Languages Spoken by Three Teams

CAT 2019 Slot 2 · DILR · Medium · Logical Reasoning

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Passage / data set

In the table below the check marks indicate all languages spoken by five people: Paula, Quentin, Robert, Sally and Terence. For example, Paula speaks only Chinese and English.

PersonArabicBasqueChineseDutchEnglishFrench
Paula✔✔
Quentin✔✔
Robert✔✔
Sally✔✔
Terence✔✔

These five people form three teams, Team 1, Team 2 and Team 3. Each team has either 2 or 3 members. A team is said to speak a particular language if at least one of its members speak that language.

The following facts are known:

  1. Each team speaks exactly four languages and has the same number of members.
  2. English and Chinese are spoken by all three teams, Basque and French by exactly two teams and the other languages by exactly one team.
  3. None of the teams include both Quentin and Robert.
  4. Paula and Sally are together in exactly two teams.
  5. Robert is in Team 1 and Quentin is in Team 3.

Question 1 of 4

Who among the following four is not a member of Team 2?

  1. A.

    Sally

  2. B.

    Paula

  3. C.

    Quentin

  4. D.

    Terence

Answer

C

Explanation

Quentin is in Team 3 and cannot be in Team 2 according to the analysis of conditions.

Question 2 of 4

Who among the following four people is a part of exactly two teams?

  1. A.

    Sally

  2. B.

    Quentin

  3. C.

    Robert

  4. D.

    Paula

Answer

A

Explanation

By analyzing team sizes and language distribution, Sally is part of exactly two teams.

Question 3 of 4

Who among the five people is a member of all teams?

  1. A.

    No one

  2. B.

    Terence

  3. C.

    Sally

  4. D.

    Paula

Answer

D

Explanation

Paula must be in all three teams to satisfy the condition that Chinese and English are spoken by all three teams.

Question 4 of 4

Apart from Chinese and English, which languages are spoken by Team 1?

  1. A.

    Basque and French

  2. B.

    Arabic and French

  3. C.

    Basque and Dutch

  4. D.

    Arabic and Basque

Answer

B

Explanation

Team 1 includes Robert who speaks Arabic and French, making Team 1 speak Arabic and French alongside Chinese and English.

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