Scheduling Puzzle questions with solutions

1. Question 1Easy
   Seven people - P, Q, R, S, T, V and W - attend a training programme, each in a different month from January to July of the same year. S attends in the month exactly in the middle of the schedule. Two people attend between S and T. P attends in the month immediately before V. Q attends in the month immediately after T. R attends in the month immediately after S. W attends before S but after Q.

   Who attends in the month immediately before W?

   • A.P
   • B.QCorrect
   • C.R
   • D.S
   • E.T
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   The schedule is T, Q, W, S, R, P, V from January to July. W attends in March, so the month immediately before is February, which belongs to Q. Q's position is itself fixed by the clue that it follows T immediately, which is what rules T out of July.

2. Question 2Easy
   Seven people - P, Q, R, S, T, V and W - attend a training programme, each in a different month from January to July of the same year. S attends in the month exactly in the middle of the schedule. Two people attend between S and T. P attends in the month immediately before V. Q attends in the month immediately after T. R attends in the month immediately after S. W attends before S but after Q.

   Who attends in the month immediately after W?

   • A.P
   • B.Q
   • C.R
   • D.SCorrect
   • E.V
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   The schedule is T, Q, W, S, R, P, V from January to July. W attends in March, so the next month, April, belongs to S. April is also the middle month the first clue fixes, which is the anchor the whole arrangement is built from.

3. Question 3Easy
   Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U have birthdays in six different months of the same year: January, March, May, July, September and November. S has the earliest birthday. P's birthday is in March. U's birthday falls immediately after P's. R has the latest birthday. T's birthday falls immediately before R's. Q's birthday falls between U's and T's.

   Whose birthday falls immediately before Q's?

   • A.P
   • B.R
   • C.S
   • D.T
   • E.UCorrect
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   Q's birthday is in July, and the month immediately before it, May, belongs to U. So U's birthday falls immediately before Q's.

4. Question 4Easy
   Five people A, B, C, D and E have meetings on five consecutive days from Monday to Friday, one meeting each day. C has a meeting on Monday. E's meeting is exactly in the middle of the week. A's meeting is the day after C's. B's meeting is scheduled before D's.

   Whose meeting is on Wednesday?

   • A.A
   • B.B
   • C.C
   • D.D
   • E.ECorrect
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   The middle day of Monday to Friday is Wednesday, and the clue places E exactly in the middle of the week. So E has the Wednesday meeting.

5. Question 5Easy
   Seven people - A, B, C, D, E, F and G - have an examination on seven different days of the same week, from Monday to Sunday, one examination each day. E has the examination on Wednesday. G has the examination on Sunday. Exactly one person has the examination before F. D has the examination immediately before F. C has the examination immediately after A. B has the examination immediately before A.

   On which day does C have the examination?

   • A.Thursday
   • B.Friday
   • C.SaturdayCorrect
   • D.Sunday
   • E.Tuesday
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   C is immediately after A, and A is on Friday, so C is on Saturday.

6. Question 6Easy
   Seven people - A, B, C, D, E, F and G - have an examination on seven different days of the same week, from Monday to Sunday, one examination each day. E has the examination on Wednesday. G has the examination on Sunday. Exactly one person has the examination before F. D has the examination immediately before F. C has the examination immediately after A. B has the examination immediately before A.

   Who has the examination on Tuesday?

   • A.B
   • B.C
   • C.D
   • D.E
   • E.FCorrect
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   The single person before F is D on Monday, which places F on Tuesday.

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