Question

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.

Whose favourite sport is Basketball?

• A. S
• B. W
• C. Q
• D. Data inadequate
• E. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A S

Seven students of a college have seven different subjects and their favourite sport. R likes philosophy and his favourite sport is Hockey.
R $\to$ Philosophy $\to$ Hockey
The one who likes Football likes English.
? $\to$ English $\to$ Football
W likes Chemistry and his favourite sport is volleyball.
W $\to$ Chemistry $\to$ Volleyball
S likes Geography.
Q's favourite sport is Badminton.
P's favourite sport is Cricket.
Now. we arrange the above information as
$\begin{array}{ccc}Students& Subjects& Favouritesports\\ P& \dots \dots & Cricket\\ Q& \dots \dots & Badminton\\ R& Philosophy& Hockey\\ S& Geography& \dots \dots \\ T& \dots \dots & \dots \dots \\ V& \dots \dots & \dots \dots \\ W& Chemistry& Volleyball\end{array}$
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 $\to$ English $\to$ Football
It is also given that, V does not like Basketball. so V likes Table Tennis,
V $\to$ Physics $\to$ 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 $\to$ Biology $\to$ Cricket
and Q $\to$ History $\to$ Badminton
Now, we can show the information in the tabular form as
$\begin{array}{ccc}Students& Subjects& Favouritesports\\ P& Biology& Cricket\\ Q& History& Badminton\\ R& Philosophy& Hockey\\ S& Geography& Basketball\\ T& English& Football\\ V& Physics& TableTennis\\ W& Chemistry& Volleyball\end{array}$

S favourite sport is Basketball