Comprehension: Direction: Read the following information and answer the…
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Comprehension: Direction: Read the following information and answer the question given below. Six school friends — A, B, C, D, E and F are going for holidays in summer vacation with their families at different places — Shimla, Nainital, Mussoorie, Kasauli, Lansdowne and Auli (not necessarily in the same order). All of them will go in the same week but on different days except Sunday. Further information is as follows: I. E is going to Shimla. II. F is going to Kasauli but will go one day before the friend who is going to Auli. III. The one who is going to Lansdowne will go on Monday. IV. A is not going to Nainital but will go on Tuesday. V. C will go one day before B, but neither of them will go on Monday nor on Thursday. Question: On which day will F go to Kasauli?
- A.
Monday
- B.
Wednesday
- C.
Thursday
- D.
Friday
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Correct answer: C
Concept: Solving Multi-Attribute (Day-Place) Puzzles
When a puzzle links each person to a day and a place, first use every DIRECT clue to fix anchor points (a person tied to one day, or a day tied to one place). Then use every RELATIVE clue ("one day before/after") by testing each possible pair of consecutive slots against those anchors, discarding any pair that breaks a rule. Repeat until every person, day, and place is pinned down, then verify the completed grid against every original clue.
Step-by-Step Application
Six friends travel on six different days of the week, Monday to Saturday (Sunday is excluded), so every day is used exactly once.
Clue III anchors Monday: whoever visits Lansdowne travels on Monday.
Clue IV anchors Tuesday to A, and rules out Nainital for A.
Clue V says C travels exactly one day before B, and neither of them travels on Monday or Thursday. Testing every consecutive day-pair (Monday-Tuesday, Tuesday-Wednesday, Wednesday-Thursday, Thursday-Friday, Friday-Saturday) against these restrictions, and against Tuesday already being A's day, leaves only Friday-Saturday as valid: so C is on Friday and B is on Saturday.
That leaves Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for D, E and F.
Clue I fixes E at Shimla. Since Monday is reserved for the Lansdowne traveller (step 2) and E is going to Shimla, E cannot be on Monday, so E is on Wednesday or Thursday.
Clue II fixes F at Kasauli, one day before the friend visiting Auli. Testing F on Monday fails immediately, since Monday belongs to the Lansdowne traveller, not Kasauli. Testing F on Wednesday forces the Auli-visitor to Thursday; the only person free for Thursday besides E is D, so D would take Auli and E would have to take the remaining day, Monday, but E cannot be on Monday (step 6), so this fails too. That leaves F on Thursday, which forces the Auli-visitor to Friday, exactly C's day, with no clash anywhere else.
With F fixed on Thursday, the last two days, Monday and Wednesday, split between D and E; since E cannot take Monday, E takes Wednesday and D takes Monday.
Only Nainital and Mussoorie remain unassigned, for A and B. Clue IV rules out Nainital for A, so A gets Mussoorie and B gets Nainital.
Final Schedule
Day | Person | Place |
|---|---|---|
Monday | D | Lansdowne |
Tuesday | A | Mussoorie |
Wednesday | E | Shimla |
Thursday | F | Kasauli |
Friday | C | Auli |
Saturday | B | Nainital |
Cross-Check
Checking every clue against this grid: E is at Shimla (clue I); F at Kasauli is one day before the Auli traveller on Friday (clue II); the Monday traveller is at Lansdowne (clue III); A travels Tuesday and is not at Nainital (clue IV); C (Friday) is one day before B (Saturday), and neither is on Monday or Thursday (clue V). All five clues hold, and no other arrangement of the remaining days satisfies clue V, so the schedule is uniquely determined.
F therefore travels to Kasauli on Thursday.