Four brothers Aman, Gaurav, Aakash and Lokesh are at their family function sitting across a circular table. Their occupations are Lawyer, Doctor, Professor and Engineer. Lokesh who is not the Professor, starts a conversation about the on-going IPL and after him the Engineer gives a long discourse about the teams that should reach the play-offs. Aman who is sitting across the Engineer and next to the Professor responds to the Engineer's predictions. Akash speaks only at the end. Who is the Professor?
Four brothers Aman, Gaurav, Aakash and Lokesh are at their family function sitting across a circular table. Their occupations are Lawyer, Doctor, Professor and Engineer. Lokesh who is not the Professor, starts a conversation about the on-going IPL and after him the Engineer gives a long discourse about the teams that should reach the play-offs. Aman who is sitting across the Engineer and next to the Professor responds to the Engineer's predictions. Akash speaks only at the end. Who is the Professor? Correct Answer Akash
Four brothers: Aman, Gaurav, Aakash and Lokesh.
Occupations: Lawyer, Doctor, Professor and Engineer.
(1) Lokesh who is not the Professor, starts a conversation about the on-going IPL and after him the Engineer gives a long discourse about the teams that should reach the play-offs, implies Lokesh is not the Engineer.
(2) Aman who is sitting across the Engineer and next to the Professor responds to the Engineer's predictions. This gives two possible arrangements, as follows:
(3) Akash speaks only at the end, implies he is not the Engineer. Therefore, the final arrangement is as follows:
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Now, we can answer that Akash is the professor.
Hence, Akash is the correct answer.