Anil, Bhavani, Charu, Daksh, Eshaan, Farah and Gita are seven students…

2023

Anil, Bhavani, Charu, Daksh, Eshaan, Farah and Gita are seven students studying different subjects. The subjects include Biology, Philosophy, Physics, Economics, Chemistry, Geology, History not necessarily in the same order. They are all divided into three different colleges P, Q, and R. Minimum two students study in any college. Daksh studies Physics in College P. The one who studies Philosophy does not study in college R. Farah studies History in college Q with only Bhavani. Anil does not study in college P and does not study Chemistry. Eshaan studies Geology and does not study in college P. Gita studies Economics but not in college P. None in college P studies Biology or Chemistry. Anil studies Biology in Eshaan’s college.

Which combination of student and college is correct?

  1. A.

    Daksh college P

  2. B.

    Anil college Q

  3. C.

    Bhavani college R

  4. D.

    Farah college P

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: A

Concept: In a data-arrangement puzzle with fixed slots (student, subject, college), first lock in every clue that names a value directly, then use exclusion clues to rule out remaining slots, and finally use the “one value per slot” rule to fill in whatever is left uniquely determined.

  1. Daksh studies Physics in College P — this fixes his subject and college directly from the clue.

  2. Farah studies History in college Q “with only Bhavani” — this fixes college Q's total membership to exactly two students, Farah and Bhavani; so Bhavani's college is Q.

  3. Anil does not study in college P, Eshaan (Geology) does not study in college P, and Gita (Economics) does not study in college P — all three are excluded from P, and college Q is already full with Farah and Bhavani, so Anil, Eshaan, and Gita must all be in college R.

  4. Anil studies Biology in Eshaan's college — both are already placed in college R, so this confirms Anil's subject as Biology alongside Eshaan in R.

  5. Only Charu is left unplaced. College P currently holds Daksh alone, but every college needs a minimum of two students, so Charu must join Daksh in college P.

  6. The subjects remaining after Physics, History, Biology, Geology and Economics are Philosophy and Chemistry, to be split between Charu and Bhavani. Since none in college P studies Chemistry (college P has neither Biology nor Chemistry), Charu — being in college P — cannot take Chemistry, so Charu studies Philosophy and Bhavani takes the remaining Chemistry.

Cross-check: the Philosophy student (Charu) is in college P, consistent with the rule that Philosophy is not studied in college R; college sizes are P = {Charu, Daksh} = 2, Q = {Bhavani, Farah} = 2, R = {Anil, Eshaan, Gita} = 3, totaling all seven students and satisfying the minimum-two-per-college rule.

Students

Subjects

College

Anil

Biology

R

Bhavani

Chemistry

Q

Charu

Philosophy

P

Daksh

Physics

P

Eshaan

Geology

R

Farah

History

Q

Gita

Economics

R

Result: Daksh–Physics–College P is the only option among those given that matches the fully resolved grid, so “Daksh college P” is correct.

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