Reasoning Puzzle ( How do you solve them ? )

Mental Calculation, Mathematics, and Puzzles
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I am a bank exam aspirant and solving reasoning puzzles. These are very difficult for me. I want to know how would you solve these reasoning puzzles. I appear in different bank exams like SBI PO , IBPS PO , Clerk.

Twelve persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, and X live on different floors of a 12-floor building but not necessary in the same order. The bottommost floor is numbered as 1st floor and topmost floor is numbered as 12th floor.
S lives immediately above T such that both live on prime numbered floor. X lives at most two floors above S. W lives four floors above X. W doesn’t live on 9th floor. M lives on prime numbered floor above W. Q lives immediately above U but below W. O lives immediately below P. R does not live above U. N lives above Q and below V.

V lives on____________?
(a) 12th floor
(b) 9th floor
(c) 7th floor
(d) 10th floor
(e) None of these

I want to know how would you solve these kinds of puzzles.

Is there any memory system that I can apply to reasoning puzzles ?

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actually, X lives two floor above than S.
And W lives 4 floor above than X , user_7e

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how about solving in reverse manner.

Let’s assume the first option is correct and consider the value of V => 12.
If the certain conditions match than the first option is correct.

If not match try with second option, and so on…

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Answer is correct
@Rajadodve786
@user_7e

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Reverse option seems nice and reasonable.

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I will put more questions here.

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Love your method @user_7e
I was following a difficult method taught by my teacher. Your method is very nice and easier than his method.
Thank you.

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what’s the time limit for doing this type of questions in the competition ? (1 min each question or less ?

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40 seconds.

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35 questions in 20 minutes

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just for this particular set, or other reasoning type questions are mixed in it.

For example, sequence test, blood relation type, direction, coding -decoding like other types are included or not ?

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15 are puzzles. Some are mixed with puzzles not blood relation or coding decoding merely. I will include my memory systems to solve them.

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actually I asked that question. Because if you are best in some topics and bad in some topics.

You can give little more time on the slower one and for the topic you feel easy , you can do that very fastly.

that’s great :slightly_smiling_face:

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Yeah but @user_7e 's system of writing is appreciated. I just love it.

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What is your age? College or PG?

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when I said it’s bad haha. It’s definitely good :upside_down_face:

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No no…not at all. You didnot said. I just appreciated that.

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Age => 19

College => College first year :slightly_smiling_face:

Don’t tell me after knowing my age you will talk to me like a different person haha :upside_down_face:

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