R. S. Aggarwal Solutions for Exercise 1: Exercise

In a cricket season, India defeated Australia twice, West Indies defeated India twice, Australia defeated West Indies twice, India defeated New Zealand twice and West Indies defeated New Zealand twice. Which country has lost most number of times?

On a shelf are placed six volumes side by side labelled A, B, C, D, E and F. B, C, E and F have green covers, while others have yellow covers. A, D, B are new volumes, while the rest are old volumes. A, C, B, are law reports, while the rest are medical extracts. Which two volumes are old medical extracts and have green covers?

In a group of six women, there are four dancers, four vocal musicians, one actress and three violinists. Girija and Vanaja are among the violinists while Jalaja and Shailja do not know how to play the violin. Shailja and Tanuja are among the dancers. Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailja and Tanuja are all vocal musicians and two of them are also violinist. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is both a dancer and a violinist?

Three persons A, B and C wore shirts of black, blue and orange colours (not necessarily in that order) and pants of green, yellow and orange colour (not necessarily in that order). No person wore a shirt and pant of the same colour. Further, it is given that

1. A did not wear shirt of black colour.

2. B did not wear shirt of blue colour.

3. C did not wear shirt of orange colour.

4. A did not wear pant of green colour.

5. B wore pant of orange colour.

What were the colours of the pant and shirt worn by C respectively?