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CAT 1998 — DILR Question 48

Linear ArrangementEasy
Passage / Data

Direction: Answer the questions based on the following information.

A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. But C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third place.

If A and B are together, then which of the following must be necessarily true?

Answer & solution

  • A

    C is not at the first place

  • A is at the third place

  • C

    D is at the first place

  • D

    C is at the first place

Solution

If A and B are together, but C and D are not, then the only places that A and B can occupy are 2nd and 3rd.

And since B cannot be at 3rd place, A has to be at 3rd place.

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