Problem Solving Q 10 Read the information given below and answer the question that follow: A, B, C, D, E and F work in different companies namely OCL, JINDAL, IOCL, PPSPL, Snapdeal and VIVO, and BHUSAN and each of different colours viz. blue, green, pink, yellow, purple and red but it is not mandatory that they will wear in the same orde Person wearing shirt of blue colour works in PPSPL and the person who works in OCL wears shirt of green colour. • Fdoes not work in IOCL or Snapdeal and VIVO. • A wears pink shirt and works in JINDAL. D does not work in Snapdeal and VIVO and purple coloured shirts are not sponsored by IOCL. • E works in BHUSAN and neither D nor B works in PPSPL. • Snapdeal and VIVO does not sponsor purple or yellow coloured shirts and C works in OCL. Based on the information given above, answer the following question: D belongs to which company? O OCL O IOCL D Snapdealand VIVO m
Answers
Answer:
IOCL
TABULATION OF GIVEN DATA CAN BE AS-
OCL- GREEN -C
JINDAL-PINK-A
IOCL-YELLOW-D
PPSPL-BLUE-F
SNAPDEAL- RED- B
BHUSAN- PURPLE- E
D belongs to IOCL
First, let's see what all are given.
From the given question, it's clear that there are six people, six T-Shirts and 7 companies.
With all other inputs from the question, we can reach the following conclusion:
1. A wears Pink and works in JINDAL.
2. C wears Green and works in OCL
Now, the person wearing Purple cannot work in SNAPDEAL, VIVO and IOCL. So, only BHUSHAN left. Therefore,
3. E wears Purple and works in BHUSHAN.
Person working in SNAPDEAL and VIVO cannot wear Yellow, and person wearing blue works in PPSPL. So, we've the following information right now:
OCL- Green
JINDAL- Pink
IOCL- ?
PPSPL- Blue
SNAPDEAL and VIVO - No yellow
BHUSHAN- Purple
The only free slot for Yellow is IOCL. So, person working in IOCL wears yellow. ---------------- [I]
According to the question, D cannot work in PPSPL, SNAPDEAL and VIVO. So, we've the following data now:
OCL- C
JINDAL- A
IOCL- ?
PPSPL- No D
SNAPDEAL- No D
VIVO- No D
BHUSHAN- E
The only free slot for D is IOCL. Hence, D works in IOCL. ------------------ [II]
From [I] and [II], D wears Yellow and belongs to IOCL.