EXERCISE ON TEAM FORMATION

Directions for Questions 1 to 3:

i. A guest house has 6 rooms A, B, C, D, E, and F. Among these A and C can accommodate two persons each; the rest can accommodate only one each.

ii. Eight guests P, Q, R, S, T, U, W and X are to be kept in these rooms. Q, T and X are females while the rest are males. The two sexes can’t be put together in the same room No man is willing to stay in room C or F.

iii. P wants to be alone but does not want to stay in rooms B or D. S needs a partner but is not ready to stay with U or W. X does not want to share her room.

1. Who among the following will stay in room E?

(a) U (b) W

2. In which of the following rooms will U stay?

(a) B (b) D

3. X will stay in which of the following rooms?

(a) C (b) F

Directions for Questions 4 to 8:

i. M, N, P, Q, S, and T are six members of a group in which there are three female members. Females work in three departments - Accounts, Administration and Personnel, and sit on three different floors - I^st, II^nd, III^rd. Persons working in the same department are not on the same floor. Two persons work on each floor.

ii. No two females work in the same department or on the same floor. N and S work in the same department but not in Personnel. Q works in Administration. S and M are on the 1st and IIF^d floors respectively and work in the same department. Q, a female, does not work on the IInd floor, P, a male, works on 1st floor.

4. Which of the following groups of persons are females?

(a) SQT (b) QMT

5. Which of the following pairs of persons work in Administration?

(a) QP (b) QN

6. T works in which department?

(a) Accounts

(b) Administration

(d) Accounts or Personnel

Which of the following pairs work on the IInd floor?

(a) PT (b) SM

8. IfT is transferred to Accounts and S is transferred to Administration, who is to be transferred to Personnel to maintain the original distribution of females on each floor?

(a) P (b) N

Directions for Questions 9 to 13: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are travelling in three different vehicles. There are at least two passengers in each vehicle—Maruti, Santro, Opel, and only one of them is a male. There are two engineers, two doctors and three teachers among them

i. C is a lady doctor and she does not travel with the pair of sisters A and F.

ii. В, a male engineer, travels with only G, a teacher in a Maruti.

iii. D is a male doctor.

iv. Two persons belonging to the same profession do not travel in the same vehicle.

V. A is not an engineer and travels in a Santro.

9. What is F’s profession?

(a) Engineer (b) Doctor

10. In which vehicle does C travel?

(a) Maruti (b) Santro

11. Which of the following represents the three teachers?

(a) GEF (b) GEA

12. How many Iady members are there among them?

(a) Three (b) Four

13. Which of the following is not correct?

(a) E-Male-Teacher (b) B-Male-Engineer

Directions for Questions 14 to 19: Ten students— A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are chosen to represent their college in four sports— tennis, badminton, table tennis and snooker. The badminton team has one student less than the tennis team A, B and C are not tennis players, individually or as a group. D, E and F are not in badminton team individually or as a group. G, H and I are not in the table tennis team, individually or as a group. J is a table tennis player. None of the students is a snooker player.

14. Which of the following students could be table tennis players?

(a) J, B & G (b) J, C & F

15.

Of those listed, what is the largest possible number of students who could be table tennis players?

(a) 6 (b) 7

(с) 9 (d) None of these

9. If no other student except I is in the badminton team, which of the following students could be tennis players?

(a) D and H (b) F and E

10. If the table tennis team has one member, who of the following must be a tennis player?

(a) A (b) B

11. If G, H and C are the only students in the badminton team, which three must be the only students who are table tennis players?

(a) A, B and J (b) A, D and J

12. IfA and G are the only badminton players, how many students must be in the table tennis team?

(a) 2 (b) 3

13. There are ten animals— two each of lions, panthers, bisons, bears and deer, in a zoo. The enclosures in the zoo are named X, Y, Z, P and Q and each enclosure is allotted to one of the following attendants: Jack, Mohan, Shalini, Suman and Rita. Two animals of different species are housed in each enclosure. A lion and a deer cannot be together. A panther cannot be with either a deer or a bison. Suman attends to animals from among bison, deer, bear and panther only. Mohan attends to a lion and panther. Jack does not attend to deer, lion or bison. X, Y and Z are allotted to Mohan, Jack and Rita respectively. X and Q enclosures have one animal of the same species. Z and P have the same pair of animals.

