Question

Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
There are four people sitting in a row : one each from India, Japan. USA and Germany, but not in that order,
I. They are wearing caps of different colours- green, yellow, red and white, not necessarily in that order.
II. One is wearing a kurta and one a T-shirt.
III. The Indian is wearing a green cap and a jacket.
IV.The American is not seated at either end.
V. The persons with kurta and T-shirt are sitting next to each other.
VI. The persons with kurta wears a red cap and sits next to the Japanese.
VII. The Japanese wears a shirt and is not seated at either end.
VIII. The man with white cap wears T-shirt and is seated at one end

What is the colour of the cap worn by the Japanese ?

• A. Red
• B. Green
• C. Yellow
• D. White

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Yellow

Yellow is the colour of the cap worn by the Japanese
According to the question
From III, Indian is wearing a green cap and a Jacket......(1)
From VI, Kurta is worn along with red cap and sits next to Japanese ......(2)
From VIII, T-Shirt with white cap combination is seated at one end.......(3)
So from (1), (2), (3), VII and I we conclude that the Japanese wear a shirt and a cap of yellow colour.
From IV, V, VI and VII, we conclude that the placement of people will be like
(i) German
(ii) American
(iii) Japanese
(iv) Indian
From (2) and IV, we arrive at the following table with the help of which rest of the questions can be solved very easily.

Hence, the Japanese wears a yellow cap.