Directions (Q.51-55): A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven persons who travel to office everyday by a particular train which stops at five stations I, II, III, IV and V respectively after it leaves base station. Three among them get in the train at the base station. D gets down at the next station at which F gets down. B does not get down either with A or E. G alone gets in at station III and gets down with C after having passed one station. A travels between only two stations and gets down at station V. None of them gets in at station II. C gets in with F but does not get in with either B or D. E gets in with two others and gets down alone after D. B and D work in the same office and they get down together at station III. None of them gets down at station I.
At which station does E get down?
Here, the persons who travel are: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Stations are: Base station, I, II, III, IV, and V. Let us proceed with the given information:
Station | Get in | Get down |
Base station | – – – | × × × |
I | | × × × |
II | × × × | |
III | Only G | B, D |
IV | A | Only E |
V | × × × | A, G, C |
Now, from clue (2), F gets down at # II. And he got in either at base station or at # I.
Now, since F got down at #II and he had got in with C, it implies that both C and F got in either at base station or at # I.
Again, since B and D get down at # III this implies that they too got in either at base station or at # I.
It is given that E got in with two other persons i.e., in a group of three persons. Obviously, E got in at base station.
Hence, once again the above information can be summarised as :
Station | Get in | Get down |
Base station | E and (C, F) or (B, D) | × × × |
I | (C,F) or (B, D) | × × × |
II | × × × | Only F |
III | Only G | B, D |
IV | A | Only E |
V | × × × | A, G, C |