type 2 selection grouping & team formation on condition puzzles Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Directions:
Read the information carefully and then answer the question based on that. At an electronic data processing unit, five out of the eight programme sets P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are to be operator daily. On anyone day, except for 1st day of the month, only three of the programme sets must be the ones that were operated on the previous day. The programme operation must also satisfy the following conditions.
    I. If programme P is to be operator on a day, V cannot be operator on that day.
    II. If Q is to be operator on a day, T must be one of the programmes to be operated after Q.
    III. If R is to be operated on a day, V must be one of the programmes to be operated after R.
    IV. The last programme to be operated on any day must be either S or U.

[S.B.I. (Clerk) 2012]

Question : 16

If the programme sets R and W are to be operated on 1st day, which of the following could be the other programmes on that day?

a) P, T, U

b) Q, S, V

c) Q, T, V

d) T, S, U

e) V, S, U

Answer: (e)

Option (a) R, W, P, T, U violates condition III - V Should come after R.

Option (b) R, W, Q, S, V violates condition II - T should come after Q.

Option (c) R, W, Q, T, V violates condition IV - last programme should be either S or U.

Option (d) R, W, T, S, U violates condition III - V should come after R.

Option (e) R, W, V, S, U complies with all the conditions.

Question : 17

If the programme sets operated on a day are P, Q, W, T and U, then each of the following could be the next day's programme set except

a) Q, R, V, T, U

b) Q, T, V, W, S

c) W, T, U, V, S

d) W, R, V, T, U

e) W, T, S, P, U

Answer: (e) Four of the programme sets cannot be operated on the next day out of those operated on the 1st day.

Question : 18

Which of the following could be the set of programme to be operated on the 1st day of a month?

a) P, R, V, S, U

b) Q, S, R, V, U

c) T, U, R, V, S

d) U, Q, S, T, W

e) V, Q, R, T, S

Answer: (c)

Option (a) P, R, V, S, U violates condition I - P should not come with V.

Option (b) Q, S, R, V, U violates condition II - T should come after Q.

Option (c) T, U, R, V, S is the correct option.

Option (d) U, Q, S, T, W violates condition IV last programme should be either S or U.

Option (e) V, Q, R, T, S violates condition III V should follow R.

Question : 19

If R is operated at 3rd place in a sequence, which of the following cannot be 2nd programme in that sequence?

a) Q

b) S

c) T

d) U

e) W

Answer: (a)

If R is operated at 3rd place in a sequence, then V will be operated at fourth place and either S or U at last place. On the basis of this sequence, we see that Q cannot be operated at the second place because T cannot be operated after Q as there is no space left for T.

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.

[N.M.A.T. 2006]

Question : 20

If the team is to consist of two male advocates, two lady doctors and one teacher, the members of the team are

a) A, B, P, Q, U

b) A, B, P, U, S

c) A, P, R, S, U

d) B, E, Q, R, S

Answer: (b)

The male advocates are A and B; lady doctors are p, Q and S; teachers are E, T and U. Now, A and B will be selected. A, P and U have to be together. Now, we have to select one lady doctor more. It can be Q or S. But Q and E have to be together. Since E is not selected, S will be selected.

Thus, the team is A, B, P, U, S.

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