Analytical Reasoning

How to Solve Blood Relation Problems

Blood relation problems are solved by drawing a family tree diagram as each clue is read, using generation levels (rows) and gender-tagged nodes, then tracing…

How to Solve Direction Sense Problems

Direction sense problems are solved by plotting each movement on an imaginary compass grid — treating North as up, East as right — and tracking left/right turn…

How to Solve Data Sufficiency Questions

Data sufficiency asks whether the given statements provide enough information to answer the question uniquely, not what the actual answer is, so you test each…

How to Solve Input-Output Machine Puzzles

Input-output machine puzzles show a sequence of transformed rows and require you to reverse-engineer the hidden rule — usually a repeating pattern of arithmeti…

How to Solve Ranking and Order Puzzles

Ranking and order puzzles are solved by converting every clue into a consistent positional statement — from one end, from the other end, or relative to another…

How to Solve Floor-Based Arrangement Puzzles

Floor-based puzzles place people or objects on a numbered stack of floors and are solved by drawing a vertical grid, placing the most restrictive absolute clue…

How to Solve Symbol-Based Coding-Decoding Problems

Symbol-based coding-decoding replaces words, letters, or operators with arbitrary symbols according to a fixed mapping given in the question, so the fix is to…

How to Solve Matrix Coding Problems

Matrix coding problems encode each letter or digit as a two-digit pair formed from its row and column position in a given grid, so the fix is to build the row…

How to Solve Day-of-the-Week Scheduling Puzzles

Day-of-the-week scheduling puzzles are solved by fixing a 7-day cycle as a numbered ring, translating every clue — "two days after," "not adjacent to," "before…

How to Solve Linear Arrangement Puzzles with Gaps

Linear arrangement puzzles with gaps are solved by drawing a numbered row of seats up front (including empty/unassigned seats as real positions), placing the m…

How to Solve Box Stacking and Ordering Puzzles

Box stacking puzzles are solved by fixing a consistent numbering direction for the stack — bottom to top or top to bottom, matching the puzzle’s own wording —…

How to Solve Floor and Building (Lift) Puzzles

Floor and building puzzles are solved by drawing a vertical numbered column of floors (ground or floor 1 at the bottom, matching the puzzle’s convention), fixi…