LR - Rank & Ordering - Previous Year CAT/MBA Questions
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Answer the following question based on the information given below.
In each of the following problems, there is one question and three statements I, II and III given below the question. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements carefully and find which of the statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the given question.
What is Mohit’s rank from the top in an annual appraisal of a FMCG Company comprising of 70 sales executives?
I. Mohit is 5 ranks below Rashmi from the top
II. Rashmi’s rank from the bottom is 44
III. Mohit is 5 ranks above Rashmi from the bottom
- A.
Any two of the three
- B.
Only II and III
- C.
Only I and either II or III
- D.
Only II and either I or III
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Note that none of the options have a single statement as the answer. So, there is no point evaluating individual statements alone.
Also, statements I and III contradict each other w.r.t. Mohit’s position. Hence, only I and III cannot provide the answer. Hence, options 1 and 3 can be eliminated.
Since it is known that there are 70 executives, statement II fixes Rashmi’s position as 44th from bottom (or 27th from top).
Now, statement I (or III) provides Mohit’s position w.r.t. Rashmi. Hence, Mohit’s rank from the top can be found.
Hence, only statement II and either statement I or III are sufficient to answer the question.
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
Read the following passage and solve the questions based on it.
Taking note of the day-long heavy queue in front of the Tarangabad Transport Department office everyday for obtaining transport permits, the City Administration comes out with a ‘Single Office-Five Windows’ system for facilitating the process. For simplicity, the windows are named as W1, W2, W3, W4 and W5 respectively. Office hours are from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, barring Saturday, when the office closes by 2.30 PM. To streamline the rush and reduce pressure on the employees, the working hours of the aforesaid windows are defined in the following manner:
- W1 is open between 9.30 AM and 2.30 PM on Monday and Wednesday, between 8.00 AM and 11.30 AM on Tuesday and Thursday and between 3.00 PM and 5.00 PM on Friday.
- W2 is open between 8.30 AM and 11.30 AM on Wednesday and Thursday, between 8.00 AM and 10.00 AM on Friday, and between 12.30 PM and 2.30 PM on Monday and Saturday.
- W3 is open between 10.00 AM and 12.30 PM on Wednesday and Saturday, between 10.00 AM and 12.00 Noon on Friday, and between 3.30 PM and 5.30 PM on Monday and Thursday.
- W4 is open between 11.30 AM and 3.00 PM on Tuesday, between 12.30 PM and 3.00 PM on Thursday and Friday, between 8 AM and 10 AM on Saturday and Monday and between 3.30 PM to 5.30 PM on Wednesday.
- W5 is open between 2.00 PM and 4.00 PM on Monday, 3.30 PM and 5.30 PM on Tuesday and Friday, between 8 AM and 10 AM on Wednesday and between 10.30 AM to 12.30 PM on Thursday.
On which of the following days, maximum number of windows is simultaneously open at 9.45 AM?
- A.
Monday
- B.
Wednesday
- C.
Thursday
- D.
Friday
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
Considering the options,
On Monday, windows W1 and W4 were open at 9:45 AM.
On Wednesday, windows W1, W2 and W5 were open at 9:45 AM.
On Thursday, windows W1 and W2 were open at 9:45 AM.
On Friday, only W2 was open at 9:45 AM.
Hence, option 2.
Workspace:
On which of the following days, not more than one window is open simultaneously at any given time during office hours?
- A.
Monday
- B.
Wednesday
- C.
Friday
- D.
Saturday
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
From the solution to the previous question, it can be seen that multiple windows were open at 9:45 on Monday and Wednesday. Hence, options 1 and 2 are eliminated.
On Friday, W1 is open between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM and W5 is open between 3:30 PM and 5:30 PM. Hence, option 3 is eliminated.
Hence, option 4.
Note: Once the first three options have been eliminated, there is no need to check whether multiple windows are open on Saturday. However, it can be independently verified.
Workspace:
All windows of the transport permit office are closed for 1 hour during the office hours on which of the following days?
- A.
Wednesday
- B.
Monday
- C.
Tuesday
- D.
Thursday
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
Considering the options,
On Wednesday,
W1 is open between 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
W2 is open between 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM.
