KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE, PERUNDURAI, ERODE – 638 052

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ANALYTICAL ABILITY-II
A).The personnel director of a large computer company is scheduling interviews for six candidates
for the position of Director of Marketing. The applicants –F,G,H,I,J and K-will all be interviewed
on the same day. The interviews will be scheduled at 9:00,10:00,11:00,1:00,2:00 and 3:00,with a
lunch break for the interviewers at noon. In scheduling the interviews, the personnel director must
adhere to the following conditions:
J must have the first interview after the lunch break.
No one can be interviewed between G and I.
H must be interviewed earlier in the day than F.
1.Which of the following candidates for the position cannot be scheduled for the 3:00 interview? a
A) F B)G C)H D)I E)J

2. Which of the following would be an acceptable order for the interviews?

a) G,I,H,F,J,K b) G,H,F,J,K,I
c) F,G,I,J,K,H d) H,I,F,J,K,G
e) H,K,F,J,I,G

3) If H and K are both interviewed before lunch, each of the following could be true EXCEPT
A) H has the first interview of the day.
B) K has the first interview of the day
C) F has the last interview of the day
D) G has the last interview of the day.
E) I has the last interview of the day.

4)If F’s interview is scheduled for 2:00, which of the following must be true?
A) H has the first interview of the day.
B) G has the first interview of the day.
C) I has the first interview of the day.
D) H has the third interview of the day.
E) K has the last interview of the day.

5) If I has the first interview of the day, which of the following must be true?
A) J’s interview is earlier in the day than F’s interview
B) J’s interview is earlier in the day than H’s interview
C) H has an interview in the morning.
D) K has an interview in the morning.
E) F has the last interview of the day.
II) A family group consisting of two men, three women, and four children have front-row seats for a
Broadway show, where they will all sit next to one another in seats 101 through 109. The decision as
to who sits in which seats must conform to the following two conditions.
The four children must sit next to one another, in four consecutive seats.
The two men must sit next to each other.
6)If a man is sitting in seat 107 and a woman is sitting in seat 108, which of the following could be
the seat that another women is sitting in ?
A) 101 B)102 C)103 D)104 E)106
7)All three women will be sitting next to one another if a man is in which of the following seats?
A)101 B)104 C)105 D)107 E)109
8)If women are sitting in seats 103 and 109, which of the following seats could be occupied by the
third women?
A)101 B)102 C)104 D)106 E)107
9)If a child is in seat 101 and a women is in seat 105, which of the following pairs of seats must be
occupied by people not of the same sex?
A) 105 and 106
B) 105 and 107
C) 106 and 107
D) 106 and 108
E) 108 and109
10) If no woman is sitting next to another woman, which of the following must be true?
A) A man is in seat 102
B) A woman is in seat 104
A) A Child is in seat 105
C) A Woman is in seat 106
D) A man is in seat 108

III ) A college has eight deans, five women-A,B,C,D and E- and three men-F,G and H. Each month
from January to May, inclusive ,two of the deans, one man and one woman, must chair the college’s
disciplinary committee. The president of the college will choose the deans each month in accordance
with the following rules.
No dean can chair the committee in two consecutive months.
B must be one of the chair people in March.
A and E cannot chair the committee in consecutive months.
The only dean that C will chair the committee is with G; G will not chair the committee without C.

11) If A and F are the deans who chair the committee in January, which of the following could be
the pair of deans who chair the committee in February?
A) D and F
B) B and G
C) C and G
D) E and H
E) C and H
12) If, due to other commitments, three of the female deans are never available to chair the
committee, which of the following must be true?
A) C will chair the committee exactly once.
B) A will chair the committee exactly twice.
C) F will chair the committee exactly twice.
D) G will chair the committee exactly twice.
E) B will chair the committee exactly three times
13) Which of the following could be the two deans who chair the committee in April?
A) A and F
B) A and D
C) F and H
D) B and H
E) C and H
14) If February is the only month in which H is a chair person of the committee, which of the
following m us be a chair-person in April?
A) A B)H C)C D)D E)E

15) If H is a chair person exactly twice, in January and May, each of the following could be true
EXCEPT
A) C will chair the committee exactly once.
B) B will chair the committee more than once.
C) Two women will each chair the committee twice.
D) More men than women will serve as chair person.

