Introduction of General Ability

 Quantitative( Basic Mathematics)

This section assesses the basic quantitative skills of the candidate. The section is developed in
the light of the basic quantitative concepts.

 Analytical Reasoning(Logical Reasoning)

The questions in this section need simple analysis of the given data and logical reasoning of the
candidate. Each question or group of questions is based on a passage or set of conditions, and the
candidate has to select the best answer choice.

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 Quantitative(Basic Mathematics)

 Average
 Percentage
 Ratio
 Proportion
 Unit Method
 Age Problems
 Geometry
 Angles
 Algebra
 Probability
 Problem Statement
 Time / Distance
 Work Sharing
 Logical Questions
 Statistical Portion & Definitions

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 Average

1. Find the average of the following values. 9, 12,13,6,10,4?

2. If average of 8, 7, 12, 15 and X is 11. What is X?
3. The average of five numbers is 54. If three of the numbers are 26, 28, and 30, what is
the average of the other two?
4. The product of four numbers 3, 4, 5 and x is 480. What will be the average of 3, 4, 5
and x?
5. The average wages of a worker during a fortnight comprising 15 consecutive
working days was $ 90 per day. During the first 7 days, his average wages was $ 87
per day and the average wages during the last 7 days was $92 per day. What was his
wage on the 8th day?
6. The average age of a group of 12 students is 20 years. If 4 more students join the
group, the average age increases by 1 year. The average age of the new students is?
7. The average of five numbers is 34. If three of the numbers are 28, 30 and 32, what is
the average of the other two?
8. Average of A, B and C is 32 and average of A and B is 30. What is the value of C?
9. Average age of Ali, Nadeem and Salman is 30 years while average age of Salman
and Nadeem is 31 years. What is the age of Ali?
10. The average earning of a shop for first three weeks of a month are 2750 per week. If
the earning of next 2 weeks are 4750 rupees, then find total earning of the 5 weeks?
11. The average temperature of a week is 33c .Average of first three days is 30 c while of
the last three is 35 c .What is the temperature of the fourth year?
12. Find the temperature on Sunday if sum of temperature of other 6 days is 145c° and
average of the whole week is 25c?
13. The average height of 30 girls out of a class of 40 is 160 cm and that of the
remaining is 156 cm. The average height of the whole class is?
14. The average weight of the class of 35 students was 45 kg. With the admission of a
new student the average weight came down to 44.5 kg. Find the weight of new
student?
15. If the average of three numbers is V. If one of the numbers is Z and another is Y,
what is the remaining number?
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 16. If $ 4,500 was invested in a bond fund when the price per share was $ 9 and $ 3,000
was invested in the fund when the price per share was $ 10, what was the average
(Arithmetic Mean) price per share purchased?

Percentage

1. What percent of 24 is 18?

2. What percent is 3/12?
3. What is 10% of 350?
4. 8 are what percent of the 6?
5. Which fraction is equal to 0.20%?
6. In a class of 65 Students 20% failed in English. How many Students failed in
English?
7. After a decrease of 70%, the value 550 will be?
8. In a class of CSS, there are 80% girls. If there are 25 boys, how many total students
are in the class.?
9. 30% of a number is 8 more than 40% of 1000. Find the number?
10. During the budget price of fuel per liter increased by 10%, if its price before budget
was 55 per liter .What is its price per liter after the budget?
11. In a certain examination students have to take 40% marks to pass. A student got
135 marks and thus passed by 55 marks. Total marks are;
12. A shopkeeper bought 6 dozen and 3 eggs. Out of which 1 dozen and 6 eggs are
rotten. The percentage of rotten eggs is?
13. In a co- education secondary school 55% of the students are boys. There are 360
girls in the school. The number of boys in the school are?
14. In an examination a candidate has to secure 40% of the marks to pass. If a
candidate secure 190 marks and fail by 10 marks. The total number of marks in the
examination is;
15. If the value of XYZ Company stock drops from $25 per share to $21 per share, what
is the percent of the decrease?
16. If an item is sold at 20% loss for Rs.480, what was the cost price of the item?

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17. If an item is purchased at 20% discount for Rs.480, what will be its sale price if
someone wants to sale this item at 20% Profit?
18. In a class 40% of boys are the same as 1/2 of the girls and there are 20 girls. Total
number of students in the class is:
19. Mr. Jones' income for a year is $15,000. He pays 15% of this in federal taxes and
10% of the remainder in state taxes. How much is left?
20. What was the original price of the item if a discount of 20% reduced the price to
$100?