Hence, there is at least one window open between 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
W3 is open between 10:00 AM and 12:30 PM. W4 is open between 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
W5 is open between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
Hence, a gap of one hour exists between 2:30 PM and 3:30 PM.
Hence, option 1.
Note:
Once the answer has been determined as Wednesday, it is not required to verify the remaining options as well.
Workspace:
Read the following passage and solve the questions based on it.Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries organized a business conclave on India's emerging electronic goods sector. CEOs and Managing Directors of four leading companies, namely, Klentech Industries, Andromeda Infotech, Zoomerng Technologies and Spearhead Unlimited were invited to deliver lectures on this occasion. The CEOs of the four companies were Mr. Sethi, Mr. D'Souza, Mr. Puri and Mr. Bisht respectively, while the Managing Directors were Mr. Tandon, Mr. Arora, Mr. Karare and Mr. Reddy in that order. The speeches were delivered subject to the condition that each of the Managing Directors delivered their speeches immediately after that of the CEOs of their company.
The first CEO to speak was Mr. D’Souza and the next CEO to deliver his address was Mr. Puri. If Mr. Tandon is the third Managing Director to deliver his address, which of the following statements must be true?
- A.
Mr. Bisht delivered his address sometimes before Mr. Sethi.
- B.
Mr. Reddy delivered his address sometime before Mr. Tandon.
- C.
Mr. Puri delivered his address sometime before Mr. Reddy.
- D.
Mr. Karare delivered his address sometime before Mr. Arora.
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The order in which the (CEOs, MDs) combinations spoke can be given as
1 - (Mr. D’Souza, Mr. Arora), 2 - (Mr. Puri, Mr. Karare), 3 - (Mr. Sethi, Mr. Tandon) and 4 - (Mr. Bisht, Mr. Reddy)
It can be seen that Mr. Puri spoke before Mr. Reddy.
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
If Mr. Bisht was the second CEO to speak after Mr. D’Souza, and two more Managing Directors speak after the address of the Managing Director of Spearhead Unlimited, then who is the last CEO to speak?
- A.
Mr. Sethi
- B.
Mr. Puri
- C.
Mr. Tandon
- D.
Cannot be determined
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Mr. D’Souza was the first CEO to speak overall. Mr. Bisht was the second CEO to speak overall.
The order in which the (CEOs, MDs) combinations spoke can be given as
(Mr. D’Souza, Mr. Arora)
(Mr. Bisht, Mr. Reddy)
(Mr. Sethi, Mr. Tandon) or (Mr. Puri, Mr. Karare)
(Mr. Puri, Mr. Karare) or (Mr. Sethi, Mr. Tandon)
Thus, it is not possible to determine which CEO spoke last.
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
a. Six Indian professors from six different institutions (Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto, Uranus) went to China to attend an international conference on “Sustainability and Innovation in Management: A Global Scenario” and they stayed in six successive rooms on the second floor of a hotel (201 _ 206).
b. Each of them has published papers in a number of journals and has donated to a number of institutions last year.
c. The professor in room no. 202 has published in twice as many journals as the professor who donated to 8 institutions last year.
d. The professor from Uranus and the Professor in room number 206 together published in a total of 40 journals.
e. The professor from Jupiter published in 8 journals less than the professor from Pluto but donated to 10 more institutions last year.
f. Four times the number of 4 journal publications by the professor in room number 204 is lesser than the number of institutions to which he donated last year.
g. The professor in room number 203 published in 12 journals and donated to 8 institutions last year.
h. The professor who published in 16 journals donated to 24 institutions last year.
i. The professor in room number 205 published in 8 journals and donated to 2 institutions less than the professor from Mercury last year. The Mercury professor is staying in an odd numbered room.
j. The Mars professor is staying two rooms ahead of Pluto professor who is staying two rooms ahead of the Mercury professor in ascending order of room numbers.
k. The professors from Mercury and Jupiter do not stay in room number 206.
In which room is the Mars professor staying?
- A.
Room number 201
- B.
Room number 203
- C.
Room number 205
- D.
None of the above
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
Denote the professors by their institution names.
From (j) : Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 ,205 or 202, 204, 206.
From (i) Mercury stays in an odd numbered room. Thus Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 and 205 respectively.
From (d) and (k), Neptune stays in 206.
From (g) Pluto published 12 journals and donated to 8 institutions.
