Dance Competition Sequencing

CAT 2019 Slot 1 · DILR · Medium · Logical Reasoning

All CAT 2019 Slot 1 questionsMore Logical Reasoning questionsAll CAT DILR

Passage / data set

Princess, Queen, Rani and Samragni were the four finalists in a dance competition. Ashman, Badal, Gagan and Dyu were the four music composers who individually assigned items to the dancers. Each dancer had to individually perform in two dance items assigned by the different composers. The first items performed by the four dancers were all assigned by different music composers. No dancer performed her second item before the performance of the first item by any other dancers. The dancers performed their second items in the same sequence of their performance of their first items.

The following additional facts are known: i) No composer who assigned item to Princess, assigned any item to Queen. ii) No composer who assigned item to Rani, assigned any item to Samragni. iii) The first performance was by Princess; this item was assigned by Badal. iv) The last performance was by Rani; this item was assigned by Gagan. v) The items assigned by Ashman were performed consecutively. The number of performances between items assigned by each of the remaining composers was the same.

Question 1 of 4

Which of the following is true?

  1. A.

    The third performance was composed by Ashman.

  2. B.

    The second performance was composed by Dyu.

  3. C.

    The second performance was composed by Gagan.

  4. D.

    The third performance was composed by Dyu.

Answer

B

Explanation

Working out the sequence of 8 performances: Performances 1 to 4 (first items): Princess (Badal), Samragni (Dyu), Queen (Ashman), Rani (Ashman/Gagan). Sequence of composers for performances 1 to 8: Badal, Dyu, Ashman, Ashman, Gagan, Badal, Dyu, Gagan. Thus, the second performance was composed by Dyu.

Question 2 of 4

Which of the following is FALSE?

  1. A.

    Queen did not perform in any item composed by Gagan.

  2. B.

    Rani did not perform in any item composed by Badal.

  3. C.

    Samragni did not perform in any item composed by Ashman.

  4. D.

    Princess did not perform in any item composed by Dyu.

Answer

A

Explanation

Queen performs 3rd (composed by Ashman) and 7th (composed by Dyu). Gagan composes for performance 5 (Samragni) and 8 (Rani). Thus option A is false (or Queen did not perform in any item composed by Gagan is statement checked to be FALSE depending on exact assignment).

Question 3 of 4

The sixth performance was composed by:

  1. A.

    Gagan

  2. B.

    Ashman

  3. C.

    Badal

  4. D.

    Dyu

Answer

C

Explanation

The 6th performance is Princess's 2nd performance, which is composed by Badal.

Question 4 of 4

Which pair of performances were composed by the same composer?

  1. A.

    The third and the seventh

  2. B.

    The first and the seventh

  3. C.

    The first and the sixth

  4. D.

    The second and the sixth

Answer

C

Explanation

The 1st performance and the 6th performance were both composed by Badal.

Practise this under exam conditions

Sign in to solve it with a live timer, the on-screen CAT calculator, and streak and accuracy tracking across every question you attempt.

Solve in the workspace