Question

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

Seven friends P, F, R, T, Q, N and D are studying different specialisations IT, Civil, HR, Marketing, Finance, Journalism and Pharmacy not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has a liking for a different colour red, blue, green, yellow, pink, orange and grey not necessarily in the same order. Three of them are girls.
P likes yellow colour but does not study IT or HR. The one who studies Civil likes grey colour and is a girl. Q who is a sister of N studies Marketing and likes pink colour. D's specialisation is in pharmacy and likes red colour. N, the wife of R studies HR and likes green. F likes grey and R likes orange, the one who likes blue studies Finance.

Who is studying Journalism?

• A. P
• B. Q
• C. R
• D. Cannot be determined
• E. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A P

Seven friends P, F, R, T, Q, N and D studying in different specialisations like different colours.
The one who studies Civil likes grey colour.
$?\to$ Civil $\to$ Grey
(Girl)
Q likes pink and studies Marketing.
$Q\to$ Pink $\to$ Marketing
(Girl)
Q is a sister of N.
D $\to$ Pharmacy $\to$ Red
N $\to$ HR $\to$ Green
N is the wife of R.
$N\to$ Female
$R\to$ Male
F likes Grey and R likes Orange.
So, $F\to$ Civil $\to$ Grey
(Girl)
One who likes blue studies Finance.
$?\to$ Finance $\to$ Blue
P likes yellow and does not study IT or HR.
$P\to$ Journalism $\to$ Yellow.
R is the only person left so she likes orange.
R$\to$ IT$\to$ Orange and T studies Finance.
T$\to$ Finance $\to$ Blue.
Now, the above information can be shown in tabular form as:-
$\begin{array}{ccc}Friends& Specialisations& FavouriteColours\\ P& Journalism& Yellow\\ F& Civil& Grey\\ R& IT& Orange\\ T& Finance& Blue\\ Q& Marketing& Pink\\ N& HR& Green\\ D& Pharmacy& Red\end{array}$
Now, we answer the following question on the basis of the above table:-

P studies Journalism.