From (e), Jupiter published 8 journals less than Pluto and donated to 10 more institutions. Therefore, Jupiter published 4 journals and donated to 18 institutions.
From(c) the professor from room 202 published 24 journals. Hence, he cannot be Jupiter. Therefore, Uranus stays in room 202 and Jupiter in 204.
From (d), Uranus and Neptune put together published 40 journals. So Neptune published 16 journals.
From (h), Neptune donated to 24 institutions.
From (i) Mars published 8 journals.
Thus, all the data can be shown as given in the table below.
Mars stays in room number 205
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
How many institutions did the Jupiter professor donate to last year?
- A.
8
- B.
3
- C.
18
- D.
24
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
Denote the professors by their institution names.
From (j) : Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 ,205 or 202, 204, 206.
From (i) Mercury stays in an odd numbered room. Thus Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 and 205 respectively.
From (d) and (k), Neptune stays in 206.
From (g) Pluto published 12 journals and donated to 8 institutions.
From (e), Jupiter published 8 journals less than Pluto and donated to 10 more institutions. Therefore, Jupiter published 4 journals and donated to 18 institutions.
From(c) the professor from room 202 published 24 journals. Hence, he cannot be Jupiter. Therefore, Uranus stays in room 202 and Jupiter in 204.
From (d), Uranus and Neptune put together published 40 journals. So Neptune published 16 journals.
From (h), Neptune donated to 24 institutions.
From (i) Mars published 8 journals.
Thus, all the data can be shown as given in the table below.
Jupiter donated to 18 institutions.
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
The professor of which institute is staying in room number 206?
- A.
Jupiter
- B.
Uranus
- C.
Mercury
- D.
Neptune
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Denote the professors by their institution names.
From (j) : Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 ,205 or 202, 204, 206.
From (i) Mercury stays in an odd numbered room. Thus Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 and 205 respectively.
From (d) and (k), Neptune stays in 206.
From (g) Pluto published 12 journals and donated to 8 institutions.
From (e), Jupiter published 8 journals less than Pluto and donated to 10 more institutions. Therefore, Jupiter published 4 journals and donated to 18 institutions.
From(c) the professor from room 202 published 24 journals. Hence, he cannot be Jupiter. Therefore, Uranus stays in room 202 and Jupiter in 204.
From (d), Uranus and Neptune put together published 40 journals. So Neptune published 16 journals.
From (h), Neptune donated to 24 institutions.
From (i) Mars published 8 journals.
Thus, all the data can be shown as given in the table below.
The professor from Neptune is staying in room number 206.
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
The professor of which institute donated to 24 institutions last year?
- A.
Jupiter
- B.
Uranus
- C.
Mercury
- D.
Neptune
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Denote the professors by their institution names.
From (j) : Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 ,205 or 202, 204, 206.
From (i) Mercury stays in an odd numbered room. Thus Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 and 205 respectively.
From (d) and (k), Neptune stays in 206.
From (g) Pluto published 12 journals and donated to 8 institutions.
From (e), Jupiter published 8 journals less than Pluto and donated to 10 more institutions. Therefore, Jupiter published 4 journals and donated to 18 institutions.
From(c) the professor from room 202 published 24 journals. Hence, he cannot be Jupiter. Therefore, Uranus stays in room 202 and Jupiter in 204.
From (d), Uranus and Neptune put together published 40 journals. So Neptune published 16 journals.
From (h), Neptune donated to 24 institutions.
From (i) Mars published 8 journals.
Thus, all the data can be shown as given in the table below.
The professor from Neptune donated to 24 institutions
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
The professor of which institute published in the maximum number of journals?
- A.
Jupiter
- B.
Uranus
- C.
Neptune
- D.
Mars
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
Denote the professors by their institution names.
From (j) : Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 ,205 or 202, 204, 206.
From (i) Mercury stays in an odd numbered room. Thus Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 and 205 respectively.
From (d) and (k), Neptune stays in 206.
From (g) Pluto published 12 journals and donated to 8 institutions.
From (e), Jupiter published 8 journals less than Pluto and donated to 10 more institutions. Therefore, Jupiter published 4 journals and donated to 18 institutions.
From(c) the professor from room 202 published 24 journals. Hence, he cannot be Jupiter. Therefore, Uranus stays in room 202 and Jupiter in 204.
