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EXAMPLE QUESTION:
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Directions (Questions 1 to 5):Â Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions
Seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V visit a polyclinic on the four days namely Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in a week. At least one doctor but not more than two doctors visit the polyclinic on each of these days. Each of them is specialist of different fields – ENT, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Neurologists, Ophthalmologist, Radiologist and Oncologist. S visits on Friday with Radiologist, Pediatrician neither visit on Saturday and nor with T and V. Oncologist U visits alone on Tuesday. Q visits on Wednesday and he is not Pediatrician. R visits on Wednesday. V is not Radiologist. Pediatrician visits with ENT specialist. Neurologist visits on Friday. P is neither Orthopedics nor Radiologist.
1).What is the profession of S?
a)Â Â Â Â Ophthalmologist
b)Â Â Â Â Pediatrics
c)Â Â Â Â ENT
d)Â Â Â Â Neurologist
2).What is the specialty of P?
a)Â Â Â Â Pediatrics
b)Â Â Â Â Ophthalmologist
c)Â Â Â Â Radiologist
d)Â Â Â Â Oncologist
3).On which of the following days do the specialists in Orthopedic and Ophthalmologist visit?
a)Â Â Â Â Wednesday
b)Â Â Â Â Friday
c)Â Â Â Â Saturday
d)Â Â Â Â Tuesday
4).On which of the week does T visit?
a)Â Â Â Â Wednesday
b)Â Â Â Â Friday
c)Â Â Â Â Tuesday
d)Â Â Â Â Saturday
5).Who among the following visits the polyclinic along with P?
a)Â Â Â Â V
b)Â Â Â Â S
c)Â Â Â Â T
d)Â Â Â Â Q
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GIVEN:
- 7 Persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U and V
- 7 Professions – ENT, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Neurologists, Ophthalmologist, Radiologist and Oncologist
- 4 days – Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- 1 or 2 (not more than 2) doctors visit the clinic on these 4 day
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SOLUTION:
These types of questions can be best solved by the tabulation method
- If persons / days are mentioned in the question then the first column of the table will always be persons/days.
- Here both persons and days are given therefore persons comes 1st followed by days.
- Here there are 7 persons, then the 1st column will be persons.
- 2nd column will be days and the 3rd column will be medical field.
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Q
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R
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S
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Friday
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Radiologist ✗
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T
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U
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V
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CLUE 1: S visits on Friday with Radiologist
- It shows that the Radiologist visits on Friday
- S is not Radiologist
- Maximum 2 doctors visit the clinic on each of the given days
- Therefore only 3 days are remaining
CLUE 2: Oncologist U visits alone on Tuesday
- So no other doctors visit on Tuesday
- Now only Wednesday and Saturday are remaining
- Tuesday – U – Oncologist
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Q
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R
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S
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Friday
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Radiologist ✗
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T
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U
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Tuesday
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Oncologist
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V
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CLUE 3: Q visits on Wednesday and he is not Pediatrician
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Q
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Wednesday
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Pediatrician ✗
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R
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S
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Friday
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Radiologist ✗
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T
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U
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Tuesday
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Oncologist
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V
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CLUE 4: R visits on Wednesday
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Q
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Wednesday
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Pediatrician ✗
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R
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Wednesday
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S
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Friday
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Radiologist ✗
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T
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U
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Tuesday
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Oncologist
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V
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CLUE 5: Neurologist visits on Friday
- From the clue 1, it is clear that the S and Radiologist visit on Friday
- Not more than 2 doctors visit on a single day
- Therefore, S is the Neurologist
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Q
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Wednesday
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Pediatrician ✗
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R
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Wednesday
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S
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Friday
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Radiologist ✗
Neurologist ✓
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T
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U
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Tuesday
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Oncologist
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V
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CLUE 6: Pediatrician neither visit on Saturday and nor with T and V
- We know that Pediatrician does not visit on Friday, Tuesday and Saturday
- Therefore Pediatrician visits on Wednesday
- Doctors Q and R visits on Wednesday and we also know that Q is not a Pediatrician
- Therefore, R – Pediatrician
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Q
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Wednesday
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R
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Wednesday
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Pediatrician
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S
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Friday
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Neurologist
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T
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U
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Tuesday
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Oncologist
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V
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CLUE 7: Pediatrician visits with ENT specialist
- Therefore, Q is the ENT specialist who visits on Wednesday
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Q
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Wednesday
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ENT
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R
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Wednesday
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Pediatrician
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S
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Friday
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Neurologist
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T
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U
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Tuesday
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Oncologist
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V
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CLUE 8: V is not Radiologist
- So, V will not visit on Friday
- The only remaining day is Saturday
- Therefore, V visits the clinic on Saturday
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Q
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Wednesday
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ENT
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R
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Wednesday
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Pediatrician
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S
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Friday
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Neurologist
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T
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U
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Tuesday
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Oncologist
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V
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Saturday
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Radiologist ✗
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CLUE 9: P is neither Orthopedics nor Radiologist
- P is not Radiologist.
- So he will visit the clinic on Saturday
- This leaves T to be the Radiologist who visits the clinic on Friday along with S
- Now P is not Orthopedics.
- Therefore, P is the Ophthalmologist and V is Orthopedics
ANSWER:
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PERSON
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DAYS
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FIELD
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P
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Saturday
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Ophthalmologist
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Q
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Wednesday
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ENT
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R
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Wednesday
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Pediatrician
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S
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Friday
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Neurologist
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T
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Friday
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Radiologist
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U
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Tuesday
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Oncologist
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V
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Saturday
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Orthopedics
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The above is the final schedule of the doctors
QUESTION 1: From the final table, d).Neurologist
QUESTION 2:Â b). Ophthalmologist
QUESTION 3:Â c). Saturday
QUESTION 4:Â b). Friday
QUESTION 5:Â a). V
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