CAT 2025 Set-2 | Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning | Question: 7

Question

Comprehension:

The following charts depict details of research papers written by four authors, Arman, Brajen, Chintan, and Devon. The papers were of four types, singleauthor, two-author, three-author, and four-author, that is, written by one, two, three, or all four of these authors, respectively. No other authors were involved in writing these papers.

The following additional facts are known.

1. Each of the authors wrote at least one of each of the four types of papers.
2. The four authors wrote different numbers of single-author papers.
3. Both Chintan and Devon wrote more three-author papers than Brajen.
4. The number of single-author and two-author papers written by Brajen were the same.

Which of the following statements is/are NECESSARILY true?

1. Chintan wrote exactly three two-author papers.
2. Chintan wrote more single-author papers than Devon.

• A. Neither $\text{i}$ nor $\text{ii}$
• B. Only $\text{i}$
• C. Only $\text{ii}$
• D. Both $\text{i}$ and $\text{ii}$