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Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.The owner of the mansion has been murdered. Th…

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Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
The owner of the mansion has been murdered. The visitors of the mansion were Aditya, Vijay and Puneet. The following additional information is also given :
i) The murderer, who was one of the three visitors, arrived at the mansion, later than at least one of the other two visitors.
ii) A detective, who was one of the three visitors, arrived at the mansion earlier than at least one of the two visitors.
iii) The detective arrived at the mansion at mid-night.
iv) Neither Aditya nor Vijay arrived at the mansion after mid-night.
v) The earlier arriver between Vijay and Puneet was not the detective.
vi) The later arriver between Aditya and Puneet was not the murderer.
Who is the murderer?
  • APuneet
  • BAditya
  • CVijay
  • DEither Aditya or Puneet
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i) The murderer, who was one of the three visitors, arrived at the mansion, later than at least one of the other two visitors.

→ Therefore murderer cam either 2ndand 3rd.

Case – 1

murderer

Case – 2

murderer

ii) A detective, who was one of the three visitors, arrived at the mansion earlier than at least one of the two visitors.

iii) The detective arrived at the mansion at mid-night.

Case – 1

Detective/ murderer (mid-night)

Detective (mid-night)

Case – 2

Detective (mid-night)

murderer

Detective (mid-night)

iv) Neither Aditya nor Vijay arrived at the mansion after mid-night.

Case – 1

Aditya

Detective/ murderer (mid-night) (Vijay)

Vijay

Detective/ murderer (mid-night) (Aditya)

Case – 2

Vijay

Aditya (Detective (mid-night))

murderer

Aditya

Vijay (Detective (mid-night))

v) The earlier arriver between Vijay and Puneet was not the detective.

vi) The later arriver between Aditya and Puneet was not the murderer.

(here case – 2 will gets eliminated)

(here case – 1 also gets eliminated)

Vijay

Detective/ murderer (mid-night) (Aditya)

Puneet

Therefore Aditya is murderer.