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GATE 2022 MT – Question 5

General Aptitude · Spatial Aptitude: Spatial Reasoning and Visualization · 1 mark · Multiple choice

An art gallery engages a security guard to ensure that the items displayed are protected. The diagram below represents the plan of the gallery where the boundary walls are opaque. The location the security guard posted is identified such that all the inner space (shaded region in the plan) of the gallery is within the line of sight of the security guard. If the security guard does not move around the posted location and has a 360o view, which one of the following correctly represents the set of ALL possible locations among the locations P, Q, R and S, where the security guard can be posted to watch over the entire inner space of the gallery.

Diagram for GATE 2022 MT question 5
  1. P and Q
  2. Q
  3. Q and S
  4. R and S

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Correct answer: (C) Q and S

Explanation

The inward notch blocks a line from either upper wing P or R to part of the other wing. Both lower positions Q and S lie in the common visible region below the extensions of the notch edges and see the whole gallery.

Thus **Q and S, C**.