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Year

CAT 2021

Section

Data

Topic

Distribution

Difficulty

Hard

Question

Slot-2

Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Passage:

Ten objects o1, o2, ..., o10 were distributed among Amar, Barat, Charles, Disha, and Elise. Each item went to exactly one person. Each person got exactly two of the items, and this pair of objects is called her/his bundle.

The following table shows how each person values each object.

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The value of any bundle by a person is the sum of that person's values of the objects in that bundle. A person X envies another person YY if XX values YY 's bundle more than XX 's own bundle.

For example, hypothetically suppose Amar's bundle consists of 01 and 02 , and Barat's bundle consists of 03 and o4. Then Amar values his own bundle at 4+9=134+9=13 and Barat's bundle at 9+3=129+3=12. Hence Amar does not envy Barat. On the other hand, Barat values his own bundle at 7+5=127+5=12 and Amar's bundle at 5+9=145+9=14. Hence Barat envies Amar.

The following facts are known about the actual distribution of the objects among the five people.

  1. If someone's value for an object is 10 , then she/he received that object.
  2. Objects o1, o2, and o3 were given to three different people.
  3. Objects o1 and o8 were given to different people.
  4. Three people value their own bundles at 16 . No one values her/his own bundle at a number higher than 16 .
  5. Disha values her own bundle at an odd number. All others value their own bundles at an even number.
  6. Some people who value their own bundles less than 16 envy some other people who value their own bundle at 16. No one else envies others.

Question 1

What BEST can be said about object o8?

08 was given to Amar, Charles, or Disha

08 was given to Disha

08 was given to Charles

08 was given to Charles or Disha

Question 2

Who among the following envies someone else?

Barat

Charles

Amar

Elise

Question 3

What is Amar's value for his own bundle?

Question 4

Object o4 was given to

Elise

Barat

Charles

Disha

Question 5

Object o5 was given to

Disha

Elise

Amar

Charles

Question 6

What BEST can be said about the distribution of object o1?

o1 was given to Disha

o1 was given to Charles

o1 was given to Charles, Disha, or Elise

o1 was given to Charles or Disha

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