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CAT 1999 — DILR Question 47

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 R gets at least two more coins than S, then which one of the following is necessarily true?

Answer & solution

Correct answer: Q gets more coins than S.

  • A

    Q gets at least two more coins than S.

  • Q gets more coins than S.

  • C

    P gets more coins than S.

  • D

    P and Q together get at least five coins.

Solution

P Q R S
1  3  4  2
2  4  3  1
Clearly, Q gets more coins than S in both the cases.

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