The animals attended by Shalini are:

(a) Bear & Bison (b) Bison & Deer

14. Eight people carrying food baskets are going for a picnic on motorcycles. Their names are A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. They have four motorcycles Ml, М2, М3 and M4 among them They also have four food baskets O, P, Q and R of different sizes and shapes and each can be carried only on motorcycles Ml, М2, М3, or M4 respectively No more than two persons can travel on a motorcycle and no more than one basket can be carried on a motorcycle.

There are two husbandwife pairs in this group of eight people and each pair will ride on a motorcycle together. C cannot travel with A or B. E cannot travel with B or F. G cannot travel with F, H or D. The husband-wife pairs must carry baskets O and P. Q is with A and P is with D. F travels on Ml and E travels on М2 motorcycles. G is with Q, and B cannot go with R.

Who is travelling with H?

(a) A (b) B

15. In a “keep-fit” gymnasium class there are fifteen females enrolled in a weightloss programme. They all have been grouped in any one of the five weight- groups—Wl, W2, W3, W4 or W5. One instructor is assigned to one weight- group only. Sonali, Shalini, Shubhra and Shahira belong to the same weight- group. Sonali and Rupa are in one weight-group. Rupalo and Renuka are also in one weight-group. Rupa, Radha, Renuka, Ruchika and Ritu belong to different weight-groups. Somya cannot be with Ritu, and Tara cannot be with Radha. Komal cannot be with Radha, Somya or Ritu. Shahira is in Wl and Somya is in W4 with Ruchika. Sweta and Jyotika cannot be with Rupali, but are in a weight- group with total membership of four. No weight-group can have more than five or less than one member. Amita, Babita, Chandrika, Deepika and Elina are instructors of weight-groups Withmembership sizes 5,4,3,2 and 1, respectively. Who is the instructor of Radha?

(a) Babita (b) Elina

16. A King enjoys unflinching loyalty from eight of his ministers Ml to M8, but he has to select only four to make a cabinet committee. He decides to choose these four such that each selected person shares a liking with at least one of the other three selected. The selected person must also hate at least one of the likings of any of the other three persons selected.

(i) Ml likes fishing and smoking, but hates gambling;

(ii) М2 likes smoking and drinking, but hates fishing;

(iii) М3 likes gambling, but hates smoking;

(iv) M4 likes mountaineering, but hates drinking;

(v) M5 likes drinking, but hates smoking and mountaineering;

(vi) M6 likes fishing, but hates smoking and mountaineering;

(vii) M7 likes gambling and mountaineering, but hates fishing; and

(viii) M8 likes smoking and gambling, but hates mountaineering;

Who are the four people selected by the King?

(a) Ml, М2, M5, M6 (b) М3, M4, M5, M6

Directions for Questions 24 to 26: (Constraint Based Selection) A group of three or four has to be selected from seven persons.

Among the seven there are two women— Fiza. and Kavita, and five men—Ram, Shyam, David, Peter and Rahim. Ramwould not like to be in the group if Shyam is also selected. Shyam and Rahim want to be selected together in the group. Kavita would like to be in the group only if David is also there. David, if selected, would not like Peter in the group. Ram would like to be in the group only if Peter is also there. David insists that Fiza be selected in case he is there in the group.

17. Which of the following is a feasible group of three?

(a) David, Ram, Rahim

(b) Peter, Shyam, Rahim

(d) Fiza, David, Ram

18. Which of the following is a feasible group of four?

(a) Ram, Peter, Fiza, Rahim

(b) Shyam, Rahim, Kavita, David

(d) Fiza, David, Ram, Peter.

19. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) Kavita and Ram can be part of a group of four.

(b) A group of four can have two women.

(d) None of the above.

Directions for Questions 27 to 28: Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow.

At a secret location in Nevada, a science lab exists where four research projects ROC- I, ROC-II, ROC-III and ROC-IV are underway. The projects are assigned difficulty level Ll or L2 or L3. A total of six researchers who are given code names in order to protect their identity are—Ax, Bx, Cx, Dx, Ex and Fx—are chosen for working on the projects with the provision that for the project of difficulty level Ll only one research associate will be engaged while for the other projects two researchers will be engaged. There are, however, some constraints to be overcome before allotting the work.

