10+ Puzzles Questions For Upcoming Bank Exams

Puzzle is an important topic in the Reasoning Ability section of bank exams, carrying significant weightage in the overall exam. In many bank prelims exams, the puzzle section alone comprises 10-15 marks out of 35, highlighting its importance. Mastering this topic can significantly boost the exam scores of candidates. Aspirants should be familiar with every type of Puzzle so that they don’t face difficulty during the examination.

Types of Puzzles

The different types of Puzzles asked in the banking and insurance sector examinations have been listed down below.

• Date/ Date & Month / Year Based Puzzle
• Floor / Floor & Flat Based Puzzle
• Box Based Puzzle
• Designation Based Puzzle
• Category Based Puzzle

Why You Should Practice Puzzle Questions?

Puzzle questions are always asked in IBPS RRB, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Grade B, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS SO, LIC Assistant, LIC AAO, RBI Assistant, and many other bank and insurance exams. So one should practice and have good command over the different types of puzzles.

Puzzle Questions For Bank Exams

Directions (1-5): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six vaccine boxes are placed one above the other i.e AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sputnik, Moderna, Covishield, Covaxin, but not necessarily in the same order.

At most two boxes are placed above the Covishield. Two boxes are placed between Covishield and Covaxin. The box of Pfizer vaccine is placed below the Covaxin vaccine box. The box of Sputnik vaccine is placed three places above the Moderna vaccine box. No box is placed between Covishield and AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca vaccine box is placed below the Sputnik vaccine box.

Q1. Which of the following vaccine box is placed just above AstraZeneca?

(a) Sputnik

(b) Moderna

(c)  Pfizer

(d) Covishield

(e) None of these

Q2. How many boxes are placed between Sputnik and Covishield?

(a) One

(b) None

(c) Three

(d) Two

(e) None of these

Q3. If Moderna and Pfizer boxes are interchanged then, which of the following box is placed just above of Pfizer box?

(a) Sputnik

(b) Moderna

(c) AstraZeneca

(d) Covishield

(e) Covaxin

Q4. Three boxes are placed between ___ and ___?

(a) Covishield, Pfizer

(b) Sputnik, Covaxin

(c) Moderna, Covaxin

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) All I, II and III

Q5. Which of the following box is placed just below the Covishield box?

(a) Sputnik

(b) Covaxin

(c) AstraZeneca

(d) Moderna

(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the information carefully and answer the question given below.

Eight persons live in an eight-floor building. The ground floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 8. D lives on an even number floor below 5^th floor. There is only one person lives between D and C. G lives on one of the even number floors but not on the top floor. There are two persons live between C and A who lives below E. H lives on a floor immediate above the B’s floor. The number of persons live between F and B is same as the number of persons live between F and E.

Q6. Who among the following lives just below C?

(a) G

(b) E

(c) A

(d) D

(e) None of these

Q7. How many persons live between H and F?

(a) Four

(b) Three

(c) Two

(d) One

(e) None

Q8. Who among the following lives on an even numbered floor below G?

(a) A

(b) D

(c) E

(d) C

(e) Both (b) and (d)

Q9. The number of persons live above ____ is same as the number of persons live below _____ respectively?

(a) C, G

(b) F, D

(c) B, C

(d) G, E

(e) None of these

Q10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way so form a group, which of the following does not belong to that group?

(a) H

(b) F

(c) G

(d) C

(e) D

Solutions of Puzzle Questions For Bank Exams

Solutions (1-5):

S1. Ans. (d)

S2. Ans. (b)

S3. Ans. (c)

S4. Ans. (d)

S5. Ans. (c)

Solutions (6-10):

S6. Ans.(b)

S7. Ans.(c)

S8. Ans.(e)

S9. Ans.(d)

S10. Ans.(b)