CAT 2020 Question Paper | CAT LR DI Slot 1

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Here is an interesting puzzle from CAT 2020 Question Paper which tests your ability on Permutations and Combinations. Over the past years, we are able to see a lot of Word Problems in the CAT Previous Year Paper. Try your hands on this LRDI set and look how Rajesh solves the puzzle in the video explanation below.

CAT DILR : CAT 2020 Question Paper Slot 1

Four institutes, A, B, C, and D, had contracts with four vendors W, X, Y, and Z during the ten calendar years from 2010 to 2019. The contracts were either multi-year contracts running for several consecutive years or single-year contracts. No institute had more than one contract with the same vendor. However, in a calendar year, an institute may have had contracts with multiple vendors, and a vendor may have had contracts with multiple institutes. It is known that over the decade, the institutes each got into two contracts with two of these vendors, and each vendor got into two contracts with two of these institutes.

The following facts are also known about these contracts.

I. Vendor Z had at least one contract in every year.
II. Vendor X had one or more contracts in every year up to 2015, but no contract in any year after that.
III. Vendor Y had contracts in 2010 and 2019. Vendor W had contracts only in 2012.
IV. There were five contracts in 2012.
V. There were exactly four multi-year contracts. Institute B had a 7-year contract, D had a 4-year contract, and A and C had one 3-year contract each. The other four contracts were single-year contracts.
VI. Institute C had one or more contracts in 2012 but did not have any contract in 2011.
VII. Institutes B and D each had exactly one contract in 2012. Institute D did not have any contract in 2010.

Question 5 : In which of the following years were there two or more contracts?

1. 2017
2. 2018
3. 2016
4. 2015

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Video Explanation

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Explanatory Answer

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The question is " In which of the following years were there two or more contracts? "

Hence, the answer is '2015'

Choice D is the correct answer.

 

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