The only people to attend a conference were four ship captains and the first mates of three of those captains. The captains were L, M, N and O; the first mates were A, D and G Each person in turn delivered a report to the assembly as follows: Each of the first mates delivered their report exactly after his or her captain. The first captain to speak was M, and captain N spoke after him. 1. Among the following which is not an appropriate order of delivered reports?

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• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(31) No(14)
• Among the following which is not an appropriate order of delivered reports?
  A. M, A, N, G, O, L, D
  B. M, D, N, G, L, O, A
  C. M, N, A, L, D, O, G
  D. M, N, A, O, D, L, G
  E. M, N, G, D, O, L, A
  
  E is the right answer since all others violate the rules.
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(13) No(15)
• can anyone explain this pls...
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(1)
• Sequence:
  L M N O Captains
  A D G Mates
  
  1st is M, then it is told N, now their mates come in picture that is N's mate is G and M's mate is D, hen then next captain comes i.e O, L and its mate A. so, M, N, G, D, D, O, L, A.
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(1)
• The questions are :
  
  Among the following which is not an appropriate order of delivered reports?
  
  (A) M, A, N, G, O, L, D
  (B) M, D, N, G, L, O, A
  (C) M, N, A, L, D, O, G
  (D) M, N, A, O, D, L, G
  (E) M, N, G, D, O, L, A
  
  Ans : E
  
  In case L speaks after A, and A is the third of the first mates to speak, then among the following statements which would be untrue?
  
  (A) O spoke immediately after G.
  (B) The order of the first four speakers was M, G, N, D.
  (C) O’s first mate was present.
  (D) A was the fourth speaker after M.
  (E) The captains spoke in the order M, N, O, L.
  
  Ans : D
  
  Among the following statements which statement must be true?
  
  (A) In case the second speaker was a captain, the seventh speaker was a first mate.
  (B) In case the second speaker was a first mate, the seventh speaker was a captain.
  (C) In case the third speaker was a first mate, the seventh speaker was a captain.
  (D) In case the third speaker was a captain, the seventh speaker was a first mate.
  (E) In case the seventh speaker was a first mate, the first and third speakers were captains.
  
  Ans : A
  
  
  
  In case A spoke immediately after L and immediately before O, and O was not the last speaker, L spoke
  
  (A) second
  (B) third
  (C) fourth
  (D) fifth
  (E) sixth
  
  Ans : C
  
  In case G is M’s first mate, D could be the person who spoke immediately
  
  (A) prior to T
  (B) prior to L
  (C) prior to V
  (D) after T
  (E) after V
  
  Ans : D
  
  In case A is the third of the first mates to speak, and L is the captain whose first mate is not present, which among the following statements must be true?
  
  (A) A spoke sometime before L.
  (B) D spoke sometime before O.
  (C) L spoke sometime before O.
  (D) O spoke sometime before L.
  (E) O spoke sometime before N.
  
  Ans : B
  
  Among the following statements, which would make M, D, N, G, L, O, A the only possible sequence of speakers?
  
  (A) D is M’s first mate; G is N’s first mate; A is O’s first mate.
  (B) D is M’s first mate; G is N’s first mate; A was the second to speak after L.
  (C) The order of the first four speakers was M, D, N, G.
  (D) The order of the last three speakers was L, O, A.
  (E) The order in which the captains spoke was M, N, L, O.
  
  Ans : B
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(3)
• whr iz the option?????
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(2)
• As given that L,M,N,O are four captains, and A,D,G are their mates, and given constraint is that each mate must deliver the report after his/her captain .So in options each of the three mates should be after each of any captain and first and second captains should be of order M,(chance of any mate),N,..,followed by the remaining members.
• 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• how the answer is d because c,d,e optons are not following order c ,d,e are coreect
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