Multiple choice

In country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. To restore stability an agreement is reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief among the parties so that each party controls one and only one office at all times. The three top office holders must each have two deputies, one from each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed of equally members of his or her chiefs party and member of the third party.

When the democratic party holds presidency, the staff of the prime minister's deputies are composed I. One-fourth of democratic party members II. One-half of justice party members and one-fourth of conservative party members III. One-half of conservative party members and one-fourth of justice party members.

  1. I only

  2. I and II only

  3. II or III but not both

  4. I and II or I and III

  5. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

When Democratic party holds presidency, the Prime Minister must be from one of the other two parties (Conservative or Justice). The Prime Minister's two deputies are one from each remaining party. Each deputy's staff is equally split between their chief's party and the third party. So if PM is Conservative, deputies are Democratic and Justice, each with 50-50 staff splits. This creates exactly 1/4 Democratic staff overall, making option I correct.

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