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Questions 10-14
In a display of products available from a paper manufacturer, exactly eight folders are to be displayed on eight stands that are lined up in a straight line and numbered consecutively 1 through 8 from left to right. There are three gray folders, two purple folders, two yellow folders, and one orange folder. The folders must be displayed according to the following conditions:
At least one of the purple folders must be next to a yellow folder.
The orange folder cannot be next to a yellow folder.
The three gray folders cannot be placed on three consecutive stands.
Stand 5 must hold a gray folder.
Either stand 1 or stand 8 or both must hold a yellow folder.
10. Which of the following is an acceptable ordering of colors of folders from left to right?
Stand 1 | Stand 2 | Stand 3 | Stand 4 | Stand 5 | Stand 6 | Stand 7 | Stand 8 | |
(A) | Gray | Gray | Yellow | Orange | Gray | Purple | Purple | Yellow |
(B) | Orange | Gray | Yellow | Gray | Purple | Purple | Gray | Yellow |
(C) | Purple | Yellow | Gray | Gray | Gray | Orange | Purple | Yellow |
(D) | Yellow | Gray | Purple | Yellow | Gray | Orange | Purple | Gray |
(E) | Yellow | Gray | Yellow | Gray | Gray | Purple | Orange | Purple |
11. If a gray folder is placed on stand 4, another gray folder could be placed on any of the following stands EXCEPT
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 7
(E) 8
12. If purple folders are on stands 1 and 2, which of the following must be true?
(A) A gray folder is on stand 3.
(B) The orange folder is on stand 4.
(C) A gray folder is on stand 4.
(D) A yellow folder is on stand 6.
(E) The orange folder is on stand 8.
13. If stand 2 holds an orange folder, which of the following must be true?
(A) Stand 1 holds a gray folder.
(B) Stand 3 holds a purple folder.
(C) Stand 6 holds a purple folder.
(D) Stand 7 holds a yellow folder.
(E) Stand 8 holds a yellow folder.
14. If stands 1 and 3 hold gray folders, any of the following could be true EXCEPT
(A) Stand 2 holds a yellow folder.
(B) Stand 4 holds an orange folder.
(C) Stand 6 holds a purple folder.
(D) Stand 7 holds a yellow folder.
(E) Stand 7 holds an orange folder.
Detailed Explanation (in Bangla)
Answer Keys
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