CAT DILR Questions | CAT Analytical Reasoning questions

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A boy is asked to put in a basket one mango when ordered ‘One’, one orange when ordered ‘Two’, one apple when ordered ‘Three’ and is asked to take out from the basket one mango and an orange when ordered ‘Four’. A sequence of orders is given as :

1 2 3 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 3 2 3 4

CAT/2002

Question . 231

How many total oranges were in the basket at the end of the above sequence?

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Explanatory Answer

Method of solving this CAT DILR Question from Analytical Reasoning question

(d) 1 2 3 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 3 2 3 4

there are six ‘2’ in the sequence and four ‘4’.

Therefore, 6 oranges are put and 4 oranges are taken out.

So, total oranges at the end of sequence = 6 – 4 = 2