Health Summit

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(CAT 2004)


Twenty one participants from four continents (Africa, America, 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 other three 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.

1. Which of the following combinations is NOT possible?
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.
d. Africa and America each had 1 expert in population studies attending the conference.

2. If Ramos is the lone American expert in population studies, which of the following is NOT true about the numbers of experts in the conference from the four continents?
a. There is one expert in health from Africa.
b. There is one expert in refugee relocation from Africa.
c. There are two experts in health from the Americas.
d. There are three experts in refugee relocation from the Americas.

3. Alex, an American expert in refugee relocation, was the first keynote speaker in the conference. What can be inferred about the number of American experts in refugee relocation in the conference, excluding Alex?
i. At least one
ii. At most two
a. Only i and not ii
b. Only ii and not i
c. Both i and ii
d. Neither i nor ii

4. Which of the following numbers cannot be determined from the information given?
a. Number of labour experts from the Americas.
b. Number of health experts from Europe.
c. Number of health experts from Australasia.
d. Number of experts in refugee relocation from Africa.




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