4 solved Puzzles previous year questions (PYQs) from past year papers — attempt each and check the answer.
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Q1:jipmat 2025LRDI › PuzzlesMediumLR · MCQ
The total number of squares and rectangles in the following figure is:
A18
B22
C20
D24
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Count every square and rectangle the figure contains, not just the obvious ones - the small cells, the larger squares they combine into, and the rectangles formed across the overlapping diamonds. Enumerated one by one, there are 20 in all, each shaded in turn below.
Q2:jipmat 2025LRDI › PuzzlesMediumLR · MCQ
Four persons Raj, Prem, Ved and Ashok are married with four girls Sushma, Kusum, Vimla and Poonam. Sushma and Vimla are friends. Ved's wife does not like Sushma and Vimla. Kusum does not care for Ved. Prem's wife is friendly with Sushma, Sushma does not like Raj. In reference to the above information, which of the following are correct?
A. Raj's wife is Kusum.
B. Sushma's husband is Ashok.
C. Poonam is wife of Ved.
D. Poonam is friendly with Vimla.
AA and C only
BA, B and D only
CA, B and C only
DB, C and D only
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Step 1: Deduce Ved's wife
Ved's wife does not like Sushma and Vimla, logically ruling them both out as his partner. The clue 'Kusum does not care for Ved' implies Kusum is also not his wife. By strict elimination, Ved's wife has to be Poonam.
Step 2: Deduce Sushma's husband
We already know Sushma is not married to Ved. The clues state 'Prem's wife is friendly with Sushma' (meaning Prem is married to someone else) and 'Sushma does not like Raj' (implying they are not married). By elimination, Sushma's husband has to be Ashok.
Step 3: Lock in the remaining couples
Couples confirmed so far: (Ved & Poonam), (Ashok & Sushma).
Remaining men: Prem, Raj. Remaining women: Vimla, Kusum.
The prompt mentions Prem's wife is friendly with Sushma. Since Sushma and Vimla are explicitly stated to be friends, Prem's wife must be Vimla.
By default, this leaves Raj married to Kusum.
Step 4: Stat-check the statements
* A. Raj's wife is Kusum → True.
* B. Sushma's husband is Ashok → True.
* C. Poonam is wife of Ved → True.
* D. Poonam is friendly with Vimla → False (Poonam, who is Ved's wife, explicitly dislikes Vimla).
Statements A, B, and C are correct.
Final Answer: A, B and C only
Q3:jipmat 2025LRDI › PuzzlesEasyLR · MCQ
The mirror image of the figure is
A
B
C
D
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In a mirror image the left and right sides are swapped, while top and bottom stay put.
Options A and B show figures that differ from the original in more than just left-right - the limbs themselves are in different positions - so both are out.
Option C is simply the original figure repeated, unchanged, so it cannot be its own mirror image.
Option D keeps every limb in the same vertical position but flips the whole figure left to right - the ball moves from the top-left corner to the top-right, and the outstretched arm swaps sides. D is the mirror image.
*Tip:* if you're unsure what a mirror image does, elimination gets you there - discard any option that changes the figure itself, and any that repeats the original unchanged.
Q4:jipmat 2025LRDI › PuzzlesMediumLR · MCQ
The water image of the figure is
A
B
C
D
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A water image is the figure reflected in the surface below it: top and bottom swap, left and right stay put. It is the opposite of a mirror image, which swaps left and right.
Track the landmarks of the original. The short cross-bar sits at the top, the small circle at the bottom-right, one arrowhead points up-left and the other down-right.
Invert all of that vertically: the cross-bar drops to the bottom, the circle rises to the top-right - still on the right - and the two arrowheads become down-left and up-right, each keeping its side of the figure. Only Option 3 does this; the others either turn the figure left-to-right or rotate it.
