CAT 1998 — QA Question 40
Answer the next 2 questions based on the following information.
A company purchases components A and B from Germany and USA respectively. A and B form 30% and 50% of the total production cost. Current gain is 20%. Due to change in the international scenario, cost of the German mark increased by 30% and that of USA dollar increased by 22%. Due to market conditions, the selling price cannot be increased beyond 10%.
Direction: Each question is followed by two statements, I and II. Answer the questions based on the statements and mark the answer as
1. if the question can be answered with the help of any one statement alone but not by the other statement.
2. if the question can be answered with the help of either of the statements taken individually.
3. if the question can be answered with the help of both statements together.
4. if the question cannot be answered even with the help of both statements together.
There are four racks numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and four books numbered 1, 2, 3, 4. If an even rack has to contain an odd-numbered book and an odd rack contains an even-numbered book, then what is the position of book 4?
I. Second book has been put in third rack.
II. Third book has been put in second rack.
Answer & solution
Answer: 1
From the question itself, we can figure out that book 4 can either be in rack 1 or rack 3. The first statement says that book 2 has been kept in rack 3. Hence, book 4 has to be kept in rack 1. So this statement is sufficient to answer the question. The second statement, however, does not add any additional information to what we already know. As books 3 in rack 2 would still imply book 4 can be in rack 1 or 3.