IV) On AIDS Awareness Day at Buchanan High school, during each of the eight periods, a different
student is to discuss briefly over the PA system a famous person who died of AIDS. The eight
students chosen include three freshmen, two sophomores, two juniors and one senior. The order in
which they speak must conform to the following set of conditions:
The first or the last talk of the day must be made by a junior.
A freshman must speak during fifth period.
The three freshmen may not speak during three consecutive periods.
The senior cannot speak either immediately before or immediately after either of the juniors.
Atleast once during the day a sophomore and a junior must speak during two consecutive
periods.
16) If the junior speaks during period 2 , which of the following must be true?
A) A junior speaks during period 1
B) A freshman speaks during period 2
C) A freshman speaks during period 3
D) A sophomore speaks during period7
E) A junior speaks during period 8

17) Which of the following could be the grades of the speakers in periods 3 – 7?

Period 3 Period4 Period5 period6 Period7

a) Junior Freshman Freshman Junior sophomore
b) Junior senior freshman freshman sophomore
 c) sophomore freshman freshman freshman junior
d) freshman freshman senior freshman junior
e) senior freshman freshman junior freshman

18) If a freshman speaks during period 4, which of the following must be true?
The senior speaks in periods 1or 8
A) The two sophomores speak in consecutive periods.
B) The two juniors speak in consecutive periods
C) A freshman must speak during the first two or the last two periods of the day
D) One junior speaks during period 1 and the other junior speaks during period 8

19) If the freshman speaks during period 1, each of the following could be true EXCEPT
A) The senior speaks during period 7
B) The sophomores speak during periods 2 and 7
C) Both sophomores speak before the senior
D) Both juniors speak after the senior
E) The speakers in two consecutive periods are never from the same grade.

20) If the first two talks of the day are made by sophomores, which of the following must be
true?
a) A freshman speaks during period 6
b) A freshman speaks during period7
c) A junior speaks during period 4
d) A junior speaks during period 6
e) The senior speaks during period 4

V)A University’s educational policy board has nine members: three students- O,P and Q: three
professors R,S, and T; and three deans U, V, and W. From time to time, the board forms committees
to deal with certain issues. The make up of these committees is subject to the following three
university policies and two personal preferences.
Each committee must have at least three and atmost six members
At least one dean must be on each committee.
Neither students nor professors can ever constitute a majority of the members of a committee
U is not willing to serve on any committee with P, Q, or W
T is not willing to serve on any committee with P or V.

21) If a committee has exactly three members, two of whom are T and U which of the following
is a complete list of the people who could be the third member of the committee?
a) O b)O and R c)O and S d)R and S e)O,R, and S
22) Which of the following is an acceptable committee?
A) O,Q,R,T
B) O,P,R,S,U
C) P,Q,S,T,W
D) Q,R,S,T,W
E) P,R,S,V,W
23) If T and U are on a committee consisting of exactly four members, who must also be on the
committee?
A) O B) Q C) R D) S E) W

24) How many different four person committees can be formed that contain no professors?
A)0 B)1 C)2 D)3 E)4

25) If P,Q,S, and V are four of the members of a five person committee, each of the following
could be true EXCEPT:
A) The fifth member is O
B) The fifth member is R
C) The fifth member is W
D) There are the same number of students as professors on the committee.
E) There are the same number of students as deans on the committee.

VI] In a series of three assemblies for middle school students, six high school varsity athletes-
J,K,L,M,N & P -have been asked to speak about the sports that they play. Exactly four of the
athletes will speak at each assembly-two about football and one each about basketball and tennis.
J must speak during the first assembly; the other five athletes have no restrictions, except that no
athlete will discuss the same sport in two consecutive assemblies. The sports that each of the
athletes play is as follows:
J,K,L & M all play football.
L & N play basketball.
K,M & P play tennis.
26.If J,K,L & N speak at assembly 1,which of the following is a list of athletes who could speak at
assembly 2?
(a)J,K,L,P (b) J,L,M,P (C)K,M,N,P (D)L,M,N,P

27.Which of the following is a complete list of the athletes for whom it is possible to create a
schedule that would allow them to speak in each of the three assemblies?
A] K,L B]K,M C]K,L,M D] J,K,L,M E] K,L,M,N,P

28.If L speaks about basketball in assembly 2, which of the following must be true?
A] L does not speak in either assembly 1 or 3.
B] J and L never speak in the same assembly.
C] K and M speak about football in assembly 1.
D] N speaks in exactly two of the three assemblies.
E] P speaks about tennis in assembly 3.
29.If the high school athletic director needs one of the six students to attend a conference on the day
of the assemblies. Who could she send and still be able to run all three assemblies under the original
conditions?
A] k b]L c]M d] N e] P

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 KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE, PERUNDURAI, ERODE – 638 052
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ANALYTICAL ABILITY -I

A] Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

i) There is a group of six persons A,B,C,D,E and F from a family. They are
psychologist, Manager, Lawyer, Jeweller, Docter and Engineer.
ii) The doctor is the grandfather of F who is a Psychologist.
iii) The Manager D is married to A
iv) C, the jeweler is married to the lawyer
v) B is the mother of F and E
vi) There are two married couples in the family

