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CAT 1993 — DILR Question 4

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Passage / Data

Read the text and the numbered statements carefully and answer the questions given at the end.

Four people of different nationalities live on the same side of a street in four houses each of different color. Each person has a different favorite drink. The following additional information is also known:

  • The Englishman lives in the red house.
  • The Italian drinks tea.
  • The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left.
  • In the second house from the right they drink milk.
  • The Norwegian lives adjacent to the blue house.
  • The Spaniard drinks fruit juice.
  • Tea is drunk in the blue house.
  • The white house is to the right of the red house.

Which of the following is not true?

Answer & solution

  • A

    Milk is drunk in the red house.

  • B

    The Italian lives in the blue house.

  • C

    The Spaniard lives in a corner house.

  • The Italian lives next to the Spaniard.

Solution

If we were to number the houses 1- 2-3-4 from left to right, the information given in the question can be depicted as:

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The only statement that is not true is (d), as the Italian lives in house no. 2 and the Spaniard lives in house no. 4, which are not next to each other.

CAT 1993 DILR Q4: Which of the following is not true? — Solution | TheCATExam