Question

Which of the statements above is superfluous ?

• A. (iii)
• B. (iv)
• C. (ii)
• D. (v)
• E. Nil

Answer 1

The correct option is E Nil

A prefers tea. So, from (iv), the industrialist and D prefer coffee. But, from (iii), B and the journalist prefer coffee. So, B is the industrialist and D is the journalist.

Now, A, C and advocate remain. Clearly, E is the advocate.

The horticulturist is C's brother. It can be only A. C is a physicist.

A B C D E

Profession Horticulturist Industrialist Physicist Journalist Advocate

Profession Tea Coffee Tea Coffee Tea

Since all the statements are required to analyse the given data, none of them is superfluous.