A. Ax, Bx and Dx do not work with each other.

B. Projects ROC-II and ROC-III are of difficulty level L₂ZL₃. Remaining projects are ofL₁ level.

C. Ex cannot work with anyone else.

D. Cx and Dx cannot work together.

E. Fx can work either with Dx or Cx only.

F. Fx cannot be engaged in L³ level projects.

G. Ax and Cx cannot work together.

20. Researcher Ax can be allotted which of the following projects?

(a) ROC-I or ROC-II but not ROC-III

(b) ROC-II or ROC-III but not ROC-IV

(d) ROC-IV or ROC-I but not ROC-II

21. If researcher Fx is engaged neither for ROC-I nor for ROC-II, and it is also known that Bx works in Project III, then assignments for how many of the six researchers can be decided?

(a) 2 (b) 4

Directions for Questions 29 and 30: Study the information given below and answer the questions that follow.

IfMayank goes to Singapore he makes Neha or Omar (but not both of them) also to go to Singapore. Ravi goes to Singapore only if Omar goes. Pawan goes to Singapore if Neha or Omar goes. Shawn goes to Singapore only if Neha goes. Varun goes to Singapore only if Ravi or Shawn goes. If Pawan goes to Singapore, he makes Tanvi or Unni or both to accompany him. Tanvi goes to Singapore if Shawn goes. Unni goes to Singapore only if Ravi goes.

22. If Mayank has gone to Singapore, who of the following may have also gone to Singapore?

A. Ravi and Unni B. Shawn and Tanvi

C. Pawan

(a) A, B and C

(b) A and C or B and C but not both

(d) B only

23. IfVarun has gone to Singapore, who of the following must have also gone?

(a) Both Ravi and Shawn

(b) Both Neha and Omar

(d) Ravi

Directions for Questions 31 and 32: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Amir, Bikram, Charlie, David, Emraan, Fahim and Gaurav are seven students in a class. They are sitting on three benches— Mahogany, Oak and Maple in such a way that there is at least two of them on each bench and there is at least one girl on each bench. Charlie, a girl student, does not sit with Amir, Emraan and David. Fahim, a boy student, sits only with Bikram. Amir sits with his best friend on bench Mahogany. Gaurav sits on bench Maple. Emraan is the brother of Charlie.

24. How many girl students are there?

(a) 3 (b) 4

25. Which of the following is a group of girls?

(a) Bikram, Amir and Charlie

(b) Bikram, Fahimand Charlie

(d) Bikram, Charlie and David

Directions for Questions 33 to 35: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Geetika, Deep, Niharika, Shwetabh, Akansha, Aishwarya and Aparajita are travelling in three vehicles. There are at least two passengers in each vehicle—Maruti, Santro and Octavia and only one of them is a male. There are two engineers, two doctors and three teachers among them.

(i) Niharika is a lady doctor and she does not travel with the pair of sister, Geetika and Aishwarya.

(ii) Deep, a male engineer, travels with only Aparajita, a teacher in a Maruti.

(iii) Shwetabh is a male doctor.

(iv) Two persons belonging to the same profession do not travel in the same vehicle.

(v) Geetika is not an engineer and travels in vehicle Santro.

26. What is Aishwarya’s profession?

(a) Engineer (b) Teacher

27. In which vehicle does Niharika travel?

(a) Maruti (b) Santro

28. Which of the following represents the three teachers?

(a) Aparajita, Akansha and Aishwarya

(b) Aparajita, Akansha and Geetika

(d) Data inadequate

Directions for Questions 36 and 37: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

I. G, H, I, J, K, L, M and N are eight students in a class. Three of them play cricket and badminton each and two of them play hockey. Each one of them has a different height.

II. The tallest does not play hockey and the shortest does not play cricket.

III. L is taller than G and J but shorter than N and H. K, who does not play cricket, is taller than H and is second to the tallest. M is shorter than J but taller than G.

