Question 22
HardOriginal questionManoj, Nazia, Oindrila, Pranav and Rukmini live in five different cities (Nagpur, Kochi, Guwahati, Surat and Jaipur), work in five different professions (chef, doctor, teacher, lawyer and engineer) and keep five different pets (parrot, cat, rabbit, dog and fish), one each. The following is known:
1. The doctor lives in Kochi and keeps a cat.
2. Oindrila is a teacher. She lives in neither Jaipur nor Surat.
3. The person from Surat keeps a dog and is not an engineer.
4. Rukmini lives in Jaipur and keeps fish.
5. Manoj is neither the doctor nor the lawyer, and he does not live in Guwahati.
6. The chef keeps a parrot.
7. Nazia is not from Surat, and Pranav does not keep a rabbit.
Which pet does the lawyer keep?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Rukmini: Jaipur, fish (clue 4). Oindrila is the teacher, so she is not in Kochi (the doctor's city); with clue 2 she is in Nagpur or Guwahati.
Surat is not Oindrila's, Rukmini's or Nazia's (clue 7), so it is Manoj's or Pranav's. The Surat person keeps a dog (clue 3), so is not the chef (parrot, clue 6), the doctor (Kochi) or the engineer: the Surat person is the lawyer.
Manoj is not the lawyer (clue 5), so Pranav = Surat, lawyer, dog. Manoj is not in Guwahati, and Kochi is the doctor's, so Manoj = Nagpur; then Oindrila = Guwahati and Nazia = Kochi, doctor, cat (clue 1).
The lawyer is Pranav, who keeps the dog.
Worth noting
The key step is seeing that the Surat person must be the lawyer: every other profession is tied to another city or pet.
- Concept
- Deducing a profession from a combination of linked clues
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