Question 90

Logical Reasoning Data Sufficiency / Interpretation Easy

At a small company, parking spaces are reserved for the top executives: CEO, President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer with the spaces lined up in that order. The parking lot guard can tell at a glance if the cars are parked correctly by looking at the colour of the cars. The cars are yellow, green, purple, red and blue and the executive names are Alice, Bert, Cheryl, David and Enid.

The car in the first space is red.

A blue car is parked between the red car and the green car.

The car in the last space is purple.

The secretary drives a yellow car.

Alice's is parked next to David's.

Enid drives a green car.

Bert's car is parked between Cheryl's and Enid's.

David's car is parked in the last space.

Who is the secretary?

(A) Enid
(B) David
(C) Cheryl
(D) Alice
✓ Correct Answer: Option D Verified Solution

📘 Step-by-Step Solution & Detailed Explanation:

Logical Deduction Steps




  1. Clues 1, 2, and 3 establish the ends of the parking line:

    Space 1 (CEO): Red Car

    Space 5 (Treasurer): Purple Car, driven by David.


  2. Clue 4 states a blue car is between the red and green cars. Since the red car is in Space 1, this sets the next two spots:

    Space 2 (President): Blue Car

    Space 3 (Vice-President): Green Car


  3. Clue 5 assigns the driver of the green car: Enid is the Vice-President in Space 3.


  4. Clue 6 assigns the Secretary's car color. With four colors assigned, the only remaining color for the unassigned role is yellow.

    Space 4 (Secretary): Yellow Car


  5. Clue 7 places Alice next to David (Space 5), so she must be the Secretary in Space 4.


  6. Clue 8 places Bert between Cheryl and Enid (Space 3). The only remaining adjacent spaces are 1 and 2. Therefore, Bert must be in Space 2 and Cheryl in Space 1.




Final Arrangement



Space 1 (CEO): Cheryl - Red Car
Space 2 (President): Bert - Blue Car
Space 3 (VP): Enid - Green Car
Space 4 (Secretary): Alice - Yellow Car
Space 5 (Treasurer): David - Purple Car


Alice is the secretary

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