CAT 2003 Slot 2 — DILR Question 19
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
Seven faculty members at a management institute frequent a lounge for strong coffee and stimulating conversation. On being asked about their visit to the lounge last Friday we got the following responses.
JC : I came in first, and the next two persons to enter were SS and SM. When I left the lounge, JP and VR were present in the lounge. DG left with me.
JP : When I entered the lounge with VR, JC was sitting there. There was someone else, but I cannot remember who it was.
SM : I went to the lounge for a short while, and met JC, SS and DG in the lounge on that day.
SS : I left immediately after SM left.
DG : I met JC, SS, SM, JP and VR during my first visit to the lounge. I went back to my office with JC. When I went to the lounge the second time, JP and VR were there.
PK : I had some urgent work, so I did not sit in the lounge that day, but just collected my coffee and left. JP and DG were the only people in the lounge while I was there.
VR : No comments.
Based on the responses, which of the two JP or DG, entered the lounge first?
Answer & solution
- A
JP
DG
- C
Both entered together
- D
Cannot be deduced
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The information can be organised in a tabular form as shown above:
JC arrives first in the lounge, followed by SS and SM.
∴ DG must have followed them as SM met him before he left.
SM leaves after DG comes followed by SS.
JP and VR enter to find JC and DG sitting in the lounge.
JC leaves with DG, after meeting JP and VR.
DG comes back on his second visit to the lounge finding JP and VR still sitting in the lounge.
VR leaves the lounge, and only JP and DG are left behind in the lounge.
PK enters the lounge and finds only JP and DG sitting in the lounge.
PK leaves, which means that JP and DG must be the last two faculty members to leave the lounge.
Between JP and DG, DG entered the lounge first.
Hence, option (b).