1) What is the Profession of E?

a)Doctor b)Jeweller c)Manager d) Psychologist e)none

2) How is A related to E?
a) Brother b) uncle c)father d)grandfather e)can’t be determined

3) How many male members are there in the family?

a) 1 b)3 c)4 d)data inadequate e) can’t be determined

4) What is the profession of A?

a) doctor b)lawyer c) jeweller d)manager e) none

5) Which of the following is one of the pairs of couples in the family?

a) AB b)AC c)AD d)cannot be determined e)none

B]All the roads of a city are either perpendicular or parallel to one another. The roads are all
straight. Roads A,B,C,D and E are parallel to one another. Roads G,H,I,J,K,L and M are parallel to
one another
i) Road A is 1km east of road B
ii) Road B is 1/2km west of road C
iii) Road D is 1km west of road E
iv) Road G is ½ km south of road H
v) Road I is 1km north of road J.
vi) Road K is ½ km north of road L
vii) Road K is 1km south of road M.

6) Which is necessarily true?

a) E and B intersect. b) D is 2km west of B
c) D is at least 2 km west of A c) M is 1.5km north of L
e) I is 1km north of L
 7) If E is between B and C, which of the following is false?
a) D is 2km west of A
b) c is less than 1.5km from D
c) Distance from E to B added to distance of E to C is 1/2km
d) E is less than 1km from A
e) D is less than 1km from B

8) If road E is between B and C, then distance between A and D is

a) 1/2km b)1km c)1.5km` d)1.5 – 2km e)2 – 2.5km

9) Which of the following possibilities would make two roads coincide?

a) L is 1/2km north of I. b) C is 1km west of D
c) I is 1/2km north of K d) D is ½ km east of A
e) E and B are 1/2km apart

10) If Kis paralled to I and K is 1/2km south of J and 1km north of G, Which two roads
would be 1/2km apart?
a) I and K
b) J and G
c) I and G
d) J and H
e) Kand J

C] At Bayside high school, each of the seven math teachers-F,G,H,I,J,K&L-are required to give one
extra help class each day. These classes can take place either before school, during lunch period, or
after school. In scheduling these classes the chairperson of the math department must follow the
following rules:
At least two teachers must hold their classes before School.
At least three teachers must hold their classes after School.
H is not available after school, and J is available only after school.
I always give extra help during her lunch period.
G will give help before school only if F is also scheduled then.

11. If L gives extra help during lunch, which of the following must be true?
(a)F gives help before school. (b) H gives help before school (c) J gives help before school
(d) K gives help during lunch (e) G gives help after school

12. Which of the following could be a complete list of the teachers who give help before school?
(a) G (b) G,H (c) F,G,I (d) F,G,K (e) F,G,H,K

13.All the following statements true EXCEPT

a) The same numbers of teachers give help before school as after school.
b) The same number of teachers give help before school as during lunch
c) Twice as many teachers give help after school as before
d) Twice as many teachers give help after school as during lunch
e) Four times as many teachers give help after school as during lunch
14.If F is the only teacher not yet scheduled, and with out violating any of the given conditions he
could be scheduled in any of the three time slots, then which of the following must be true?
a) F gives help after school.
b) K gives help before school
c) H gives help at lunch
d) K gives help after school
e) L gives help after school
15.If G and H are both scheduled to help before school, which of the following CANNOT be true
a) F gives help before school
b) K gives help at lunch
c) only I gives help at lunch
d) K gives help after school
e) L gives help after school
D] Four women – A, B, C & D – and four men – E, F, G & H are at a formal dinner party, seated
around a rectangular table the host and hostess are at opposite ends of the table, and there are three
guests on each side.
Each man is sitting next to at least one woman, and each woman is sitting next to at least one man.
H is sitting opposite D, who is not the hostess.
G is sitting opposite a woman and has a woman on his right
A is at the hostesses right, next to F.
16. Which of the following statements could be use?
I. E is the host, II. B is the hostess,III.Each man is sitting opposite his wife.
(a)I only (b)I and II only (c)I and III only (d)II and III only (e) I, II and III.

