Verbal Reasoning - Seating Arrangement - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Seating Arrangement - Seating Arrangement 10 (Q.No. 1)
Directions to Solve
In a class there are seven students (including boys and girls) A, B, C, D, E, F and G. They sit on three benches I, II and III. Such that at least two students on each bench and at least one girl on each bench. C who is a girl student, does not sit with A, E and D. F the boy student sits with only B. A sits on the bench I with his best friends. G sits on the bench III. E is the brother of C.

1.
How many girls are there out of these 7 students ?
3
3 or 4
4
Data inadequate
Answer: Option
Explanation:

The number of girls is either 3 or 4.

Discussion:
50 comments Page 2 of 5.

Karthik said:   9 years ago
According to me, the solution is;.

Consider this, " A sits on the bench I with his best friends" means A is a boy "E is the brother of C " means E also is a boy. That leaves with only "3" girls - can't be 4 girls.
(1)

Prem kumar said:   1 decade ago
Option B is right.

it's obvious that there should be 3 girls ....a/c to ques.
And it's clear that boys E, F, A(sits with his friend).

One member can be either girl or boy.
So, there should be either 3 or 4 girls.

Nandini said:   1 decade ago
Because its not clear whether G is a girl or boy. It is said that there has to be at least 1 girl but not necessarily 1 girl only on each bench. And G's gender is not specified. So there is 3 or 4 girls.

Kartik Mehta said:   1 decade ago
I II III.

A-B Yes No No C (x).

B-G No Yes No.

C-G No No Yes A-E-D (x).

D-G Yes No No.

E-B (his) Yes No NO.

F-B No Yes NO.

G-B NO No Yes.

3 People 2 People 2 People.

"Friends".

BLACK said:   3 years ago
The correct arrangement is.

1. AED.
2. FB.
3. CG.

It is clearly mentioned that " F" only sits with " B". And gender of " G" Haven't been mentioned so it can be a male or female.
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Desk said:   1 decade ago
A is male member because its mentioned in question:

A sits on the bench I with his best friends.

D is a female member because at-least one girl should be sitting on a bench.

Anselam said:   1 decade ago
A sits on the bench I with 'his' best friends. E is the 'brother' of C. This means A & E are boys so by default D is a girl because atleast one girl sits on each bench.

Ravi said:   12 months ago
Another answer which satisfies all the conditions is:

Bench-1: A B' F
Bench-2: E D
Bench-3: G C'
where (') symbolizes girl. And, one of E or D is a girl.
(2)

Gautami said:   3 years ago
Option B is correct (3 girls).

On each bench, at least one girl is there A is stated to be a boy and E is said to be sitting with "his" best friends making E a boy.
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Naren said:   1 decade ago
@Anish.

F the boy student sits with only B(It means that FB can occupy only 2 row). Since we don't know whether G is he or she .. So no of girls could be 3 or 4.


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