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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Seven persons – D, E, F, G, H, J and K go to purchase different fr

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven persons – D, E, F, G, H, J and K go to purchase different fruits on seven different days of a week starting from Monday to Sunday, but not necessarily in the same order. The different fruits are- Apple, Mango, Guava, Litchi, Pear, Orange and Grape.
E goes to purchase fruit immediately before J. Three persons purchase fruits between J and the one who purchased Litchi. J purchased fruit before the one who purchased litchi. The number of persons go to purchase fruit after E is same as the number of persons go to purchase fruit before K who purchased Pear. Three persons go to purchase fruit between K and the one who purchase Guava. The one who go to purchase guava purchased it two persons before H. D purchased Orange. D purchased the fruit after J. As many persons purchased between the ones who purchased Orange and Mango as between Mango and G. Apple was purchased before Grape but not immediately before.

1) Question

Which among the following combination is/are correct?

J - Litchi

K - Grape

G- Apple

E- Mango

All are correct

Solution

Correct option is C

Final Arrangement is here:

Clues: E goes to purchase fruit immediately before J. Three persons purchase fruits between J and the one who purchased Litchi. J purchased fruit before the one who purchased litchi. The number of persons go to purchase fruit after E is same as the number of persons go to purchase fruit before K who purchased Pear.
Inference: We have two possible cases here:

Clues: Three persons go to purchase fruit between K and the one who purchase Guava. The one who go to purchase guava purchased it two persons before H. D purchased Orange. D purchased the fruit after J.
Inference:

Clues: As many persons purchased between the ones who purchased Orange and Mango as between Mango and G. Apple was purchased before Grape but not immediately before.
Inference: Case 1 gets cancelled here.

Inference: Only place for F is left. Final Arrangement is here:

G- Apple’ is correct