CAT 2003 Slot 2 — DILR Question 6
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
Four families decided to attend the marriage ceremony of one of their colleagues. One family has no kids, while the others have at least one kid each. Each family with kids has at least one kid attending the marriage. Given below is some information about the families, and who reached when to attend the marriage.
The family with 2 kids came just before the family with no kids.
Shanthi who does not have any kids reached just before Sridevi’s family.
Sunil and his wife reached last with their only kid.
Anil is not the husband of Joya.
Anil and Raj are fathers.
Sridevi’s and Anita’s daughters go to the same school.
Joya came before Shanthi and met Anita when she reached the venue.
Raman stays the farthest from the venue.
Raj said his son could not come because of his exams.
Which woman arrived third?
Answer & solution
Shanthi
- B
Sridevi
- C
Anita
- D
Joya
Let’s organize the information given in a tabular form.
Using first two statements, we have,
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Anil, Raj and Sunil have kids.
∴ Raman is the husband of Shanthi.
âµ Joya came before Shanthi and met Anita on the Venue.
∴ Anita reached the venue first, Joya reached second, Shanthi reached third and Sridevi reached last.
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From the table we can see that Shanthi arrived third.
Hence, option (a).