ILLUSTRATION 1
At a fancy dress party people were asked to dress as an object that represented their professions.
Mr. Abhijit, Mrs. Banerjee, Mrs. Chatterjee, Mr. Dipanjan De and Mr. Elangovan were among the guests.
The costumes included a leaf, a pen, a fork, a camera reel, and a stethoscope. The professions included a photographer, a gardener, a compounder, a teacher, and a cook.■ Mr. Abhijit is a teacher.
■ Neither Mrs. Banerjee nor Mrs. Chatterjee was dressed as a fork.
■ None of the men is a compounder.
■ Mr. Dipanjan De is dressed as a camera reel.
■ Mrs. Chatterjee is a gardener.
1. Which person is dressed as a stethoscope?
(a) Abhijit
(ñ) Chatterjee
2. What is Elangovan’s profession?
(a) Cook
(c) Compounder
(b) Banerjee
(d) Dipanjan
(b) Gardener
(d) Teacher
Solution:
Putting the direct Clues 1 and 4 in the table we get:
At this point if we use Clue 2, it is evident that it must be Elangovan who is dressed as a fork. Also using clue 5 (Mrs. Chatterjee is a gardener) completes the solution.
Obviously, Mrs. Banerjee would be the compounder.
The solutions are: 1. Banerjee Option (b)
2. Elangovan is the cook. Option (a) is correct.
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