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Question 161.

Directions: Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

A company wants to select a team of four call centre executives from its South Indian centre for transfer to North India where they are going to set up a new centre. The company is managed by professional managers and is very particular about human resources and personnel relations. There are seven team members of equal ability X, Y and Z (who are senior), and A, B, C and D (who are junior). The company requires that there should be two senior executives and two junior executives in the team. It is also necessary that all of the executives in a particular team are friendly with each other in order to have a real team spirit and avoid any personnel relations problem in the new centre being set up in the North. Following is the situation of relations among the seven executives. (i) Y and A are not friendly. (ii) Z and C are not friendly. (iii) A and B are not friendly.


[X.A.T. 2005; M.B.A. 2004]
If A is on the team, then which other executives must be on the team as well?
  1.    X, Y and D
  2.    X, Z and B
  3.    X, Z and C
  4.    X, Z and D
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> X, Z and D
Answer: (d)
If A is on the team, Y and B cannot be selected. So, the two senior executives in the team must be X and Z. Since Z and C cannot be taken together,
so the fourth member must be D.
Question 162.

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : There are five men A, B, C, D and E and six women P, Q, R, S, T and U. A, B and R are advocates; C, D, P, Q and S are doctors and the rest are teachers. Some teams are to be selected from amongst these eleven persons subject to the following conditions: A, P and U have to be together. B cannot go with D or R. E and Q have to be together. C and T have to be together. D and P cannot go together.C cannot go with Q.


[N.M.A.T. 2006]
If the team is to consist of two advocates, two doctors, two teachers and not more than three ladies, the members of the team are
  1.    A, B, C, P, T, U
  2.    A, C, P, R, T, U
  3.    A, E, P, Q, R, T
  4.    B, C, E, Q, R, T
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> A, B, C, P, T, U
Answer: (a)
A, C, P, R, T, U and A, E, P, Q, R, T are wrong because each of these combinations consists of our ladies.
B, C, E, Q, R, T is incorrect because B and R cannot go together.
Question 163.

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it : There are five men A, B, C, D and E and six women P, Q, R, S, T and U. A, B and R are advocates; C, D, P, Q and S are doctors and the rest are teachers. Some teams are to be selected from amongst these eleven persons subject to the following conditions: A, P and U have to be together. B cannot go with D or R. E and Q have to be together. C and T have to be together. D and P cannot go together.C cannot go with Q.


[N.M.A.T. 2006]
If the team is to consist of one advocate, three doctors and one male teacher, the members of the team are
  1.    A, D, P, S, U
  2.    C, D, R, S, T
  3.    D, E, Q, R, S
  4.    D, E, Q, R, T
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> D, E, Q, R, S
Answer: (c)
The advocates are A, B and R; the doctors are C, D, P, Q and S; male teacher is E. Clearly, E will be selected. E and Q have to be together. C and Q cannot be together.
So, C will not be selected. P also cannot be selected because U is not selected. So, two other doctors D and S will be selected. P is not selected, so A will not be selected. D is selected, so B cannot be selected.
Thus, the team is D, E, Q, R, S.
Question 164.

Directions: Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

A company wants to select a team of four call centre executives from its South Indian centre for transfer to North India where they are going to set up a new centre. The company is managed by professional managers and is very particular about human resources and personnel relations. There are seven team members of equal ability X, Y and Z (who are senior), and A, B, C and D (who are junior). The company requires that there should be two senior executives and two junior executives in the team. It is also necessary that all of the executives in a particular team are friendly with each other in order to have a real team spirit and avoid any personnel relations problem in the new centre being set up in the North. Following is the situation of relations among the seven executives. (i) Y and A are not friendly. (ii) Z and C are not friendly. (iii) A and B are not friendly.


[X.A.T. 2005; M.B.A. 2004]
Which statement(s) must be false?
I. Y and C are never selected together.
II. Z and B are never selected together.
III. Z and D are never selected together.
  1.    I only
  2.    I and II only
  3.    I and III only
  4.    I, II and III
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> I, II and III
Answer: (d)
Clearly, Y and C can be selected along with X and B or D. So, I is false.
Z and B can be selected along with X or Y, and D. So, II is false.
Z and D can be selected along with X or Y, and  A or B. So, III is false.
Question 165.

Directions: Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

XYZ Ltd. Presently has three accounts assistants - A, B and C - and five accounts officers - D, E, F, G and H. Its management is planning to open a new office in another city using three accounts officers and two accounts assistants from its present staff. The following guidelines have been established to set up the new office: (i) A and C are constantly finding faults with each other and should not be sent as members of the same team. (ii) C and E function well alone but not as a team. They should not be sent as members of the same team. (iii) D and G do not enjoy good relation. They should not be sent as members of the same team. (iv) Since D and F have been completing for a promotion, they should not be sent as members of the same team.


[U.P.S.C. 2005]
If C is sent to the new office, then which member of the staff cannot go with C?
  1.    D
  2.    F
  3.    G
  4.    H
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> D
Answer: (a)
If C is selected, A cannot be selected. So, B must be selected. Now, if C is selected, E cannot be selected. So, three accounts officers have to be selected from amongst D, F, G and H.
But, if D is selected, neither F nor G can be selected. So, D cannot be selected and F, G, H must be selected.
Question 166.

