(i) There is a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E.
(ii) One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocate.
(iii) Three of them, A, C and the advocate, prefer tea to coffee and two of them, B and the journalist, prefer coffee to tea.
(iv) The industrialist and D and A are friends to one another but two of them prefer coffee to tea.
(v) The horticulturist is C's brother.
Which of the statements above is superfluous ?

Options

A. (iii)
B. (iv)
C. (v)
D. None

Answer

D

Explanation

Since all the statements are required to analyse the given data, none of them is superfluous.