Directions for the following 3 (three) items: Consider the given information and answer the three items that follow.
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are Lecturers from different cities—Hyderabad, Delhi, Shillong, Kanpur, Chennai, Mumbai and Srinagar (not necessarily in the same order) who participated in a conference. Each one of them is specialized in a different subject, viz., Economics, Commerce, History, Sociology, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics (not necessarily in the same order). Further
- 1.Lecturer from Kanpur is specialized in Geography
- 2.Lecturer D is from Shillong
- 3.Lecturer C from Delhi is specialized in Sociology
- 4.Lecturer B is specialized in neither History nor Mathematics
- 5.Lecturer A who is specialized in Economics does not belong to Hyderabad
- 6.Lecturer F who is specialized in Commerce belongs to Srinagar
- 7.Lecturer G who is specialized in Statistics belongs to Chennai
Who is specialized in Geography?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) B
Once the direct clues are placed, History, Geography and Mathematics are left for B, D and E. Clue 4 rules out History and Mathematics for B, so B is the Geography lecturer (and hence the one from Kanpur).
- Direct clues: C – Delhi – Sociology; D – Shillong; F – Srinagar – Commerce; G – Chennai – Statistics; A – Economics.
- Cities left for A, B and E: Hyderabad, Kanpur, Mumbai. A is not from Hyderabad (clue 5), and Kanpur's lecturer teaches Geography while A teaches Economics — so A is from Mumbai.
- Subjects left for B, D and E: History, Geography, Mathematics. B teaches neither History nor Mathematics (clue 4), so B teaches Geography.
- Geography goes with Kanpur (clue 1), so B is from Kanpur, and the last city, Hyderabad, goes to E.
- D and E share History and Mathematics in some order — the data do not decide which.
- Geography: B.
Remember · In matching grids, place every direct clue first, then use 'neither/nor' and 'does not' clues to eliminate; the last blanks fall into place.
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