SELECTIONS &

DISTRIBUTIONS
ASSIGNMENT.
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A flower garden has 5 parallel rows of flowers. The gardener has a choice of 7 different types of flowers, Azaleas, Begonias,
Camellias, Dahlias, Gardenias, Petunias and Zinnias. He observes certain rules every year while planting the garden, viz:
a) No two adjacent rows contain the same type of flower
b) A single type of flower can be planted in not more than two rows
c) If Azaleas are planted, Dahlias also must be planted
d) Gardenias are not planted unless Petunias are also planted
e) Camellias cannot be planted immediately next to Dahlias
f) At least two out of Azaleas, Camellias and Zinnias must be present in a given planting
g) Begonias and Petunias must be planted together, though not necessarily in adjacent rows

Q1. Which of the following, in order, cannot be planted in a given year?

1) Camellias, Zinnias, Dahlias, Azaleas, Camellias
2) Azaleas, Dahlias, Zinnias, Camellias, Azaleas
3) Azaleas, Dahlias, Azaleas, Gardenias, Camellias
4) Begonias, Petunias, Gardenias, Camellias, Zinnias

Q2. If the first and third row contain Azaleas and the second has Camellias then the fifth row can have
1) Zinnias 2) Gardenias 3) Petunias 4) Camellias

Q3. If Dahlias are planted in the second and fourth rows, then the other three rows, in order, can contain
1) Azaleas, Zinnias, Begonias
2) Azaleas, Azaleas, Zinnias
3) Azaleas, Camellias, Zinnias
4) Camellias, Azaleas, Gardenias
Eight speakers L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are to be scheduled to speak in eight slots, one after another, the first four in the
morning session and the rest after a lunch break in the afternoon session. It is also known that:
P must speak in the afternoon session.
R cannot be the first speaker in a session.
M and N must be awarded consecutive slots (not necessarily in that order).
Q and O must not be scheduled to speak in the same session.

Q1. If N is the 6th speaker, which of the following slots could be allocated to R?
1) 1st
2) 3rd
3) 7th
4) 8th

Q2. Which of the following, in order, could be a possible schedule for the morning session?
1) Q, M, N, P
2) R, O, Q, S
3) Q, R, S, N
4) S, M, N, R

Q3. If the first two speakers are S and M, which of the following can be true?
1) L can be the 4th speaker
2) R can be the 5th speaker
3) Q can be the 6th speaker
4) N can be the 7th speaker
Akira and Aroki read four books each from among A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H such that each of the eight books was read by
exactly one person. Further the following information was known. The person who read D, also read F. Books A and B were
not read by the same person. The person who read book F, did not read book C.

Q1. If Akira read books E and G, then Aroki did not read book
(A) D (B) F (C) H (D) C

Q2. If books C and E were not read by the same person, then which of the following two books was definitely read by the
same person
(A) A and C (B) B and C
(C) G and H (D) Cannot be determined
Nine workers – W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W6, W7, W8, and W9 are to be allotted work in four shifts – Morning, Afternoon,
Evening and Night with not more than three workers in the same shift. The workers are allotted the shifts as per the following
conditions. Each worker can be allotted work in only a single shift.
W1 and W2 do not work in the same shift.
W3 is to be allotted a shift, earlier than W6 but later than W2.
W2 is to be allotted the morning shift and W4 is to be allotted a shift which is two shifts after W1.
W5 and W7 are both allotted the same shift and it is one shift earlier than the shift allotted to W6.

W9 is allotted the same shift as W3. W8 cannot be allotted work in which of the following shift?
(A) Morning (B) Afternoon
(C) Evening (D) Night
A housing society has 6 primary members A, B, C, D, E & F and 4 associate members G, H, I & J. These members are to be used
to form 3 working committees X, Y and Z. Each member of the housing society has to be a member of exactly one of the
committees. Committee X has the highest number of members and Committee Z the least number of members, with no two
committees having equal number of members. The following conditions are also known to us.
1. Each committee is to have at least 1 primary member and at least 1 associate member.
2. I will not work on Committee Y.
3. A and G cannot be part of the same committee.
4. C and J only work on the same committee.
5. E will work only on Committee Z and H will work only on Committee X.
6. No more than 2 out of B, D and F can work on the same committee.