From (d), Uranus and Neptune put together published 40 journals. So Neptune published 16 journals.
From (h), Neptune donated to 24 institutions.
From (i) Mars published 8 journals.
Thus, all the data can be shown as given in the table below.
The professor from Uranus published maximum number of journals.
Hence, option 2.
Workspace:
In how many journals did the Jupiter professor publish?
- A.
8
- B.
4
- C.
12
- D.
20
Answer: Option B
Explanation :
Denote the professors by their institution names.
From (j) : Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 ,205 or 202, 204, 206.
From (i) Mercury stays in an odd numbered room. Thus Mercury, Pluto, and Mars stay in 201, 203 and 205 respectively.
From (d) and (k), Neptune stays in 206.
From (g) Pluto published 12 journals and donated to 8 institutions.
From (e), Jupiter published 8 journals less than Pluto and donated to 10 more institutions. Therefore, Jupiter published 4 journals and donated to 18 institutions.
From(c) the professor from room 202 published 24 journals. Hence, he cannot be Jupiter. Therefore, Uranus stays in room 202 and Jupiter in 204.
From (d), Uranus and Neptune put together published 40 journals. So Neptune published 16 journals.
From (h), Neptune donated to 24 institutions.
From (i) Mars published 8 journals.
Thus, all the data can be shown as given in the table below.
The professor from Jupiter published in 4 journals.
Hence, option 2.
Workspace:
In the word HEIRARCHICAL, If the first and second, third and fourth, fourth and fifth, fifth and sixth letters are interchanged up to the last letter, which are the two position from the left on which R would appear and on which positions would C appear twice?
- A.
R – 3 and 5; C – 8 and 9
- B.
R – 9 and 10; C – 4 and 5
- C.
R – 4 and 5; C – 7 and 8
- D.
4 and 5; C – 7 and 8
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
From the word ‘HEIRARCHICAL, the final word formed after interchanging the first and second, third and fourth, fifth and sixth letters and so on is EHRIRAHCCILA.
From the left, R is at positions 3 and 5.
From the left, C is at positions 8 and 9.
Hence, option 1.
Workspace:
Priya is taller than Tiya and shorter than Siya.
Riya is shorter than Siya and taller than Priya.
Riya is taller than Diya, who is shorter than Tiya.
Arrange them in order of ascending heights.
- A.
Priya – Siya – Riya – Tiya - Diya
- B.
Riya – Siya – Priya – Diya - Tiya
- C.
Siya – Riya – Priya – Tiya - Diya
- D.
Siya – Priya – Riya – Diya - Tiya
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The people arranged in ascending order of heights are: Diya, Tiya, Priya, Riya, Siya. Since there is no option which matches this sequence in ascending order and in the absence of ‘None of these’ as an option, option 3 is marked as the answer as it is the only sequence that has a valid order of heights.
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
Read the following information carefully to answer the questions given below it.
Mr. Malhotra’s family is a traditional joint family from Jalandhar having six persons from three generations. Each member of the family has different food preference and they support different sports / games. Only two couples are there in the family. Rakesh likes continental food and his wife neither likes dry fruits nor supports gymnastics. The person who likes egg supports Rugby and his wife likes traditional food. Mona is mother-in-law of Sonalika and she supports Athletics. Varun is grandfather of Tarun and Tarun, who likes Punjabi food, supports Basketball. Nuri is granddaughter of Mona and she supports Badminton. Nuri’s mother supports horse riding.
Identify the correct pair of two couples from the following:
- A.
Mona-Varun and Rakesh-Sonalika
- B.
Varun-Mona and Rakesh-Nuri
- C.
Rakesh-Sonalika and Tarun-Nuri
- D.
Cannot be determined
Answer: Option A
Explanation :
There are 6 persons in the family from 3 generations.
There are two married couples.
Mona is the mother-in-law of Sonalika.
Varun is the Grand Father of Tarun.
Now as there are only 3 generations present, Mona and Varun are married to each other.
Nuri is the grand - daughter of Mona.
This means that Tarun and Nuri are siblings.
This also means that Rakesh and Sonalika are married to each other.
Hence, option 1.
Workspace:
Who likes Punjabi food, and what sport / game does he / she support?
- A.
Nuri and Badminton
- B.
Sonalika and horse riding
- C.
