Question

Comprehension

Direction: Consider the given information and answer the items that follow.

When three friends A, B and C met, it was found that each of them wore an outer garment of a different colour. In random order, the garments are : jacket, sweater and tie; and the colours are: blue, white and black. Their surnames in random order are: Ribeiro, Kumar and Singh. Further, we know that :

1. neither B nor Riberiro wore a white sweater

2. C wore a tie

3. Singh's garment was not white

4. Kumar does not wear a jacket

5. Ribeiro does not like to wear the black color

6. Each of the friends wore only one outer garment of only one color

1. Ribeiro
2. Kumar
3. Singh
4. Cannot be determined

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Ribeiro

1) C wore a tie
2) neither B nor Riberiro wore a white sweater. 
Implies, B wore a jacket and A wore a sweater. Also, neither B nor Ribeiro wore a white sweater also means that C is Ribeiro. This statement also implies that sweater is white.

Person	Garment	Colour	Name
A	Sweater	White
B	Jacket
C	Tie		Riberiro

3) Kumar does not wear a jacket.
Implies, either A is Kumar.
4) Singh's garment was not white.

Person	Garment	Colour	Name
A	Sweater	White	Kumar
B	Jacket		Singh
C	Tie		Ribeiro

5) Ribeiro does not like to wear black color.
Implies, B wore black colour. C wore blue colour.

Person	Garment	Colour	Name
A	Sweater	White	Kumar
B	Jacket	Black	Singh
C	Tie	Blue	Ribeiro

Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.