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Seven conferences on Marketing, Finance, HR, Real Estate, Hospitality, Management, and Banking were scheduled to be held in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Bhopal and Chennai, on one day in a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday.
How many conferences were held between conferences on Marketing and Real Estate?

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Solution

The correct option is E Four
Seven conferences are held in seven different cities on different days of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday.
From the given information we get:-
Conference on Hospitality was held in Hyderabad on Friday. Hospitality $\to$ Hyderabad $\to$ Friday
Only one conference was held between conference on Hospitality and Finance
$H o s p i t a l i t y - ----------- - - F i n a n c e - -------- -$
Conference on Management was held immediately after HR but immediately before Banking.
$H R - -- - M a n a g e m e n t - ------------- - B a n k i n g - -------- -$
Only one conference was held between conference on Banking and the conference held in Mumbai.
$B a n k i n g - -------- - - M u m b a i - -------- -$
Conference in Pune was held immediately before conference in Indore.
$P u n e - ---- - - I n d o r e - ------ -$
Conference in Chennai was not held after conference in Mumbai. It is clear that it will held before conference in Mumbai.
$C h e n n a i ↑ M u m b a i$
Conference on Real Estate was not held on Monday. The conference held on Monday was held in Delhi. Conference on Management was not held in Indore.
From the given information. we get data in tabular form:-
$\begin{matrix} D a y s & P l a c e s & C o n f e r e n c e s M o n d a y & D e l h i & . . . T u e s d a y & C h e n n a i & H R W e d n e s d a y & P u n e & M a n a g e m e n t T h u r s d a y & I n d o r e & B a n k i n g F r i d a y & H y d e r a b a d & H o s p i t a l i t y S a t u r d a y & M u m b a i & . . . . S u n d a y & . . . . & F i n a n c e \end{matrix}$
Since, conference on Real Estate was not held on Monday, so it is held on Saturday.
Real Estate $\to$ , Saturday
Now, Marketing conference held on Monday and the conference on Finance held on Saturday.
Now, we sum up the above informations,
$\begin{matrix} D a y s & P l a c e s & C o n f e r e n c e s M o n d a y & D e l h i & M a r k e t i n g T u e s d a y & C h e n n a i & H R W e d n e s d a y & P u n e & M a n a g e m e n t T h u r s d a y & I n d o r e & B a n k i n g F r i d a y & H y d e r a b a d & H o s p i t a l i t y S a t u r d a y & M u m b a i & R e a l E s t a t e S u n d a y & B h o p a l & F i n a n c e \end{matrix}$

Four conferences held between Marketing and Real Estate.

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