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There are only four neighbourhoods in a city - Levmisto, Tyhrmisto, Pesmisto and Kitmisto. During the onset of a pandemic, the number of new cases of a disease in each of these neighbourhoods was recorded over a period of five days. On each day, the number of new cases recorded in any of the neighbourhoods was either 0, 1, 2 or 3.

The following facts are also known:

1. There was at least one new case in every neighbourhood on Day 1.

2. On each of the five days, there were more new cases in Kitmisto than in Pesmisto.

3. The number of new cases in the city in a day kept increasing during the five-day period. The number of new cases on Day 3 was exactly one more than that on Day 2.

4. The maximum number of new cases in a day in Pesmisto was 2 , and this happened only once during the five-day period.

5. Kitmisto is the only place to have 3 new cases on Day 2.

6. The total numbers of new cases in Levmisto, Tyhrmisto, Pesmisto and Kitmisto over the five-day period were 12, 12, 5 and 14 respectively.



Which of the two statements below is/are necessarily false? Statement A: There were 2 new cases in Tyhrmisto on Day 3. Statement B: There were no new cases in Pesmisto on Day 2.

Options

A

Neither Statement A nor Statement B

B

Statement B only

C

Both Statement A and Statement B

D

Statement A only

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Correct Answer :

Option C

Both Statement A and Statement B

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