Crossword Solving Grid Logic Puzzle
XAT 2010 · DM · Hard · Analytical Reasoning
Passage / data set
Five colleagues pooled their efforts during the office lunch-hour to solve the crossword in the daily paper.
- Colleagues: Mr. Bineet, Mr. Easwar, Ms. Elsie, Ms. Sheela, Ms. Titli.
- Answers: Burden, Barely, Baadshah, Rosebud, Silence.
- Numbers: 4 down, 8 across, 15 across, 15 down, 21 across.
- Order: First, second, third, fourth, fifth.
- Titli produced the answer to 8 across, which had the same number of letters as the previous answer to be inserted, and one more than the subsequent answer which was produced by one of the men.
- It was not Bineet who solved the clue to 'Burden', and Easwar did not solve 4 down.
- The answers to 15 across and 15 down did not have the same number of letters.
- 'Silence', which was not the third word to be inserted, was the answer to an across clue.
- 'Barely' was the first word to be entered in the grid, but 'Baadshah' was not the second answer to be found.
- Elsie's word was longer than Bineet's; Sheela was neither the first nor the last to come up with an answer.
- Fifth one to be worked out was an answer to an across clue.
Question 1 of 5
What was Sheela's word?
- A.
Baadshah
- B.
Silence
- C.
Rosebud
- D.
Barely
- E.
Burden
Question 2 of 5
What could be Titli's answer?
- A.
Baadshah
- B.
Silence
- C.
Rosebud
- D.
Barely
- E.
Burden
Question 3 of 5
What was Titli's order?
- A.
First
- B.
Second
- C.
Third
- D.
Fourth
- E.
Fifth
Question 4 of 5
What was Easwar's number?
- A.
4 down
- B.
21 across
- C.
8 across
- D.
15 down
- E.
15 across
Question 5 of 5
What was Bineet's word?
- A.
Barely
- B.
Burden
- C.
Silence
- D.
Rosebud
- E.
Baadshah
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