Reasoning

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Reasoning

by Ramasubramanian » Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:40 am
10 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities are true?
A) All suspects are lying
B) the leftmost suspect is guilty
C) rightmost suspect is guilty
a)A only
b)A and B
c)B only
d)A and C

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by kvcpk » Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:51 pm
Ramasubramanian wrote:10 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities are true?
A) All suspects are lying
B) the leftmost suspect is guilty
C) rightmost suspect is guilty
a)A only
b)A and B
c)B only
d)A and C
Definitely not a GMAT-like question.
Answer should be A I beleive.
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by prachich1987 » Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:57 pm
I think it should be b) A and B
A & b convey the same meaning