Ratio Problems
1. If a: b = 3:5 and a: c = 5:7, what is the value of b: c..?
2. In a jar there are 70 marbles of three colors Red, White and Blue. If Red: White is
2:3 and White: Blue is 4:5, How many of them are Red?
3. At Chaman Ice Bar, Ice cream was sold in three different flavors: mango, banana
and vanilla. One day 900 cups of Ice cream were sold and the ratio of mango to
banana to vanilla was 5:12:3. How many vanilla cups were sold?
4. Rs.2424 has been divided among A, B, C in a ratio of 3:4:5 respectively. Then A’s
share is..?
5. The amounts of time that three secretaries worked on a special project are in the
ratio of 1 to 2 to 5. If they worked a combined total of 112 hours, how many hours
did the secretary who worked the longest spend on the project?
6. A car covers a distance of 180 miles in 2 hours. While a bus covers a distance of 150
miles in 3 hours. What is the ratio between their speeds?
8. In a class of GAT General, the ratio of boys to girls is 1:3. What percent of students
are girls?
9. Three partners agreed to divide their profit in the ratio of 2:4:7. What is the
difference of the greatest and smallest share in the profit of Rs. 26,000?
10. Maryam has three types of balls red, green and blue. If their ratio is 2:3:5, what
percent of the balls are green?
11. A basket contains 60 oranges and apples. If there are 45 apples, the ratio between
oranges and apples will be?

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12. Maryam’s fail to pass ratio in maths test is 5:2, In how many tests does she pass if
total tests conducted are 42?
13. In a hospital 1 ratio of ENT patients to cardiology patients is 9:11 and in hospital 2
the ratio is 7:10 which hospital has more ENT patients
14. Tahir started a business with a capital of Rs.15,000. After the 5 months Umer also
joined by investing of Rs.30,000. After the start of 9th month, Usman joined them by
investing Rs.45,000. At the end of the year they total earned a profit of Rs.406,000.
Find the share of each one?

Proportion
1. If 16 workers can finish a job in 3 hours, how long should it take 5 workers to finish
the same job?
2. 5 workers can construct a wall of 60 meters in 2/3 of a day. If 3 more workers start
working, how much time they will take to construct a wall of 50 meters?
3. 30 men consume a food in 45 days. How long will the same food last if there are 25
men?
4. If 30 men can eat 200 kg of wheat in 10 days, then 45 men can eat 400 kg of wheat in
how many days?
5. If p is directly proportional to q and q=12 when p = 8, then what is the value of p
when q=15..?
6. If building “b” feet high casts a shadow “f” feet long, then, at the same time of day,
a tree “t” foot high will cast a shadow how many feet long?

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 Unit Method
1. A man rowing boat covers an average distance of 7.5 km/h. What is the distance
covered after 40 minutes?
2. Eman can pack 6 cartons in h days. At this rate she can pack 3h cartons in how many
days?
3. Ahmed reads 24 pages of a book in 15 minutes. The rate of pages read for 30 minute
by him will be?
4. Ali can type at a speed of 25 words per minute. How many words he can type In one
hour?
5. A motorcyclist travels 200 km in 1 hour, how many minutes it would take him to travel
120 km?

Age Problems
1. A father is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years the father will be twice as old as
his son's age at that time. Hence the father's present age is
2. Tanveer is 10 years older than Masood. However 5 years ago Tanveer was twice as
old as Masood, how old is Masood?
3. Aslam is now 3 times as old as Javed, but 5 years ago; he was 5 times as Javed was.
How old is Aslam now?
4. The sum of the ages of a son and a father is 82 years. After 4 years the age of father
will be two times that of the son. The age of the father is?
5. A mother after 5 years will be twice the age of her daughter. The difference of their
ages is 19 years. What is the age of daughter?
6. Aasia’s age is 20% less then Mehreen who is 20% older than Seema, if Seema is 25
years old. How old is Aasia?
A.25 B. 24 C. 20 D.28

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 Geometry
1. If perimeter of a rectangle is 56 and its length is 16, what is the area of rectangle?
2. The length of a rectangle is five times its width and its area is 125, then its perimeter
is given by?
3. If the perimeter of the rectangular plot is 34 and its area is 60, then measure of its
longer side is?
4. What is the circumference of a circle whose area is 25ӆ?
5. What will be the perimeter of a circle of 56 cm diameter..?
6. What is the ratio of diameter of a circle to its circumference?
7. The internal angle of a triangle is in the ratio 3:5:7. Find the degree measure of the
largest angle?
8. What is the maximum number of pieces of birthday cake of size 4” by 4” that can be
cut from a cake 20” by 20”?
9. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 52 m. If the length of the field is 2 m more
than thrice the breadth, what is the breadth of the field?
10. A rectangle is 14 cm long and 10 cm wide. If the length is reduced by x cm and its
width is increased also by x cm so as to make it a square then its area changes by?
11. If the radius of a circle is increased by 20% then the area is increased by :
12. If the base of a rectangle is increased by 30% and the altitude is decreased by 20%
the area is increased by?
13. If the length of the rectangle is increased by 120% and width is decreased by 20%,
the area is changes by?
12. A plot of land is in the shape of a trapezium whose dimensions are given in the figure
below:

Hence the perimeter of the field is

14. A semi-circle is surmounted on the side of a square. The ratio of the area of the
semi-circle to the area of the square is

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15. If an equilateral triangle and a square have the same perimeter, what is the ratio of
the length of the sides of the equilateral triangle to the lengths of the sides of the
square?
16. Let A = total area of five circles of radius r and let B = total area of three circles of
radius s. If A = B, then r / s=?

