Prfessionals enjoying party

[bhramarraj]

Four friends named Karim, Lalit, Manjit, And Naresh (say K, L, M, & N), are enjoying in an engagement party. They are Artist, botanist, civil engineer and a dentist by profession (A, B, C, and D), though not necessarily in that order. Some known facts are as under:

[1] N was heard saying to the botanist that M will be along in a minute,

[2] Civil Engineer was seen congratulating the Dentist on his engagement to M.

[3] And K took the picture of the Civil Engineer standing next to L.

Now, from the above clues, how will you find out what is the profession of each person, and who’s engagement party is being held......????

[bhramarraj]

Four friends named Karim, Lalit, Manjit, And Naresh (say K, L, M, & N), are enjoying in an engagement party. They are Artist, botanist, civil engineer and a dentist by profession (A, B, C, and D), though not necessarily in that order. Some known facts are as under:

[1] N was heard saying to the botanist that M will be along in a minute,

[2] Civil Engineer was seen congratulating the Dentist on his engagement to M.

[3] And K took the picture of the Civil Engineer standing next to L.

Now, from the above clues, how will you find out what is the profession of each person, and who’s engagement party is being held......????

Please forget the genders of the names.....! At least One has to be female to be engaged to a Male.

[Aaryan]

K is he botanist. Neither N nor M can be botanist as per line 1, and line 3 means that he cannot be civil engineer.

N is the Civil Engineer. As per lines 2 and 3, neither L nor M can be the civil engineer.

L is the Dentist. Because as per line 2 M cannot be the dentist.

M is the Artist. all others are eliminated.

It is the engagement of L (the dentist) and M (the artist).

Edited June 12, 2012 by Aaryan

[MikeD]

Manjit is the Artist

Naresh is the Civil Eng

But between Karim and Lalit I can't figure out which one is the Botanist or Dentist.

The party is for Manjit the Artist and the dentist.

[bhramarraj]

Manjit is the Artist

Naresh is the Civil Eng

But between Karim and Lalit I can't figure out which one is the Botanist or Dentist.

The party is for Manjit the Artist and the dentist.

Please use the names as K,L,M,& N.

[MikeD]

M is the Artist

N is the Civil Eng

But between K and L I can't figure out which one is the Botanist or Dentist.

The party is for M the Artist and the dentist.

[MikeD]

@Aaryan

K is he botanist. Neither N nor M can be botanist as per line 1, and line 3 means that he cannot be civil engineer.

Why can't K be the Dentist?

[dhruvnath]

K - Botanist, L - Dentish, M - Artist, N - Civil Engineer; Engagement of L and M.

This is based on the assumption that since the Civil Engineer is getting his photo clicked with L, L is one of the parties to the engagement; and accordingly, is the Dentist.

[MikeD]

I could argue that K was taking the photo because it was his party and therefore is the dentist. He was taking photos of his guests. Civil Engineer wasn't 'getting his photo clicked with L', but was in fact just 'standing next' to L.

[bhramarraj]

As per clue [2], M could neither be civil Engineer nor Dentist, and as per clue [1], M & N could not be the Botanist. Therefore M was Artist.

Now we have to find profession of K, L, & N. As per clue [3], K & L could not be civil Engineer, therefore N was civil Engineer.

Now the debate is between professions of K & L _ which one of them was dentist and the other was botanist..?

It is customary in all marriages that the guests used to stand near the bride and groom, for the photo session. It is therefore not logical to assume that the bride or groom will shoot photo.

Considering this aspect, we could safely deduce from clue [3] that K was neither bride nor groom. Therefore, as per clue [2], K could not be dentist. Hence K was botanist.

All other eliminated, therefore remaining L was dentist.

Also from clue [2] & [3], party was for engagement of M and L.