
Tabletennis # Mango
Tennis
Person
Sport
Cheery venilla Volleyball
Step 6:
Finally (C likes Hockey).
Step 2:
write Clues right side of the table.
Person
Tabletennis
C
E
Sport
Cheery venilla Volleyball
Icecream
Basketball
Football
Step 5:
From step2 F not like hockey, so the remaining
option is cricket. (F likes Cricket)
By
A . AnandhaRaja
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