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CAT 2003 Slot 1 — DILR Question 30

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Answer the following question based on the information given below.

A, B, C, D, E, and F are a group of friends. There are two housewives, one professor, one engineer, one accountant and one lawyer in the group. There are only two married couples in the group. The lawyer is married to D, who is a housewife. No woman in the group is either an engineer or an accountant. C, the accountant, is married to F, who is a professor. A is married to a housewife. E is not a housewife.

How many members of the group are males?

Answer & solution

Correct answer: 3

  • A

    2

  • 3

  • C

    4

  • D

    Cannot be determined

Solution

Let’s try to organize the given information.

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E is not a housewife.

∴ B is a housewife and E is an engineer because there are two housewives in the group.

∵ No woman in the group is an engineer or accountant.

∴ E is a male.

A and D are one of the married couples.

A, C and E are males.

Hence, option (b).

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