Directions: Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

A company wants to select a team of four call centre executives from its South Indian centre for transfer to North India where they are going to set up a new centre. The company is managed by professional managers and is very particular about human resources and personnel relations. There are seven team members of equal ability X, Y and Z (who are senior), and A, B, C and D (who are junior). The company requires that there should be two senior executives and two junior executives in the team. It is also necessary that all of the executives in a particular team are friendly with each other in order to have a real team spirit and avoid any personnel relations problem in the new centre being set up in the North. Following is the situation of relations among the seven executives. (i) Y and A are not friendly. (ii) Z and C are not friendly. (iii) A and B are not friendly.


[X.A.T. 2005; M.B.A. 2004]
Which of the following statements is/are true for X?
I. X must be selected as one of the senior executives on the team.
II. X must be selected, if C is selected.
III. X cannot be selected, if both A and C are rejected.
  1.    I only
  2.    II only
  3.    II and III only
  4.    I, II and III
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> II only
Answer: (b)
Y and Z can also form a team with B and D. So, I is false.
If C is selected, then Z cannot be selected. So, the two senior executives in the team must be X and Y. So, II is true.
If both A and C are rejected, the two junior executives in the team must be B and D. And, B and D may have any two senior executives from amongst X, Y and Z. So, III is false.
Question 167.

Directions: Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

A company wants to select a team of four call centre executives from its South Indian centre for transfer to North India where they are going to set up a new centre. The company is managed by professional managers and is very particular about human resources and personnel relations. There are seven team members of equal ability X, Y and Z (who are senior), and A, B, C and D (who are junior). The company requires that there should be two senior executives and two junior executives in the team. It is also necessary that all of the executives in a particular team are friendly with each other in order to have a real team spirit and avoid any personnel relations problem in the new centre being set up in the North. Following is the situation of relations among the seven executives. (i) Y and A are not friendly. (ii) Z and C are not friendly. (iii) A and B are not friendly.


[X.A.T. 2005; M.B.A. 2004]
If both Y and Z are selected, which of the executives must be on the team with them?
  1.    Both B and A
  2.    Both B and D
  3.    Both C and D
  4.    Only D
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Both B and D
Answer: (b)
If Y and Z are selected, then by (i) and (ii), A and C cannot be selected.
Thus, the two junior executives in the team must be B and D.
Question 168.

Directions: Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

XYZ Ltd. Presently has three accounts assistants - A, B and C - and five accounts officers - D, E, F, G and H. Its management is planning to open a new office in another city using three accounts officers and two accounts assistants from its present staff. The following guidelines have been established to set up the new office: (i) A and C are constantly finding faults with each other and should not be sent as members of the same team. (ii) C and E function well alone but not as a team. They should not be sent as members of the same team. (iii) D and G do not enjoy good relation. They should not be sent as members of the same team. (iv) Since D and F have been completing for a promotion, they should not be sent as members of the same team.


[U.P.S.C. 2005]
If C and F are moved to the new office, then what is the number of different teams that can be formed?
  1.    1
  2.    2
  3.    3
  4.    4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1
Answer: (a)
If C is selected, A must not be selected. So, the second accounts assistant selected must be B. If C is selected, E cannot be selected.
If F is selected, D cannot be selected. So, the three accounts officers selected must be F, G and H.
Thus, only one team is formed - B, C, F, G, H.
Question 169.

Directions: Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

XYZ Ltd. Presently has three accounts assistants - A, B and C - and five accounts officers - D, E, F, G and H. Its management is planning to open a new office in another city using three accounts officers and two accounts assistants from its present staff. The following guidelines have been established to set up the new office: (i) A and C are constantly finding faults with each other and should not be sent as members of the same team. (ii) C and E function well alone but not as a team. They should not be sent as members of the same team. (iii) D and G do not enjoy good relation. They should not be sent as members of the same team. (iv) Since D and F have been completing for a promotion, they should not be sent as members of the same team.


[U.P.S.C. 2005]
Under the guidelines developed, which of the following must go to the new office?
  1.    B
  2.    D
  3.    E
  4.    G
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> B
Answer: (a)
Since two accounts assistants have to be taken and A and C cannot be teamed together,
so B has to be selected along with either A or C.
Question 170.

Directions: Read the data given below to answer the questions:

The director of a B-school wishes to select four members of a faculty-student committee as representatives to meet with the school's board of directors. The faculty-student committee consist exactly four faculty members - K, L, M and N - and four students - P, Q, R and S. The director can select any of the committee members as representatives as long as he observes the following restrictions: (i) The group of four representatives must consist of exactly two faculty members and two students. (ii) Either K or L must be one of the representatives, but K and L cannot both be representatives. (iii) If P is a representatives, M must also be a representative. (iv) If R is a representatives, L cannot be a representative.


[A.T.M.A. 2006]
If P is a representative, which of the following cannot also be a representative?
  1.    N
  2.    M
  3.    Q
  4.    R
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> N
Answer: (a)
If P is a representative, M must also be a representative.
Hence, N cannot be the second member from faculty as either K or L must be one of the representatives.

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