Question

(i) Five friends, Amar, Kapil, Sarvesh, Rohan and Nagesh wear trousers of different colours-red, yellow, blue, white and green (not necessarily in the same order)

(ii) Each one of them has different likings, viz reading, playing travelling, singing and writing.

(iii) Kapil, who has liking for singing does not wear yellow trousers. Sarvesh wears red trouser and does not like reading or writing. Nagesh likes to play and does not wear blue or Yellow trousers. Amar has liking for writing and Rohan does not wear yellow or green trousers.

Which of the following combinations of person-colour-liking is correct?

• A. Rohan-Blue-Reading
• B. Nagesh-White-Playing
• C. Amar-Yellow-Writing
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C Amar-Yellow-Writing

(c)

These questions can be solved by drawing tabular chart


We will start reading each condition and mark 'Correct' sign or 'Wrong' sign accordingly.

$\bullet$ Kapil, who has liking for singing does not wear yellow trouser.


$\bullet$ Sarvesh wears read trouser and does not like reading or writing.


$\bullet$ Nagesh like to play and does not wear blue or yellow trousers


$\bullet$ Amar has liking for writing and Rohan does not wear yellow or green trousers

Now, we can easily answer given questions with the help of above table.

Note: After drawing first table further modifications can be done according to conditions given there is no need to draw further table. Further table drawn is just to explain the steps in elaborate manner.