Angles
1. The bisection of an angle means dividing the angle in to …….. Parts?
2. A triangle has ………….. Segments?
3. In a certain cake, two straight cuts (made along two different radii) succeed in
removing 4/15 of the total cake. What is the central angle in degrees of the piece cut?
4. Exactly how many degrees are there between the hour hand and minute hand of a
Clock at 7:30?
5. At 3:15, how many degrees are there between the two hands of a Clock?
6. How many degrees is the smaller angle between the hands of the clock at 4:40?
7. How many degrees are there in the angle made by the hands of a Clock at 4’o Clock?
8. If the Clock shows 9:15, how much angle does the hour hand & minute hand make?

Algebra
1. If a+3 = 4 , what is the value of a+7/a+3 =
2. If 2x+4=b, then 6x+12=?
3. If a = 3(2c² +3c+4), then what is the value of “a” when “c” =-1?

4. If x= , then X=?

5. If 9/a = 7/a², then a=?
6. If y = 3x, and z = 2y, then in terms of x, x + y + z =?
7. If 5x = 3, then (5x + 3)² =
8. If n + 3 = n x 3, then n =
9. What is the greatest prime factor of [4²]² -1?
10. If 3/p = 6 and 3/q = 15 then p - q =?
11. If the product of 4 consecutive even integers is 384. Which is the greatest?

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12. If 3ⁿ = 81, then n =?
13. A Base ball team won W games and lost L games. The fraction representing their
lost game is ?
14. If 64ᵃ⁺ᵇ = 32 ᵃ⁺²ᵇ, then a=?
15. If l²-m²/l-m =23, then l+m?
16. If 4x is 9 greater than the sum of x and 3y, then x is how much greater than y?
17. If 4x is 9 greater than the sum of x and 3y, then x is how much greater than y?
18. If half a number is added to three-seventh of the same number, the result is one less
than the number. What is the number?
19. The result obtained when x is multiplied by y is equal to ten times the result
obtained when y is subtracted from x. If y is equal to 5, what does x equal?
20. If 0.2t = 2.2 - 0.6s and 0.5s = 0.2t + 1.1, then s =?
21. Two integers have a sum of 42 and a difference of 22. The greater of the two
Integers is
22. If √y = 9, then y²- √y =
23. How many even integers are there between 17/4 and 47/2?

Probability
1. A bag contains 20 balls. If there are 8 red, 7 white and 5 green, what is the minimum
number of balls one must pick from the bag to be assured of one of each color?
2. When a coin is tossed the probability of tail is?
3. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that exactly one head occur?
4. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that exactly one tail occur?
5. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that exactly two head occur?
6. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that exactly two tail occur?
7. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that atleast one head occur?
8. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that atleast one head occur?
9. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that atleast one tail occur?
10. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that atleast two head occur?
11. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that atleast two tail occur?
12. When Two Coin are tossed, what is the probability that atmost one head occur?

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13. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that atmost one tail occur?
14. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that atmost two head occur?
15. When Two Coins are tossed, what is the probability that atmost two tail occur?
16. What is the probability of rolling two dice so that their total becomes 9..?
17. When a dice is rolled, the probability of a prime number and including number 1”
is?
18. The probability that an egg will be broken during delivery from a supermarket to
home is 1/200. How many broken eggs would be there out of 800 eggs?
19. A large jar is full of marbles. If one marble is chosen at random, probability that it
will be red is 7/11. What is the ratio of red marbles to non-red marbles in the jar?
20. There are some flags hanging in a horizontal row. Starting at one end of the row, the
Pakistani flag is 25th. Starting at the other end of the row, the Pakistani flag is 13th.
How many flags are in the row?
21. Haleema applied to 12 Colleges for admission. Sadia applied to 10 colleges. Between
them they applied to 16 different colleges. How many colleges received applications
from both students..?

Problem Statements
1. A pair of pant and matching shirt costs Rs. 52.50. The pant cost two and half times
as much as the shirt. What is the cost of the shirt alone?
2. If half a number is added to three-seventh of the same number, the result is one less
than the number. What is the number?
3. (1/4) ³ + (3/4)³ + 3(1/4) (3/4) (1/4 + 3/4) =?
4. If n³ is odd, which of the following statement is true..?
I. n is odd
II. n² is odd
III. n² is even
5. If 0˂X˂1, which of the following could be less than X..?
I. x²
II. 10% of x
III. 1/x

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6. The product of X and Y is a constant. If the value of X is increased by 50%, by what
percentage must the value of Y be decreased..?
7. Price of a mobile phone is Rs.8,000, a man has enough money to purchase 3 mobiles.
How many mobiles can he purchase if the price is reduced by Rs.2000
8. In a Math test, there were 60 problems, which were to be done in 1 hour. A student
complete 30 problems in 20 minutes, how many seconds does he have, as average for
completing each of the remaining problems?
9. In a town there are 1600 phones out of which 3/4 are dial phones,1/3 of those dial
phones are replaced by touch-tone phones and 300 additional touch-tone phones are
installed. The fraction representing the touch-tone Phones in the town is.?
10. In a class there are 27 students. If there are 7 more girls than boys in the class, how
many students are girls?

