Four senior state officers—Aditi, Bhaskar, Chander, and Deepa—are allocated to head four distinct state departments: Urban Infrastructure, Rural Water Supply, Disaster Mitigation, and Public Health Security. The allocation adheres strictly to the following conditions:
1. Neither Aditi nor Bhaskar is allocated to Public Health Security or Rural Water Supply.
2. The officer assigned to Disaster Mitigation has more years of administrative service than Chander, but fewer than the officer assigned to Urban Infrastructure.
3. Deepa is assigned to Rural Water Supply.
4. Bhaskar is not assigned to Urban Infrastructure.
Based on the analytical puzzle conditions, match each officer on the left with their correct department allocation on the right.
- Officer AditiUrban Infrastructure
- Officer BhaskarDisaster Mitigation
- Officer ChanderPublic Health Security
- Officer DeepaRural Water Supply
Answer
Officer Aditi is allocated to Urban Infrastructure; Officer Bhaskar is allocated to Disaster Mitigation; Officer Chander is allocated to Public Health Security; Officer Deepa is allocated to Rural Water Supply.
Using process of elimination: Deepa is directly assigned to Rural Water Supply. Condition 1 prevents both Aditi and Bhaskar from heading Public Health Security, making Chander the only available candidate for Public Health Security. Between Aditi and Bhaskar for the remaining portfolios (Urban Infrastructure and Disaster Mitigation), Condition 4 prohibits Bhaskar from Urban Infrastructure, assigning Bhaskar to Disaster Mitigation and Aditi to Urban Infrastructure.
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Key Concept
Elimination-based multi-attribute logic matching using direct and conditional negative clues.