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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight friends stud…

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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight friends studying in three different colleges – A, B and C in three streams – Science, Commerce and Arts with not less than two and not more than three in any college. Not more than three of them study in any of the three streams. W studies Commerce in college B with only T who studies Science. P and Z do not study in college C and study in same stream but not Commerce. R studies Science in college C with V who studies Commerce. S studies Science and does not study in the same college where R studies. Q does not study Arts.
In which stream does Q study?
  • ACommerce
  • BScience
  • CCommerce or Science
  • DData inadequate
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Eight friends: P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z

Engineering colleges: A, B and C

Streams: Science, Commerce and Arts

Condition:

a) Not less than two students and not more than three studentsmust be there in any college.

b) Not more than three of them study in any of the three streams.

According to the information given,

1) W studies Commerce in college B with only T who studies Science.

Student

College

Streams

Condition

P

College: B ×

Q

College: B ×

R

College: B ×

S

College: B ×

T

B

Science

V

College: B ×

W

B

Commerce

Z

College: B ×

2) P and Z do not study in college C and study in same stream but not Commerce.

Student

College

Streams

Condition

P

A

College: B ×, C ×

Streams: Science / Arts, same as Z

Q

College: B ×

R

College: B ×

S

College: B ×

T

B

Science

V

College: B ×

W

B

Commerce

Z

A

College: B ×, C ×

Streams: Science / Arts, same as P

3) R studies Science in college C with V who studies Commerce.

Since R studies Science, P and Z will be studying in Arts.

Student

College

Streams

Condition

P

A

Arts

College: B ×, C ×

Streams: Science / Arts, same as Z

Q

College: B ×

R

C

Science

College: B ×

S

College: B ×

T

B

Science

V

C

Commerce

College: B ×

W

B

Commerce

Z

A

Arts

College: B ×, C ×

Streams: Science / Arts, same as P

4) S studies Science and does not study in the same college where R studies.

Therefore S studies in college A.

5) Q does not study Arts.

Only college left for Q is C and stream is Commerce as not more than three studentsmust be there in any college and not more than three of them study in any of the three streams.

Student

College

Streams

Condition

P

A

Arts

College: B ×, C ×

Streams: Science / Arts, same as Z

Q

C

Commerce

College: B ×

Streams: Arts ×

R

C

Science

College: B ×

S

A

Science

College: B ×, Not same as R