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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

Correct answer: P and Q together get at least four coins.

  • 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.

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