DIRECTIONS for Questions 7 and 12: Answer the questions on the basis of the information...
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DIRECTIONS for Questions 7 and 12: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below. Five colleagues pooled their efforts during the office lunch-hour to solve the crossword in the
daily paper. Colleagues: Mr. Bineet, Mr. Easwar, Ms. Elsie, Ms. Sheela, Ms. Titli. Answers: Burden, Barely,
Baadshah, Rosebud. Silence. Numbers: 4 down, 8 across, 15 across, 15 down, 21 across. Order: First,
second, third, fourth, fifth. 1. Titli produced the answer to 8 across, which had the same number of
letters as the previous answer to be inserted, and one more than the subsequent answer which was
produced by one of the men. 2. It was not Bineet who solved the clue to 'Burden', and Easwar did not
solve 4 down. 3. The answers to 15 across and 15 down did not have the same number of letters. 4.
'Silence', which was not the third word to be inserted, was the answer to an across clue. 5. 'Barely' was
the first word to be entered in the grid, but 'Baadshah' was not the second answer to be found. 6. Elsie's
word was longer than Bineet's; Sheela was neither the first nor the last lo come up with an answer. 7.
Fifth one to be worked out was an answer to an across clue. What was Sheela's word ?
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=>In condition (I) it is given that the answer that Titli produced had the same number of letters as the
previous answer and one more than the
subsequent answer. The answer given by Titli can be Rosebud or Silence. =>It is given that Barely was
the first word to be entered. The word entered
after the answer given by Titli will be Burden. The order of these three words can be: Rosebud, Silence
and Burden or Silence, Rosebud and Burden.
It is also given that Baadshah is not the second word. Therefore Baadshah has to be the fifth word
entered. The order of answers will be: Barely,
Rosebud, Silence, Burden and Baadshah. OR Barely, Silence, Rosebud, Burden and Baadshah. =>From
condition 4 we get that Silence is not
the third word. The order of answers will be: Barely, Silence, Rosebud, Burden and Baadshah. i.e.
Rosebud was the answer given by Titli.
Therefore The arrangement till now can be represented in the form of table as shown below: Order
Answer Colleague Number First Barely
Second Silence Third Rosebud Titli 8 across Fourth Burden Fifth Baadshah One of the men gave the
answer after the answer given by Titli.
And from condition 2 we get that it was not Bineet who gave the answer Burden. Therefore the answer
'Burden' was given by Mr. Easwar.
=>From conditions 4 and 7 we get that 'Silence' and the Fifth answer are answers to across clues. Sheela
was neither the first nor the last to
come up with the answer. Sheela must have answered the second clue. =>From condition 6 we get that
Elsie's answer was longer than Bineet's.
Elsie must have answered the fifth clue and Bineet must have answered the first clue. It is given that
Easwer did not solve 4 down.
Order Answer Colleague Number First Barely Bineet 4 down Second Silence Sheela across Third Rosebud
Titli 8 across Fourth Burden Easwar 15 down
Fifth Baadshah Elsie across Now the number of the second and fifth answer is not known, only it is
known that they were answers to across clues.