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CAT 1999 — DILR Question 46

Mixed PracticeEasy
Passage / Data

Directions: Answer the questions based on the following information.

Ten coins are distributed among four people P, Q, R and S such that one of them gets one coin, another gets two coins, the third gets three coins and the fourth gets four coins. It is known that Q gets more coins than P, and S gets fewer coins than R.

If the number of coins distributed to Q is twice the number distributed to P, then which one of the following is necessarily true?

Answer & solution

Correct answer: S gets an odd number of coins.

  • A

    R gets an even number of coins.

  • B

    R gets an odd number of coins.

  • C

    S gets an even number of coins.

  • S gets an odd number of coins.

Solution

It is given that Q > P and R > S.
Q P R S
4 2 3 1
2 1 4 3
The distribution of coins can be of two types in both the cases, S gets an odd number.

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