Question 2806
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Six persons Ani, Alok, Ali, Anju, Atul, Ana are from different states Assam, Bihar, Sikkim, Kerala, Goa, Delhi and like different subjects namely English, Physics, History, Maths, French, Hindi, not necessarily in the same order. These people work in a same multistory building. This building consists of 8 floors. Each floor consists only one office and two floors are vacant. The ground floor is number 1, the floor above is number 2 and so on, and the topmost floor is number 8. Two floors are vacant. Ana likes Maths and works in an even numbered floor. The vacant floors have 2 floors in between each other. The one from Bihar likes Physics and works in third floor. Anju works in the topmost floor and likes Hindi but is not from Assam. Ali works in fourth floor and is from Sikkim. Ani works in an odd-numbered floor and likes English. Atul works above or below Ali. The one working in seventh floor likes French and is from Goa. The one from Kerala does not like Hindi. The one working in first floor is not from Kerala. Which of the following is true?
Answer
Ani is from Assam and likes English.
Why?
Given: People: Ani, Alok, Ali, Anju, Atul, Ana States: Assam, Bihar, Sikkim, Kerala, Goa, Delhi Subjects: English, Physics, History, Maths, French, Hindi Floors: 8 floors, among them 2 vacant floors 1) Ana likes Maths and works in an even numbered floor. So she may live in 2 or 4 or 6 or 8. Floors Person State Subject 8 Ana Maths 7 6 Ana Maths 5 4 Ana Maths 3 2 Ana Maths 1 2) The one from Bihar likes Physics and works in the third floor. 3) Anju works in the topmost floor and likes Hindi but is not from Assam. So Ana cannot work in 8th floor. Floors Person State Subject 8 Anju Hindi 7 6 Ana Maths 5 4 Ana Maths 3 Bihar Physics 2 Ana Maths 1 4) Ali works in the fourth floor and is from Sikkim. 5) The vacant floors have 2 floors in between each other. So the 4th floor is not vacant and hence is 1st and 7th, because the vacant floors have 2 floors in between them. Similarly if the 5th floor is vacant , then either 2nd or the 8th should be vacant. But 8th floor is already occupied by Anju. Hence 5 and 2 are vacant. Floors Person State Subject 8 Anju Hindi 7 6 Ana Maths 5 Vacant 4 Ali Sikkim 3 Bihar Physics 2 Vacant 1 6) Ani works in an odd numbered floor and likes English. The only odd numbered floors left are 1 and 7. So there are 2 possibilities: Floors Person State Subject 8 Anju Hindi 7 Ani English 6 Ana Maths 5 Vacant 4 Ali Sikkim 3 Bihar Physics 2 Vacant 1 Ani English 7) Atul works either above or below Ali. Since the 5th floor is vacant, Atul cannot stay above Ali. Floors Person State Subject 8 Anju Hindi 7 Ani English 6 Ana Maths 5 Vacant 4 Ali Sikkim 3 Atul Bihar Physics 2 Vacant 1 Ani English 8) The one working in sevent floor likes French and is from Goa. The only person left is Alok. So it entered. Floors Person State Subject 8 Anju Hindi 7 Alok Goa French 6 Ana Maths 5 Vacant 4 Ali Sikkim 3 Atul Bihar Physics 2 Vacant 1 Ani English 9) The one from Kerala does not like Hindi. So Anju is not from Kerala. The 2 states left are Delhi and Assam. But it is given that Anju cannot be from Assam, so she is from Delhi. Floors Person State Subject 8 Anju Delhi Hindi 7 Alok Goa French 6 Ana Maths 5 Vacant 4 Ali Sikkim 3 Atul Bihar Physics 2 Vacant 1 Ani English 10) The one working in first floor is not from Kerala. So that person has to be from Assam, as this is the only state left apart from Kerala. Now Kerala is the only state left and there is only 1 cell empty in the State column. So it is entered there. Also History is the only subject left and there is only 1 cell empty in the Subject column. Hence it entered there. The completed table is: Floors Person State Subject 8 Anju Delhi Hindi 7 Alok Goa French 6 Ana Kerela Maths 5 Vacant 4 Ali Sikkim History 3 Atul Bihar Physics 2 Vacant 1 Ani Assam English Let us check each option: a) Ani is from Assam and likes History → False. b) Atul works in 2 nd floor → False. c) Anju likes French → False. d) Ani is from Assam and likes English → True. So Ani is from Assam and likes English.