Time / Distance
1. If 1 cm on a map corresponds to an actual distance of 40 km. And the distance on
the map between Multan and Karachi is 37.5 cm, the actual distance between them
is?
2. A and B are two trains starting at the same time from two stations 200 kilometers
apart. They move toward each other and meet a point 120 kilometers from the
station where A started. What was the ratio of speed of A to speed of B?
3. A car takes 6 hrs to go from city A to city B. if city A is 330 km away from city B,
what is the speed of traveling of the car?
4. A train is traveling at a speed of 25m/s. In what time will it pass a man sitting on a
platform if length of the train is 225 meters?
5. If an object is moving at a speed of 36 km per hour, how many meters does it travel
in 1 second..?
6. At 9:00 am train T left the train station and two hours later train S lefts the same
station on a parallel track. If train T averaged 60 Km/hour and train S averaged 75
Km/hour until S passed T. at what time did S pass T?

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 Work Sharing
1. Ali takes 10 hours to complete a piece of work whereas Bilal takes 12 hours and
Noman takes 15 hours to complete the same piece of work.
How much time they will take to complete the work if they all work together at a
time....????
2. Alia can complete an assignment in 5 days and Babar can complete the same
assignment in 20 days. The time taken by both Alia and Babar to complete the
assignment working together is?
3. An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 10 hrs and an outlet pipe can empties the same full
tank in 20 hrs. The time required to fill the tank when both pipes are opened at a
time is?
4. Ali can do a job in 60 days, while both Ali and Basit can do the same job in 20 days
working together. Basit alone can do the same job in how many days?
5. A can do a piece of work in 16 days, while B can do the same work in 12 days. With
the help of C they can finish the work in 6 days. In how many days can C alone do
the work?
6. Ahmar works twice as fast as Bina. If Bina can complete a work in 30 days , the
number of days taken by Ahmar and Bina to complete the work together is?
7. A tank, which has a leak in the bottom, is filled in 20 hours. Had there been no leak
the tank would have been filled in 15 hours. The leak can empty the full tank in?
8. A tank that can be filled by an inlet pipe A in 12 hours is filled in 18 hours while an
out let pipe B is opened at that time. The outlet pipe B can empty the full tank in?

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 Logical Questions

1. Two identical taps fill 2/5 of a tank in 20 minutes. When one of the taps goes dry in
how many minutes will the remaining one tap fill the rest of the tank?
2. Susan is having a party. At 7:00 P.M., guests begin arriving at a uniform rate of 8
people every 15 minutes. If this pattern continues, how many guests will have
arrived by 9:30 P.M.?
3. If the product of five integers is an odd integer, exactly how many of the five must
be odd?
4. Amir finds that he has Rs. 7.20 in his pocket. He has an equal number of 50 paisa
and 10 paisa coins, but no other coins nor any other currency notes. How many
coins does he have?
5. At the end of a meeting 10 members made a hand shake to each other. How many
total handshakes were made..?
6. A man bought 4 eggs for one rupee and sold 3 eggs for one rupee. How many eggs
he should sell to get profit of Rs. 100?
7. A certain gun can fire 10 bullets every 4 seconds. If gun fires without interruption,
how many bullets will it fire in 4 minutes?
8. If pencils are bought at 35 rupees per dozen and sold at 3 for 10 rupees, the total
profit on 5 dozen is
9. Ricardo lives 4 Km due west of Pat’s house. Ann lives 6 Km due north of Pat, s
house and 4 Km due west of David’s house. What is the straight line distance in
Kilometers from Ricardo’s house to David’s house?

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 ANALYTICAL REASONING
There are Following 7 Methods of Analytical Reasoning.

1) Matrix.
2) Linear Ordering
3) Distributed Order.
4) Seating Arrangement
5) Selection Method.
6) Lesser than/Greater Than.
7) Network.

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 Matrix
Exercise No. 1
Rehan and Salman read magazines and newspapers.
Tania and Uzma read novels and poetry.
Salman and Tania read poetry and Magazines.
Rehan and Uzma read newspapers and novels.
01. Which one reads novels, magazines and newspapers?
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
02. One who reads novels, magazines and poetry is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
03. One who reads poetry, magazines and newspapers is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
04. One who does not read poetry is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above

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Exercise No.2
Five friends Ali, Basit, Fahad, Gohar and Hashim were eating fruits such that Ali and Basit were
eating Apples and Bananas, Fahad and Basit were eating Bananas and Grapes. Gohar and Ali
were eating Mangoes and Apples. Hashim and Basit were eating Guava and Water melon.
1. Who among the friends was eating maximum number of fruits?
A. Gohar
B. Hashim
C. Ali
D. Basit
E. Fahad
2. Which of following pairs was eating both Grapes and Apples?
A. Fahad and Ali
B. Gohar and Basit
C. Ali and Basit
D. Basit and Fahad
E. None of the above.
3. More than two friends were eating which fruits?
A. Water melon.
B. Grapes.
C. Mangoes.
D. Guava.
E. Apples
4. The common fruit(s) which Gohar, Basit and Ali were eating is/are?
A. Bananas and Grapes
B. Bananas only
C. Apples and Bananas
D. Apples only
E. Mangoes and Apples.
5. Who among the friends was eating less than two fruits?
A. Basit
B. Gohar
C. Ali
D. Data is an adequate.
E. There is no such friend

