UPSC Prelims 2023 · CSAT (Paper 2) · Q14

General Mental Ability

Medium · Parity

Two of the five positive integers p, q, r, s, t are even and three of them are odd (not necessarily in that order). Consider the following:

1. p + q + r + s + t is definitely odd.

2. 2p + q + 2r + s - t is definitely even.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?