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 the summer vacation with their families at different places — Shimla, Nainital, Mussoorie, Kasauli, Lansdowne and Auli (not necessarily in that 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 or Thursday. Question: D is going to _________.
- A.
Mussoorie
- B.
Nainital
- C.
Auli
- D.
Lansdowne
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Correct answer: D
Concept: In a day-and-place matching puzzle, fix the most constrained clues first (an exact day, a forbidden place/day, an "X is one day before Y" adjacency), then propagate eliminations until every person maps to exactly one day and one place. Each new placement removes options for the rest, so the grid converges to a single consistent arrangement.
The person going to Lansdowne travels on Monday (clue III), and A travels on Tuesday and is not going to Nainital (clue IV).
C goes exactly one day before B, with neither on Monday or Thursday (clue V). The candidate consecutive pairs are Tue–Wed, Wed–Thu and Fri–Sat. Tuesday is taken by A and Thursday is barred, so the only pair left is C on Friday and B on Saturday.
F (Kasauli) goes one day before the Auli traveller (clue II). C is on Friday, so the Auli traveller must be C (Friday), which forces F onto Thursday.
E is going to Shimla (clue I). The days still free are Monday and Wednesday; Monday is reserved for the Lansdowne traveller, so E takes Wednesday for Shimla.
Only Monday and one person are left: D takes Monday, and Monday is the Lansdowne day — so D is going to Lansdowne.
Day | Person | Place |
|---|---|---|
Monday | D | Lansdowne |
Tuesday | A | Mussoorie |
Wednesday | E | Shimla |
Thursday | F | Kasauli |
Friday | C | Auli |
Saturday | B | Nainital |
Cross-check: every clue holds — E→Shimla; F (Kasauli, Thursday) is exactly one day before C (Auli, Friday); Lansdowne falls on Monday; A is on Tuesday and away from Nainital; C (Friday) is one day before B (Saturday), and neither lands on Monday or Thursday. The arrangement is unique, so D goes to Lansdowne.