LOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL
REASONING
LECTURE 02
[Link] NADEEM
TOPIC # 02
ORDERS, GROUPS & ARRANGEMENTS.
QUESTION : 01
Five researchers A, B, C, D, E sit in a circle with conditions:
Ø A sits second to the right of C
Ø B is not a neighbour of A
Ø D sits opposite C
Construct a valid arrangement.
QUESTION : 02
Four machines X, Y, Z, W must run in sequence:
Ø Y cannot run before X
Ø Z must run immediately after W
Ø X cannot be last
Construct a valid arrangement.
QUESTION : 03
Seven piano students- T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z-are given a recital and their instructor is deciding the order
in which they will perform. Each student will play exactly one piece, a piano solo.
In deciding the order of performances, the instructor must observe the following restrictions:
(A)
Ø X cannot play first or second
Ø W cannot play until X has played.
Ø Neither T nor Y can play seventh.
Ø Either Y or Z must play immediately after W plays.
Ø V must play immediately after or immediately before U plays
(B)
Ø If V plays first, which one of the following must be true
Ø T plays sixth
Ø X plays third
Ø Z plays seventh
Ø T plays immediately after Y
Ø W plays immediately after X
QUESTION FROM PAST PAPERS:
QUESTION : 01
Read the following passage and answer the questions. Seven people, Sajid, Tariq, Umber. Vaneeza, Waleed,
Zanib, and Yusra, are riding the late train home after work. They all leave the train at different stops,
according to the following conditions:
Sajid leaves the train before Umber. Vaneeza and Tariq both leave after Umber. Waleed leaves the train
third.
QUESTION: Which of the following could be the order in which passage leaves the train, from first to
last?
[Link], Zanib, Waleed, Vaneeza, Yusra, Umber, Tariq
[Link], Sajid, Waleed, Umber, Yusra, Tariq, Vaneeza
[Link], Zanib, Waleed, Sajid, Umber, Yusra, Vaneeza
[Link], Sajid, Umber, Vaneeza, Tariq, Waleed, Zainab
QUESTION: All the following could be the order in which the passengers leave the train from first to last,
EXCEPT
[Link], Zanib, Waleed, Umber, Yusra, Vaneeza, Tariq
[Link], Sajid, Waleed, Zanib, Varneeza, Tariq, Umber
[Link], Yusra, Waleed, Sajid, Umber, Tariq,
[Link] of these
• QUESTION : 02
Read the following passage and answer the questions accordingly. GROUP I, GROUP II. GROUP III and GROUP
IV are four different categories of students distinguished according to their hobbies and interests, such that:
GROUP I and GROUP II like novels and Painting.
Ø GROUP III and GROUP IV like Poetry and Drama.
Ø GROUP II and GROUP III like Drama and novels.
Ø GROUP I and GROUP IV like Painting and Poetry.
Question: which group/s like(s) Poetry, novels and Painting?
[Link] IV
[Link] III and GROUP IV
[Link] I
[Link] II
Question: The group which does not like Drama is:
[Link] IV
[Link] III
[Link] IV
[Link] I
[Link] II
Question:The group which likes Poetry, novels and Drama is:
[Link] IV
[Link] III,
[Link] I
[Link] II
QUESTION : 03
In a Montessori classroom, there are 18 chairs in 3 rows A, B, and C, six chairs to a row.
conditions:
1. The chairs are red, yellow and blue in color.
2. The number of red chairs in the classroom is exactly twice the number of yellow chairs.
3. Each row contains at least one blue chair.
PART: 1 Each of the following could be the number of red chairs in the classroom except:
a) 5
b) 6
c) 8
d) 10
PART: 2 If row A contains exactly one blue chair and no red chair, the number of red chairs in
row C must be:
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 1
PART: 3 If each row contains a different number of red chairs and no row contains more than 3
red chairs the number of blue chairs in the classroom may be:
a) 6
b) 9
c) 10
d) 5
PART: 4 If each row contains at least one yellow chair and the number of yellow chairs in row A
is three times the number of yellow chairs in row C, the number of red chairs in row B must be:
a) 3
b) 4
c) 1
d) 2
QUESTION : 04
Raheel, Kadir, Akbar, and Javed are students at a school:
1. Three of them stay far from the school and one near it.
2. Two studies in class IV, one in class V and one in class VI.
3. They study English, mathematics, social, science, and science. One is good at all four subjects
while another is weak in all of these.
4. Raheel stays far from the school and is good at mathematics only while Kadir is weak in maths
only and stays close to the school.
5. Neither of these two nor Akbar studies in class VI.
6. One who is good at all subjects studied in class V.
Part 1. Name the boy (s) who is/are good at all the subjects.
A. Raheel
B. Kadir
C. Akbar
D. Javed
Part 2: Name the boy who is weak in all the subjects.
A. Raheel
B. Kadir
C. Akbar
D. Jawed
Part 3: Which two boys are good at English?
A. Raheel and Kadir
B. Kadir and Akbar
C. Akbar and Jawed
D. Jawed and Rizwan
Part 4: Which two boys are good at mathematics?
A. Raheel and Akbar
B. Kadir and Akbar
C. Jawed and Akbar
D. Raheel and jawed
Part 5: Other than Raheel and the boy good in all the subjects, who else stays far from the school?
A. Raheel
B. Kadir
C. Akbar
D. Jawed
TOPIC # 03
FAMILY RELATIONS.
Thank you
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