Question

Six persons - Seema, Vaibhav, Ajay, Manisha, Tulika and Ananya - were born in six different states, namely Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar and Rajasthan, but not necessarily in the same order. They all play six different games, namely Chess, Football, Hockey, Ludo, Badminton and Cricket, but not necessarily in the same order. Ananya was born in Gujarat and she plays Cricket. Ajay does not play Chess or Ludo. The person who was born in Bihar plays Football. Seema plays Hockey and she was not born in Assam or Madhya Pradesh. Manisha was born in Rajasthan and she plays badminton.

Identify the state in which Ajay was born?

1. Assam
2. Bihar
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Punjab

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Bihar

Six persons - Seema, Vaibhav, Ajay, Manisha, Tulika and Ananya.

States - Assam, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar and Rajasthan.

Games - Chess, Football, Hockey, Ludo, Badminton and Cricket.

(1) Ananya was born in Gujarat and she plays Cricket.

(2) The person who was born in Bihar plays Football.

(3) Seema plays Hockey and she was not born in Assam or Madhya Pradesh. Therefore she was born in Punjab, 

(4) Manisha was born in Rajasthan and she plays badminton.

Person	State	Game
Ananya	Gujarat	Cricket
	Bihar	Football
Seema	Punjab	Hockey
Manisha	Rajasthan	Badminton
		Ludo
		Chess

 

(5) Ajay does not play Chess or Ludo. Therefore, he plays football.

Person	State	Game
Ananya	Gujarat	Cricket
Ajay	Bihar	Football
Seema	Punjab	Hockey
Manisha	Rajasthan	Badminton
Tulika / Vaibhav	Assam/Madhya Pradesh	Ludo
Tulika / Vaibhav	Assam/Madhya Pradesh	Chess

 

Hence, Ajay was born in Bihar.