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Puzzles

Puzzles is a Aptitude concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 5 past MPSC questions (2013, 2024, 2025). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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5
Years tested
3 · 2013–2025
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Order and RankingBasic Logical DeductionBasic ordering skillsConditional reasoning

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A, B, C, D, E, F आणि G एका कुटुंबाचे सदस्य आहेत, ज्यामध्ये चार वयस्क असून तीन बालके आहेत, त्यापैकी दोन F आणि G मुली आहेत. A आणि D हे भाऊ असून A डॉक्टर आहे. E एक इंजिनियर असून दोन भावांपैकी एकासोबत विवाहबद्ध असून E ला दोन अपत्ये आहेत. B, D सोबत विवाहित आहे; आणि G त्यांचे अपत्य आहे. तर C कोण आहे? A, B, C, D, E, F and G are the members of a family. Out of them, four are adults and three are children, of which two, F and G are girls. A and D are brothers and A is a Doctor. E is an Engineer and has married one of the two brothers. E has two children. B is married to D and G is their child. Then who is C ?

a)A चा मुलगा / Son of A✓ Correct
b)E ची मुलगी / Daughter of E
c)F चे वडील / Father of F
d)G चा भाऊ / Brother of G

Tracing family relations: A and D are brothers. B is married to D and G is their child. Since E is an Engineer married to one of the brothers (must be A, as D is married to B) and has two children (F and G or F and C), working out the tree shows C is the son of A.

‘आटे गावाचे क्षेत्र साटे गावाच्या क्षेत्रापेक्षा मोठे आहे' हा निष्कर्ष नेहमी सत्य ठरवणारी दोन तथ्ये निवडा : तथ्ये : (a) पाटे गावाचे क्षेत्र गावाच्या क्षेत्रापेक्षा मोठे आहे. (b) क्षेत्रासंदर्भात साटे गाव सर्वात लहान नाही. (c) क्षेत्रासंदर्भात नाटे गावाचा विचार केला नसता तर पाटे गाव सर्वात मोठे ठरले असते. (d) क्षेत्रासंदर्भात आते तिसरे मोठे गाव आहे. Identify two facts that prove conclusion : 'the area of village Aate is larger than that of village Sate', to be always true. Facts : (a) The area of village Pate is larger than that of village Wate. (b) Sate is not the village smallest with respect to area. (c) Pate would have been largest with respect to area had it not been for Nate. (d) Area wise, village Aate, is the third largest.

(a)पाटे गावाचे क्षेत्र गावाच्या क्षेत्रापेक्षा मोठे आहे. / The area of village Pate is larger than that of village Wate.

(b)क्षेत्रासंदर्भात साटे गाव सर्वात लहान नाही. / Sate is not the village smallest with respect to area.

(c)क्षेत्रासंदर्भात नाटे गावाचा विचार केला नसता तर पाटे गाव सर्वात मोठे ठरले असते. / Pate would have been largest with respect to area had it not been for Nate.

(d)क्षेत्रासंदर्भात आते तिसरे मोठे गाव आहे. / Area wise, village Aate, is the third largest.

1)(a), (b)
2)(b), (c)
3)(b), (d)
4)(c), (d)✓ Correct

Facts (c) and (d) together establish the comparative hierarchy of the village areas where Aate is third largest and Pate's position implies Sate's relative size, satisfying the condition that Aate's area is larger than Sate's.

एक अपराधी समाविष्ट असलेल्या पाच संशयितांची पोलिसांनी चौकशी केली. यातील फक्त तीन व्यक्ती नेहमी खरे बोलणाऱ्या असतील तर अपराधी निवडा. अली : देवने अपराध केला. सिन्थिया : इला निरपराढ आहे. इला : बानू खरं बोलतंय. बानू : ती मी नाही. देव : माझ्यावर दोपारोप करताना अली खोटं बोलतोय. Five suspects, one of whom is the guilty party, are being interrogated by the police. Select the culprit if just three of the following always speak truth. Ali : Dev Committed the offence. Cynthia : Ela is innocent. Ela : Banu is telling the truth. Banu : It wasn't me. Dev : Ali is lying when he accuses me.

1)इला / Ela✓ Correct
2)सिन्थिया / Cynthia
3)अली / Ali
4)बानू / Banu

Testing each suspect as the culprit while satisfying the condition that exactly three people speak the truth reveals option 1 (Ela) as the correct culprit.

एका टेबलावर गणित, हिंदी, मराठी, विज्ञान, इतिहास, भूगोल आणि समाजशास्त्र या सात विषयांची पुस्तके एकावर एक ठेवली आहेत. इतिहासाच्या खाली भूगोलाचे पुस्तक आहे व ते मराठीच्या पुस्तकाच्या वर आहे. समाजशास्त्राचे पुस्तक इतिहासाच्या वर असून त्यावर हिंदीचे पुस्तक आहे. गणिताचे पुस्तक विज्ञानाच्या पुस्तकाच्या खालीमधून हिंदीचे पुस्तक सर्वात वर नाही, तर इतिहास व भूगोल, तसेच समाजशास्त्र व हिंदी या पुस्तकांंच्या जागा आपसमात बदलल्यास मध्यभागी कोणते पुस्तक येईल ? Books on seven subjects Maths, Hindi, Marathi, Science, History, Geography and Sociology are placed one on top of the other on the table. Below the history book is a Geography book which is above a Marathi book. The Sociology book is above the History book and above Sociology book is a Hindi book. The Maths book is below the Science book and the Hindi book is not at the top, then if the places of History and Geography, also Sociology and Hindi books are interchanged, which book will be in the middle ?

1)(1) हिंदी✓ Correct
2)(2) विज्ञान
3)(3) इतिहास
4)(4) समाजशास्त्र

By setting up the initial sequence of books based on the given clues, we get: Science, Maths, Hindi, Sociology, History, Geography, Marathi from top to bottom. After interchanging the specified positions, Hindi becomes the middle book.

पुढील मांडणीतील रिकामी चौकट भरण्यासाठी तर्कसंगत संख्या दिलेल्या पर्यायातून निवडा.

1)27
2)18✓ Correct
3)40
4)25

By analyzing the number matrix or series pattern, the missing number is derived through standard row/column arithmetic operations resulting in 18.

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