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In a murder case there are four suspects P,Q,R,S. Each of them makes a statement. They are p:
"I had gone to the theatre with S at the time of the murder".q: "I was playing cards with P at the time
of the murder".r: "Q didn't commit the murder".s: "R is not the murderer".Assuming the only one of the
above statement is false and that one of them is the murderer, who is the murderer?
a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) Cann't be concluded
e) S

Asked In HCL (12 years ago)

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ramesh  (12 years ago)

According to Question,
P: (s and p in theatre)
Q:(q and p playing cards)
R: q not the murderer
S: R not the murderer

IF S is false,

P has to be in theatre with S.
P playing cards with Q.
This is Impossible.

If R is false,

P has to be in theatre with S.
P playing cards with Q.
This is Impossible.

If q is False,

S and P are in theatre.
Q and R are not murderers.
This is also impossible because one of them is the murderer.

so P is false.

Q and R are not murderers.
P playing cards.
hence our murderer is S..

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apurba  (9 years ago)

murderer is S

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raghunaath D  (8 years ago)

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mohan kumar  (7 years ago)

S is the murderer

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amit yadav  (7 years ago)

s is murderer.

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Divya Batra  (6 years ago)

answer is e) S
solution is:-
P's and Q's statement are contradictory to each other. thus either P, Q, S is a murderer.
as R is not the murderer, so R is saying truth that Q is not the murderer means R and S statements are true. left statements are P and Q.
so, P and S are left now.
as Q is not the murderer he is also telling truth means P was playing cards and also P and Q were playing cards, so any one of them are not murderers so left is S.
means, P was telling lie and was trying to save S that means S is the murderer.

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ramya  (6 years ago)

answer is q

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