At least one pencil is distributed to each of the 19 students. Did at

Responding to a pm:

No of students: 19
Each student is given atleast one pencil.

Ques: Did 2 students receive the same number of pencils?

It depends on how many pencils were distributed and how.

1) The number of pencils distributed to each student is less than 19.

There are only 18 distinct ways of giving pencils to a students (any number from 1 to 18). No one got 19 or more pencils.
But we have 19 students. So at least 2 of them will get the same number of pencils. Say first 18 students get 1, 2, 3, ...18 pencils respectively. The 19th student will get one of these 18 number of pencils only. So 2 students MUST have the same number of pencils.
Sufficient

2) The total number of pencils distributed to students is 187.

Say, we try to give a distinct number of pencils to each of the 19 students. The minimum pencils required for this will be
1 + 2+ 3 + 4 + ... + 19 = 19*20/2 = 190 pencils

But we have only 187 pencils. Since we have fewer pencils, some students will have an equal number of pencils. So 2 students MUST have the same number of pencils.
Sufficient

Answer (D)