Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below. Six…
2024
Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Six persons i.e. A, B, C, D, E and F sit in row such that all of them face in the north direction. They all like different fruits i.e. Mango, Strawberry, Guava, Orange, Apple and Banana but not necessarily in the same order.
The one who likes Strawberry sits at the right end. B sits 3rd to the left of the one who likes Guava. A sits 2nd to the left of the one who likes Mango, and likes Banana. C sits 3rd to the right of E but not sit at any extreme ends. There are as many persons sit to the right of D is same as to the left of the one who likes Apple.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
- A.
B- Banana
- B.
F-Orange
- C.
E-Guava
- D.
A-Apple
- E.
C-Mango
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Correct answer: E
Concept
An “odd one out” puzzle is solved in two stages: first reconstruct the full arrangement from the constraints, then find the single property shared by four of the items. The item that lacks that shared property is the answer. Here each option pairs a person with a fruit, so the deciding property is whether the stated pairing agrees with the solved seating.
Solving the arrangement
Six people sit in a north-facing row; read seats 1 to 6 from left to right. Apply the constraints:
The Strawberry-liker is at the right end, so seat 6 likes Strawberry.
A likes Banana and sits 2nd to the left of the Mango-liker, so A and the Mango-liker are two seats apart with A on the left (A cannot be at seat 5 or 6, since two seats must remain to A’s right).
B sits 3rd to the left of the Guava-liker, so the Guava seat is three places right of B; this only fits with B in the left half of the row.
C sits 3rd to the right of E (so C’s seat = E’s seat + 3) and C is at neither end. That allows E only at seat 1, 2, or 3: E at seat 3 puts C at seat 6, an end, so it is rejected; E at seat 1 puts C at seat 4, but that leaves no consistent placement for the A–Banana / Mango spacing and the B–Guava gap, so it fails. The only surviving fit is E at seat 2 and C at seat 5.
Persons to the right of D equal persons to the left of the Apple-liker. With the seats above fixed, the only balance is D at the right end (zero to its right) and the Apple-liker at the left end (zero to its left).
Combining all constraints yields one unique arrangement (left to right):
Seat | Person | Fruit |
|---|---|---|
1 | B | Apple |
2 | E | Orange |
3 | A | Banana |
4 | F | Guava |
5 | C | Mango |
6 | D | Strawberry |
Applying the group rule
Check each given pair against the solved seating:
B is paired with Banana, but B likes Apple — a mismatch.
F is paired with Orange, but F likes Guava — a mismatch.
E is paired with Guava, but E likes Orange — a mismatch.
A is paired with Apple, but A likes Banana — a mismatch.
C is paired with Mango, and C does like Mango — a match.
Result
Four pairs are mismatched (the person does not actually like the listed fruit); they share that property and form the group. C–Mango is the only correct person–fruit match, so it is the one that does not belong to the group and is the answer.