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.

Which subject does P like?

• A. History
• B. Biology
• C. Chemistry
• D. Data inadequate
• E. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B Biology

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
$\begin{array}{ccc}Students& Subjects& Favouritesports\\ P& Biology& Cricket\\ Q& History& Badminton\\ R& Philosophy& Hockey\\ S& Geography& Basketball\\ T& English& Football\\ V& Physics& TableTennis\\ W& Chemistry& Volleyball\end{array}$

P likes Biology.