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
To which city does the Lecturer specialized in Economics belong?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) Mumbai
The Economics lecturer is A. Only Hyderabad, Kanpur and Mumbai are free; clue 5 rules out Hyderabad, and Kanpur's lecturer teaches Geography, so A must be from Mumbai.
- 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.
- Economics is A's subject, and A is from Mumbai.
Remember · When a city is tied to a subject (Kanpur–Geography), anyone with a different subject is ruled out of that city at once.
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2017, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·