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Read the paragraph below and answer these questions.
Five analysts, P, Q, R, S and T each own at least one mobile phone handset. Among the five of them, they own 1 Nokia, 2 Samsung, 3 One Plus, 3 IPhone, and 1 Motorola brand handsets use the following information to answer Questions
• The analyst who owns the Nokia handset does not own any other handset.
• Q owns handsets of three different brands.
• The number of handsets owned by S is double of the number of handsets owned by T.
• There is at least one brand whose handset is owned by both R and T.
• No brand is owned by more than two analysts.
If R owns two handsets, which of the following combinations cannot be owned by R?
Let's tabulate the conditions one by one.
Since we have ten handsets, we have two cases
1: T owns 2 headsets
2: T owns 1 headset
Case 1 :
If T owns 2 handsets, then S owns 4 handsets
But Q owns handsets of three different brands.
So we are left with only 1 handset to be given between P and R.
This case will not serve the purpose
Case 2: T owns 1 handset.
If T owns 1 handset, then S owns 2 handsets
Since the person who owns Nokia does not own any other handsets
It cannot be T as T and R have at least one headset brand in common
It cannot be Q as it owns three different brands.
It cannot be S as it has 2 handsets and the person who owns Nokia doesn't own any other handsets.
So it has to be P : P owns a Nokia handset.
Let's consider the options one by one,
Option A: If R owns handsets of Samsung and One Plus then T can own Samsung ,Q can own Motorola ,Iphone ,One Plus , S can own Iphone brand handsets. So this combination is possible.
Option B: If R owns handsets of Samsung and Iphone then T can own Samsung ,Q can own Motorola ,Iphone ,One Plus , S can own One Plus brand handsets. So this combination is possible.
Option C: If R owns handsets of One Plus and Motorola then T can own One Plus.We are left with only two brands but Q has handsets of 3 different brands. So this combination is not possible.
Hence C is the correct answer.
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