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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?
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