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Exercise No. 3
Six students of foreign languages, Ameena, Bushra, Chand, Dilawer, Ehsan, and Farah, are
seated together. They do not all speak the same language, but enough of them speak the same
languages that they can translate for each other.
Ameena and Dilawer speak only Urdu, Arabic and Hindi.
Bushra speaks only Urdu, Arabic and Chinese.
Chand speaks only Pushto and Hindi.
Ehsan speaks only Hindi.
Farah speaks only Chinese.
1. Which language is spoken by the most students?
A. Urdu
B. Arabic
C. Pushto
D. Hindi
E. Chinese
2. Which of the following students could talk to each other without a translator?
A. Ameena and Farah
B. Bushra and Chand
C. Bushra and Ehsan
D. Ehsan and Farah
E. Bushra and Farah
3. Who could act as a translator for a conversation between Bushra and Chand?
I. Ameena
II. Dilawer
III. Ehsan
IV. Farah
A. I only
B. I & II
C. I, II & III
D. II, III & IV
E. I, II & IV
4. If Chand and Farah wish to talk to each other, what is the fewest number of
translators they would need?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4

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 Linear Ordering
The most commonly used type of problem has been the linear ordering problem. This kind
of problem sets up a situation like the following

 A dozen students in a school in grades 1 through 12.

 7 balls hidden under a seven inverted cups.
 7 people working in a week.
 Six people sitting in one row of six seats.
 Seven airlines flights are scheduled for departure from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm.
 Seven persons are being interviewed at seven different time slots.
 A family group consisting of two men three women and four children are sitting on seats
from 101 through 109

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Exercise No. 1
Six people J, K, L, M, N, and O are sitting in one row of six seats at a concert. The seats all face
the stage and are numbered, facing the stage from left to right, 1 through 6, consecutively.
Exactly one person is sitting in each seat.
The seating arrangement of six people on six seats must conform to the following conditions.
N is not sitting next to L.
J is not sitting in seat 1 nor in seat 6.
N is not sitting next to K.
O is sitting in immediate left of N.
1. Which of the following seating arrangements given in order from seat 1 to seat 6 is
acceptable?
A. L,M,K,O,N,J
B. M,K,O,N,J,L
C. L,J,M,O,N,K
D. L,N,O,J,M,K
E. K,J,L,O,M,N
2. All of the following seating arrangements given in order from 1 to 6 are acceptable
EXCEPT?
A. K,J,O,N,L,M
B. M,J,L,K,O,N
C. K,J,O,N,M,L
D. K,O,N,J,M,L
E. L,O,N,J,K,M
3. If L is in seat 1 and K is in seat 5 which of the following must be true?
A. J is in seat 2.
B. M is in seat 3.
C. M is in seat 6.
D. N is in seat 4.
E. O is in seat 4.
4. If M and O are in seat 2 and 3, respectively, which of the following must be true?
A. K is in seat 3.
B. L is in seat 1.
C. L is in seat 6.
D. J is in seat 5.
E. N is in seat 5

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5. If K and L are separated by exactly three seats, what is the maximum number of
different arrangements in which the six people could be seated?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
6. If K is in seat 2, which of the following is a complete and accurate listing of the seats
which O could occupy?
A. 3, 4, 5
B. 1
C. 3
D. 3,4
E. 2
7. If N is sitting on seat 6, which of the following must be on seat 5?
A. J
B. O
C. M
D. K
E. L
8. If N sits in seat 2 and K sits in seat 4, L may be sitting in which seat?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 5,6
E. 3,5
9. If N is sitting in seat 5 and K is sitting in seat 2, what will be suitable seat for J?
A. 1
B. 6
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
10. O can be sit in each seat EXCEPT:
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 6

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Exercise No. 2
During 2011, from January through June, the chairman of the Physics Department will be on
leave. The Dean of College has asked each of college six professors in the department- Akhtar,
Bilal, Chohan, Faraz, Hamid and Noman – to serve as acting chairman during one of these
months. The Physicist can decide the order in which they will serve, subject only the criteria
established by the dean.
i. Chohan will serve as chairman in February.
ii. Akhtar will serve as chairman before Hamid does.
iii. Bilal and Faraz will serve as chairman in consecutive months.
Q.1: Which of the following professor could serve as chairman in January?
A. Bilal
B. Chohan
C. Faraz
D. Hamid
E. Noman.
Q.2: In how many ways can the schedule be made up if Noman has to serve as chairman in
May?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 4
E. 2
Q.3: If Noman serves in April, all of following could be true, EXCEPT?
A. Akhtar serves in January.
B. Hamid serves in March.
C. Bilal serves in May.
D. Bilal serves in June.
E. Hamid serves in June.
Q.4: If Bilal serves in May, What is the latest month in which Akhtar will serve?
A. March.
B. April
C. January.
D. February
E. June

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Exercise No. 3
Mehreen placed nine books – Two Biology, Two Computer, Two Dictionaries, Two Novels and
Mathematics – in a row on a shelf over her desk. The positions of the books are numbered from
1-9 .with the left most book being Book 1 and the right most book being Book 9. The following
facts are known about the order in which the books were placed:
The Two Biology books are next to each other.
The fourth book is a Novel.
The two computer books are not next to each other.
Both the first and last books are Dictionaries.
Mathematics is not next to either Novel.