Q1. All of the following can be part of Committee X except:

1) B 2) C 3) G 4) A

Q2. If F & G belong to the same committee, then which two of the following are definitely in a committee together?
1) A & D 2) A & C 3) B & C 4) B & A

Q3. If G belongs to Committee Y, then which of the following cannot be Committee X?

1) HCJAB 2) HCJBD 3) HCJAD 4) HCJAF
Seven persons - Raj, Tharun, David, Jacob, Ratan, Murthy, and Ahmed - attended meetings on different days of the same week
Sunday to Saturday, not necessarily in the same order. Each day only one person attended the meeting. The following
information is known about the meetings attended by them.
1. Either David or Murthy attended the meeting on Monday.
2. Tharun attended the meeting either on Monday or on Thursday.
3. Jacob attended the meeting on either Tuesday or Sunday.
4. Ahmed did not attend the meeting on Saturday.
5. Either Raj or Murthy attended the meeting on Sunday.
6. Ratan attended the meeting on Friday.

1. Who attended the meeting on Wednesday?

a) Murthy b) Ahmed
c) Jacob d) Cannot be determined

2. On which day did Jacob attend the meeting?

a) Tuesday b) Wednesday
c) Monday d) Saturday

3. If Raj attended the meeting immediately after the day on which Ratan attended, then on which day did Murthy attend the
meeting?
a) Tuesday b) Wednesday
c) Monday d) Sunday
Each of the five friends-Sheetal, Emanuel, John, Katrina and Hrithik works in a different company among TCS, Infosys, IBM,
Wipro, CTS and likes a different colour among White, Black, Blue, Pink and Yellow, not necessarily in the same order. The
following information is known about them.
1. The five friends are, Emanuel, the one who likes Pink, the one who works in Infosys, the one who works in IBM and John.
2. Either Katrina or Hrithik likes Blue colour.
3. Neither the person who works in Wipro nor the person who works in CTS likes Yellow colour.
4. Emanuel does not work in CTS and John does not like Black colour.
5. Sheetal works in TCS.

Q1. Who works in CTS?

a) Emanuel b) John
c) Katrina d) Cannot be determined

Q2. In which company does Katrina work?

a) CTS b) Infosys
c) IBM d) Cannot be determined

Q3. Which of the following is the correct combination of the person, the company he/she works and the colour he/she likes
respectively?
a) Emanuel-IBM-Black b) John-CTS-White
c) Katrina-Infosys-Yellow d) Hrithik-IBM-Blue

Q4. Which of the following data is sufficient to get the complete arrangement?
a) The person who works in IBM does not like yellow colour.
b) Hrithik works in Infosys but does not like yellow colour.
c) Hrithik likes Blue colour.
d) None of the above is sufficient.
Amanda would like to visit different cities, around the world, from among A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Further, she finalized the
cities that she would visit based on the following conditions:
1. Either A or C has to be visited, but not both.
2. D and E are to be visited together.
3. F cannot be visited, if E is visited.
4. B is always visited, if F is visited.

Q1. What is the maximum possible number of cities Amanda can visit without violating any condition?

Q2. If she would like to visit the maximum possible number of cities, which includes city F, then what is the number of
different ways in which she can choose the cities?

Q3. If she visits exactly three cities, then how many different combinations of cities can she visit?

Q4. If B and G are not visited together on this trip, then in how many different ways can she visit the maximum
possible number of cities?
A team of five is to be selected from among six boys-A, B, C, D, E and F and five girls-P, Q, R, S and T such that the team must
contain 3 boys and 2 girls. In selecting the team the following conditions are laid down.
1. Only one among A and R must be selected in the team.
2. C and R cannot be selected together. If B is selected S cannot be selected.
3. If A is selected then P must be selected.
4. The team must contain either both Q and T or neither of them.
5. If S is not selected then D must be selected. P and D cannot be selected together.

Q1. If A is selected, in how many ways can a team be selected?

Q2. If R is selected, in how many ways can a team be selected?