Tarun and Basketball
- D.
None of the above
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
It is given in the question that Tarun likes Punjabi food and supports Basketball.
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
During the cultural week of an institute six competitions were conducted. The cultural week was inaugurated in the morning of 19th October, Wednesday and continued till 26th October. In the span of 8 days six competitions namely debate, folk dance, fash-p, street play, rock band, and group song, were organized along with various other cultural programs. The information available from the institute is:
i. Only one competition was held in a day
ii. Rock band competition was not conducted on the closing day
iii. Fash-p was conducted on the day prior to debate competition
iv. Group song competition was conducted neither on Wednesday nor or Saturday
v. None of the competition was conducted on Thursday and Sunday
vi. Street Play competition was held on Monday
vii. There was gap of two days between debate competition and group song competition
The cultural week started with which competition?
- A.
Flash-p competition
- B.
Debate competition
- C.
Street play competition
- D.
Rock band competition
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Create a table with three columns – date, day and competition – as shown below:
Since there were 6 competitions and 8 days, and only one competition was held per day; it means that exactly 2 days were completely free i.e. there was no competition on that day. It is given that these two days were Thursday and Sunday.
Now, street play was held on Monday.
Thus, the table becomes:
Flash-p was conducted a day before the debate and there was a gap of 2 days between the debate and the group song competition.
Therefore, there are 2 possibilities: GS __ Flash-p Debate or Flash-p Debate __ __ GS
Now, for flash-p and the debate to be on consecutive days, only two possibilities exist – Friday and Saturday or Tuesday and Wednesday.
If the debate is on Wednesday, the group song will have to be on Sunday, which is not possible.
Therefore, the flash-p competition and debate were on Friday and Saturday respectively. Therefore, the Group Song competition has to be on Tuesday.
Since the rock band competition was not held on the last day, it could have only been conducted on the first day i.e. October 19.
Therefore, the folk dance competition was held on the last day i.e. 26 October.
Thus, the final table is as shown below:
Thus, the cultural week started with the rock band competition.
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
How many days gap is there between rock band competition and group song competition?
- A.
Two
- B.
Three
- C.
Four
- D.
Five
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Create a table with three columns – date, day and competition – as shown below:
Since there were 6 competitions and 8 days, and only one competition was held per day; it means that exactly 2 days were completely free i.e. there was no competition on that day. It is given that these two days were Thursday and Sunday.
Now, street play was held on Monday.
Thus, the table becomes:
Flash-p was conducted a day before the debate and there was a gap of 2 days between the debate and the group song competition.
Therefore, there are 2 possibilities: GS __ Flash-p Debate or Flash-p Debate __ __ GS
Now, for flash-p and the debate to be on consecutive days, only two possibilities exist – Friday and Saturday or Tuesday and Wednesday.
If the debate is on Wednesday, the group song will have to be on Sunday, which is not possible.
Therefore, the flash-p competition and debate were on Friday and Saturday respectively. Therefore, the Group Song competition has to be on Tuesday.
Since the rock band competition was not held on the last day, it could have only been conducted on the first day i.e. October 19.
Therefore, the folk dance competition was held on the last day i.e. 26 October.
Thus, the final table is as shown below:
Consider the final table,
The rock band competition and the group song competition were held on October 19 and October 25 respectively.
Thus, there were five days in between.
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
Which pair of competition was conducted on Wednesday?
- A.
Rock band competition and debate competition
- B.
Debate competition and fash-p competition
- C.
Rock band competition and Folk dance competition
- D.
None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
Create a table with three columns – date, day and competition – as shown below:
Since there were 6 competitions and 8 days, and only one competition was held per day; it means that exactly 2 days were completely free i.e. there was no competition on that day. It is given that these two days were Thursday and Sunday.
Now, street play was held on Monday.
Thus, the table becomes:
Flash-p was conducted a day before the debate and there was a gap of 2 days between the debate and the group song competition.
Therefore, there are 2 possibilities: GS __ Flash-p Debate or Flash-p Debate __ __ GS
Now, for flash-p and the debate to be on consecutive days, only two possibilities exist – Friday and Saturday or Tuesday and Wednesday.
If the debate is on Wednesday, the group song will have to be on Sunday, which is not possible.
