IIT Kanpur

Question

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Three men (Tom, Peter and Jack) and three women (Eliza, Anne and Karen) are spending a few months at
a hillside. They are to stay in a row of nine cottages, each one living in his or her own cottage. There are
no others staying in this row of houses.
a): Anne, Tom and Jack do not want to stay in any cottage which is at the end of the row.
b): Eliza and Anne are unwilling to stay beside any occupied cottage.
c): Karen is next to Peter and Jack.
d): Between Anne and Jack’s cottage there is just one vacant house.
e): None of the girls occupy adjacent cottages.
f): The house occupied by Tom is next to an end cottage

Which of the above statements can be said to have been derived from two other statements?
 A. Statement a
 B. Statement b
 C. Statement c
 D. Statement d

Comments

i think peter,jack,karen can be the sequence....karen is next to both peter and jack!

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That is incorrect. karen is not next to peter.

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To solve these type of question one needs to find a statement that is independent. In this question one should start with statement F.

Answer 1

There is no need of statement E. B and C are deriving E and sequence is

Empty, Tom, Peter, Karen, Jake, Empty, Anne, Empty, Eliza