Amit wishes to buy a magazine. Four magazinesone each on politics, sports, science and films are available to choose from. They are edited by Feroz, Gurbaksh, Swami and Ila (not necessarily in that order) and published by Aryan, Bharat, Charan and Dev Pub

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Q: 99 (IAS/2004)

Amit wishes to buy a magazine. Four magazines—one each on politics, sports, science and films are available to choose from. They are edited by Feroz, Gurbaksh, Swami and Ila (not necessarily in that order) and published by Aryan, Bharat, Charan and Dev Publishers (not necessarily in that order). Further, it is given that
(i) Dev Publishers have published the magazine edited by Feroz.
(ii) The magazine on politics is published by Aryan Publishers.
(iii) The magazine on films is edited by Swami and is not published by Charan Publishers.
(iv) The magazine on science is edited by Ila. For the following items, select the correct answer:
The magazine on sports is:

question_subject: 

Logic/Reasoning

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,1,4,1,1,3,0

keywords: 

{'magazine': [0, 0, 4, 0], 'magazines': [0, 0, 5, 2], 'bharat publishers': [0, 0, 3, 0], 'aryan publishers': [0, 0, 4, 0], 'charan publishers': [0, 0, 4, 0], 'sports': [0, 0, 9, 6], 'dev publishers': [0, 0, 4, 0], 'bharat': [0, 0, 5, 1], 'films': [0, 0, 5, 9], 'politics': [7, 0, 4, 5], 'charan': [0, 0, 4, 0], 'aryan': [0, 0, 5, 1]}

The correct answer is option 1: Edited by Feroz. Let`s dissect each option:

Option 1: Edited by Feroz

From statement (i), we know that Feroz edited the magazine published by Dev Publishers. Since no specific subject is associated with Feroz or Dev Publishers in the other statements, it`s possible the magazine is about sports.

Option 2: Edited by Gurbaksh

Since Gurbaksh isn`t mentioned in any of the conditions given, we have no information to suggest that he edited the magazine on sports. This makes it less likely than option 1.

Option 3: Published by Bharat Publishers

Without further information linking Bharat Publishers to the sports magazine, it`s less likely this is the correct answer.

Option 4: Published by Charan Publishers

Statement (iii) tells us that the film magazine is not published by Charan Publishers, but gives no information about the sport magazine`s publisher. Without more information to link Charan Publishers to the sports magazine, this option is less likely than option 1. So, the correct answer remains option 1.