Question

There are five men A, B, C, D and E and six women P, Q, R, S, T and U. A, B and R are advocates. C, D, P, Q and S are doctors and the rest are teachers. Some terms are to be selected from amongst these eleven persons subject to the following condition:

A, P and U have to be together.

B cannot go with D or R.

E and Q have to be together.

C and T have to be together.

D and P cannot go together.

C cannot go with Q.

If two of the members have to be boys, the team will consist of

• A. A B S P Q
• B. A D S Q R
• C. B D S R Q
• D. C E S P Q

Answer 1

The correct option is A A B S P Q

	A	B	C	D	E	P	Q	R	S	T	U
Men	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wom						Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Adv	Y	Y						Y
Doc			Y	Y		Y	Y		Y
Tea					Y					Y	Y

Since A, P and U have to be together and P and Q cannot go together.

So, if A is selected, D cannot go with it. So ADSQR cannot be the team.

If B is selected, D cannot go.

If C is selected, Q cannot go with C.

Hence, the team consist of two boy will be ABSPQ.