type 2 selection grouping & team formation on condition puzzles Detailed Explanation And More Example
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Directions:
Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions: A company wants to select a team of four call centre executives from its South Indian centre for transfer to North India where they are going to set up a new centre. The company is managed by professional managers and is very particular about human resources and personnel relations. There are seven team members of equal ability X, Y and Z (who are senior), and A, B, C and D (who are junior). The company requires that there should be two senior executives and two junior executives in the team. It is also necessary that all of the executives in a particular team are friendly with each other in order to have a real team spirit and avoid any personnel relations problem in the new centre being set up in the North. Following is the situation of relations among the seven executives.- (i) Y and A are not friendly. (ii) Z and C are not friendly. (iii) A and B are not friendly.
The following question based on puzzles test topic of verbal reasoning
(a) X, Y and D
(b) X, Z and B
(c) X, Z and C
(d) X, Z and D
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (d)
If A is on the team, Y and B cannot be selected. So, the two senior executives in the team must be X and Z. Since Z and C cannot be taken together,
so the fourth member must be D.
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Read more selection grouping team formation puzzles on condition Based Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers
Question : 1
Which statement(s) must be false? I. Y and C are never selected together. II. Z and B are never selected together. III. Z and D are never selected together.
a) I only
b) I and II only
c) I and III only
d) I, II and III
Answer »Answer: (d)
Clearly, Y and C can be selected along with X and B or D. So, I is false.
Z and B can be selected along with X or Y, and D. So, II is false.
Z and D can be selected along with X or Y, and A or B. So, III is false.
Question : 2
If both Y and Z are selected, which of the executives must be on the team with them?
a) Both B and A
b) Both B and D
c) Both C and D
d) Only D
Answer »Answer: (b)
If Y and Z are selected, then by (i) and (ii), A and C cannot be selected.
Thus, the two junior executives in the team must be B and D.
Question : 3
Which of the following statements is/are true for X? I. X must be selected as one of the senior executives on the team. II. X must be selected, if C is selected. III. X cannot be selected, if both A and C are rejected.
a) I only
b) II only
c) II and III only
d) I, II and III
Answer »Answer: (b)
Y and Z can also form a team with B and D. So, I is false.
If C is selected, then Z cannot be selected. So, the two senior executives in the team must be X and Y. So, II is true.
If both A and C are rejected, the two junior executives in the team must be B and D. And, B and D may have any two senior executives from amongst X, Y and Z. So, III is false.
Directions:
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : There are five men A, B, C, D and E and six women P, Q, R, S, T and U. A, B and R are advocates; C, D, P, Q and S are doctors and the rest are teachers. Some teams are to be selected from amongst these eleven persons subject to the following conditions: A, P and U have to be together. B cannot go with D or R. E and Q have to be together. C and T have to be together. D and P cannot go together.C cannot go with Q.Question : 4
If the team is to consist of two advocates, two doctors, two teachers and not more than three ladies, the members of the team are
a) A, B, C, P, T, U
b) A, C, P, R, T, U
c) A, E, P, Q, R, T
d) B, C, E, Q, R, T
Answer »Answer: (a)
A, C, P, R, T, U and A, E, P, Q, R, T are wrong because each of these combinations consists of our ladies.
B, C, E, Q, R, T is incorrect because B and R cannot go together.
Question : 5
If the team is to consist of one advocate, three doctors and one male teacher, the members of the team are
a) A, D, P, S, U
b) C, D, R, S, T
c) D, E, Q, R, S
d) D, E, Q, R, T
Answer »Answer: (c)
The advocates are A, B and R; the doctors are C, D, P, Q and S; male teacher is E. Clearly, E will be selected. E and Q have to be together. C and Q cannot be together.
So, C will not be selected. P also cannot be selected because U is not selected. So, two other doctors D and S will be selected. P is not selected, so A will not be selected. D is selected, so B cannot be selected.
Thus, the team is D, E, Q, R, S.
Question : 6
If the team is to consist of one male advocate, one male doctor, one lady doctor and two teachers, the members of the team are
a) A, C, P, T, U
b) A, D, E, P, T
c) A, D, E, P, U
d) B, C, E, Q, U
Answer »Answer: (a)
The male advocates are A and B; male doctors are C and D; lady doctors are P, Q and S; teachers are E, T and U. If A is selected, P and U will be selected. D and P cannot go together.
So, a male doctor C will be selected C and T have to be together. Thus, the team is A, C, P, T, U. If B is selected, D will not be selected. So, male doctor C will be chosen. C and T have to be together.
Now, the second teacher to be selected is E or U. But, U cannot go without A. So, E will be selected. E and Q have to be together.
Thus, the team can also be B, C, E, Q, T.
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