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Three civil service officers—Anita, Bikram, and Chitra—are assigned to three distinct departments: Education, Finance, and Health, with one officer per department. Based on the following clues, match each officer to their correct department:

1. Bikram is not assigned to the Health Department.
2. Anita is assigned to the Education Department.

  • AnitaEducation Department
  • BikramFinance Department
  • ChitraHealth Department

Answer

Anita matches with the Education Department, Bikram matches with the Finance Department, and Chitra matches with the Health Department.
Anita is directly assigned to Education. Since Bikram cannot be in Health, he must take Finance, leaving Health for Chitra.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify direct assignments from clues
Anita is directly assigned to the Education Department.
Clue 2 directly gives Anita's department.
2
Determine remaining options for the remaining officers
The remaining departments to be filled are Finance and Health for Bikram and Chitra.
Each officer is assigned to a distinct department.
3
Apply negative condition to Bikram
Bikram must be in the Finance Department.
Clue 1 specifies Bikram cannot be in Health, leaving Finance as his only option.
4
Assign the final remaining officer
Chitra is assigned to the Health Department.
Health is the only department left unassigned.

Key Concept

Analytical Elimination and Grouping
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Analytical Puzzles and Grouping

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