Question

    Answer the questions based on the information given below: There are six employees H, I, J, K, L and M in a same company. Designation of these employees are MD, Project Manager (PM), Software Engineer (SE), Team Leader (TL), Director (DR) and LABOUR. Each of them has different number of pens (2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8). The SE, MD and LABOUR have prime number of pens.LABOUR has one pen less than K. J has four pens more than the MD.L has fewer pens than M but not the lowest. K doesn’t have 8 pens. DR has more pens than the PM but not the highest. H is the SE.

    Sum of pens with the DR and LABOUR is ___.

    A 13 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 6 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 11 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 9 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    1. LABOUR has one pen less than K.J has four pens more than the MD. K doesn’t have 8 pens. So, LABOUR has either 2 or 3 pens. J has either 7 or 6 pens 2. H is the SE, this is not possible in case I, so case I is rejected. 3. L has fewer pens than M but not the lowest. So, H has 7 pens. L has 3 pens, M has 8 pens. I has 2 pens and is the MD. 4. DR has more pens than the PM but not the highest. So, J is the DR, K is the PM and thus, M is the TL. The final table is given below:

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