Six nurses Agnes, Bethy, Chandrika, Divya, Evita and Faria are working for Marium hospital, which requires three nurses per day. The availability of various nurses on various days of the week is as follows.
(1) Agnes and Bethy will not work together and both of them will not be available on Mondays and Thursdays.
(2) Chandrika is a dedicated nurse and works 7 days a week.
(3) Divya is married and will not be available on weekends.
(4) Evita and Faria will always work together, if possible and one of them will have her off on Monday and the other on Wednesday.
Who will be working on any Monday?
- Chandrika, Divya, Evita
- Chandrika, Evita and Fana
- Chandrika, Divya, Faria
- Either ‘a’ or ‘c’
The Correct Option is D
Solution and Explanation
From the question we know that,
Agnes and Bethy will not work together, and they both are unavailable on Mondays and Thursdays.
Chandrika works on all 7 days of the week.
Divya is unavailable on weekends i.e. Saturday and Sunday.
Evita and Faria will work together if possible, but one of them will take Monday off and the other Wednesday off.
No triplet of nurses can work on two consecutive days..
So,
Agnes and Bethy both are unavailable on Monday.
Divya is available on Monday since it is a weekday.
Chandrika works on every single day so she is available.
Evita or Faria will take Monday off, but not both
so, Chandrika, Divya, Evita or Faria (either of them but not both as one will have off day)
Case I - Chandrika, Divya, Evita (if Evita is working and Faria is off)
Case II - Chandrika, Divya, Faria (if Faria is working and Evita is off)
The correct option is (D): Either ‘a’ or ‘c’
If Agnes, Chandrika and Diya work on Friday then who will be working on Saturday?
- Chandrika, Evita, Faria
- Bethy, Divya, Faria
- Agnes, Chandrika, Evita
- Agnes, Divya, Evita
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
Agnes and Bethy will not work together, and they both are unavailable on Mondays and Thursdays.
Chandrika works on all 7 days of the week.
Divya is unavailable on weekends i.e. Saturday and Sunday.
Evita and Faria will work together if possible, but one of them will take Monday off and the other Wednesday off.
No triplet of nurses can work on two consecutive days..
So,
The team which will work on Saturday will not be the same as the team for Friday.
Divya is unavailable on weekends.
Agnes and Chandrika can work, but not together with the Friday team.
Evita and Faria usually work together, and both are available on Saturday.
The best possible Trio will be,
Chandrika (who works every single day)
Evita and Faria (who usually work together)
The correct option is (A): Chandrika, Evita, FariaIf Evita is ill, who will be working on Thursday?
- Chandrika, Divya, Faria
- Chandrika, Divya, Bethy
- Divya, Faria, Agnes
- Chandrika, Bethy. Faria
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
From the question we know that,
Agnes and Bethy will not work together, and they both are unavailable on Mondays and Thursdays.
Chandrika works on all 7 days of the week.
Divya is unavailable on weekends i.e. Saturday and Sunday.
Evita and Faria will work together if possible, but one of them will take Monday off and the other Wednesday off.
No triplet of nurses can work on two consecutive days..
So,
Agnes and Bethy both of them are not available on Thursday
Divya is available on weekdays i.e. Thursday
Chandrika is available
Faria is available
The Trio will be, Chandrika, Divya, Faria
The correct option is (A): Chandrika, Divya, Faria
If Chandrika decides to take off on Wednesday, then who essentially works on Wednesday?
- Divya
- Evita
- Faria
- Both (B) & (C)
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
From the question we know that,
Agnes and Bethy will not work together, and they both are unavailable on Mondays and Thursdays.
Chandrika works on all 7 days of the week.
Divya is unavailable on weekends i.e. Saturday and Sunday.
Evita and Faria will work together if possible, but one of them will take Monday off and the other Wednesday off.
No triplet of nurses can work on two consecutive days..
So,
Chandrika is off on Wednesday.
Agnes and Bethy both of them are available on Wednesday.
Evita and Faria one of them is always off on Wednesday so, only one of Evita or Faria can work on Wednesday.
The person who essentially works on Wednesday
Evita or Faria, whoever is not off, will work on Wednesday.
The correct option is (D): Both (B) & (C)
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