CAT 2003 Slot 2 — DILR Question 15
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
The plan above shows an office block for six officers, A, B, C, D, E and F. Both B and C occupy offices to the right of corridor (as one enters the office block) and A occupies an office to the left of the corridor. E and F occupy offices on opposite sides of the corridor but their offices do not face each other. The offices of C and D face each other. E does not have a corner office. F’s office is further down the corridor than A’s, but on the same side.
If E sits in his office and faces the corridor, whose office is to his left?
Answer & solution
- A
A
- B
B
C
- D
D
From the data given we can figure out that A, F and D have offices on the left side of the corridor and B, E and C have offices on the right side of the corridor.
âµ E cannot occupy the corner office.
∴ E occupies an office in the middle of the right corridor.
âµ F cannot sit opposite E and A has to occupy an office before F.
∴ F occupies an office at far end of the left side of the corridor.
∴ D and C have to be at the beginning of the corridor.
∴ A has to be in the middle of the left corridor and B has to be at the far end of the right corridor.
The arrangement of offices will be as shown in the figure above :
If E sits in his office and faces the corridor. C’s office is to his left.
Hence, option (c).