Alex escaped prison and his girlfriend assisted him in the prison break. A detective agent was appointed don he case as Alex was an elite class criminal. The detective circled down on to four girls and took their statement:
Megan - 'Maggie is his girlfriend.'
Charlize - 'Katie is lying.'
Katie - 'Megan is lying.'
Maggie - Charlize is not his sister.'
Now, the detective knows that out of these four girls, one is Alex's girlfriend for sure and one is his sister who is assisting his girlfriend in lying. The other two girls are innocent and are speaking the truth.
Who do you think is Alex's sister?
Solution:
In such questions, the best thing is to assume each one of them as his sister till you can find all the conditions fulfilled. According to our assumptions, Megan is Alex's sister. We will discuss only this case therefore.
Assuming that Megan is Alex's sister, she has told a lie. This also means that Maggie is not Alex's girlfriend.
If Katie is the truth speaking girl, Megan is lying and it proves our assumption.
Now, if Charlize is Alex's girlfriend, she has also told a lie. This further tells that Katie is speaking the truth which also supports our assumption.
Maggie stated that Charlize is not his sister and that is also true because according to our assumption, Charlize is his girlfriend.
Taking that into account, we can conclude that Megan is Alex's sister and Charlize is his girlfriend.
In any other assumption, you will find the data conflicting with the conditions.