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Seven faculty members at a management institute frequent a lounge for strong coffee and stimulating conversation. On being asked about their visit to the lounge last Friday we got the following responses.

JC : I came in first, and the next two persons to enter were SS and SM. When I left the lounge, JP and VR were present in the lounge. DG left with me

JP : When I entered the lounge with VR, JC was sitting here. There was someone else, but I cannot remember who it was

SM :I went to the lounge for a short while, and met JC, SS, and DG in the lounge that day

SS : I left immediately after SM left

DG : I met JC, SS, SM, JP and VR during my first visit to the lounge. I went back to my office with JC. When I went to the lounge the second time, JP and VR were there

PK : I had some urgent work, so I did not sit in the lounge that day, but just collected my coffee and left. JP and DG were the only people in the lounge while I was there

VR : No comments

CAT/2003

Question . 204

Based on the responses, which of the two, JP or DG, entered the lounge first?

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Explanatory Answer

Method of solving this CAT DILR Question from Analytical Reasoning question

(b) The order of events as given in the problem can be written as:

JC (e); SS (e); SM (e); DG (e); SM (l); SS (l); VR (e), JP(e); JC(l) DG(l); DG(e2 ); VR (l); PK (e); PK (l); JP (l); DG (l)

where e shows entered, l shows left and e2 show entered 2nd time.

So, DG entered before JP