1: If one of Biology book is Book number 3, in what position is the other Biology book?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
2: If a Novel is on position 5, each of the following could be true except?
A. The Mathematics is next to one of the dictionaries
B. The Mathematics is on position 6
C. Two computer books and mathematics are in three consecutive positions
D. Biology is on position 2
E. Biology is on position 8

3: If the Novel is in position 6, which of the following could be true?

A. Computer book is in position 1
B. Mathematics is in position 3
C. Biology is in position 5
D. Mathematics is in position 5
E. Computer book is in position 2

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Exercise No. 4
Six people ----Hector, Ira, Jerome, Kurt, Lenny, and Mo----must be seated at the head table at an
awards ceremony.
Three people will be seated to the left speaker’s stand and three will be seated to the right of the
speaker’s stand.
Lenny and Mo----cannot be seated on the same side.
Either Hector or Ira must sit on the same side as Jerome.
1. Which of the following group could sit on the left side of speaker’s stand?
A. Hector, Ira, Lenny
B. Hector, Ira , Mo
C. Hector , Jerome, Ira
D. Ira, Lenny , Mo
E. Jerome , Ira, Mo
2. If Jerome and Mo sit on the left side of the speaker’s stand, then which of the following
pairs must sit on the right side of the speaker’s stand?
A. Hector and Ira.
B. Hector and Kurt.
C. Hector and Lenny.
D. Ira and Lenny.
E. Kurt and Lenny.
3. If Kurt and Mo sit on left side of the speaker stand, then which of the following pairs
must sit on the right side of the speaker stand.
A. Hector and Jerome.
B. Hector and Lenny.
C. Ira and Jerome.
D. Ira and Lenny.
E. Jerome and Lenny.
4. Which of the following pairs cannot sit on the same side of the speaker stand?
A. Hector and Ira.
B. Hector and Kurt.
C. Jerome and Mo.
D. Kurt and Lenny.
E. Kurt and Mo.

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5. If Hector and Kurt are seated on opposite side of the speaker stand, then which of the
following must be true?
I. Ira and Kurt are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
II. Jerome and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
III. Hector and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
A. I only.
B. II only.
C. I & II only.
D. I, II & III.
6. If Hector and Jerome are seated to the left side of the speaker stand, then which of the
following must be true?
I. Ira and Kurt are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
II. Kurt and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
III. Hector and Mo are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
A. I only.
B. II only.
C. III only.
D. I & III only.
E. II & III only.

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Exercise No. 5
In a baseball field, one team can practice at a time. There are seven teams—the Aces, the Bears,
the Cubs, the Ducks, the Eagles, the Falcons, and the Giants. The baseball field is open seven
evenings a week from Monday to Sunday (Sunday being considered the last day of the week),
and the allocation of practice times is governed by the following rules:
On any evening, only one team can play.
The Aces must practice on Monday.
The Ducks practice exactly one day before the Falcons practice.
The Falcons practice exactly one day before the Giants practice.
The Cubs and the Bears must practice earlier in the week than the Eagles.
01. The latest day in the week that the Bears can practice is?
A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday E. Saturday
02. If a person went to the baseball field on three consecutive evenings, he or she could see
which of the following teams in the order listed?
A. the Falcons, the Giants, the Cubs
B. the Falcons, the Giants, the Ducks
C. the Aces, the Ducks, the Cubs
D. the Bears, the Cubs, the Falcons
E. the Ducks, the Eagles, the Falcons
03. One week, the Cubs practiced on Wednesday and the Ducks practiced the next day.
That week, the Bears must have practiced on?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Friday
D. Saturday
E. Sunday
04. If the Giants practice on Thursday, the Eagles and the Ducks must practice on which
days, respectively?
B. Sunday and Tuesday
C. Saturday and Tuesday
D. Friday and Wednesday
E. Wednesday and Thursday
F. Tuesday and Monday
05. If the Falcons practice on Saturday, the Eagles must practice on what day?
A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday E. Sunday

