Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(i) In a family of six persons—P, Q, R, S, T and U—there are three gents and three ladies. There are two married couples and two persons are unmarried. Each one of them reads different newspapers, viz. The Times of India, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Business Herald, Navbharat Times and The Tribune.
(ii) T, who reads Indian Express, is mother-in-law of P who is wife of R. S is the father of U and he does not read. The Times of India or The Tribune. Q reads Navbharat Times and she is the sister of U who reads Hindustan Times. R does not read The Tribune.
Which of the following is one of the married couples ?

Options

A. QU
B. TU
C. SQ
D. ST

Answer

D

Explanation

According to the given information:
`P rArr` wife of R
`T rArr` mother-in-law of P.
So, `R rArr` husband of P. …(i)
and, `T rArr` mother of R. …(ii)
So, One couple `rArr` RP ….(iii)
`S rarr` father of U.
So, `S rArr` husband of T. ...(iv)
So, Other couple `rArr S T.` ..(v)
`Q rArr` Sister of U.
So, children of S and T `rArr` R, U and Q. ..(vi)
`U rArr` a male.
`Q overset("reads")rarr` Navbharat Times.
`U `overset("reads")rarr` Hindustan Times.
T `overset("reads")rarr` Indian Express.
S `overset("reads")rarr` Business Herald ...(viii)
R `overset("reads")rarr` The times of India. ...(ix)
By elimination, we get
P `overset("reads")rarr` The Tribune. ...(x)
By analysing the given information, it is clear that Two couples `rArr` RP and ST. [From (iii) & (v)]