Gwalior's town council has exactly three members: Dev, Shahid, and Sukhdev. During one week, the council members vote on exactly three bills: a recreation bill, a school bill, and a tax bill. Each council member votes either for or against each bill. The following is known:

Each member of the council votes for at least one of the bills and against at least one of the bills.

Exactly two members of the council vote for the recreation bill. Exactly one member of the council votes for the school bill.

Exactly one member of the council votes for the tax bill. Dev votes for the recreation bill and against the school bill Shahid votes against the recreation bill. Sukhdev votes against the tax bill.

If Shahid votes for the tax bill, then which one of the following statements could be true?

Option 1 - <p>Dev and Shahid each vote for exactly one bill.</p>
Option 2 - <p>Shahid and Sukhdev each vote for exactly one bill.</p>
Option 3 - <p>Dev votes for exactly two bills.</p>
Option 4 - <p>Sukhdev votes against the recreation bill.</p>
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If Shahid votes for the tax bill, Dev and Sukhdev cannot vote for tax bill, which means Dev votes only for recreation bill. Adding to it, Had Shahid voted for school as well, than Sukhdev would have voted only for recreation bill. In that core option (a) is correct

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