Directions (Q.1 –5) : Study the following information carefully and answer the…
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Directions (Q.1 –5) :
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
(I) P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven members of a family.
(II) Each one of them has a different profession – Doctor, Teacher, Lawyer, Engineer, Architect, Charted Accountant and Banker – and their incomes are different.
(III) There are two married couples in the group.
(IV) R is the Doctor and earns more than the Engineer and the Lawyer.
(V) T is married to the Chartered Accountant and she earns the least.
(VI) No lady is either Lawyer or Engineer.
(VII) Q, the Teacher, earns less than P, the Banker. W is married to Q and he earns more than S and P.
(VIII) V is not the Lawyer. The Chartered Accountant earns less than the Lawyer but more than the Banker.
Which of the following is a pair of married couple?
- A.
RT
- B.
VT
- C.
QT
- D.
ST
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Correct answer: D
Answer: S and T are a married pair; the other married pair is W and Q.
Reasoning (step-by-step):
R is the Doctor.
T is married to the Chartered Accountant and T earns the least; therefore T is female and her spouse (the Chartered Accountant) is male.
No woman is a Lawyer or Engineer, so those professions are male.
The Chartered Accountant earns less than the Lawyer but more than the Banker (Lawyer > Chartered Accountant > Banker).
Q is the Teacher and earns less than P, who is the Banker (Teacher < Banker).
W is married to Q, and W earns more than S and P (W > S and W > P).
Putting these facts together to satisfy all inequalities and the two married couples constraint yields a consistent assignment:
R = Doctor (highest income)
W = Lawyer (earns more than the Chartered Accountant; W is male and married to Q)
S = Chartered Accountant (earns less than the Lawyer but more than the Banker)
P = Banker
Q = Teacher (earns less than P) and is married to W
T = Architect (female, lowest income) and is married to S
V = Engineer (remaining profession)
Income order that fits all constraints: R (Doctor) > W (Lawyer) > S (Chartered Accountant) > P (Banker) > Q (Teacher) > T (Architect).
Therefore the married pairs are S & T and W & Q. The asked pair S & T is correct.