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 ?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The number of girls is either 3 or 4.
Discussion:
53 comments Page 3 of 6.
Pranaya said:
8 years ago
'G' may be male/female so option 2 is correct because B, C, D are girls that is final.
Arfath said:
2 decades ago
There can be only Three girls as E is stated to be brother of C.
Swetha said:
9 years ago
@Puneet.
You are right, 4 arrangements are possible.
You are right, 4 arrangements are possible.
Puneet said:
9 years ago
4 arrangements are possible.
AE
CFB
GD
AD
CFB
GE
AFB
ED
GC
AED
FB
GC
AE
CFB
GD
AD
CFB
GE
AFB
ED
GC
AED
FB
GC
Prem Kumar said:
9 years ago
Indirectly given that A sits with HIS best friends which means A is a male and D is the only female in the 1st row.
Zorama said:
9 years ago
There can be only three girls as we see that the pronoun for A is written as 'his'. So, option A is correct one. If not, you will face another problem in one of the next questions about a group of girls which is having its answer as CBD.
Sannu Kumari said:
2 weeks ago
I think the correct answer to this question is option (B).
This is because in each bench there has to be at least 1 girl so three females are there it is confirmed! C is female per the question, and B will also be female per the condition of one female per bench (since B sits only with F).
And the question clearly says that F, E, A are males, but nothing is said in the question about the gender of D and G. But the gender of D is easily identifiable as female because she is in bench I where two are already males, so D must be a female! Still, the gender of G is unknown because the question says at least 1 female on a bench; at most, it can be 2, so G may be a male or a female!
This is because in each bench there has to be at least 1 girl so three females are there it is confirmed! C is female per the question, and B will also be female per the condition of one female per bench (since B sits only with F).
And the question clearly says that F, E, A are males, but nothing is said in the question about the gender of D and G. But the gender of D is easily identifiable as female because she is in bench I where two are already males, so D must be a female! Still, the gender of G is unknown because the question says at least 1 female on a bench; at most, it can be 2, so G may be a male or a female!
Anand said:
10 years ago
According to me, The question is in wrong format. It should have been, how many girls can we assume out of 7? Otherwise, the answer is data inadequate.
Mihir said:
10 years ago
It can also be 1) AFB, 2) ED, 3) GC.
Vijay shanker sahu said:
1 decade ago
There is exact three girls because A is sit with his friend. It means A is a male and E is male So BCD are only females.
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