Question
A dance programme is scheduled for 10.00 a.m. Some students are participating in the programme and they need to come an hour earlier than the start of the event. These students should be accompanied by a parent. Other students and parents should come in time for the programme. The instruction you think that is appropriate for this is
Official answer and solution
- Official answer
- B
- From
- Official GATE 2014 answer key
Solution
Evaluate which instruction comprehensively covers all required logistics without adding unstated restrictions.
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Break down the requirements given in the passage:
- The programme starts at 10.00 a.m.
- Participating students must arrive 1 hour earlier at 9.00 a.m.
- Participating students must be accompanied by a parent their parents must also come at 9.00 a.m.
- Non-participating students and other parents should come in time for the programme by 10.00 a.m.
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Evaluate the options:
- Option A: Omits that parents of participating students need to come at 9.00 a.m.
- Option B: States that participating students should come at 9.00 a.m. accompanied by a parent, and other parents and students should come by 10.00 a.m. This precisely and fully captures all requirements.
- Option C: Erroneously forbids non-participating students from bringing parents ("they should not bring their parents"), which contradicts the passage.
- Option D: Introduces an unstated requirement that students arrive before 9.00 a.m. while their parents arrive at 9.00 a.m.
Hence, option B is the most appropriate instruction.
B
Choosing option C, which unnecessarily invents a ban on non-participating students bringing parents.
The answer is the one in the official GATE answer key. The solution is this site's own explanation.
Source
- Paper
- GATE 2014 Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) Session 3
- Question
- 6 of 65, printed as GA Q.6
- Section
- General Aptitude
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