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Six authors U, V, W, X, Y and Z were honoured in an award ceremony in six different months January, March, April, June, August and September and honoured for their novels which are Animal Fan, Beloved, Moby-Dick, Jane Eyre, Little Women and The Alchemist. No two persons were honoured in the same month. All the given information is not necessarily in same order. Z was honoured three months after V. The person who wrote The Alchemist was honoured three months after the one who wrote Jane Eyre. Only three persons were honoured between the authors of Moby-Dick and Animal Farm. W was honoured just before the author of Beloved but was not the author of Moby-Dick. The author of Little Women honoured in the month which has even number of days. X was honoured before U. The author of Animal Farm was honoured after the Z. Neither Animal Farm nor Beloved written by U. X was not the first author to be honoured. 

Who among the following author honoured four months after the author of Little Women?

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  3. W
  4. Y
  5. U

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Here, the authors are U, V, W, X, Y and Z; given months are January, March, April, June, August and September and the novels are Animal Fan, Beloved, Moby-Dick, Jane Eyre, Little Women and The Alchemist.

1) Z was honoured three months after V.

2) Only three persons were honoured between the authors of Moby-Dick and Animal Farm.

3) The author of Animal Farm was honoured after the Z.

Months

Case – 1

Case – 2

Case – 3

Case – 4

Persons

Novels

Persons

Novels

Persons

Novels

Persons

Novels

January

V

Moby-Dick

V

 

 

Moby-Dick

 

 

March

 

 

 

Moby-Dick

V

 

V

Moby-Dick

April

Z

 

Z

 

 

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

 

Z

 

Z

 

August

 

Animal Farm

 

 

 

Animal Farm

 

 

September

 

 

 

Animal Farm

 

 

 

Animal Farm

4) W was honoured just before the author of Beloved but was not the author of Moby-Dick.

5) The person who wrote The Alchemist was honoured three months after the one who wrote Jane Eyre.

6) The author of Little Women honoured in the month which has even number of days. Therefore, case 4 is eliminated.

Months

Case – 1

Case – 2

Case – 3

Persons

Novels

Persons

Novels

Persons

Novels

January

V

Moby-Dick

V

Jane Eyre

 

Moby-Dick

March

 

Jane Eyre

 

Moby-Dick

V

Jane Eyre

April

Z

Little Women

Z

The Alchemist

 

Little Women

June

 

The Alchemist

W

Little Women

Z

The Alchemist

August

W

Animal Farm

 

Beloved

W

Animal Farm

September

 

Beloved

 

Animal Farm

 

Beloved

 

7) X was honoured before U.

8) Neither Animal Farm nor Beloved written by U. Therefore, case 2 is eliminated

9) X was not the first author to be honoured. Therefore, case 3 is eliminated. Hence, the final arrangement is as follows

Months

Persons

Novels

January

V

Moby-Dick

March

X

Jane Eyre

April

Z

Little Women

June

U

The Alchemist

August

W

Animal Farm

September

Y

Beloved

 

Hence, W was honoured four months after X who wrote Jane Eyre.

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