Directions (80-83) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Nine persons belong to three different families i.e., Family A, Family B and Family C. At least two persons but not more than four persons belong to one family. Joshi doesn’t belong to Family A. Geeta belongs to Family C. Komal belongs to one of the families only with Kiran. Poonam and Pihu belong to the same family but not to Family A. Lisha neither belongs to the family of Poonam nor Joshi. Nikhil and Payal doesn’t belong to Family B. Lisha does not belong to family A.

Who among the following persons belongs to Family C?

The correct option is Lisha.

Step-by-Step Explanation and Logic:

Let us analyze the given information to distribute the 9 persons (Joshi, Geeta, Komal, Kiran, Poonam, Pihu, Lisha, Nikhil, Payal) into three families: Family A, Family B, and Family C.

Rules & Constraints:

1. Total persons = 9.

2. Each family must have at least 2 persons and at most 4 persons (Min: 2, Max: 4).

Deductions:

1. "Komal belongs to one of the families only with Kiran."
This implies that the family containing Komal and Kiran has exactly 2 persons (only Komal and Kiran).
Since no one else can be in their family, any other group of people must belong to one of the other two families.

2. "Poonam and Pihu belong to the same family but not to Family A."
Also, "Joshi doesn’t belong to Family A."
And "Geeta belongs to Family C."
And "Lisha does not belong to family A" and "Lisha neither belongs to the family of Poonam nor Joshi."

3. Let us test which family is the 2-person family (Komal and Kiran):
- If Family A is the 2-person family (Komal + Kiran), then Family B and Family C must contain the remaining 7 persons.
- If Family C contains Geeta, Poonam, Pihu (since Poonam/Pihu are not in A, so they could be in B or C), let's check Lisha.
- Lisha does not belong to Family A.
- Therefore, Lisha must belong to either Family B or Family C.
- Notice that Nikhil and Payal do not belong to Family B, so Nikhil and Payal must belong to Family A or C. But since Family A has only 2 persons or if Komal and Kiran are in Family A, then Nikhil and Payal would have to go to Family A or C.
Let us place Komal and Kiran in Family B:

Let's check the placement step-by-step:

- Komal, Kiran = Family B (Total 2 members in Family B: Komal, Kiran).

- Since Family B is full (2 members only):

- Nikhil and Payal cannot be in Family B (given), and since Family B is already full with Komal and Kiran, all other 7 people must be in Family A or Family C.

- Poonam and Pihu are in the same family, but not Family A. Since Family B is full, Poonam and Pihu must belong to Family C.

- Geeta belongs to Family C (given).

- Now Family C has: Geeta, Poonam, Pihu (3 members so far).

- Maximum allowed in any family is 4. So Family C can take at most 1 more person.

- Lisha does not belong to Family A (given) and cannot belong to Family B (which is full with Komal & Kiran). Thus, Lisha must belong to Family C.

- Now Family C has exactly 4 members: Geeta, Poonam, Pihu, Lisha (Family C is full).

- The remaining 3 persons (Joshi, Nikhil, Payal) must belong to Family A (which satisfies 2 to 4 members count, here 3 members).

Final Family Distribution:

- Family A (3 members): Joshi, Nikhil, Payal

- Family B (2 members): Komal, Kiran

- Family C (4 members): Geeta, Poonam, Pihu, Lisha

Therefore, Lisha (along with Geeta, Poonam, and Pihu) belongs to Family C.