CAT 2004 — DILR Question 26
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
Twenty one participants from four continents (Africa, Americas, Australasia, and Europe) attended a United Nations conference. Each participant was an expert in one of four fields, labour, health, population studies, and refugee relocation. The following five facts about the participants are given.
a. The number of labour experts in the camp was exactly half the number of experts in each of the three other categories.
b. Africa did not send any labour expert. Otherwise, every continent, including Africa, sent at least one expert for each category.
c. None of the continents sent more than three experts in any category.
d. If there had been one less Australasian expert, then the Americas would have had twice as many experts as each of the other continents.
e. Mike and Alfanso are leading experts of population studies who attended the conference. They are from Australasia.
Which of the following combinations is NOT possible?
Answer & solution
- A
2 experts in population studies from the Americas and 2 health experts from Africa attended the conference.
- B
2 experts in population studies from the Americas and 1 health expert from Africa attended the conference.
- C
3 experts in refugee relocation from the Americas and 1 health expert from Africa attended the conference.
Africa and America each had 1 expert in population studies attending the conference.
If Africa and Americas, each have 1 expert in population studies, the total number of experts in this field = 5, which is not possible as we know that the number is 6.
∴ Option 4 is not possible.
Hence, option (d).