Houses and Nationalities Puzzle

CAT 1993 Slot 1 · DILR · Medium · DILR

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Passage / data set

Four people of different nationalities live on the same side of a street in four houses each of different color. Each person has a different favorite drink. The following additional information is also known:

  • The Englishman lives in the red house.
  • The Italian drinks tea.
  • The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left.
  • In the second house from the right they drink milk.
  • The Norwegian lives adjacent to the blue house.
  • The Spaniard drinks fruit juice.
  • Tea is drunk in the blue house.
  • The white house is to the right of the red house.

Question 1 of 4

The color of the Norwegian's house is

  1. A.

    yellow

  2. B.

    white

  3. C.

    blue

  4. D.

    red

Answer

A

Explanation

Numbering houses 1-2-3-4 from left to right:

  • House 1 (Leftmost): Norwegian, Yellow, Cocoa
  • House 2: Italian, Blue, Tea
  • House 3: Englishman, Red, Milk
  • House 4 (Rightmost): Spaniard, White, Fruit Juice Thus, the color of the Norwegian's house is yellow.

Question 2 of 4

Milk is drunk by

  1. A.

    Norwegian

  2. B.

    Englishman

  3. C.

    Italian

  4. D.

    None of the above

Answer

B

Explanation

As determined from the grid, Milk is drunk in House 3 by the Englishman.

Question 3 of 4

The Norwegian drinks

  1. A.

    milk

  2. B.

    cocoa

  3. C.

    tea

  4. D.

    fruit juice

Answer

B

Explanation

The Norwegian lives in House 1 and drinks cocoa.

Question 4 of 4

Which of the following is not true?

  1. A.

    Milk is drunk in the red house.

  2. B.

    The Italian lives in the blue house.

  3. C.

    The Spaniard lives in a corner house.

  4. D.

    The Italian lives next to the Spaniard.

Answer

D

Explanation

The Italian lives in House 2 while the Spaniard lives in House 4. They are not next to each other.

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