Puzzle Questions for SBI PO Exam

The Puzzle section holds significant importance in the Reasoning Ability portion of the SBI PO exam. This section evaluates a candidate’s logical reasoning and critical thinking skills by presenting intricate scenarios that require structured analysis. Candidates are often faced with challenges like arranging people or objects in a specific order, determining relationships, or solving riddles based on given conditions. Mastering such puzzle questions for SBI PO exam requires a deep understanding of the relationship between different elements and the ability to visualize complex scenarios.

Puzzle Questions for SBI PO Exam

In the SBI PO 2025 exam, the puzzle section plays a vital role in evaluating the reasoning ability of the candidate. To improve the problem-solving speed and accuracy, it is necessary to practice different types of puzzles, such as seating arrangement, ranking, and logical conclusion. Since 3 to 4 sets of puzzles are usually asked in the exam, a number of puzzle questions are given below.

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

Nine boxes are placed one above others in a stack. Four boxes are placed between box H and K. Box K is placed above box H. One box is placed between Box H and L. Three boxes are placed between box M and G. Two boxes are placed between Box U and T. Box Z is placed above box B. Box M is not placed just above or just below box K. Box M is placed above box H. Box K is not placed at topmost of stack. Box B placed just above box M. Box T is not placed at the bottom of the stack.

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

(a) B

(b) M

(c) T

(d) H

(e) None of these

Q2. How many boxes are placed in between B and G?

(a) Four

(b) One

(c) Two

(d) Three

(e) None

Q3. Which of the following box is placed above box Z?

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Four

(d) Three

(e) No one

Q4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way-based form a group, find the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) K-M

(b) B-L

(c) T-U

(d) Z-B

(e) G-T

Q5. If box B and box T interchanged their position then which of the following box is placed just below box B?

(a) M

(b) H

(c) L

(d) G

(e) None of these

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

There are eight boxes J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are placed one above another. Two boxes are placed between Box K and Box N. Box Q is placed immediately below Box N.  One box is placed between Box P and Box L. Box M is placed one of the above places of N and one of the below places of Box O but not immediate above or below. Box J and Box O is not placed above Box P.

Q6. Which of the following box is placed just below box L?

(a) N
(b) Q
(c) M
(d) O
(e) None of these

Q7. Which of the following box is placed just above box N?

(a) Q
(b) L
(c) M
(d) J
(e) None of these

Q8. How many boxes are placed between box O and box N?

(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Four
(e) None

Q9. What is the position of box M?

(a) Third from the top
(b) Second from the top
(c) Third from the bottom
(d) Second from the bottom
(e) None of these

Q10. Four of the following five are alike in certain way based from a group, find the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) P-L
(b) O-K
(c) N-M
(d) L-N
(e) Q-J

Directions (11-15): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Seven persons J, K, L, M, N, O and P live in eight floor building in such a way ground floor is no. 1 and top floor is no. 8 but not necessary in same order. One of the floors is vacant.

Three floors between L and O, who lives at odd no. floor below floor no. 4. J lives just above vacant floor. Two persons live between J and M. L lives above O. J lives on odd no. floor. Vacant floor is not just above or just below L’s floor. K lives just above M floor. More than two floor between K and N. P lives above N.

Q11. Who among the following person live at 5^TH floor?

(a) K

(b) M

(c) O

(d) J

(e) None of these

Q12. Who among the following lives just below the vacant floor?

(a) P

(b) K

(c) L

(d) O

(e) None of these

Q13. N lives on which of the following floor?

(a) 3^rd

(b) 4^th

(c) 5^th

(d) 7^th

(e) None of these

Q14. How many persons live between L and M?

(a) Five

(b) Two

(c) Three

(d) Four

(e) None of these

Q15. Who among the following lives just above L?

(a) P

(b) O

(c) N

(d) M

(e) None of these

Directions (16-20): Answer the questions based on the information given below.

Eight persons namely, P. Q. R, S, T. U, V and W live in a building of four floors. The ground floor is considered as 1^st floor, the floor above it as 2nd and so on. Each floor consists of two types of flats i.e., Flat -I and Flat-II. On every floor, Flat-I is west of Flat-II. The dimensions of each of the flats are the same. Only one person lives in each flat. Flat-I of the floor-2 is immediately above Flat-I of floor-1 and immediately below the flat-I of the floor-3 and so on.

Note: If a person lives immediately above/below another person then both must live in same type of flat until and unless stated otherwise. If there is one floor gap between two persons, then both live in the same type of flat.

P lives on an even-numbered floor. P lives immediately above the flat of Q. R lives to the west of Q. There is a one-floor gap between S and W. T lives in the east of S. U lives on the 3’d floor. V and W live in different types of flats.

Q16. Who lives immediately above V?

(a) R

(b) T

(c) S

(d) W

(e) None of these

Q17. Who lives in flat-II of floor-3?

(a) U

(b) T

(c) V

(d) P

(e) S

Q18. ___ and W live on the same floor?

(a) Q

(b) T

(c) R

(d) P

(e) None of these

Q19. Who among the following persons live on the bottommost floor?

(a) R, P

(b) T, U

(c) P, W

(d) R, Q

(e) None of these

Q20. Who lives two floors below S in the different type of flat?

(a) T

(b) U

(c) R

(d) V

(e) None of these

Solutions

Solutions (1-5):

Sol.

Box

Z

K

B

M

L

T

H

G

U

S1. Ans. (b)

S2. Ans. (a)

S3. Ans. (e)

S4. Ans. (c)

S5. Ans. (b)

Solutions (6-10):

Sol.

Box

P

O

L

K

M

J

N

Q

S6. Ans. (e)

S7. Ans. (d)

S8. Ans. (d)

S9. Ans. (e)

S10. Ans. (d)

Solutions (11-15):

Sol.

Floor	Person
8	P
7	L
6	N
5	J
4	Vacant
3	O
2	K
1	M

S11. Ans. (d)

S12. Ans. (d)

S13. Ans. (e)

S14. Ans. (d)

S15. Ans. (a)

Solutions (16-20):

Sol.

Floors	Flat-I	Flat-II
4	S	T
3	U	V
2	W	P
1	R	Q

S16. Ans. (b)

S17. Ans. (c)

S18. Ans. (d)

S19. Ans. (d)

S20. Ans. (e)