Passage

A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are Lecturers from different cities — Hyderabad, Delhi, Shillong, Kanpur, Chennai, Mumbai, and Srinagar (not necessarily in the same order) who participated in a conference. Each one of them is specialized in a different subject, viz., Economics, Commerce, History, Sociology, Geography, Mathematics, and Statistics (not necessarily in the same order). Further:

Lecturer from Kanpur is specialized in Geography.
Lecturer D is from Shillong.
Lecturer C from Delhi is specialized in Sociology.
Lecturer B is specialized in neither History nor Mathematics.
Lecturer A who is specialized in Economics does not belong to Hyderabad.
Lecturer F who is specialized in Commerce belongs to Srinagar.
Lecturer G who is specialized in Statistics belongs to Chennai.

QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Reasoning

Prelims 2017

Who of the following belongs to Hyderabad?

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Explanation

Assigning Cities and Subjects: Kanpur → Geography Shillong → D Delhi → C, Sociology Srinagar → F, Commerce Chennai → G, Statistics Hyderabad → ? Mumbai → ?

Process of Elimination: A: Economics, not from Hyderabad (as per point 5). F: Commerce, from Srinagar. G: Statistics, from Chennai. C: Sociology, from Delhi. D: From Shillong, but the subject is not yet known.

Determining B’s Subject and City: B is not specialized in History or Mathematics (point 4). The remaining possible subject for B is Geography. Hence, B must be the lecturer from Kanpur.

Identifying E’s City and Subject: The remaining lecturer is E, who must be from Hyderabad. The only unassigned subject left is History. Therefore, E specializes in History.

Final Assignment: A: Economics, Mumbai B: Geography, Kanpur C: Sociology, Delhi D: Mathematics, Shillong E: History, Hyderabad F: Commerce, Srinagar G: Statistics, Chennai