CAT CRACKER MAY 05

1. Let the number of shirts of brand Caterpillar gifted to Larry by Sarah be 'C' and the number of shirts of

brand Lacoste gifted to Larry by Urvashi be 'L'. If L > 3 × C, then which of the following can be a value

of 'C'?

(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) Both (a) and (b)

2 If out of the black shirts gifted to Larry by Anjana, Urvashi and Simar the number of shirts of brand

Lacoste is 4 more than the number of shirts of brand Dockers, then what is the number of black shirts of

brand Dockers gifted to Larry by Simar?

(a) 17 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) Cannot be determined

3 Out of the white shirts gifted to Larry by Ravneet, Heena and Sarah the number of white shirts of brand

Caterpillar is definitely less than the number of white shirts of brand(s)

(a) Diesel (b) Dockers (c) Lacoste (d) Both (b) and (c)

4 If the total number of shirts with Larry is 750 and if the total number of shirts bought by Larry is the

same as the total number of shirts gifted to him by Anjana, then the total number of shirts with Larry that

are neither bought by him nor gifted to him by Anjana is at least

(a) 501 (b) 496 (c) 495 (d) 499

8. If the total number of shirts of each of the mentioned brands gifted to Larry by Urvashi and Simar

combined is the same, then which of the following can be the total number of shirts gifted to Larry by

Urvashi and Simar?

(a) 184 (b) 148 (c) 156 (d) 196

Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Seven friends, namely Piyashi, Qualin, Ravanya, Sanya, Tanya, Urvashi and Varsha passed their Xth board examination in 2007. The result was announced on a Sunday and from the next day, they started organising dinner parties on consecutive days. Each one of them organised exactly one party. On none of the days was more than one party organised. They decided that only four kinds of items viz. Dosa, Pizza, Burger and Idli would be ordered for the dinner parties. The costs per plate of Dosa, Pizza, Burger and Idli were Rs. 25, Rs.

45, Rs. 20 and Rs.15 respectively. The following additional information was available:

I. In each of the dinner parties, total number of plates ordered, taking all four items together was either 8

or 9.

II. Each dinner party had different combination of number of plates of different items and each type of

item was ordered for at least one plate but not more than three plates.

III. Qualin hosted the party immediately after Urvashi.

IV. Piyashi, Ravanya, Sanya and Varsha had ordered for more number of plates than the other three and

hosted their parties immediately one after the other in that order only.

V. The total number of plates of Dosa, Pizza, Burger and Idli ordered were 14, 16, 18 and 12 respectively including all dinner parties.

VI. In each dinner party, at least three items were ordered for 2 or more plates.

6. If the maximum possible amount for a dinner party was paid on Monday, then who hosted

that party?

(a) Urvashi (b) Piyashi (c) Ravanya (d) Tanya

7. If Qualin ordered for equal number of plates of each item, then what can be the maximum possible

difference between the amount paid by Qualin and the minimum possible amount paid by any other

friend?

(a) Rs.30 (b) Rs.20 (c) Rs.15 (d) Rs.10

8. On which of the following days could maximum possible number of friends host the party?

(a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Thursday (d) Friday

DIRECTIONS for Questions 9 and 10: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Only Urvashi, Qualin and Piyashi ordered for 2 Burgers each in the parties they hosted. Also, only Qualin,

Tanya, Piyashi, Ravanya and Varsha ordered for 2 Pizzas each in the parties they hosted and only Urvashi

and Ravanya did not order for 2 plates of Dosa each in the parties they hosted.

9. How many plates of Idli did Ravanya order in the party hosted by her?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) Either (a) or (c)

10. Out of the 7 friends how many ordered exactly 1 plate of Idli?

(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 6