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A museum curator must group nine paintings— F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, and O - in twelve spaces numbered consecutively from 1-12. The paintings must be in three groups, each group representing a different century. The groups must be separated from each other by at least one unused wall space. Three of the paintings are from the eighteenth century, two from the nineteenth century, and four from the twentieth century.
Unused wall spaces cannot occur within groups.
G and J are paintings from different centuries.
J, K, and L are all paintings from the same century.
Space number 5 is always empty.
F and M are eighteenth-century paintings.
N is a nineteenth-century painting.
11) If space 4 is to remain empty, which of the following is true?
(A) Space number 10 must be empty.
(B) The groups of paintings must be hung in chronological order by century.
(C) An eighteenth-century painting must be hung in space 3.
(D) A nineteenth-century painting must be hung in space 1.
(E) A twentieth-century painting must be hung in space 12.
12) If the paintings are hung in reverse chronological order by century, the unused wall spaces could be
(A) 1, 5, and 10
(B) 1, 6, and 10
(C) 4, 7, and 8
(D) 5, 8, and 12
(E) 5, 9, and 10
13) Which of the following is a space that CANNOT be occupied by a nineteenth-century painting?
(A) Space 1
(B) Space 6
(C) Space 8
(D) Space 11
(E) Space 12
14) If J hangs in space 11, which of the following is a possible arrangement for spaces 8 and 9?
(A) F in 8 and M in 9
(B) K in 8 and G in 9
(C) N in 8 and G in 9
(D) 8 unused and H in 9
(E) 8 unused and F in 9
15) If the twentieth-century paintings are hung in spaces 1-4, which of the following CANNOT be true?
(A) Space 8 is unused.
(B) Space 9 is unused.
(C) F is hung in space 6.
(D) M is hung in space 12.
(E) N is hung in space 9.
16) If the first five paintings, in numerical order of spaces, are F, O, M, N, G, which of the following must be true?
(A) Either space 1 or space 4 is unused.
(B) Either space 7 or space 12 is unused.
(C) H hangs in space 11.
(D) Two unused spaces separate the eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century paintings.
(E) Two unused spaces separate the nineteenth-century and twentieth-century paintings.
Detailed Explanation (in Bangla)
Answer Keys
11 | 12 | 13 |
C | D | A |
14 | 15 | 16 |
D | E | A |