A CHC superintendent is assigning bed to five patients Nikhil, Promila, Tarak, Vimla, and Ulhas to three rooms. Each room has two single beds and the assignment is subject to following conditions:
Patients sharing a room must be of the same sex.
A patient with a wound cannot share a room with a patient who has an infection.
Ulhas and Vimla have wounds and no infection.
Nikhil has an infection.
Promila and Tarak have bone fractures without any wound or infection.
As the names suggest Nikhil, Tarak, and Ulhas are male and the other two patients are female
Q62. If Ahmed, a male patient with a wound and no infection, is a newly admitted sixth patient, then who is to be assigned a bed, Ahmed must share a room with
A CHC superintendent is assigning bed to five patients Nikhil, Promila, Tarak, Vimla, and Ulhas to three rooms. Each room has two single beds and the assignment is subject to following conditions:
Patients sharing a room must be of the same sex.
A patient with a wound cannot share a room with a patient who has an infection.
Ulhas and Vimla have wounds and no infection.
Nikhil has an infection.
Promila and Tarak have bone fractures without any wound or infection.
As the names suggest Nikhil, Tarak, and Ulhas are male and the other two patients are female
Q62. If Ahmed, a male patient with a wound and no infection, is a newly admitted sixth patient, then who is to be assigned a bed, Ahmed must share a room with
The correct option is D (d) Ulhas
As Ahmed is a male patient (c) is ruled out. Ahmed cannot be in the same room with Tarak, because Nikhil and Ulhas then have to be allotted the same room. So (b) is ruled out. Ahmed cannot be with Nikhil as Ahmed has a wound and Nikhil, an infection. Therefore Ahmed must be with Ulhas.
(d) Ulhas
As Ahmed is a male patient (c) is ruled out. Ahmed cannot be in the same room with Tarak, because Nikhil and Ulhas then have to be allotted the same room. So (b) is ruled out. Ahmed cannot be with Nikhil as Ahmed has a wound and Nikhil, an infection. Therefore Ahmed must be with Ulhas.
