CAT 1999 — DILR Question 48
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 Q gets fewer coins than R, then which one of the following is not necessarily true?
Answer & solution
P and Q together get at least four coins.
- B
Q and S together get at least four coins.
- C
R and S together get at least five coins.
- D
P and R together get at least five coins.
Solution
R S Q P
4 2 3 1
4 1 3 2
4 3 2 1
Looking at the possible distribution of coins, we find that option (a) is not always true.