IV. N, who is the fourth from the top, plays badminton with J.

V. M does not play either cricket or hockey. H does not play hockey.

29. Which of the following pairs of students plays hockey?

(a)K&L (b)N&K

30. What is L’s position from the top when they are arranged in descending order of their height?

(a) Third (b) Fifth

Directions for Questions 38 and 39: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Bali, Chinkara, Dabang, Fateh, Giri, Himesh and Jeev are seven students studying in three colleges IIM A, IIM B and IIM R. There are three boys and four girls. There are at least one boy and one girl in each college. Three of them are in HR discipline and two each in Finance and Marketing. Bali and her sister Giri are in Marketing but in different colleges. Fateh studies Finance in college IIM B and he does not study with either Jeev or Chinkara. Dabang is not in HR and he studies in college IIM R only with Bali. All the three from HR do not study in the same college. Himesh studies in the same college with her friend Giri.

31. In which college do only HR students study?

(a) None (b)IIMB

(c)IIMR (d)IIMA

32. If Chinkara and Bali interchange their colleges satisfying all other conditions, which of the following will definitely represent the girls?

(a) Bali, Chinkara, Himesh and Dabang

(b) Bali, Chinkara, Himesh and Giri

(d) Dabang, Chinkara, Himesh and Fateh

Directions for Questions 40 and 41: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Seven specialist persons Bebe, Meme, Keke, Pepe, Dede, Fefe and Hehe visit an office on four days— Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, in a week. At least one person but not more than two persons visit the office on each of these days. Each of them is a specialist in different fields—Paramedic, Business, Engineering, Genetics, Biometrics, Defense and Biotech.

(i) Pepe visits on Friday with a specialist in Defence.

(ii) The Engineer does not visit on Saturday nor with Dede and Hehe.

(iii) The Biotech specialist Fefe visits alone on Tuesday.

(iv) Meme visits on Wednesday and he is not engineer.

(v) Keke visits on Wednesday. Hehe is not a specialist in Defence.

(vi) The engineer visits with the paramedic specialist.

(vii) The genetics specialist visits on Friday.

(viii)Bebe is neither Business specialist nor a specialist in Defence.

33. What is the speciality of Bebe?

(a) Biometrics (b) Paramedics

34. On which day of the week does Dede visit?

(a) Wednesday

(b) Saturday

(d) Friday

Directions for Question 42: Study the information and answer the question.

Alexis, Benny, Carena and Davis—four executives are to be sent to four countries— Afghanistan, Pakistan, Japan and China to head the company’s operations there, not necessarily in that order. Four assistants—Dave, Catty, Billy and Arnold, are also to be sent, one to each country. Following facts are known:

A. Alexis does not like Billy and Dave.

B. Dave and Arnold are not to be considered for Pakistan.

C. Billy and Catty are not to be considered for Afghanistan.

D. Benny would not go to Pakistan or Japan.

E. Davis loves to work with Catty.

F. China operations would not be headed by someone whose name ends in ‘s’.

G. Arnold and Catty would not go to China.

H. Benny has excelled in working with Dave earlier and hence would like him as his assistant.

I. Davis has built up good contacts in Japan and is considered a specialist for that country. (Sure posting is expected.)

Which of the following postings is possible?

(a) Afghanistan-Davis-Catty

(b) Pakistan-Carena-Billy

(d) Pakistan-Alexis-Catty

Answer Key

l.(c)	2. (d)	3∙(b)	4. (a)
5. (d)	6. (c)	7. (d)	8. (c)
9. (a)	10. (c)	ll.(b)	12.(b)
13. (d)	14. (b)	15.(b)	16. (d)
17.(c)	18. (a)	19. (c)	20. (c)
21. (c)	22. (b)	23. (d)	24. (b)
25. (c)	26. (d)	27. (d)	28. (c)
29. (b)	30. (c)	31. (c)	32. (d)
33. (a)	34. (c)	35. (b)	36. (d)
37. (b)	38. (d)	39. (b)	40. (a)
41∙(d)	42.(b)

<< | >>

↑

Source: Arun Sharma. How to prepare for Logical Reasoning for the CAT. McGraw-Hill Education series,2012. — 1111 p.. 2012

EXERCISE ON TEAM FORMATION

More on the topic EXERCISE ON TEAM FORMATION: