Directions (Q.1 –5) : Study the following information carefully and answer the…

2025

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, Chartered 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.

What is the profession of V?

  1. A.

    Engineer

  2. B.

    Chartered Accountant

  3. C.

    Engineer or Chartered Accountant

  4. D.

    Data inadequate

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

Concept: In a person-profession-income puzzle, if two or more full assignments of professions and incomes to every person satisfy every stated clue without contradiction, the specific person's profession is not uniquely fixed - the correct answer is the full set of professions that survive across every valid arrangement, not one arbitrarily chosen from them.

  1. R, Q and P are directly named: R is the Doctor, Q is the Teacher, and P is the Banker. The four remaining professions - Lawyer, Engineer, Chartered Accountant and Architect - must go to S, T, V and W.

  2. T earns the least and is referred to as "she", so T is a lady; since no lady can be the Lawyer or the Engineer, and T is married to the Chartered Accountant (so T herself cannot hold that role), the only profession left for T is Architect.

  3. Exactly two married couples exist in the family. One is fixed: W is married to Q. The other couple must be T with the Chartered Accountant. Since W already forms a couple with Q, W cannot also be married to T, so W cannot be the Chartered Accountant - leaving only S or V eligible for that role.

  4. If S is the Chartered Accountant, the remaining two professions (Lawyer, Engineer) split between V and W; because V is explicitly stated not to be the Lawyer, V must be the Engineer and W the Lawyer.

  5. If V is the Chartered Accountant (and therefore married to T), the remaining two professions (Lawyer, Engineer) split between S and W, and either assignment is possible.

  6. Checking the income chain in both layouts - R above the Engineer and the Lawyer; the Chartered Accountant strictly between the Banker and the Lawyer; W above both S and P; Q below P; T lowest of all - a valid decreasing-income order exists for each layout, so neither is eliminated.

Cross-check: Every other profession for V (Doctor, Teacher, Banker, Architect, Lawyer) is already ruled out - the first three are taken by R, Q and P, Architect is forced onto T, and Lawyer is explicitly barred for V - so only Engineer and Chartered Accountant remain live, and both survive the full income check above.

Result: V's profession cannot be narrowed further than Engineer or Chartered Accountant.

Explore the full course: Wipro Preparation