Five friends, namely, Daljit, Mukesh, Sandeep, Ignesh and Bimal meet every morning at Ballee Restaurant for an Idli & Vada breakfast.
Each consumes a different number of Idlis and Vadas. The number of Idlis consumed are 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8, while the number of Vadas consumed are 0, 1, 2, 4, and 6.
Below are some more facts about who eats what and how much:
i. The number of Vadas eaten by Ignesh is three times the number of Vadas consumed by the person who eats 4 Idlis.
ii. Three persons, including the one who eats four Vadas eat without Chutney.
iii. Sandeep does not take any Chutney.
iv. The one who eats one Idli a day does not eat any Vadas or Chutney. Further, he is not Mukesh.
v. Daljit eats Idli with Chutney and also eats Vada.
vi. Mukesh, who does not take Chutney, eats half as many Vadas as the person who eats twice as many Idlis as he does.
vii. Bimal eats two more Idlis than Ignesh, but Ignesh eats two more Vadas than Bimal.
1. Which one of the following statements is most definitely true?
A) Daljit eats 5 Idlis
B) Bimal eats 6 Idlis
C) Bimal eats 1 Idli
D) Sandeep eats 2 Idlis
E) Ignesh eats 8 Idlis
2. Which one of the following statements is most likely true?
A) Sandeep eats 2 Vadas
B) Ignesh eats 6 Vadas
C) Bimal eats 2 Vadas
D) Mukesh eats 4 Vadas
E) Bimal eats Chutney
3. Which of the following statements is most likely to be false?
A) Daljit does not eat 2 Vadas
B) Bimal eats more than 4 Idlis
C) Sandeep has 1 Vada
D) Daljit eats Chutney
E) Bimal does not eat Chutney
4. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true?
A) The person who eats 5 Idlis and 1 Vada does not take Chutney
B) Bimal eats equal numbers of Idlis and Vadas
C) Mukesh eats 8 Idlis and 4 Vadas but no Chutney
D) The person who eats equal number of Vadas and Idlis also takes Chutney
E) The person who eats 4 Idlis and 2 Vadas also takes Chutney
Solution
1. Correct Answer: A) Daljit eats 5 Idlis
Use all the given clues to match each person’s Idlis and Vadas.
Clue (vii) shows Bimal = Ignesh + 2 Idlis, and Ignesh = Bimal + 2 Vadas.
Clue (v) confirms Daljit eats Vadas + Chutney.
Clue (iii) and (iv) eliminate Sandeep and the 1-Idli person from Chutney.
Clue (vi) links Mukesh’s Vadas to the person eating twice his Idlis.
After eliminating and matching, Daljit definitively fits with 5 Idlis.
2. Correct Answer: B) Ignesh eats 6 Vadas
Using all the provided conditions:
- From (vii), Bimal has fewer Idlis and fewer Vadas than Ignesh.
- From (i), Ignesh’s Vadas = 3 × Vadas of the person eating 4 Idlis.
- From (vi), Mukesh has half the Vadas of someone eating twice his Idlis.
Combining all, the most consistent configuration points to Ignesh having the highest Vada count → 6 Vadas.
3. Correct Answer: Sandeep has 1 Vada
Given the clues, when solving the relationships carefully, you find that Sandeep is not the one with 1 Vada. This makes option C the false statement.
4.Correct Answer: The person who eats equal number of Vadas and Idlis also takes Chutney
Carefully aligning the clues, only the person matching equal Idli-Vada counts is known to take Chutney. This makes option D the correct and true statement.
