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The director of a B-school wishes to select four members of a faculty-student committee as representatives to meet with the school's board of directors. The faculty-student committee consist exactly four faculty members - K, L, M and N - and four students - P, Q, R and S. The director can select any of the committee members as representatives as long as he observes the following restrictions: (i) The group of four representatives must consist of exactly two faculty members and two students. (ii) Either K or L must be one of the representatives, but K and L cannot both be representatives. (iii) If P is a representatives, M must also be a representative. (iv) If R is a representatives, L cannot be a representative.


[A.T.M.A. 2006]
If L is a representative, which of the following can be the order three representatives?
Options:
A .  N, S, P
B .  M, Q, P
C .  M, Q, R
D .  K, Q, S
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
From (ii), if L is a representative, K cannot be a representative.
Hence, (d) is incorrect.
From (iv), if L is a representative, R cannot be a representative. So, (c) is ruled out.
From (iii), if P is a representative, M must also be a representative. So, (a) is also wrong.
Hence, only (b) holds.

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