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Difficulty: MediumAnalytical Puzzles and Grouping

Four senior administrative officers—Farhan, Geeta, Harish, and Indu—are assigned to two administrative committees: Committee 1 and Committee 2, with exactly two officers in each committee. Each officer specializes in one distinct domain: Finance, IT, Legal, or Operations.

The assignments are made according to the following conditions:
1. Harish specializes in Finance and is assigned to Committee 1 together with Geeta.
2. Indu specializes in Operations and is assigned to a different committee from Harish.
3. The IT specialist is assigned to Committee 2.
4. Farhan is not in the same committee as the Legal specialist.

Based on the information above, which of the following statements are correct?

  1. Geeta specializes in Legal.Answer
  2. Farhan specializes in IT and is assigned to Committee 2.Answer
  3. C
    Indu is assigned to Committee 1 alongside Harish.
  4. D
    Harish specializes in Operations.

Answer

The correct statements are that Geeta specializes in Legal and that Farhan specializes in IT and is assigned to Committee 2.
Deducing step-by-step places Harish (Finance) and Geeta (Legal) in Committee 1, and Farhan (IT) and Indu (Operations) in Committee 2. Thus, Geeta specializes in Legal, and Farhan specializes in IT in Committee 2.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Determine committee memberships
Committee 1 contains Harish and Geeta; Committee 2 contains Farhan and Indu.
Harish and Geeta are together in Committee 1 (Condition 1). Since each committee has 2 members, Farhan and Indu must be in Committee 2. This satisfies Condition 2, placing Indu and Harish in different committees.
2
Assign domain specializations to Committee 2 members
Indu specializes in Operations; Farhan specializes in IT.
Indu specializes in Operations (Condition 2). Condition 3 states the IT specialist is in Committee 2. Since Indu is Operations, Farhan must be the IT specialist.
3
Assign domain specializations to Committee 1 members
Harish specializes in Finance; Geeta specializes in Legal.
Harish specializes in Finance (Condition 1). The remaining domain for Geeta is Legal. This satisfies Condition 4, as Farhan (Committee 2) and the Legal specialist Geeta (Committee 1) are in different committees.

Key Concept

Analytical Grouping and Deduction
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