(i) There is a group of five persons – A, B, C, D and E.
(ii) One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocated.
(iii) Three of them – A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them – B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv) The industrialist and D and A are friends to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v) The horticulturist is C`s brother. Who is a horticulturist?
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(i) There is a group of five persons – A, B, C, D and E.
(ii) One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocated.
(iii) Three of them – A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them – B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv) The industrialist and D and A are friends to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v) The horticulturist is C`s brother. Who is a horticulturist?
- 1Bfalse
- 2Atrue
- 3Dfalse
- 4Cfalse
- 5Efalse
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Answer : 2. "A"
Explanation :
A prefers tea. So, from (iv), the industrialist and D prefer coffee. But, from (iii), B and the journalist prefer coffee. So, B is the industrialist and D is the journalist.
Now, A, C and advocate remain. Clearly, E is the advocate.
The horticulturist is C's brother. It can be only A. C is a physicist.
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
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Profession |
Horticulturist |
Industrialist |
Physicist |
Journalist |
Advocate |
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Profession |
Tea |
Coffee |
Tea |
Coffee |
Tea |
Hence, A is a horticulturist.
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