Question

Who among these was the Tamil writer?

• A. A
• B. B
• C. E
• D. F

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

E

Clearly, A wrote poetry in Marathi in 20th century. The other person to contribute to Marathi out of two is C. C contributed to poetry, novel and drama as he is the other marathi writer. Also, A,C,D and F are the four poets out of which only F contributed only to poetry. Thus, F was Bengali and in 17th century. Notice that D is Hindi and the only person to contribute to poetry and novel. Also, D belongs to 19th century. The only person to contribute to novel and drama can be E since none of others have this combination. Thus, E is the tamil writer from 19th century. All we can say about B is that he contributed to drama and was Hindi since there are two Hindi writers.. One of B and C belongs to 19th century and the other to 17th. We don't know whom to what for sure.