Therefore, the flash-p competition and debate were on Friday and Saturday respectively. Therefore, the Group Song competition has to be on Tuesday.
Since the rock band competition was not held on the last day, it could have only been conducted on the first day i.e. October 19.
Therefore, the folk dance competition was held on the last day i.e. 26 October.
Thus, the final table is as shown below:
Consider the final table.
The rock band and folk dance competitions were conducted on Wednesday.
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
Which competition exactly precedes the street play competition?
- A.
Rock band competition
- B.
Group song competition
- C.
Debate competition
- D.
Fash-p competition
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
Create a table with three columns – date, day and competition – as shown below:
Since there were 6 competitions and 8 days, and only one competition was held per day; it means that exactly 2 days were completely free i.e. there was no competition on that day. It is given that these two days were Thursday and Sunday.
Now, street play was held on Monday.
Thus, the table becomes:
Flash-p was conducted a day before the debate and there was a gap of 2 days between the debate and the group song competition.
Therefore, there are 2 possibilities: GS __ Flash-p Debate or Flash-p Debate __ __ GS
Now, for flash-p and the debate to be on consecutive days, only two possibilities exist – Friday and Saturday or Tuesday and Wednesday.
If the debate is on Wednesday, the group song will have to be on Sunday, which is not possible.
Therefore, the flash-p competition and debate were on Friday and Saturday respectively. Therefore, the Group Song competition has to be on Tuesday.
Since the rock band competition was not held on the last day, it could have only been conducted on the first day i.e. October 19.
Therefore, the folk dance competition was held on the last day i.e. 26 October.
Thus, the final table is as shown below:
Consider the final table.
The debate competition exactly precedes the street play competition.
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
Fash-p competition follows which competition?
- A.
Debate competition
- B.
Street play competition
- C.
Rock band competition
- D.
None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
Create a table with three columns – date, day and competition – as shown below:
Since there were 6 competitions and 8 days, and only one competition was held per day; it means that exactly 2 days were completely free i.e. there was no competition on that day. It is given that these two days were Thursday and Sunday.
Now, street play was held on Monday.
Thus, the table becomes:
Flash-p was conducted a day before the debate and there was a gap of 2 days between the debate and the group song competition.
Therefore, there are 2 possibilities: GS __ Flash-p Debate or Flash-p Debate __ __ GS
Now, for flash-p and the debate to be on consecutive days, only two possibilities exist – Friday and Saturday or Tuesday and Wednesday.
If the debate is on Wednesday, the group song will have to be on Sunday, which is not possible.
Therefore, the flash-p competition and debate were on Friday and Saturday respectively. Therefore, the Group Song competition has to be on Tuesday.
Since the rock band competition was not held on the last day, it could have only been conducted on the first day i.e. October 19.
Therefore, the folk dance competition was held on the last day i.e. 26 October.
Thus, the final table is as shown below:
Consider the final table.
The flash-p competition follows the rock band competition.
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
A parking lot can accommodate only six cars. The six cars are parked in two rows in such a way that the front of the three cars parked in one row is facing the other three cars in the other row.
i. Alto is not parked in the beginning of the any row
ii. Esteem is second to the right of i10
iii. Punto, who is the neighbor of Alto is parked diagonally opposite to i10
iv. Swift is parked in front of Alto
v. SX4 is parked to the immediate right of Alto
If SX4 and Esteem exchange their positions mutually then car (s) adjacent to Esteem is (are)?
- A.
i10 and Swift
- B.
Only Swift
- C.
Only Alto
- D.
Alto and Punto
Answer: Option C
Explanation :
The parking lot can be as shown below:
___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___
Esteem is second to the right of i10.
Therefore, there are 2 possibilities:
___ ___ ___
i10 ___ Esteem
or
Esteem ___ i10
_________ ___ ___
Punto is parked diagonally opposite i10 and Alto is next to Punto.
Thus, we get:
___ Alto Punto
i10 ___ Esteem
or
Esteem ___ i10
Punto Alto ___
Now, SX4 is to the immediate right of Alto and Swift is opposite Alto.
Therefore, we get
SX4 Alto Punto
i10 Swift Esteem
or
Esteem Swift i10
Punto Alto SX4
Now, if SX4 and Esteem interchange their position, in either case, the car next to Esteem will be Alto.
There is no other car next to Esteem.
