Question

The staff of a bank are Mr A, Mr B, Mrs C,
Miss D, Mr E and Miss F. The positions
they occupy are manager, assistantſ
manager, cashier, stenographer, teller and
clerk, though not necessarily in that order.
The assistant manager is the manager's
grandson, the cashier is the stenographer's
son-in-law. Mr A is a bachelor. Miss D is the
teller's step sister and Mr E is the
manager's neighbour. Mr B cannot have a
grandson or son-in-law as he is only
20 years old.​

Answer 1

Given:

• Staff of a bank is Mr A, Mr B, Mrs C, Miss D, Mr. E, Miss F and their positions is also given but not in same order.

To Find:

• Position of each member.

Solution:

1. Manager - Mrs. C

• Married- as he/she has a grandson as assistant manager.
• Therefore, Miss F, Miss D and Mr. A ruled out.
• Mr. B is 20 - no grandson therefore, ruled out.
• Mr. E is neighbor of manager therefore, ruled out.
• Mrs. C is the manager.

2. Stenographer- Mr. E

• Stenographer's son- in - law is cashier thus, stenographer should be married
• Therefore, Miss F, Miss D and Mr. A ruled out.
• Mr. B is 20 - no grandson therefore, ruled out.
• Mrs. C is manager
• Hence, Mr. E is stenographer

3. Cashier - Mr Bharadwaj

• Son-in-law of stenographer, So he should be male.
• Therefore, Miss F, Miss D ruled out.
• Mr. E, Mrs C also ruled out.
• Mr A is bachelor therefore ruled out.
• Hence, Mr B is cashier.

4. Assistant Manager- Mr. Arora

• Since, assistant manager is a grandson of manager , means male.
• Therefore, Miss F, Miss D ruled out.
• Therefore, Mr A is Assistant manager.

5. Clerk - Miss D

• Miss D is teller's step sister so she cannot be teller
• Hence, Miss D is Clerk

6. Teller - Miss F

Diagram for this attached below.