17. If each man is sitting opposite his wife, which of the following pairs must be married to one
another?
(a) E and B (b) E and C ( c ) F and C ( d ) G and A ( e ) G and D

18. How many people are sitting between two people of the opposite sex?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

19.If during dinner G and D exchange seats, which of the following statements must be true of the
new seating arrangement?
I . No one is sitting between two people of the opposite sex.
II. One side of the table consists entirely of people of the same sex.
III.A single straight line can be drawn on the table so that all the women are on one side and all
the men on the other side.
( A ) I only ( B ) II only ( C ) I and II only ( D ) I and II only
( E ) II and III only
20. If Rorie wakes up after 7:00 on a school day, she just grabs a granola bar for breakfast. When she
wakes up after 7: 00 on a day that there is no school, she makes herself an omelet.
If the preceding statements are true, and if Rorie did not have a granola bar for breakfast
today, which of the following statements must be true?
(a) Today is a school day
(b) Today is not a school day
(c) Rorie had an omelette today
(d) Either today is a school day Rorie woke up after 7 :00
(e) Either today is not a school day or Rorie woke up before 7: 00.

E].The Sociology department at the State University consists of three untenured professors – Q, R
and S- and seven tenured professors – T,U,V,W,X,Y and Z. At the beginning of a new academic
year, Z, the chair person of the department, decided to reorganize the curriculum and budget
committees by assigning each of the other nine professors to exactly one of the two committees. In
making her assignments, the chairperson adheres to the following conditions.
The budget committee will have five members, and the curriculum committee will have four.
Only one untenured professor may be on the budget committee.
S and Y cannot be assigned to the same committee.
U and W cannot be assigned to the same committee.
V and X must be assigned to the same committee
If U and X are on the same committee, then Q must be on the other committee.

21. Which of the following could be the members of the budget committee?
(i)R,S,U,V,X ii)Q,U,V,X,Y iii)R,U,V,X,Y iv)Q,T,V,X,Y v)S,T,V,X,Y

22. If Q and R are on the same committee, which of the following must be true?
i) U is on the curriculum committee.
ii) V is on the curriculum committee.
iii) Y is on the curriculum committee.
iv) U is on the budget committee.
v) V is on the budget committee

23. If Q and X are on the budget committee, which of the following is a pair of professors who must
be on the different committees?
i) U and V ii)V and Y iii)S and U iv)V and W v)R and T

24. Which of the following CANNOT serve on the curriculum committee?

i)Q ii)R iii)U iv)W v)X.

F] On Saturdays, a college admissions office offers five campus tours for prospective students at
10:00,11:00,12:00,1:00 & 2:00.Five students-Adam, Kit , Noah, Pete & Rebecca-are available to
lead the tours. The person in the admissions office who is in charge of scheduling the tours adheres
to the following rules and preferences:
Each tour has exactly two leaders.
Each student must lead at least one tour.
 No student can lead three consecutive tours.
Kit must be one of the leaders of the 10:00 tour
Rebecca must lead both 1:00 & 2:00 tours.
Kit & Pete cannot be assigned to lead the same tour.
25. If Pete leads three tours one Saturday, which of the following is a pair of tours he must lead?
(A) 10:00 & 12:00 (B) 11:00 & 12:00 (c)11:00 &1:00 (d) 11:00 & 2:00 (e)12:00 & 2:00

26. If Kit is scheduled to give four tours one Saturday, which of the following could be the leaders of
the 12:00 tour that day?
(a) Adam&Noah (b) Adam &Pete (c)Pete& Rebecca (d) Kit & Rebecca
(e)Adam,Kit

27. If Pete& Rebecca are scheduled to lead the exact same tours, which of the following could be
true?
(a) Adam & Noah lead two tours together (b) kit leads a tour at 12:00 (c)Pete leads a tour at 12:00
(d) Noah leads a tour at 1:00 (e) Adam leads a tour at 2:00

28. In how many ways can an acceptable schedule be completed for a saturday on which Adam leads
four tours?
(a) 0 (b)1 (c)2 (d) 3 (e)4

29.If on one Saturday, none of the students leads three tours, which of the following must be true?
(a) Adam&Noah lead a tour together (b)some pair of students must lead two tours together
(c)either Kit or Pete must lead a tour with Rebacca (d) everyone leads two tours in a row (e) no
one other than Rebacca leads two tours in a row

G] There are six cities A,B,C,D,E & F

A is not a hill station.
B & E are not historical places.
D is not an industrial city.
A & D are historical places.
A & B are not alike.
30.Which two cities are industrial centres?
(a) A & B (b) E & F (c) C & D (d) B & F (e) A &D
31.Which two cities are historical places?
(a) A & C (b) B & F (c) C & F (d) B & E (e) A &D
32. Which two cities are hill centres?
(a) A & B (b) C & A (c) B & D (d) A & F (e) None of these.
33.which city is a hill station and an industrial centre but not a historical place?
(a) E (b)F (c) A (d) B (e) C
34. Which two cities are neither places nor industrial centres?
a) A & B (b) D& E (c) F & C (d) B & D (e) None of these.

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