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The four friends once decided to become journalists. They applied to the National News Channel and got the jobs. On their first day at work, each of them was asked to interview a different famous personality at a different time. In their excitement, the four friends accidentally mixed the papers which contained the information regarding which famous personality was to be interviewed by whom and at what time. The papers also contained details regarding the different professions of these famous personalities and their different famous achievements which have contributed towards the development of their country. All they could remember were the following bits of information. Help them clear-up the confusion on time by correctly matching each friend to the famous personality she has to interview, at what time she has to conduct the interview and what is the profession of each of the famous personalities and what were their biggest achievements.
Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich
Famous personalities: Mr. Jag, Miss Sam, Mr. Sri, Mr. Bala
Professions: Hydro-engineer, Politician, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer
Achievements: National highways, Canals, Housing to poor, Sky Train
Time of interview: 10 a.m, 2 p.m, 9 a.m, 3.30 p.m
1. Dis was very excited, as she had to interview the man who was the brain behind her favourite Sky Train.
2. Rich's appointment with the politician was the last appointment of the day.
3. The only woman hydro-engineer of the country was to be interviewed at 10 a.m.
4. Raj, who hated hot weather, was upset that her interview assignment was scheduled in the afternoon.
5. Mr. Bala hastened the traffic flow across the country by building many National Highways.
6. Sri was not the politician and the mechanical engineer did not build highways.
7. The poor people are thankful for the houses Jag provided them.
8. The politician did not build any highways.
Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich
Famous personalities: Mr. Jag, Miss Sam, Mr. Sri, Mr. Bala
Professions: Hydro-engineer, Politician, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer
Achievements: National highways, Canals, Housing to poor, Sky Train
Time of interview: 10 a.m, 2 p.m, 9 a.m, 3.30 p.m
1. Dis was very excited, as she had to interview the man who was the brain behind her favourite Sky Train.
2. Rich's appointment with the politician was the last appointment of the day.
3. The only woman hydro-engineer of the country was to be interviewed at 10 a.m.
4. Raj, who hated hot weather, was upset that her interview assignment was scheduled in the afternoon.
5. Mr. Bala hastened the traffic flow across the country by building many National Highways.
6. Sri was not the politician and the mechanical engineer did not build highways.
7. The poor people are thankful for the houses Jag provided them.
8. The politician did not build any highways.
Hint
Assume that these were the only appointments for the day.The following condensations have been made in Grid due to space constraints:
Engineer is written as engg,
Mechanical is written as Mech,
Housing to poor has been reduced to housing and National Highways has been reduced to Highways.
Answer
Dis was to interview Mr Sri, the mechanical engineer responsible for launching Sky Trains, at 9 a.m.Dip was all set to meet Miss Sam, who was the hydro-engineer responsible for building many canal and dams, at 10 a.m.
Raj had to interview the civil engineer responsible for National Highways, Mr. Bala, at 2 p.m.,
and Rich was to meet Mr. Jag, the politician who gave homes to the poor, at 3:30 p.m
Unfortunately, the friends could not clear-up the mess on time and so were fired.
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