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Q:

Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Eight persons Milan, Naina, Ora, Pratik, Qamar, Rajesh, Sabira and Tanu belonging to different cities, viz Dehradun, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Mathura, Ludhiana, Jodhpur, Patna and Bhopal, but not necessarily in the same order, went to Lucknow to attend an awareness programme to reduce pollution in our country. Each had a different specialisation, viz Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing, Technology, Choreography and Acting, but not necessarily in the same order.

Milan and Naina have specialisation either in Technology or in Acting. Pratik does not have specialisation in Marketing and Rajesh does not have specialisation in Science. Sabira does not have a specialisation in Literature or Science. Ora is from Ludhiana and he has specialisation in Designing. Neither Rajesh nor Sabira has specialisation in Marketing or Technology. One who is from Chandigarh has specialisation in Choreography. One who is from Mathura has specialisation in Literature and one who is from Dehradun has specialisation in Science. Sabira and Tanu belong either to Patna or to Kanpur. Milan and Sabira do not belong to Bhopal and Patna respectively. One who belongs to Jodhpur has specialisation in Acting. Qamar is from Chandigarh.

The person with a specialisation in Literature comes from which of the following cities?

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    Dehradun
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  • 2
    Bhopal
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  • 3
    Ludhiana
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Mathura
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    Other than these options
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    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "Mathura"

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Answer : 5. "Nil"
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.


A

B

C

D

E

Profession

Horticulturist 

Industrialist 

Physicist

Journalist

Advocate

Profession 

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Coffee

Tea

Since all the statements are required to analyse the given data, none of them is superfluous.

Q:

In this question, a question is followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement/s are sufficient to answer the question. Read both statements and choose your answer carefully.
Question: P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are 7 people standing in a row all facing North (not necessarily in the same order). Who is standing second to the right of T?

Statements:
 (I) U is standing 3rd from the right end and 2nd to the left of R.
 (II) Q is standing to the immediate right of T. Q is standing 2nd to the left of P.

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    The data in both Statements (I) and (II) together are sufficient to answer the question.
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  • 2
    The data in Statement (II) alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement (I) alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
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  • 3
    The data in Statement (I) alone is sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement (II) alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
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    Wrong
  • 4
    The data in both Statements (I) and (II) together are NOT sufficient to answer the question.
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Answer : 4. "The data in both Statements (I) and (II) together are NOT sufficient to answer the question."

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