A,B, C, D, E, F and G are travelling in a train compartment with III – tier…
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A,B, C, D, E, F and G are travelling in a train compartment with III – tier A.C. berth. Each of them has a different profession of Engineer, Doctor, Architect, Pharmacist, Lawyer, Journalist and Pathologist. They occupied two lower berths, three middle berths and two upper berths. A, the Engineer is not on the upper berth. The Architect is the only other person who occupies the same type of berth as that of A. B and F are not on the middle berth and their professions are Pathologist and Lawyer respectively. C is a Pharmacist. G is neither a Journalist nor an Architect. E occupies same type of berth as that of the Doctor. Who is the Architect?
- A.
G
- B.
F
- C.
D
- D.
A
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Correct answer: C
In berth/seat-arrangement puzzles where categories hold fixed group sizes (here Lower/Middle/Upper hold 2/3/2 people), solve by first fixing which category has exactly the count implied by a ‘shares the same type as X’ clue, then use every such clue to eliminate group membership, and assign the remaining roles last by elimination.
A is the Engineer and does not sit on the Upper berth.
The Architect is described as the only other person sharing A's berth type, so that berth type holds exactly two people. Since the Middle berth holds three people, A's berth type must be the Lower berth (which holds two). So A sits on Lower, and the Architect is the other person on Lower.
B (the Pathologist) and F (the Lawyer) do not sit on the Middle berth, so with Lower already filled by A and the Architect, B and F must take the two Upper berth seats.
C is given as the Pharmacist.
The three remaining professions — Doctor, Architect, Journalist — belong to D, E and G. G is stated to be neither the Journalist nor the Architect, so G must be the Doctor.
E is said to share the same berth type as the Doctor (G). Since the Lower berth already holds exactly two people (A and the Architect), E and G being on the same berth type as each other rules out E being the Architect (that would force three people onto Lower). So the Architect must be D, leaving E as the Journalist, with E and G sharing the Middle berth type along with C.
Cross-check: Checking the full assignment: Lower = A, D (2 people); Middle = C, E, G (3 people); Upper = B, F (2 people) — matching the given 2-3-2 split, and every person gets exactly one of the seven distinct professions (A-Engineer, B-Pathologist, C-Pharmacist, D-Architect, E-Journalist, F-Lawyer, G-Doctor). All clues hold, confirming D is the Architect.