Direction- Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. Ten different products viz. Kota Doria, Chanderi saree, Madhubani, Basmati rice, Kullu shawl, Muga silk, Coorg coffee, Kutch embroidery, Darjeeling tea and Alphonso mango of ten different states viz. Gujarat, Karnataka, Himachal – Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Assam, Madhya – Pradesh, Rajasthan, West – Bengal and Maharashtra got the GI tag in ten different years i.e. 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 but not respectively in the same order. Punjab is the last state to get their product GI- tagged and got an edible item (Beverages is not included in edible) tagged. Kullu - shawl is the sixth product to get GI- tagged. Bihar got Madhubani GI-tagged after 2015 in an even year and its last two digit is multiple of 3. Muga silk and Madhubani got GI tag in consecutive year. Kutch embroidery didn’t get GI tag in even year. Basmati rice who got GI tag after Kullu silk and at least three states got tag between them. Two states got their products GI – tagged between both the beverages but in alphabetical order. Karnataka is the first state to their product GI – tagged. Darjeeling tea got the tag before 2013. Madhya Pradesh got their product GI – tagged three states after the one who got it for Darjeeling tea. Alphonso mango got tag immediately after Darjeeling tea. Two states got tag between Alphonso mango and Kutch embroidery. Maharashtra got product tagged six years before Bihar. Kota Doria got tag two places before or after Maharashtra. Two state got tags between Maharashtra and Gujarat. Madhya – Pradesh did not get GI – tag for Kota doria instead Rajasthan got this tag. Himachal – Pradesh got tag before Assam but after West Bengal. Which state got GI tag in 2017 ?

Given: Ten different products viz. Kota Doria, Chanderi silk, Madhubani, Basmati rice, Kullu shawl, Muga silk, Coorg coffee, Kutch embroidery, Darjeeling tea and Alphonso mango of ten different states viz. Gujarat, Karnataka, Himachal – Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Assam, Madhya – Pradesh, Rajasthan, West – Bengal and Maharashtra got the GI tag in ten different years i.e. 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 but not respectively in the same order. Based on the given conditions in the questions, we get the following possibilities: 1. Punjab is the last state to get their product GI- tagged and got an edible item (Beverages is not included in edible) tagged. Kullu - shawl is the sixth product to get GI- tagged. CASE 1 CASE 2 Year State Product State Product 2002 2003 2007 2010 2012 2013 Kullu – shawl Kullu – shawl 2015 2017 2018 2022 Punjab Alphonso mango Punjab Basmati rice 2. Bihar got Madhubani GI-tagged after 2015 in an even year and its last two digit is multiple of 3. Muga silk and Madhubani got GI tag in consecutive year. CASE 1 CASE 1A Year State Product State Product 2002 2003 2007 2010 Muga silk 2012 Bihar Madhubani 2013 Kullu – shawl Kullu – shawl 2015 2017 Muga silk 2018 Bihar Madhubani 2022 Punjab Alphonso mango Punjab Alphonso mango CASE 2 CASE 2A Year State Product State Product 2002 2003 2007 2010 Muga silk 2012 Bihar Madhubani 2013 Kullu – shawl Kullu – shawl 2015 2017 Muga silk 2018 Bihar Madhubani 2022 Punjab Basmati rice Punjab Basmati rice 3. Basmati rice got GI tag after Kullu silk and at least three states got tag between them. Karnataka is the first state to their product GI – tagged. CASE 2 CASE 2A Year State Product State Product 2002 Karnataka Karnataka 2003 2007 2010 Muga silk 2012 Bihar Madhubani 2013 Kullu – shawl Kullu – shawl 2015 2017 Muga silk 2018 Bihar Madhubani 2022 Punjab Basmati rice Punjab Basmati rice 4. Two states got their products GI – tagged between both the beverages but in alphabetical order. Darjeeling tea got the tag before 2013. Madhya Pradesh got their product GI – tagged three states after the one who got it for Darjeeling tea. CASE 2A CASE 2A(I) Year State Product State Product 2002 Karnataka Coorg coffee Karnataka 2003 Coorg coffee 2007 2010 Darjeeling tea 2012 Darjeeling tea 2013 Kullu – shawl Kullu – shawl 2015 Madhya Pradesh 2017 Muga silk Madhya Pradesh Muga silk 2018 Bihar Madhubani Bihar Madhubani 2022 Punjab Basmati rice Punjab Basmati rice 5. Alphonso mango got tag immediately after Darjeeling tea. Two states got tag between Alphonso mango and Kutch embroidery. Maharashtra got product tagged six years before Bihar. Kota Doria got tag two places before or after Maharashtra. Two state got tags between Maharashtra and Gujarat. CASE 2A CASE 2A(II) Year State Product State Product 2002 Karnataka Coorg coffee Karnataka Coorg coffee 2003 Gujarat Kutch embroidery Gujarat Kutch embroidery 2007 Kota doria 2010 Darjeeling tea Darjeeling tea 2012 Maharashtra Alphonso mango Maharashtra Alphonso mango 2013 Kullu – shawl Kullu – shawl 2015 Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Kota doria 2017 Muga silk Muga silk 2018 Bihar Madhubani Bihar Madhubani 2022 Punjab Basmati rice Punjab Basmati rice 6. Madhya – Pradesh did not get GI – tag for Kota doria instead Rajasthan got this tag. Himachal – Pradesh got tag before Assam but after West Bengal. CASE 2A Year State Product 2002 Karnataka Coorg coffee 2003 Gujarat Kutch embroidery 2007 Rajasthan Kota doria 2010 West Bengal Darjeeling tea 2012 Maharashtra Alphonso mango 2013 Himachal Pradesh Kullu – shawl 2015 Madhya Pradesh Chanderi saree 2017 Assam Muga silk 2018 Bihar Madhubani 2022 Punjab Basmati rice Therefore from the above arrangement we can see that Assam got GI tag in 2017. Hence, i n 2017 Assam got the GI tag.