Three men (Tahir, Pervaiz and Javed) and three women (Elena, Ayesha and Kiran) are spending a few months at Abbottabad. They are to stay in a row of nine cottages, each one living in his or her own cottage. There are no others staying in the same row of houses.
- Ayesha, Tahir and Javed do not want to stay in any cottage, which is at the end of the row.
- Elena and Ayesha are unwilling to stay besides any occupied cottage.
- Kiran is next to Pervaiz and Javed.
- Between Ayesha and Javed’s cottage there is just one vacant house.
- None of the girls occupies adjacent cottages.
- The house occupied by Tahir is next to an end cottage.
Which of the above statements can be said to have been derived from two other statements?
How many of them occupy cottages next to a vacant cottage?
Which among these statement(s) are true?
I. Ayesha is between Elena and Javed.
II. At the most four persons can have occupied cottages on either side of them.
III.Tahir stays besides Pervaiz.
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