Direction: Read the following information and answer the question given below.…
2024
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 the summer vacation with their families to different places: Shimla, Nainital, Mussorie, Kasauli, Lansdowne and Auli (not necessarily in the same order). All of them will travel during the same week, on different days, except Sunday.
Further information:
E is going to Shimla.
F is going to Kasauli but will travel one day before the friend who is going to Auli.
The one who is going to Lansdowne will travel on Monday.
A is not going to Nainital but will travel on Tuesday.
C will travel one day before B, but neither of them will travel on Monday or Thursday.
Question: Who among the following is going to Auli?
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
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Correct answer: C
Concept: In an attribute-based multi-variable arrangement puzzle, each person is assigned two independent attributes (here, a destination and a day of the week). Solve it by first locking in the DIRECT clues that fix a single person's attribute outright, then apply the RELATIVE clues (day-before / day-after relationships) to the days that remain, using elimination to pin the last few slots.
Application:
From clue III, the Lansdowne visitor travels on Monday.
From clue IV, A travels on Tuesday and does not go to Nainital.
From clue V, C travels one day before B, and neither is on Monday or Thursday. Checking every consecutive day-pair in the week (Monday-Tuesday, Tuesday-Wednesday, Wednesday-Thursday, Thursday-Friday, Friday-Saturday), only Friday-Saturday avoids Monday and Thursday for both C and B (Tuesday-Wednesday is blocked because Tuesday already belongs to A). So C travels on Friday and B travels on Saturday.
The three remaining days — Monday, Wednesday, Thursday — are left for D, E and F. Since E goes to Shimla (clue I) and not Lansdowne, E cannot be on Monday.
From clue II, F's day is exactly one day before the Auli visitor's day. Testing F on Wednesday would force the Auli visitor onto Thursday, but Thursday can only be D or E among the remaining friends, and E is already fixed to Shimla — a contradiction. So F must travel on Thursday, which makes the Auli visitor's day Friday — i.e. C's day.
With F on Thursday, the remaining two days (Monday, Wednesday) go to D and E; since E cannot take Monday, D travels on Monday (and therefore goes to Lansdowne, by clue III) and E travels on Wednesday.
The only destinations left for A and B are Mussorie and Nainital; since clue IV excludes Nainital for A, A goes to Mussorie and B goes to Nainital.
Final arrangement:
Friend | Destination | Day |
|---|---|---|
A | Mussorie | Tuesday |
B | Nainital | Saturday |
C | Auli | Friday |
D | Lansdowne | Monday |
E | Shimla | Wednesday |
F | Kasauli | Thursday |
Cross-check: Every clue holds against this final arrangement — E is at Shimla (I); F (Kasauli, Thursday) travels exactly one day before the Auli visitor, C, on Friday (II); the Lansdowne visitor, D, is on Monday (III); A is on Tuesday and not at Nainital (IV); and C (Friday) travels one day before B (Saturday), with neither on Monday or Thursday (V).
So C is going to Auli.