ASSIGNMENT: Linear Arrangement
Direction for Questions: Use the information given below to answer.
i. There is a group of 5 persons A, B, C, D and E
ii. In the group there is one badminton player, one chess player and one tennis player
iii. A and D are unmarried ladies and they do not play any games
iv. No lady is a chess player or a badminton player
v. There is a married couple in the group of which E is the husband
vi. B is the brother of C and is neither a chess player nor a tennis player
Question: Which of the groups has only ladies?
(1) ABC (2) BCD (3) CDE (4)None of the above
Question: Who is the tennis player?
(1) B (2) C (3) D (4) E
Question: Who is the wife of E?
(1) A (2) B (3) D (4) None of the above
Direction for Questions: A, B and C are three students from Don School and P, Q and R are three students
from Elite School. Q is brighter than R but duller than the Don School student who is brighter than A. The
same Don School student is duller than P but is brighter than C.
Question: Who is brightest amongst all?
(1) B (2) P (3) R (4) Cannot be decided
Question: Who is the dullest amongst the three students from Elite School?
(1) P (2) Q (3) R (4) Cannot be decided
Question: There are 6 volumes of books on a rack kept in order (such as, vol. 1, vol. 2 and so on). After
some readers used them, their order got disturbed. The changes showed as follows:
Vol.5 was directly to the right of vol.2.
Vol.4 has vol.6 to its left and both were not at Vol .3’s place.
Vol.1 has Vol.3 on right and Vol.5 on left.
An even numbered volume is at Vol .5’s place.
Find the order in which the books are kept now, from the 4 given alternatives:
(1) 6, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2 (2) 4, 6, 3, 5, 1, 2 (3) 3, 4, 1, 6, 5, 3 (4) 2, 5, 1, 3, 6, 4
Direction for Questions: Refer to the following statements and answer the questions:
Seven students Priya, Ankit, Raman, Sunil, Tony, Deepak and Vicky take a series of tests. No two students
get similar marks. Vicky always scores more than Priya. Priya always scores more than Ankit. Each time
either Raman scores the highest and Tony gets the least, or alternatively Sunil scores the highest and
Deepak or Ankit scores the least.
Question: If Sunil is ranked sixth and Ankit is ranked fifth, which of the following can be true?
(1) Vicky is ranked first or fourth (2) Raman is ranked second or third
(3) Tony is ranked fourth or fifth (4) Deepak is ranked third or fourth
Question: If Raman gets the highest, Vicky should be ranked not lower than:
(1) Second (2) Third (3) Fourth (4) Fifth
Question: If Raman is ranked second and Ankit is ranked first, which of the following must be true?
(1) Sunil is ranked third (2) Tony is ranked third (3) Priya is ranked sixth
(4) None of these.
Question: If Vicky is ranked fifth, which of the following must be true?
(1) Sunil scores the highest (2) Raman is ranked second (3) Tony is ranked third
(4) Ankit is ranked second
Question: Among Anil, bibek, Charu, Debu and Eshwar Eshwar is taller than Debu but not as fat as Debu.
Charu is taller than Anil but shorter then Bibek. Anil is fatter than Debu but not as fat as Bibek. Eshwar is
thinner than Charu, who is thinner than Debu. Eshwar is shorter than Anil. Who is thinnest person?
1. Bibek 2. Charu 3. Debu 4. Eshwar
Question: Ganesh Cultural Centre for promoting arts has appointed 3 instructor for music, dance, painting.
Music instructor takes sessions from 11 noon to 4 p.m. on Monday, Thursday and Sunday. The sessions of
dance instructor a schedule on Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday and Sunday between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
9 a.m. to 12 noon slots on Tuesday, Friday, Thursday and also 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. slot on Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday is filled up by painting instructor. On which day of week the dance and painting
sessions are simultaneously held?
1. Saturday and Wednesday 2. Tuesday and Friday
3. Tuesday and Thursday 4. Only on Tuesday
Direction: A prime minister is contemplating the expansion of his cabinet. There are 4 ministerial berths
and there are 8 probable candidate ( C1 to C8 ) to choose from. The selection should be in manner that
each selected person share a liking with at least one of the other three selected members. Also, the
selected must also hate at least one of the likings of any of the other three person selected.
1. C1 likes traveling and sight seeing but hates river rafting.
2. C2 likes sightseeing and squash, but hates travelling.
3. C3 lights river rafting, but hates sightseeing.
4. C4 likes trekking comma but hates squash.
5. C5 likes squash, but hate sightseeing and Trekking
6. C6 like traveling, but hates sightseeing and tracking.
7. C7 like river rafting and trekking, but hates travelling.
8. C8 likes sightseeing and river rafting but hates trekking.
Question: Who are 4 people selected by the Prime Minister?
1. C1,C2, C5 C6 2. C3, C4,C5, C6 3. C 1, C2 C4, C 7 4. None of the
above
Direction: Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow the information.
A parking lot can accommodate only 6 cars. The cars are parked into 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 room.
1. Alto is not parked in the beginning of any row.
2. Esteem is second to the right of i10.
3. Punto, who is the neighbour of Alto is parked diagonally opposite to i10.
4. Swift is parked in front of Alto.
5. SX4 is parked to the immediate right of Alto.
Question: If SX4 and Esteem exchange their position mutually then cars adjacent to Esteem is (are)?
1. i10 and Swift. 2. Only Swift.
3. Only Alto. 4. Alto and Punto.
Question: 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) adjacent to Beatle is (are) ?
1. Punto only 2. i10 and SX 4
3. Punto and Alto 4. Alto and Swift
Directions: Some information is provided in the paragraph below. Answer the question based on this
information.
