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Directions:- Study the following information carefully to answer the question given below.

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven students of a college. Each of them has a favourite subject from Physics, Chemistry, English, Biology, History, Geography and Philosophy, not necessarily in the same order. Each of them also has a favourite sport from Football, Cricket, Hockey, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis and Basketball, not necessarily in the same order.

1) R likes Philosophy and his favourite sport is Hockey. The one who likes Football likes English. T's favourite sport is not Badminton or Table Tennis.
2) V does not like either History or Biology. The one whose favourite sport is Basketball does not like Physics. W likes Chemistry and his favourite sport is Volleyball. S likes Geography.
3) Q's favourite sport is Badminton. V does not like English and his favourite sport is not Basketball. P's favourite sport is Cricket. The one whose favourite sport is Badminton does not like Biology.

Who likes History?

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Q
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Solution

The correct option is C Q
Seven students of a college have seven different subjects and their favourite sport. R likes philosophy and his favourite sport is Hockey.
R Philosophy Hockey
The one who likes Football likes English.
? English Football
W likes Chemistry and his favourite sport is volleyball.
W Chemistry Volleyball
S likes Geography.
Q's favourite sport is Badminton.
P's favourite sport is Cricket.
Now. we arrange the above information as
StudentsSubjectsFavourite sportsPCricketQBadmintonRPhilosophyHockeySGeographyTVWChemistryVolleyball
Now. we are left with four subjects and three sports It is given that:-
V does not like English and V does not like either History or Biology. So, it is clear that, V likes Physics. The one who likes football likes English. so only option T is possible for this.
T English Football
It is also given that, V does not like Basketball. so V likes Table Tennis,
V Physics Table Tennis
Now, S's favourite sport is Basketball
It is given that, the one whose favourite sport is Badminton does not like Biology.
So, it is clear that P likes Biology and Q likes History.
P Biology Cricket
and Q History Badminton
Now, we can show the information in the tabular form as
StudentsSubjectsFavourite sportsPBiologyCricketQHistoryBadmintonRPhilosophyHockeySGeographyBasketballTEnglishFootballVPhysicsTable TennisWChemistryVolleyball

Q likes History.

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