Yukti #21

Friday 30 October 2026 · The village · Tough

Kind of thinking: Argument

Yukti #21 was a Tough village puzzle, the puzzle for Friday 30 October 2026. Yukti, a daily logic puzzle at playyukti.com, gives everyone the same puzzle each day. Here is the puzzle, and its shortest route with the reason for every step.

The puzzle

Which arguments hold?

Take what you're told as true, even where it sounds odd. Mark each argument Holds, or say what breaks it. Every mark must be certain.

  1. 1Everyone who fishes plays the flute.
  2. 2Everyone who plays the flute keeps bees.
  3. 3No one who fishes has a garden.
  4. 4No one who rises early sells honey.
  5. 5Everyone who has a garden sells honey.
  6. 6Nisha mends nets, fishes, and plays the flute.
  7. 7Meera sells honey, and doesn't have a garden.
  8. 8Leela sells honey and has a garden, and doesn't keep bees.
  9. 9Dev plays the flute, and doesn't rise early.
  10. 10Ravi mends nets and has a garden.

What is the shortest route?

Each argument, with the lines that settle it.

  1. 1

    Argument 1, “Ravi keeps bees”: Evenly matched.

    Ravi also sells honey, and Leela sells honey but doesn't keep bees (lines 10, 8, and 5): the two reasons pull against each other.

  2. 2

    Argument 2, “Meera has a garden”: Contradicted.

    You were told Meera doesn't have a garden (line 7).

  3. 3

    Argument 3, “Nisha has a garden”: Contradicted.

    You were told Nisha doesn't have a garden (lines 6 and 3).

  4. 4

    Argument 4, “Ravi rises early”: Proves the opposite.

    No one who sells honey rises early (line 4).

  5. 5

    Argument 5, “Ravi sells honey”: Holds.

    You were told Ravi has a garden (line 10), and everyone who has a garden sells honey (line 5).

  6. 6

    Argument 6, “Meera keeps bees”: Reason not shown.

    Nothing you were told shows Meera plays the flute.

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