Question
Read the following informations and answer the question given below :
A total of nine cards consisting of four kings, four queens and one joker are distributed among three persons P, Q and R such as :
I. Q has two cards, P has three cards and R has four cards.
II. Person, who has maximum number of cards, does not have the joker.
III. Each one has atleast one king while Q has two kings.
Who has three queens ?
The correct answer is
R
To determine who has three queens, let's analyze the provided information step-by-step:
- Total distribution: There are four kings, four queens, and one joker among the three people (P, Q, and R).
- Distribution constraints:
- Q has 2 cards, P has 3 cards, and R has 4 cards.
- The person with the maximum number of cards (R) does not have the joker.
- Each person has at least one king, and Q has two kings.
- Let's start assigning the kings:
- Q has 2 kings (as per the information).
- Since each person needs at least one king, and Q already has 2, there are 2 kings left. Assign one king each to P and R.
- Distribution after assigning kings:
- Q: 2 kings
- P: 1 king
- R: 1 king
- Now, assign the rest of the cards:
- Q has 2 cards, both are already assigned as kings. So, Q cannot have any queens.
- The joker cannot be with R (the person with the maximum cards). Therefore, the joker must be with P.
- Now, calculate the remaining cards: 4 queens and 1 king are left to be distributed between P and R.
- Distribute remaining cards:
- P already has 1 king (from the initial assignment) and has the joker, needing one more card to make a total of 3. Assign one queen to P.
- R already has 1 king, and has a total of 4 cards, needing 3 more. Assign the remaining 3 queens to R.
- Our final distribution is:
- P: 1 king, 1 queen, 1 joker
- Q: 2 kings
- R: 1 king, 3 queens
- Conclusion: R has three queens.
Thus, the answer to the question "Who has three queens?" is R.
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Important Questions from Puzzle (Notes)
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P says: "Q is guilty."
Q says: "R is guilty."
R says: "P is innocent."
S says: "I am innocent"
If it is known that exactly one of them is guilty, and only the guilty person lies (all innocent people tell the truth), then who is the guilty one? - In which company, C's interview was scheduled?
- Who went to Nagpur?
- What is the sum of the digits of the number Q?
- What is the sum of A and Q if A is smaller than B?
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