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1300 - Analytical Reasoning

Analytical Reasoning MCQ No. : 48180
  1. A arts of student of NUML must take four subjects.
  2. The subjects he may choose from are French, Islamiyat, Logic, Civic, Poetry, Law
  3. The student must take either Civic or Poetry, but not both.
  4. The student cannot take Logic and Law together.

How many different combinations of courses are available for the student to choose from?

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. More than 5
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Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

The strategy here is to make a table based on the four restrictive Statements. We shall use the letter X if the student takes the course and a zero if the student does not take the course. We shall use C for Civic, L for Logic, P for Poetry, F for French, I for Islamiyat and La for Law

  • Now, the restrictive Statements indicate the following:
  • a) Students cannot take Logic and Law together
  • b) Students must take either Civic or Poetry but not both
  • c) Students must take four courses

We shall now take note of the above guidelines in preparing the final

  • Now we see that the possible combinations are
  • C,L,F,I or C,F,I, La or L,P,F,I or P,F,I, La
  • We can now proceed to answer with reference to the final Possible Combinations.

The above statements describes four different combinations. Accordingly, Choice C is correct.

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