Capital University of Science and Technology

Department of Management Science

HMB2183 – Analytical Reasoning
Final Term Exam (BBA, Section 1 & 2)
Semester: Fall 2020 Max Marks: 40
Date: January 14th, 2021 Time: 150 Min
Instructors: Miss Namra Mubarak
Instructions:
 Attempt all questions.
 This exam carries 40% weightage towards the final evaluation.
 Write details according to the marks allocation of each question.
 Do mention the section on answer sheet.
 Do not write anything on the question paper
 Do not change the numbering of questions on answer sheet
 Attach Question Paper along with the Answer sheet
Name: Reg. No.

Part-1 10 marks

Question No. 1. (CLO – 2)

1.1 An administrative assistant needs to be hired. 5 applicants have been narrowed down i.e. A,
B, C, D, E. Finalist will be selected after personal and group interview. The examining
committee agreed upon the following procedure.
 If it becomes necessary to call applicants for additional interviews, no more than 1 such
applicant should be asked to appear the next week.
 It was agreed that whenever candidate B appears, A should also be present.
 Because of travel difficulties it was agreed that C will appear for only 1 interview.
 At the first interview, the following candidates appeared A, B, D.
 The interviews will be held once a week.
 3 candidates will appear in all-day interview session.
 Each candidate will appear at least once.

Which of the following combinations can be called for the interview to be held next week?

a) BCD
b) ABC

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 c) CDE
d) ABE
e) ABD
f) None the these

1.2 5 Group of teachers teach the following

 B and C = math and geography.

 A and C = math and history.
 B and D = political science and geography.
 D and E = political science and biology.
 E = biology, history, and political science.

Who teaches political science, geography and biology?

a) E
b) D
c) C
d) B
e) B & C
f) D & E
g) None of these

Part-2 10 marks

Question No. 2. (CLO – 2)

A conference organizer must select exactly three speakers to respond to special issue to be
presented by an invited speaker. The three speakers will be selected from seven volunteers, of
whom four—Irfan, Kamran, Liaquat, and Mohsin—are known to be positively to the speaker's
theoretical point of view. The other three—Shabir, Tahir, and Usman—are known to be
negatively to the speaker's theoretical point of view. In selecting the three speakers, the
conference organizer must observe the following restrictions:
 At least one positively speaker and at least one negatively speaker must be among those
selected.
 If Irfan is selected, Tahir cannot be selected.
 If either Liaquat or Mohsin is selected, the other must also be selected.
 If either Kamran or Usman is selected, the other must also be selected.
2.1 Which group of spreakers can be selected?

(A) Irfan, Liaquat, and Mohsin

(B) Kamran, Shabir, and Usman
(C) Liaquat, Shabir, and Tahir
(D) Mohsin, Tahir, and Usman
(E) Irfan, Shabir, and Tahir
2.2 If Irfan is selected as a speaker, which of the following must also be among those selected?
(A) Liaquat

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(B) Shabir
(C) Tahir
(D) Usman
(E) Mohsin
Part-3 10 marks
Question no. 3. (CLO – 3)

3.1 The five villages P, Q, R, S, T, situated close to each other, P is west of Q, R is to the south
of P, T is to the north of Q and S is to the of east of T. Then in which direction R will be
with respect to S?
a) North-West
b) South-East
c) South-West
d) Data Inadequate
e) None of these
3.2 Choose the word which is least like the other words in the group?
a) Sister
b) Friend
c) Father
d) Brother
3.3 Choose the number which is different from others in the group.
a) 37
b) 45
c) 49
d) 65
3.4 If the name of a game is formed by rearranging the letters of the word MODBANTIN, then
what will be the first and the last letter of the name?
1) A, T 3) B, N
2) N, D 4) B, T

3.5 WXCD, UVEF, STGH, QRIJ, ______?

A) OPKL.
B) AYBZ.
C) JIRQ.
D) LRMS.

3.6 Paraphrase the following arguments

3.6.1 If interest rates rise, then housing prices will fall. It is likely that interest rates will rise,
since they are being held down for bad reasons. Therefore, it is likely that housing will become
more affordable.
3.6.2 Artificial intelligence will never be as good as human intelligence. On the one hand, human
intelligence requires emotional intelligence. However, artificial intelligence cannot acquire
emotional intelligence. On the other hand, human intelligence created artificial intelligence.

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 Part-4 10 marks

Question no. 4. (CLO – 3)

A manager has been instructed to assign offices to 6 of the staff members. The  offices are titled
as A to F.
 Mrs. Fauzia is  senior Employee and should be allotted office marked E, having the
biggest window.
 Mr. Abid requires silence in offices next to his.
 Mr. shahid, Mr. Abid and Mr. Mujahid are all smokers.
 Mrs. Fauzia requires non – smoker neighbors.
 Mrs. Ruby needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day
 Mr. Mujahid and Zahid need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often
while working 
4.1 The ideal candidate to occupy the office farthest from Mr. Zahid would be ?
A. Fauzia
B. Shahid
C. Abid
D. Ruby 
E. Mujahid
4.2 The ideal office for Mr. Mujahid would be ?
A. B
B. F
C. A
D. C
E. D

4.3 Identify the missing square.

Good Luck 😊

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