# Section-1: Complex Arrangement Solved QuestionLogical Reasoning Discussion

Common Information

The regular mathematics faculty could not teach because of being sick. As a stop gap arrangement, different visiting faculty taught different topics on 4 different days in a week. The scheduled time for class was 7:00 am with maximum permissible delay of 20 minutes. The monsoon made the city bus schedules erratic and therefore the classes started on different times on different days.

Mr. Singh didn’t teach on Thursday. Calculus was taught in the class that started at 7:20 am. Mr. Chatterjee took the class on Wednesday, but he didn’t teach probability. The class on Monday started at 7:00 am, but Mr. Singh didn’t teach it. Mr. Dutta didn’t teach ratio and proportion.

Mr. Banerjee, who didn’t teach set theory, taught a class that started five minutes later than the class featuring the teacher who taught probability. The teacher in Friday’s class taught set theory. Wednesday’s class didn’t start at 7:10 am. No two classes started at the same time.

 Q. Common Information Question: 1/4 The class on Wednesday started at:
 ✖ A. 7:05 am and topic was ratio and proportion. ✔ B. 7:20 am and topic was calculus. ✖ C. 7:00 am and topic was calculus. ✖ D. 7:25 am and topic was ratio and proportion

Solution:
Option(B) is correct

It is given that Mr. Chatterjee took the class on Wednesday.

Also, the class on Monday which started at 7:00 am was not taken by Mr. Singh

$\therefore$ It has to be taken either by Mr. Dutta or Mr. Banerjee.

But Mr. Banerjee taught a class that started five minutes later than the class of probability.

$\therefore$ The class on Monday starting at 7:00 am was taken by Mr. Dutta.

$\therefore$ Mr. Singh didn’t take a class on Thursday

$\therefore$ His class has to be on Friday.

We also know that the teacher in Friday’s class taught set theory.

$\therefore$ The information that we have till now can be represented as:

Table below can be scrolled horizontally

Professor Timing Subject Day
Mr. Singh   set theory Friday
Mr. Chatterjee     Wednesday
Mr. Dutta 7:00 am   Monday
Mr. Banerjee     Thursday

The class on Calculus started at 7:20 am.

Now this class cannot be taken by Mr. Singh as he is teaching set theory, not by Mr. Dutta also as his class is starting at 7:00 am, not even by Mr. Banerjee as his class is starting 5 mins after the class on Probability and the timing on probability has to be one from 7: 10 am and 7:20 am.

$\therefore$ The class on Calculus started at 7:20 am was taken by Mr. Chatterjee.

We also know that Mr. Dutta didn’t take a class on ratio and proportion.

The class on ratio and proportion was taken by Mr. Banerjee.

$\therefore$ The class on probability was taken by Mr. Dutta.

$\therefore$ The class by Mr. Banerjee was taken at 7:05 am as the class on probability was taken at 7:00 am.

$\therefore$ The class by Mr. Singh was taken at 7:10 am.

Table below can be scrolled horizontally

Professor Timing Subject Day
Mr. Singh 7:10 am Set theory Friday
Mr. Chatterjee 7:20 am Calculus Wednesday
Mr. Dutta 7:00 am Probability Monday
Mr. Banerjee 7:05 am Ratio and proportion Thursday

From the above table, we get that the class on Wednesday started at 7:20 am and the topic was calculus.

Hence, option B is the correct choice.

## (2) Comment(s)

Lee
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B and D are the same options.

Deepak
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Thank you, Lee, for pointing it out, corrected it.