Hence, option 3.
Workspace:
If Alto changes position with i10 and Punto changes position with SX4 and Swift shifts one position to the right to accommodate Beatle then the car (s) parked adjacent to Beatle is (are)?
- A.
Punto only
- B.
i10 and SX4
- C.
Punto and Alto
- D.
Alto and Swift
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Alto changes position with i10, Punto changes position with SX4 and Swift shifts one position to the right to accommodate Beatle.
Therefore, the arrangements are as shown below:
Swift Beatle Alto
SX4 i10 Punto
or
Punto i10 SX4
Alto Beatle Swift
In either case, the cars next to Beatle are Alto and Swift.
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
In the original parking scheme four new cars enter the parking lot such that Wagon-R is second to the right of i10 and Zen is second to the left of SX4. Jazz is parked second to the left to Wagon-R and Beat is parked to the right of Alto then the cars that moved out are?
- A.
Esteem and Swift
- B.
Punto and Alto
- C.
i10 and Alto
- D.
Punto and SX4
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
4 new cars have entered the car park.
Wagon-R is second to the right of i10, Zen is second to the left of SX4, Jazz is second to the left of Wagon-R and Beat is to the right of Alto.
Using these conditions, the arrangement is as shown below:
Wagon R Swift Jazz
Zen Alto Beat
or
Beat Alto Zen
Jazz Swift Wagon R
Thus, the cars that have gone out are Esteem, i10, Punto and Sx4.
Alto and Swift have not gone out. Options 1, 2 and 3 mention either Swift or Alto. Hence, options 1, 2 and 3 can be eliminated.
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
i. Six friends Rahul, Kabeer, Anup, Raghu, Amit and Alok were engineering graduates. All six of them were placed in six different companies and were posted in six different locations, namely Tisco-Jamshedpur, Telco-Pune, Wipro-Bangalore, HCL-Noida, Mecon-Ranchi and Usha Martin-Kolkata. Each of them has their personal e-mail id’s with different email providers i.e., Gmail, Indiatimes, Rediffmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Sancharnet, though not necessarily in the same order.
ii. The one having e-mail account with Sancharnet works in Noida and the one having an e-mail account with Indiatimes works for Tisco.
iii. Amit does not stay in Bangalore and does not work for Mecon, the one who works for Mecon has an e-mail id with Gmail.
iv. Rahul has an e-mail id with Rediffmail and works at Pune.
v. Alok does not work for Mecon and the one who works for Wipro does not have an e-mail account with Yahoo.
vi. Kabeer is posted in Kolkata, and does not have an account with Hotmail.
vii. Neither Alok nor Raghu work in Noida.
viii. The one who is posted in Ranchi has an e-mail id which is not an account of Rediffmail or Hotmail.
ix. Anup is posted in Jamshedpur.
The man who works in Wipro has a e-mail account with?
- A.
Sancharnet
- B.
Yahoo
- C.
Rediffmail
- D.
None of these
Answer: Option D
Explanation :
Construct a table with the names of the graduates, companies, locations and email providers.
Note that the company and location are given as a pair.
Thus, if one of these two parameters is known for a person or corresponding to an email provider, the other is also automatically known.
From (ii), we get: HCL – Noida – Sancharnet and Tisco – Jamshedpur – Indiatimes.
Now, consider the information which directly mentions the location, company or provider for a person.
Rahul works for Telco in Pune and uses Rediffmail.
Kabeer works for Usha Martin in Kolkata and Anup works for Tisco in Jamshedpur.
Thus, the table is as shown below:
Now, since neither Alok nor Raghu work in Noida, Amit works for HCL in Noida.
Therefore, Amit uses Sancharnet.
Similarly, Anup uses Indiatimes.
Thus, the table becomes:
Since Alok does not work for Mecon, Raghu works for Mecon and Alok works for Wipro.
Therefore, Alok and Raghu work in Bangalore and Ranchi respectively.
Since the person who works in Mecon has an account with Gmail, Raghu has an account with Gmail.
Since the person who works in Wipro does not have a Yahoo account, Alok has to have a Hotmail account and Kabeer has to have a Yahoo account.
Thus, the final table is as shown below:
Thus, the person who works in Wipro has an e-mail account with Hotmail.
Hence, option 4.
Workspace:
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