Q3. Who among the following must always be in a team?

a. P b. C c. F d. S

Q4. f D is selected, who among the following cannot be in the team?

a. F b. R
c. C d. S
Four teams of two members each are to be formed from among four boys A, B, C and D and four girls P, Q, R, and S, such that
there can be at most one team that have both members of the same gender.
1. A can never team up with R.
2. R can never team up with C.

Q1. If B and S are in one of the teams formed, then which of the following cannot be members of one of the other
teams that are formed?
a) C, Q b) D, Q c) D, R d) C, P

Q2. How many possible combinations of teams can be formed?

a) 12 b) 15 c) 18 d) 24

Q3. If a team won in the match between two teams with A and Q in the opposite teams, who among the following cannot be
in the winning team?
a) B b) P c) C d) R

Q4. If it is further told that Q cannot team up with D, then what is the total number of possible combinations for forming the
teams?
a) 6 b) 10 c) 12 d) 18
Mr. Task Master, the head of ABC bank, has to select a team of five persons to take care of logistics of despatching new
currency notes to ATMs. The available persons are Rahim, Sudha, Maitreyi, Anuradha, Akhilesh, Surendra, Maria and Anuj.
1. If Anuj or Maitreyi is taken into the team then neither of Anuradha and Rahim can be taken in the team.
2. Exactly one between Sudha and Akhilesh must be selected.
3. Either Rahim or Sudha is selected but not both.
4. Surendar is selected only if Akhilesh is selected.

Q1. If Surendar is selected, then in how many ways can the team be selected?
a) One b) Six c) Three d) Four

Q2. If Anuj is selected, then in how many ways can the team be selected?
a) Four b) Three c) Zero d) Five

Q3. If Sudha is not selected then who among the following will also not be selected?
a) Surendar b) Maria c) Rahim d) Anuj

Q4. Each of the following pairs of persons can be selected together EXCEPT
a) Rahim and Surendar b) Akhilesh and Rahim
c) Maria and Anuradha d) Surendar and Maitreyii
Out of 5 men – A, C, D, G and I – and 5 women – B, E, F, H and J – a group of 5 persons is to be selected which consists of
exactly two men. It is also known that,
(i) Among A, C, D and F exactly two persons are to be selected.
(ii) If A or D is selected, then E, F and H are not to be selected.
(iii) If G is selected, neither H nor J will be selected.
(iv) I and E cannot be selected together.

Q1. Among the men, who must be selected?

a) C b) D c) G d) I

Q2. Among the women, who must be selected?

a) B b) E c) F d) H

Q3. If E is selected, who among the following must be selected?

a) B b) H c) I d) J

Q4. How many groups are possible in all?

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
Eight executives Keith, Michael, Russel, Bill, Anthony, Stephen, Jimmy and Courtney are conducting interviews for filling up
some vacant posts in their company. The executives are divided into three groups; Group I, Group II and Group III, with each
group having at least two executives. Any executive conducting an interview can change to another group only during the
breaks given in between the interviews. Group III has at least as many executives as in Group II, which has at least as many
executives as in Group I. Each executive must be in one group or the other and they divide themselves according to the
following rules, such that no one is in two groups at the same time. Group
II does not consist of least number of executives.
(i) Russel is always in group II.
(ii) Bill and Anthony are not in the same group.
(iii) Jimmy is in the same group as either Anthony or Russel.
(iv) If Courtney is in a group, then Michael should also be in that group, and if Anthony is in a group, Keith also must be in
that group.

Q1. Who among the following could be together in Group II?

a) Keith, Russel and Stephen b) Stephen, Jimmy and Courtney
c) Russel, Bill and Stephen d) Bill, Anthony and Stephen
Q2. Which of the following is true?
(A) Keith is in Group II. (B) Jimmy is in Group II. (C) Courtney is in Group I.
a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Only (C) d) None of the above
Q3. Each of the following could be in the same group as Russel, EXCEPT
a) Keith b) Bill c) Stephen d) Jimmy
Q4. If Keith and Stephen are there in the same group, then who are in Group I?
a) Jimmy and Anthony b) Bill and Stephen
c) Anthony and Russel d) Michael and Courtney