(i). There is a group of five persons – A, B, C, D and E.(ii). One of them is a horticulturist

(i). There is a group of five persons – A, B, C, D and E.
(ii). One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocated.
(iii). Three of them – A, C and advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them – B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
(iv). The industrialist and D and A are friend to one another but two of these prefer coffee to tea.
(v). The horticulturist is C`s brother. Which of the statements above is superfluous ?

A. (iii)

B. (iv)

C. (ii)

D. (v)

E. Nil

Answer: E. Nil

A prefers tea. So, from (iv), the industrialist and D prefer coffee. But, from (iii), B and the journalist prefer coffee. So, B is the industrialist and D is the journalist.
Now, A, C and advocate remain. Clearly, E is the advocate.
The horticulturist is C's brother. It can be only A. C is a physicist.

	A	B	C	D	E
Profession	Horticulturist	Industrialist	Physicist	Journalist	Advocate
Profession	Tea	Coffee	Tea	Coffee	Tea

Since all the statements are required to analyse the given data, none of them is superfluous.

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