Logic

Coin Distribution 1. d 2. b 3. a Flowers 1. c 2. c 3. b Housewives 1. b 2. b University Cricket  1. d 2. a Random Numbers 1. d 2. a 3. d Ghosh Babu in Kya Kya Island 1. a 2. b 3. d

(CAT 1999) Recently, Ghosh Babu spent his winter vacation on Kyakya Island. During the vacation, he visited the local casino where he came across a new card game. Two players, using a normal deck of 52 playing cards, play this game. One player is called the ‘dealer’ and the other is called the ‘player’. First, the player picks a card at random from the deck. This is called the base card. The amount in rupees equal to the face value of the base card is called the base amount. The face values of ace, king, queen and jack are ten. For other cards the face value is the number on the card. Once the ‘player’ picks a card from the deck, the ‘dealer’ pays him the base amount. Then the ‘dealer’ picks a card from the deck and this card is called the top card. If the top card is of the same suit as the base card, the ‘player’ pays twice the base amount to the ‘dealer’. If the top card is of the same colour as the base card (but not the same suit), then the ‘player’ pays the base amount to the ...

(CAT 1999) There are 50 integers a1, a2 … a50, not all of them necessarily different. Let the greatest integer of these 50 integers be referred to as G, and the smallest integer be referred to as L. The integers a1 through a24 form sequence S1, and the rest form sequence S2. Each member of S1 is less than or equal to each member of S2. 1. All values in S1 are changed in sign, while those in S2 remain unchanged. Which of the following statements is true? a. Every member of S1 is greater than or equal to every member of S2. b. G is in S1. c. If all numbers originally in S1 and S2 had the same sign, then after the change of sign, the largest number of S1 and S2 is in S1. d. None of the above 2. Elements of S1 are in ascending order, and those of S2 are in descending order. a24 and a25 are interchanged. Then which of the following statements is true? a. S1 continues to be in ascending order. b. S2 continues to be in descending order. c. S1 continues to be in ascending order a...

(CAT 1999) Seven university cricket players are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The players will be seated on the dais along one side of a single rectangular table. I. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and must be seated at the extreme right end of the table, which is closest to the exit. II. B will receive the Man of the Match Award and must be in the centre chair. III. C and D who are bitter rivals for the position of wicketkeeper, dislike one another and should be seated as far apart as possible. IV. E and F are best friends and want to sit together. 1. Which of the following may not be seated at either end of the table? a. C b. D c. G d. F 2. Which of the following pairs may not be seated together? a. E and A b. B and D c. C and F d. G and D For answers  click here .

(CAT 1999) A, B, C, D, E and F are a group of friends from a club. There are two housewives, one lecturer, one architect, one accountant and one lawyer in the group. There are two married couples in the group. The lawyer is married to D who is a housewife. No lady in the group is either an architect or an accountant. C, the accountant, is married to F who is a lecturer. A is married to D and E is not a housewife. 1. What is the profession of E? a. Lawyer b. Architect c. Lecturer d. Accountant 2. How many members of the group are male? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. None of these For answers  click here .

(CAT 1999) A young girl Roopa leaves home with x flowers, goes to the bank of a nearby river. On the bank of the river, there are four places of worship, standing in a row. She dips all the x flowers into the river. The number of flowers doubles. Then she enters the first place of worship, offers y flowers to the deity. She dips the remaining flowers into the river, and again the number of flowers doubles. She goes to the second place of worship, offers y flowers to the deity. She dips the remaining flowers into the river, and again the number of flowers doubles. She goes to the third place of worship, offers y flowers to the deity. She dips the remaining flowers into the river, and again the number of flowers doubles. She goes to the fourth place of worship, offers y flowers to the deity. Now she is left with no flowers in hand. 1. If Roopa leaves home with 30 flowers, the number of flowers she offers to each deity is a. 30 b. 31 c. 32 d. 33 2. The minimum number of flowers...

(CAT 1999) Ten coins are distributed among four people P, Q, R and S such that one of them gets one coin, another gets two coins, the third gets three coins and the fourth gets four coins. It is known that Q gets more coins than P, and S gets fewer coins than R. 1. If the number of coins distributed to Q is twice the number distributed to P, then which one of the following is necessarily true? a. R gets an even number of coins. b. R gets an odd number of coins. c. S gets an even number of coins. d. S gets an odd number of coins. 2. If R gets at least two more coins than S, then which one of the following is necessarily true? a. Q gets at least two more coins than S. b. Q gets more coins than S. c. P gets more coins than S. d. P and Q together get at least five coins. 3. If Q gets fewer coins than R, then which one of the following is not necessarily true? a. P and Q together get at least four coins. b. Q and S together get at least four coins. c. R and S together g...