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A solid cube is formed with 27 smaller cubes. One pair of opposite faces of this cube is painted red, another pair is painted yellow and third pair of opposite faces is painted white. How many smaller cubes are painted yellow and white only?

A) 4                                 

B) 8    

C) 12                                

D) 16

Correct Answer: A

Solution :

From the given figure, it is very much clear that the four corner cubes in the second layer have one face painted with white and one face painted with yellow.