CAT 1999DILR Question 50

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Directions: Answer the questions based on the following information.

A, B, C, D, E and F are a group of friends from a club. There are two housewives, one lecturer, one architect, one accountant and one lawyer in the group. There are two married couples in the group. The lawyer is married to D who is a housewife. No lady in the group is either an architect or an accountant. C, the accountant, is married to F who is a lecturer. A is married to D and E is not a housewife.

How many members of the group are male?

Answer & solution

  • A

    2

  • 3

  • C

    4

  • D

    None of these

Solution

D, a lawyer is married to A, a housewife.
C, an accountant is married to F, a lecturer.
E is not a housewife.
Hence, E is an architect and B is a housewife.
Also, any lady is neither an architect nor an accountant

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