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 didn't study at 'Barla College.' Sarah, whose last name wasn't Sanyal, joined 'Techno Institute.' Ms. Kumar and Jackie both studied at four-star colleges. Ms. Reddy studied at the 'Anipal Institute,' which wasn't a five-star college. The 'Barla College' was a five-star college. Swati's last name wasn't Chatterjee. The 'Chemical College' was rated with one star less than the college where Sanyal studied. Only one college was rated five star.
In which college did Priya study?
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 didn't study at 'Barla College.' Sarah, whose last name wasn't Sanyal, joined 'Techno Institute.' Ms. Kumar and Jackie both studied at four-star colleges. Ms. Reddy studied at the 'Anipal Institute,' which wasn't a five-star college. The 'Barla College' was a five-star college. Swati's last name wasn't Chatterjee. The 'Chemical College' was rated with one star less than the college where Sanyal studied. Only one college was rated five star.
In which college did Priya study?
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- Anipal Institute
- Chemical Institute
- Barla College
- Deccan College
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
Two clues each hand us a college outright: 'Ms. Reddy studied at the Anipal Institute' fixes Anipal as Reddy's college, and 'Sarah, whose last name wasn't Sanyal, joined Techno Institute' fixes Techno as Sarah's college.
Step 2: Work out the star ratings from the remaining clues.
Only one college is five star, and that one is Barla College. The three-star college is not Deccan, and cannot be Techno either since Techno is rated above Priya's college and so cannot be the lowest rating. That leaves Anipal or Chemical as three star. Testing Chemical as three star breaks the 'only one five-star college' rule once we apply 'Chemical is one star below Sanyal's college,' so instead Anipal is the three-star college, Chemical/Deccan/Techno are four star, and Chemical being one below Sanyal's college makes Sanyal's college the five-star Barla College.
Step 3: Locate Priya by rating, not by name.
Since Techno (four star) must beat Priya's college, and the only college below four star is Anipal (three star), Priya's college has to be Anipal Institute.
Step 4: Merge with Step 1.
Anipal was already fixed as Reddy's college in Step 1, so Priya is Priya Reddy, studying at the Anipal Institute, ruling out Chemical Institute, Barla College and Deccan College as her college.
Final Answer:
Priya studied at the Anipal Institute. \[ \boxed{\text{Anipal Institute}} \]
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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 didn't study at 'Barla College.' Sarah, whose last name wasn't Sanyal, joined 'Techno Institute.' Ms. Kumar and Jackie both studied at four-star colleges. Ms. Reddy studied at the 'Anipal Institute,' which wasn't a five-star college. The 'Barla College' was a five-star college. Swati's last name wasn't Chatterjee. The 'Chemical College' was rated with one star less than the college where Sanyal studied. Only one college was rated five star.
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- Gangadhar and Rudra do not see the same film as each other.
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