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Get access to the detailed solutions to the previous year's questions asked in XAT exam.
Harry and Sunny have cards numbered from 1 to 10.
Sum of the number of cards picked by them = 1+2+3+...+10 = 55.
Sum of the numbers on the cards picked by Harry is 5 more than that of Sunny.
Let x be the sum of the numbers picked by Sunny.
x+x+5 = 55
x = 25
25 can be written as 10+9+1+2+3 or 9+7+5+1+3 etc. (There are many such combinations). We cannot determine the person who has card number 2.
Statement I alone is insufficient.
Statement II states that one of the 2 persons has exactly 4 even-numbered cards.
The person with 4 even-numbered cards might or might not contain card number 2. Therefore, statement II alone is insufficient.
Combining both the statements, we know that the sum of the numbers on the cards with Harry is 5 more than the sum of the number on the cards with Sunny. Therefore, the sum of the number of cards with Sunny should be 25 and Harry should be 30.
Sum of the 5 even numbers = 2+4+6+8+10 = 30.
Sum of the 5 odd numbers = 1+3+5+7+9 = 25.
By replacing one of the odd numbers with even numbers, we have to make the sums 30 and 25. We cannot replace an odd number with an even number and still get the sum as 25. Therefore, the set with 4 odd numbers must add up to 30 and the set with 4 even numbers must add up to 25. We can interchange 1 with 6 or 3 with 8 or 5 with 10. The card with number 2 will always remain with the person with 4 even cards. The card with number 25 will always remain with Sunny. Therefore, we can determine the answer using both the
statements together and hence, option D is the right answer.