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.

Which of the following combination(s) is/are not correct?

The correct option is Poonam – Family C (i.e. this combination is not correct according to the given puzzle condition/solution requirements).

Step-by-step Logical Breakdown:

1. Understand the Given Information:

• Total 9 persons: Geeta, Joshi, Kiran, Komal, Lisha, Nikhil, Payal, Pihu, Poonam.
• Three families: Family A, Family B, Family C.
• Each family has at least 2 members and at most 4 members (2 to 4 members per family).

2. Analyze the Clues Step-by-Step:

• "Komal belongs to one of the families only with Kiran."
This implies that the family containing Komal and Kiran has ONLY these 2 persons. Since Komal and Kiran are alone together in their family, this family has exactly 2 members.
• "Lisha does not belong to family A" and "Lisha neither belongs to the family of Poonam nor Joshi."
• "Joshi doesn’t belong to Family A."
• "Poonam and Pihu belong to the same family but not to Family A."
Since Poonam and Pihu are not in Family A, they must be in Family B or Family C.
• "Geeta belongs to Family C."
• "Nikhil and Payal doesn’t belong to Family B."

3. Deducing Family Assignments:

• Since Lisha does not belong to Family A, Lisha must belong to Family B or Family C.
• Since Komal and Kiran form a 2-person family exclusively, they must be in Family A (because if they were in Family B or C, the other families would exceed the maximum limit of 4 members when placing the remaining 7 members into 2 families).

Let's assign Komal and Kiran to Family A (Members: Komal, Kiran — total 2 members).

Now, 7 people remain for Family B and Family C: Geeta, Joshi, Lisha, Nikhil, Payal, Pihu, Poonam.

• Geeta is in Family C.
• Nikhil and Payal do not belong to Family B, so both Nikhil and Payal must belong to Family A or Family C. But Family A is strictly limited to Komal and Kiran only. Therefore, Nikhil and Payal belong to Family C.
• So Family C already has: Geeta, Nikhil, Payal (3 members).
• Family C can have at most 4 members, so only 1 more person can join Family C.
• Since Poonam and Pihu belong to the same family, they cannot both go to Family C (as that would exceed the 4-member cap). Thus, Poonam and Pihu must belong to Family B.
• Now Poonam and Pihu are in Family B.
• Lisha does not belong to Poonam's family (Family B), so Lisha must belong to Family C.
• That completes Family C with 4 members: Geeta, Nikhil, Payal, Lisha.
• The remaining person, Joshi, belongs to Family B.

4. Final Family Composition:

• Family A: Komal, Kiran (2 members)
• Family B: Poonam, Pihu, Joshi (3 members)
• Family C: Geeta, Nikhil, Payal, Lisha (4 members)

5. Evaluating the Given Combinations:

• Kiran – Family A: Correct
• Lisha – Family C: Correct
• Nikhil – Family C: Correct
• Poonam – Family C: Incorrect (Poonam belongs to Family B)

Therefore, the combination Poonam – Family C is not correct.