Q198
ReasoningSeating Arrangement, Ranking & Puzzles
A, B, C, D, E are five girls. A, D, E are tall, others are short. B, D, E are dark, others are fair. C, E are fat, others are thin. In the first desk, sits a short, fair, fat girl. Who is she?
- a.E
- b.C
- c.D
- d.B
Answer: (B) C
Tall: A, D, E, so the short girls are B and C. Dark: B, D, E, so the fair girls are A and C. Fat: C and E, so the thin girls are A, B and D. The girl who is short and fair and fat must be in all three lists: short (B, C), fair (A, C) and fat (C, E). Only C is common, so the girl at the first desk is C, option (B). For reference, the full descriptions are: A – tall, fair, thin; B – short, dark, thin; C – short, fair, fat; D – tall, dark, thin; E – tall, dark, fat.