CAT 1998 — DILR Question 11
Direction: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Mr Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms Andhra Pradesh, Ms Uttar Pradesh, Ms West Bengal and Ms Maharashtra. Mrs Bankatlal, who was very anxious about the result, asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:
- All of them were sitting in a row.
- All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz. green, yellow, white, red.
- There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.
- The runner-up was wearing the green saree.
- Ms West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner up.
- The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.
- Ms Maharashtra was wearing white saree.
- Ms Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.
- Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.
Ms. West Bengal was sitting adjacent to
Answer & solution
- A
Ms Andhra Pradesh and Ms Maharashtra
- B
Ms Uttar Pradesh and Ms Maharashtra
Ms Andhra Pradesh and Ms Uttar Pradesh
- D
Ms Uttar Pradesh
Ms Maharashtra was wearing white. Since Ms West Bengal was not the runner-up, she was not wearing green and neither was Ms Andhra Pradesh. Hence, it was Ms Uttar Pradesh who was wearing green saree. So red could have either be worn by Ms West Benga l or by Ms Andhra Pradesh. Now participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends, but Ms West Bengal did not occupy any of these positions.
it can be concluded that Ms Maharashtra and Ms Andhra Pradesh occupied the seats at the end. So Ms West Bengal and Ms Uttar Pradesh, should occupy middle two seats. So the answers could be either (b) or (c). It can further be concluded that since Ms Andhra Pradesh wore yellow, she was the winner and since Ms Uttar Pradesh wore green, she was the runner-up. So these two cannot sit together. Option (b) would contradict this. Hence, (c) is the only option left.