Era is in charge of seating the speakers at a table. In addition to the moderator, there will be a pilot, a
writer, an attorney and an Explorer. The speakers name are Gaj, Hema, Jaya, Kumar and Lalit.
• the moderator must sit in the middle, in seat # 3
• the Attorney cannot sit next to the Explorer
• Lalit is the pilot
• the writer and attorney sit on either side of the moderator
• Hema, who is not the moderator, sits between Kumar and Jaya
• the moderator does not sit next to Jaya or Lalit
• Gaj, who is attorney, set in seat # 4
Question: Who is moderator ?
1. Lalit 2. Raj
3. Hema 4. Kumar
Question: Where does Jaya sit?
1. Seat # 1 2. Seat # 2 3. Seat # 3 4. Seat # 4
Question: There are 5 houses P, Q, R, S and T. P is right of Q and T is left of R and right of P . Q is right of S.
Which is in the middle?
1. P 2. Q 3. T 4. R
Direction: Read the following passage and solve the question based on it.
Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and industries organised a business conclave on India's
emerging electronic goods sector. CEOs and managing directors of 4 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 Director
delivered their speeches immediately after that of the CEOs of their company.
Question: The first CEO to speak was Mr D'souza and the next so to deliver his address was Mr Puri. If Mr
Tandon is the third Managing Director to deliver his address, which of the following statement must be
true?
1. Mr Bisht delivered his address sometime before Mr Sethi.
2. Mr Reddy delivered his address sometime before Mr Tandon
3. Mr Puri delivered his address sometime before Mr Reddy
4. Mr Karare delivered his address sometime before Mr Arora
Question: If Mr Bisht was the second CEO to speak after Mr. D'souza and two more Managing Director
speak after the address of managing director of Spearhead unlimited then who is the last CEO to speak?
1. Mr Sethi 2. Mr Puri 3. Mr. Tandon 4. Can't be Determined
Direction: Read the details below and answer the questions that follow
Due to astrological reasons, a mother named all her daughter with the alphabet K as Kamala, Kamlesh,
Kriti, Kripa, Kranti and Kalpana.
1. Kamla is not the tallest while Kripa is not the most qualified
2. The shortest is the most qualified among them all
3. Kalpana is more qualified than Kamlesh who is more qualified than Kriti
4. Kamla is less qualified than Kamlesh but is taller than Kamlesh
5. Kalpana is shorter than Kriti but taller than Kranti
6. Kriti is more qualified than Kamla while Kamlesh is taller than Kriti
7. Kripa is the least qualified amongst the daughters
Question: Who is the third tallest starting in decreasing order of height?
1. Kamla 2. Kamlesh
3. Kriti 4. Kranti
Question: Who is more qualified?
1. Kamlesh 2. Kriti 3. Kripa 4. Kranti
Question: What is the rank of Kriti in increasing order of qualification?
1. 2 2. 3 3. 5 4. 4
Question: What is the rank of Kamla in increasing order of height ?
1. 3 2. 5 3. 4 4. 2
Question: Children are in pursuit of a dog whose leash has broken. Krishnarajan is directly behind the dog.
Rangarajan is behind Krishnarajan. Natrajan is behind Rangarajan. Premrajan is ahead of the dog walking
down the street in the opposite direction. As the children and dog pass, Premrajan turns around and joins
the pursuit. He runs in behind Rangarajan. Krishnarajan runs faster and is alongside the dog on the left.
Rangarajan runs faster and is alongside the dog on the right. Which child is directly behind the dog?
[A].Krishnarajan [B].Rangarajan [C].Natrajan [D].Premrajan
Question: A group of nine runners will finish the 400 meters race in a certain order. The runners are:
Ashok, Benjamin, Chetan, Divya, Eshant, Faneesh, Girish, Himani, and Irravaty. They all finish at different
times, and their finishing order is as follow:
• Faneesh finishes before Ashok
• Divya finishes before Benjamin and Eshant
• Irravaty finishes after Chetan
• Girish finishes after Ashok
Which is the best position Girish can finish?
(1) First (2) Second (3) Third (4) Fourth (5) Fifth
Direction: Answer the following questions based on the information given below.
There are exactly ten stores and no other buildings on a straight street in Bistupur Market. On the northern
side of the street, from West to East, are stores 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9; on the southern side of the street, also
from West to East, are stores 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. The stores on the northern side are located directly across
the street from those on the southern side, facing each other in pairs, as follows: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6;
7 and 8; 9 and 10. Each store is decorated with lights in exactly one of the following colours: green, red,
and yellow. The stores have been decorated with lights according to the following conditions:
• No store is decorated with lights of the same colour as those of any store adjacent to it.
• No store is decorated with lights of the same colour as those of the store directly across the street
from it.
• Yellow lights decorate exactly one store on each side of the street.
• Red lights decorate store 4.
• Yellow lights decorate store 5.
Question: Which one of the following could be an accurate list of the colours of the lights that decorate
stores 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, respectively?
(1) Green, red, green, red, green (2) Green, red, green, yellow, red
(3) Green, red, yellow, red, green (4) Yellow, green, red, green, red
(5) Yellow, red, green, red, yellow
Question: If green lights decorate store 7, then each of the following statements could be false EXCEPT:
(1) Green lights decorate store 2 (2) Green lights decorate store 10
(3) Red lights decorate store 8 (4) Red lights decorate store 9
(5) Yellow lights decorate store 2
Question: Which one of the following statements MUST be true?
(1) Green lights decorate store 10
(2) Red lights decorate store 1
(3) Red lights decorate store 8
(4) Yellow lights decorate store 8
(5) Yellow lights decorate store 10
