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)
- There are five men - A, B, C, D and E, six women P, Q, R, S, T and Z. A, B, and R are advocates. S, Q, P, D and C are doctors and the rest are teachers. A team has to be selected from these eleven persons subject to the following conditions:
(I) A, P and Z have to be together.
(II) B cannot go with D or R.
(III) E and Q have to be together.
(IV) C and T have to be together.
(V) D and P cannot go together.
(VI) C cannot go with Q.
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How many boxes are kept between G and F?
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