Question 14
MediumOriginal questionSix friends, Arjun, Bindu, Deepak, Esha, Harish and Jyoti, attend the same music class. Each plays a different instrument (tabla, veena, harmonium, flute, violin or sitar) and each has a different favourite fruit (guava, lychee, mango, jamun, papaya or orange). The following is known:
1. The friend who likes mango plays the harmonium.
2. Jyoti plays the sitar, and Esha plays the flute.
3. Arjun likes guava. He plays neither the veena nor the violin.
4. The friend who plays the violin likes papaya.
5. Bindu does not like papaya, and Harish likes neither mango nor lychee.
6. Neither Esha nor Jyoti likes lychee or mango.
7. The flute player does not like orange, and Deepak does not play the veena.
In the music class, which instrument does Arjun play?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
Jyoti plays the sitar and Esha the flute (clue 2). Arjun likes guava, so he cannot play the harmonium (that player likes mango, clue 1); he is barred from veena and violin (clue 3), so Arjun plays the tabla.
Arjun plays the tabla.
Worth noting
Harmonium looks open for Arjun until clue 1 is read the other way: the harmonium player likes mango, and Arjun likes guava.
- Concept
- Using a linking clue in reverse to eliminate
- Typical timeTypical
- 80 s
- Your timeYours
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