Question

George adores classical music. He always prefers Beethoven to Bartok and Mahler to Mozart. He prefers
Haydn to Hindernith and Hlitdeiulth to Mozart. He always prefers Mahler to any whose name begins with B,
except Beethoven, and he always chooses to listen to a he prefers.

1 .George’s brother gives him one recording by each of the composers mentioned. Which of the following correctly states the
order in which George must play some of the records?

Pick one of the choices
Beethoven, Bartok, Mozart
Haydn, Hindemith, Mozart
Beethoven, Mahler, Bartok
Hindemith, Mahier, Mozart
Haydn, Hindemith, Mahler

2. George adores classical music. He always prefers Beethoven to Bartok and Mahler to Mozart. He always
prefers Haydn to Hindemith and Hindeniith to Mozart. He always prefers Mahler to any composer whose
nanie begins with B, except Beethoven, and he always chooses to listen to a composer he prefers.

Which of the following can not be true?

Pick one of the choices
George prefers Mahler to Bartok
George prefers Beethoven to Mahler
George prefers Bartok to Mozart
George prefers Mozart to Beethoven
George prefers Mahler to Haydn

3.George adores classical music. He always prefers Beethoven to Bartok and Mahler to Mozart. He prefers
Haydn to Hindemith and Hindemith to Mozart. He always prefers Mahler to any whose name begins with B,
except Beethoven, and he always chooses to listen to a he prefers.

George’s mother also gives him one recording by each composer mentioned. Which of the following can not occur?
Pick one of the

George plays the Beethoven first
George plays the Haydn first
George plays the Mahler third
George plays the Beethoven fifth
George plays the Bartok last

4.George adores classical music. He always prefers Beethoven to Bartok and Mahler to Mozart. He prefers
Haydn to Hindeniith and Hindernith to Mozart. He always prefers Mahler to any whose name beçjins with B,
except Beethoven, and he always chooses to listen to a he prefers.

George’s father gives him several records. If the first record he plays is by Berlioz, which of following must be true?
Pick one of the choices

There Is no record by Hindemith
There is no record by Bartok
One of the records may be by Haydn
If there Is a record by Haydn, George will play It second
There is no record by Beethoven

Answer 1

Beethoven, Mahler and Bartok.

The first person should be Beethoven because George prefers the musician when compared to Bartok and Mahler.

In addition, Mahler is preferable any B but Beethoven.

The next person in the list is Mahler as the musician trumps other individuals starting with the name B.

Last but not the least in the list is Bartok.