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CAT 2000 — DILR Question 3

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Five persons with names P, M, U, T and X live separately in any one of the following a palace, a hut, a fort, a house or a hotel. Each one likes two different colours from among the following blue, black, red, yellow and green. U likes red and blue. T likes black. The person living in a palace does not like black or blue. P likes blue and red. M likes yellow. X lives in a hotel. M lives in a

Answer & solution

  • A

    hut

  • palace

  • C

    fort

  • D

    house

Solution

The information can be organized in a tabular form as shown below.

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∵ The person living in a palace does not like black or blue implies that person cannot be U, T or P.

∴ The person who lives in a palace will be either M or X. But X lives in a hotel.

∴ M must live in a palace.

Hence, option (b).

CAT 2000 DILR Q3: Five persons with names P, M, U, T and X live separately in any one of the following a palace, a hut, a fort, — Solution | TheCATExam