Directions: On an Island there live three types of tribes Sachcha, Jhutha and…

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Directions:

On an Island there live three types of tribes Sachcha, Jhutha and Lota.

Sachchas always tell the truth, Jhuthas always lie and Lotas tell the

truth and lie alternating (they can tell truth first or lie first).

Three persons (of different tribes) from this Island give these

statements.

GOOD: UGLY is of Sachcha tribe: I am of Lota tribe

BAD : GOOD is of Jhutha tribe; I am of Sachcha Tribe

UGLY: BAD is of Jhutha tribe; I am of Lota tribe.

GOOD belongs which tribe?

  1. A.

    Sachcha

  2. B.

    Jhutha

  3. C.

    Lota

  4. D.

    either Sachcha or Lota

Attempted by 8 students.

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Correct answer: B

In truth-teller/liar/alternator puzzles, treat each tribe's rule as a constraint: a Sachcha's statements must both be true, a Jhutha's statements must both be false, and a Lota's statements must alternate — exactly one true and one false. Since exactly one person belongs to each tribe, test candidate assignments one at a time and discard any that produce an internal contradiction.

  1. Assume GOOD is a Sachcha. Then both his statements must be true, so ‘UGLY is of Sachcha tribe’ would also be true — but only one person can be Sachcha, and that person is already assumed to be GOOD. This is a contradiction, so GOOD cannot be a Sachcha.

  2. Assume BAD is the Sachcha instead. Both of BAD's statements must then be true: ‘I am of Sachcha Tribe’ holds directly, and ‘GOOD is of Jhutha tribe’ fixes GOOD as the Jhutha — which leaves UGLY as the remaining tribe, Lota.

  3. Check this assignment against GOOD's own statements: as a Jhutha, both must be false. ‘UGLY is of Sachcha tribe’ is false (UGLY is Lota), and ‘I am of Lota tribe’ is false (GOOD is Jhutha) — both statements come out false, exactly as a Jhutha requires.

  4. Check UGLY's statements as the Lota: they must alternate, i.e. exactly one true and one false. ‘BAD is of Jhutha tribe’ is false (BAD is Sachcha), and ‘I am of Lota tribe’ is true — one true and one false, matching the Lota pattern.

No other assignment of the three tribes to GOOD, BAD and UGLY survives this same check — assuming GOOD is Lota, or assuming BAD or UGLY is Sachcha in the other combinations, always forces either two Sachchas, both of a Jhutha's statements to be true, or a Lota's two statements to agree instead of alternate. So Sachcha–BAD / Jhutha–GOOD / Lota–UGLY is the only internally consistent assignment.

GOOD therefore belongs to the Jhutha tribe.

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