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Five people joined different engineering colleges. Their first names were Sarah (Ms.), Swati (Ms.), Jackie, Mohan and Priya (Ms.). The surnames were Reddy, Gupta, Sanyal, Kumar and Chatterjee. Except for one college which was rated as 3 star, all other colleges were rated either 4 star or 5 star.

The 'Techno Institute' had a higher rating than the college where Priya studied. The three-star college was not 'Deccan College.' Mohan's last name was Gupta, but he did not study at 'Barla College.' Sarah, whose last name was not Sanyal, joined 'Techno Institute.' Ms. Kumar and Jackie both studied at four-star colleges. Ms. Reddy studied at the 'Anipal Institute,' which was not a five-star college. The 'Barla College' was a five-star college. Swati's last name was not Chatterjee. The 'Chemical College' was rated one star less than the college where Sanyal studied. Only one college was rated five star.

82. Which option gives a possible student - institute combination?

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Barla can only go to Swati once Sarah (Techno), Mohan and Jackie are ruled out of it, and Priya sits at the unique three-star college, which is Anipal.
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • Priya - Anipal, Swati - Deccan, Mohan - Chemical
  • Swati - Barla, Priya - Anipal, Jackie - Deccan
  • Joydeep - Chemical, Priya - Techno, Mohan - Barla
  • Priya - Anipal, Joydeep - Techno, Sarah - Barla
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

Rather than re-deriving the full table, this check takes each option's three named pairings and tests them one by one against the two facts that are fixed for certain: Sarah is at Techno, and Barla is the one five-star college that cannot go to Mohan or Jackie.

  1. Priya - Anipal, Swati - Deccan, Mohan - Chemical: Priya - Anipal is right, but Swati has to be at Barla, the only person left once Sarah/Techno, Mohan-not-Barla and Jackie-needs-four-star are all applied, not Deccan, so this option fails on its second pairing.
  2. Swati - Barla, Priya - Anipal, Jackie - Deccan: Swati - Barla holds because she is the only remaining candidate for the unique five-star college. Priya - Anipal holds because Priya's college is the unique three-star one, and Ms. Reddy, a non-five-star Anipal student, is Priya once surnames are traced through. Jackie - Deccan holds because Jackie only needs a four-star college, and Deccan (four star) is one of the two colleges left once Techno, Barla and Anipal are assigned to Sarah, Swati and Priya.
  3. Joydeep - Chemical, Priya - Techno, Mohan - Barla: Joydeep is not one of the five people named in the puzzle (Sarah, Swati, Jackie, Mohan, Priya), so this option is invalid on its face; it also wrongly gives Techno to Priya, which is Sarah's college, and Barla to Mohan, who is explicitly kept off Barla.
  4. Priya - Anipal, Joydeep - Techno, Sarah - Barla: again brings in the non-existent Joydeep, and separately moves Sarah to Barla when Sarah is fixed at Techno by direct statement.

Only the second option has all three pairings hold up.

Let's summarize:

  • Sarah - Techno and Barla being reserved for Swati, the only person not excluded from the five-star college, are the two anchor facts.
  • Two of the four options invent a person, Joydeep, who does not exist among the five people in the puzzle, which is an easy way to spot they are wrong.

So the possible student-institute combination is Swati - Barla, Priya - Anipal, Jackie - Deccan.

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