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Exercise No.6
The six winners K, L, M, N, O and P of a national science contest each one a college
Scholarships. The prizes for first through six positions were $ 30,000, $ 25,000, $ 20,000, $
15,000, $ 10,000 and $ 5, 000. The following information concerning the winners was..
O won the $ 20,000.
K won less money than L did.
The difference between the winnings of M and P was $5,000.
The difference between the winnings of N and P was at least $ 10,000.
1. Which of the following could be the ranking, from sixth place to first place of the six
students?
A. M,P,L,O,N,K
B. N,P,M,O,K,L
C. N,M,K,O,L,P
D. M,P,K,O,N,L
E. K,L,M,P,O,N
2. If K won $ 10,000, how much money in total did M and P win?
A. $ 15,000
B. $ 25,000
C. $ 35,000
D. $ 45,000
E. $ 55,000
3. If L won $ 25,000, which of the following must be true?
A. N won $ 30,000
B. K won $ 15,000
C. P won $ 15,000
D. M won $ 5,000
E. K won $ 5,000
4. If N won the fourth prize of $ 15,000, which of the following is the pair of students
where the first named student won $ 5,000 more than the second named student.
A. K and L
B. L and K
C. M and O
D. M and P
E. P and M
5. If the difference in amounts won by K and M was $ 5,000, which of the following pairs
of the students could also have won prizes that differ by $ 5,000.
A. K and N B. K and P C. L and O D. M and O

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 Distributed Ordering
Exercise No.1
Each of six pegs- P, Q, R, S, T, and U – is placed in a different one of seven holes numbered
consecutively 1 through 7 from left to right. The holes are evenly spaced and arranged in a
straight line. The placement of the pegs is subjected only to the following restrictions.
The distance separating P and Q must be the same as the distance separating R and S.
T must be in a hole immediately adjacent to the hole that U is in.
The leftmost hole cannot be the hole that is left empty.
1. Which of the following is a placement of pegs in holes 1 through 7, respectively in
conformity with the conditions above?
A. Q, empty hole, P, T, U, S, R
B. Q, R, empty hole, S, P, U, T
C. S, T, Q, R, U, empty hole, P
D. S, U, T, P, R, empty hole, Q
E. S, R, U, T, P, Q, empty hole
2. If U is in hole 2, which of the following must be true?
A. P is in hole 3
B. Q is in hole 4
C. R is in hole 5
D. S is in hole 7
E. T is in hole 1
3. If U, P, R are in holes 5, 6, and 7 respectively, which of the following must be true?
A. S is in hole 1
B. S is in hole 2
C. Q is in hole 2
D. Q is in hole 3
E. Hole 2 is an empty hole
4. If P and R are in holes 1 and 3, respectively, the empty hole must be either?
A. 2 or 4
B. 2 or 6
C. 4 or 5
D. 5 or 7
E. 6 or 7
5. If P and Q are in holes 2 and 4, respectively, which of the following could be true?
A. R is in hole 3
B. R is in hole 5
C. S is in hole 6
D. U is in hole 1
E. Hole 6 is an empty hole.

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6. Of the following, which is a hole that could be the empty hole?
A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4.
E. 6.

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 Seating Arrangement
Exercise No.1
Four women, G, H, I, J and four men R, S, T, and U are the eight people to be seated at a
rectangular table. Three of the people are to be sit on one side of the table, three are to sit on
other side of the table, one is to sit at the head of the table and one is to sit at the foot of the table.
The following are restrictions on seating arrangement must be observed.
Persons of the same sex cannot sit next to each other on the same side of the table.
The person seated at the foot of the table cannot be the same sex as the person seated at the
head of the table.
T cannot be seated at the same side of the table as I.
U cannot be seated on the same side of the table as J.
1. If U is seated at the head of the table and I is seated in middle seat on one side of the
table, which of the following must be true?
A. J is seated at the foot of the table
B. R is seated at the foot of the table
C. G is seated on the same side of the table as I
D. S is seated on the opposite side of the table from I
E. T is seated on the opposite side of the table from I
2. If J is to be seated at the head of the table, each of the following could be seated at the
foot of the table EXCEPT?
A. H
B. R
C. S
D. T
E. U
3. If S is seated at the foot of the table, U is seated in an end seat on one side of the table
and I is seated in an end seat on the other side of the table, where must be T seated?
A. At the head of the table
B. In the middle seat on the same side of the table as U
C. In an end seat on the same side of the table as U
D. In the middle seat on the same side of the table as I
E. In an end seat on the same side of the table as I
4. If T is seated at the head of the table, R is seated in the middle seat on one side of the
table and I is seated in the middle seat on other side of the table, which of the following can
be true?
A. G is seated at foot of the table.
B. H is seated on the same side of the table as I.
C. J is seated on the same side of the table as I.
D. S is seated on the same side of the table as R.
E. U is seated on the same side of the table as R.
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5. If T is seated at the foot of the table, U is seated in the middle seat on one side of the
table, and I is seated in the middle seat on other side of the table, which of the following
must be seated at the head of the table?
A. G
B. H
C. J
D. R
E. S

