In a certain board examination, students were to appear for examination in five subjects: English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Science. Due to a certain emergency situation, a few of the examinations could not be conducted for some students. Hence, some students missed one examination and some others missed two examinations. Nobody missed more than two examinations. The board adopted the following policy for awarding marks to students. If a student appeared in all five examinations, then the marks awarded in each of the examinations were on the basis of the scores obtained by them in those examinations. If a student missed only one examination, then the marks awarded in that examination was the average of the best three among the four scores in the examinations they appeared for. If a student missed two examinations, then the marks awarded in each of these examinations was the average of the best two among the three scores in the examinations they appeared for. The marks obtained by six students in the examination are given in the table below. Each of them missed either one or two examinations.
English
Hindi
Mathematics
Science
Social Science
Alva
80
75
70
75
60
Bithi
90
80
55
85
85
Carl
75
80
90
100
90
Deep
70
90
100
90
80
Esha
80
85
95
60
55
Foni
83
72
78
88
83
The following facts are also known. I. Four of these students appeared in each of the English, Hindi, Science, and Social Science examinations. II. The student who missed the Mathematics examination did not miss any other examination. III. One of the students who missed the Hindi examination did not miss any other examination. The other student who missed the Hindi examination also missed the Science examination. For how many students can we be definite about which examinations they missed? [This Question was asked as TITA]
Four students appeared in each of the English, Hindi, Science, and Social Science examinations.
The student who missed the Mathematics examination did not miss any other examination.
One of the students who missed the Hindi examination did not miss any other examination. The other student who missed the Hindi examination also missed the Science examination.
From these facts, we can deduce the following:
Four students (Alva, Bithi, Carl, and Foni) appeared in all examinations except Mathematics.
One student (Esha) missed only the Hindi examination.
One student (Deep) missed both the Hindi and Science examinations.
Therefore, we can be definite about which examinations each student missed:
Alva, Bithi, Carl, and Foni did not miss any examination except Mathematics.
Esha missed only the Hindi examination.
Deep missed both the Hindi and Science examinations.
Four students missed examinations: Alva, Bithi, Carl, and Foni. The correct answer is option 1 ,4 students