Amit, Bharati, Cheryl, Deepak and Eric are five friends sitting in a…
2025
Amit, Bharati, Cheryl, Deepak and Eric are five friends sitting in a restaurant. They are wearing caps of five different colours — yellow, blue, green, white and red. Also they are eating five different snacks — burgers, sandwiches, ice cream, pastries and pizza. I. The person wearing a red cap is eating pastries. II. Amit does not eat ice cream and Cheryl is eating sandwiches. III. Bharati is wearing a yellow cap and Amit wearing a blue cap. IV. Eric is eating pizza and is not wearing a green cap. What is Amit eating? ( question no 1 till 3 are linked together)
- A.
Burgers
- B.
Sandwiches
- C.
Ice cream
- D.
Pastries
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Correct answer: A
Concept
Treat each attribute (cap colour, snack) as a column and each person as a row. Fill in every attribute a clue states directly, then use elimination -- no two people can share the same colour or snack -- to force the remaining slots.
Step-by-step deduction
Condition III fixes two colours directly: Amit wears blue and Bharati wears yellow.
Condition IV says Eric is not wearing green; since blue and yellow are already taken by Amit and Bharati, Eric's cap must be white or red.
If Eric wore red, Condition I would force him to eat pastries -- but Condition IV already fixes Eric's snack as pizza. That contradiction rules out red for Eric, so Eric wears white.
Only green and red remain, for Cheryl and Deepak. Condition I ties the red cap to pastries, and Condition II already fixes Cheryl's snack as sandwiches -- so Cheryl cannot be the red-cap wearer. Cheryl therefore wears green, leaving red (and, by Condition I, pastries) for Deepak.
The only snacks left unassigned are burgers and ice cream, for Amit and Bharati. Condition II explicitly excludes ice cream for Amit, so Amit eats burgers and Bharati eats ice cream.
Final table
Person | Cap Colour | Snack |
|---|---|---|
Amit | Blue | Burgers |
Bharati | Yellow | Ice cream |
Cheryl | Green | Sandwiches |
Deepak | Red | Pastries |
Eric | White | Pizza |
Cross-check
This table satisfies all four conditions at once -- the red-cap wearer (Deepak) eats pastries; Amit avoids ice cream and Cheryl has sandwiches; Bharati is yellow-capped and Amit blue-capped; Eric eats pizza and is not green-capped. So Amit's snack is burgers.