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CAT 2018 Slot 1 · DILR · Medium · Logical Reasoning

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Passage / data set

Adriana, Bandita, Chitra, and Daisy are four female students, and Amit, Barun, Chetan, and Deb are four male students. Each of them studies in one of three institutes - X, Y, and Z. Each student majors in one subject among Marketing, Operations, and Finance, and minors in a different one among these three subjects. The following facts are known about the eight students:

  1. Three students are from X, three are from Y, and the remaining two students, both female, are from Z.
  2. Both the male students from Y minor in Finance, while the female student from Y majors in Operations.
  3. Only one male student majors in Operations, while three female students minor in Marketing.
  4. One female and two male students major in Finance.
  5. Adriana and Deb are from the same institute. Daisy and Amit are from the same institute.
  6. Barun is from Y and majors in Operations. Chetan is from X and majors in Finance.
  7. Daisy minors in Operations.

Question 1 of 4

Who are the students from the institute Z?

  1. A.

    Chitra and Daisy

  2. B.

    Adriana and Daisy

  3. C.

    Bandita and Chitra

  4. D.

    Adriana and Bandita

Answer

C

Explanation

Since Z has two female students and Daisy/Adriana are mapped to X/Y with male partners, Bandita and Chitra must be from Z.

Question 2 of 4

Which subject does Deb minor in?

  1. A.

    Operations

  2. B.

    Marketing

  3. C.

    Finance

  4. D.

    Cannot be determined uniquely from the given information

Answer

C

Explanation

Deb is a male student from Y, so by rule 2 he minors in Finance.

Question 3 of 4

Which subject does Amit major in?

  1. A.

    Operations

  2. B.

    Marketing

  3. C.

    Finance

  4. D.

    Cannot be determined uniquely from the given information

Answer

C

Explanation

Amit is a male student from X. Chetan and Amit both major in Finance.

Question 4 of 4

If Chitra majors in Finance, which subject does Bandita major in?

  1. A.

    Finance

  2. B.

    Operations

  3. C.

    Cannot be determined uniquely from the given information

  4. D.

    Marketing

Answer

B

Explanation

Only 1 female majors in Finance. If Chitra majors in Finance, Bandita must major in Operations.

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