Eight persons — A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H — purchased different items: Lamp, Calculator, Pen, Pencil, Book, Watch, Bag, and Laptop, one after the other, not necessarily in the same order. A purchased an item immediately after C. Three persons purchased items between C and the one who purchased Pen. Two persons purchased items between the one who purchased Pen and the one who purchased Calculator. G purchased an item immediately before the person who purchased Calculator. As many persons purchased before the one who purchased Calculator as after the one who purchased Watch. G does not purchase Watch. H purchased Laptop immediately before E and immediately after D. Two persons purchased between D and the one who purchased Bag. G does not purchase Lamp. B purchased the item before F. G and D do not purchase Book. Which of the following statements is true?

G purchased before the one who purchased watch
F was the last one to purchase the item.
The one who purchased pen is the first one to purchase the item
E purchased the Notebook

Correct answer: F was the last one to purchase the item.

Solution

Using the fixed gaps, the positions of C, A, Pen, Calculator, and G can be determined uniquely, and then H, D, E, B, and F are placed using the remaining constraints. The final arrangement makes F the last purchaser. Hence, the true statement is that F was the last one to purchase the item.

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