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An electrical circuit for a set of 4 lights depends on a system of switches A,B,C and D. When these switches work they have the following effect on the lights: They each change the state of two lights (i.e. on becomes off and off becomes on). The lights that each switch controls are as follows.
ABCD
1 and 22 and 41 and 33 and 4
In configuration 1 shown below, switches CBDA are activated in turn, resulting in configuration 2. One switch did not work and had no effect at all. Which was that switch?
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Solution

The correct option is C C
If all the switches were on the configuration 22 would be:
But the configuration 22 is given as:
There is difference only in Switches 11 and 33. So switch CC is not working

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