Puzzle Solving

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 Seating Arrangement Problems

Seating arrangement problems are solved by fixing the most constrained clue first (a definite position or a strong relative clue), placing it on a diagram, the…

How to Solve Scheduling Puzzles in Aptitude Interviews

Scheduling puzzles are solved by turning every stated constraint into a row/column grid or a directed graph of before/after relations, then eliminating impossi…

How to Solve Circular Seating Arrangement Problems (Facing Center)

When everyone in a circular seating problem faces the center, left and right are read in the standard clockwise/counter-clockwise sense for a group facing inwa…

How to Solve Circular Seating Arrangement Problems (Facing Outward)

When everyone in a circular seating problem faces outward, away from the center, left and right flip relative to the more common facing-center setup, so 'to th…

How to Solve Linear Seating Arrangement Puzzles with Two Rows

Two-row linear seating puzzles are solved by fixing a coordinate grid — row A positions 1 to n and row B positions 1 to n directly opposite — then translating…

How to Solve Linear Seating Puzzles Where People Face Each Other

When people sit in a single line facing each other in pairs — or one row faces a fixed direction while the puzzle states some face north and some face south —…

How to Solve Day and Date Sequence Puzzles

Day-sequence puzzles are solved by assigning each person a numeric slot in a fixed 7-day (or given) cycle, converting every 'before/after/gap' clue into a nume…

How to Solve Family Tree (Blood Relation) Puzzles

Family tree puzzles are solved by drawing an actual generational diagram as each clue arrives — using consistent symbols for marriage, parent-child, and gender…

How to Solve Blood Relation and Family Generation Puzzles

Blood relation puzzles are solved by drawing a family tree top-down by generation, converting every stated relation into a parent-child or spouse edge, and rea…

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…