Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question…
2020
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G sit consecutively in a vertical row. Each person likes a different fruit, i.e. Grapes, Litchi, Guava, Orange, Banana, Kiwi and Apple. All the information is not necessarily in the same order.
Two persons sit between B and the one who likes Litchi. A sits immediately above the one who likes Litchi. B likes Kiwi. More than four persons sit between G and F, who likes Grapes. F sits at the bottommost position. A likes Guava and sits below G but not immediately below. D, who likes Orange, sits below the one who likes Banana and above C. G does not like Banana.
Four of the following five belong to a group in a certain way. Find the one that does NOT belong to that group.
- A.
G-Kiwi
- B.
E-Orange
- C.
D-Grapes
- D.
B-Guava
- E.
A-Grapes
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: C
Concept
In an odd-one-out built on a fixed seating puzzle, four of the five given pairs share one common relationship and the fifth breaks it. So first fix the complete arrangement from the clues, then find the single rule that links four pairs; the pair that does not follow that rule is the answer.
Application — fixing the arrangement
Working through the clues (F is bottommost and likes Grapes; more than four persons sit between G and F, so G is topmost; A likes Guava, sits below G but not immediately below; B likes Kiwi; A is immediately above the Litchi person with two persons between B and that person; D likes Orange, sits below the Banana person and above C; G does not like Banana), the vertical row from top to bottom is:
Position (top→bottom) | Person | Fruit |
|---|---|---|
1 (top) | G | Apple |
2 | E | Banana |
3 | B | Kiwi |
4 | D | Orange |
5 | A | Guava |
6 | C | Litchi |
7 (bottom) | F | Grapes |
Application — finding the link
Read each given pair as: a person matched with a fruit. The hidden rule is that each person is paired with the fruit liked by the person sitting two positions below them. Tracing the four matching pairs:
G (position 1) → the person two below is at position 3 = Kiwi. Pair G–Kiwi follows the rule.
E (position 2) → the person two below is at position 4 = Orange. Pair E–Orange follows the rule.
B (position 3) → the person two below is at position 5 = Guava. Pair B–Guava follows the rule.
A (position 5) → the person two below is at position 7 = Grapes. Pair A–Grapes follows the rule.
Cross-check / contrast
The remaining pair, D–Grapes: D sits at position 4, and the person two positions below D is at position 6, who likes Litchi — not Grapes. Grapes actually belongs to position 7, which is three positions below D, so D–Grapes breaks the two-below rule that the other four obey. Hence D–Grapes is the pair that does not belong to the group.