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Exercise No.2
When they hold a meeting, seven company executives, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z sit at a rectangular
table. Three consecutive sit along one side of the table and three sit on other side of table, each
directly opposite one of the other three. The seventh sits at the head of the table. There is no seat
at the foot of the table.
U always sits in one of two seats farthest from the head of the table.
Y and V always sit next to each other.
V never sits next to Z.
If Z does not sit at the head of the table, W sits there.
1: Which of the following is an acceptable seating arrangement of the executives, starting
with U moving towards the head of the table and continuing around the table?
A. U,X,T,Z,V,Y,W
B. U,T,X,Z,Y,V,W
C. U,X,Z,Y,V,W,T
D. U,Z,W,X,V,Y,T
E. U,T,X,W,Z,V,Y
2: If W sits directly opposite to T, X must sit next to which of the following executives?
A. T B. U C. V D. Y E.Z
3: If T sits directly opposite to Z and next to V, which executive must sit directly opposite of
U?
A. V B.W C. X D.Y E.Z
4: If Z sits directly opposite to X, which executive must sit next to U?
A. T B.V C.W D.Y E.Z
5: If T and U sit immediately on either side of X, the executive sitting directly opposite to X
must be either?
A. W or V B.W or Z C.Y or V D.Y or Z E.Z or V
6: If W sits directly opposite of U and next to T, the two executives sitting immediately on
either side of X must be:
A. Y and V B.Y and W C.T and Z D.T and V E.Z and W
7: If Z sits at the head of the table, Y directly opposite of U and V immediately on X's left,
what is the total number of possible seating arrangements of the executives?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

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Exercise No.3:
Three adults Rabia, Sarah and Vicky will be travelling in a van with five children Farrah,
Hameed, Junaid, Laeeq and Mehreen. The van has a driver seat and one passenger seat at front,
and two benches behind the front seat, one bench behind the other. Each bench has room for
exactly three people. Everyone must sit in seat or on a bench and seating is subjected to
following restrictions.
An adult must sit on each bench.
Either Rabia or Sarah must sit on driver seat.
Junaid must sit immediately beside Mehreen.
1. Which of the following can sit in the front seat?
A. Junaid
B. Laeeq
C. Rabia
D. Sarah
E. Vicky.
2. Which of the following groups of three can sit together on a bench?
A. Farah, Junaid and Mehreen.
B. Farah, Junaid and Vicky.
C. Farah, Sarah and Vicky.
D. Hameed, Laeeq and Sarah.
E. Laeeq, Mehreen and Rabia.
3. If Farah sits immediately besides Vicky, which of the following CANNOT be true?
A. Junaid sits immediately besides Sarah.
B. Laeeq sits immediately besides Vicky.
C. Hameed sits in the front passenger seat.
D. Farah sits on the same bench as Hameed.
E. Hameed sits on the same bench as Rabia.
4. If Sarah sits on the bench that is behind where Junaid is sitting, then which of the
following must be true?
A. Hameed sits in the seat or on the bench that is in front of where Mehreen is sitting.
B. Laeeq sits in a seat or on a bench that is in front of where Farah is sitting.
C. Farah sits on the same bench as Hameed.
D. Laeeq sits on the same bench as Sarah.
E. Mehreen sits on the same bench as Vicky.

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Exercise No.4
Eight people F, G, H, J, K, L, M and N are seated in eight equally spaced chairs around a circular
table.
K is sitting directly opposite of M.
M is sitting immediately to F’s left.
G is sitting next to L.
H is sitting opposite of J.
1. Which of the following must be true?
A. N is seated next to F.
B. N is seated next to H.
C. N is seated across from G.
D. F is seated across from L.
E. G is seated across from F.
2. Only one seating arrangement is possible under which of the following conditions?
A. G is seated next to J.
B. H is seated next to N.
C. G is seated opposite of N.
D. G is seated opposite of F.
E. H is seated next to K.
3. Which of the following cannot be true?
A. L is next to J.
B. M is next to N.
C. H is next to K.
D. M is next to J.
E. L is opposite to N.

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 Selection Method
Exercise No.1
A builder will build five houses in New Housing Scheme on a street that currently has no houses.
The builder will select from seven different models of houses- L, M, N, O, P, Q and R. The
Development Authority has placed the following restrictions on builders:
No model can be selected for more than one house.
Either model O must be selected or model R must be selected, but both cannot be selected.
If model Q is selected, then model N must also be selected.
If model M is selected, then model O cannot be selected.
1. If model M is one of the models selected for the street, then which of the following
models must also be selected.
A. L B. O C. P D. Q E. R
2. If L, M and P are three of the models selected for the street, then which of the following
must be the other two models selected?
A. N and O.
B. N and Q.
C. N and R.
D. O and Q.
E. Q and R.
3. Which of the following is an acceptable combination of models that can be selected for
the street?
A. L,M,N,P,Q
B. L,M,P,Q,R
C. L,N,P,Q,R
D. M,N,O,P,Q
E. N,O,P,Q,R
4. The model R is one model NOT selected for the street, then the other model NOT
selected must be which of following?
A. L
B. M
C. N
D. O
E. P

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Exercise No.2
At an art show, exactly five sculptures are to be displayed in a room with exactly five stands,
arranged along a single wall and numbered consecutively 1 through 5. The sculptures are to be
selected from a total of eight sculptures—M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and U—and displayed, one
sculpture on each stand, according to the following conditions.
Either M or U or both must be selected.
If M is selected, M must be on stand 1.
Either R or S must be on stand 3.
If T is selected, P must also be selected, and T and P must then be on stands that are
immediately adjacent to one another.
1. Which of the following is an acceptable selection of sculptures to be displayed on stand
1 through 5?
1 2 3 4 5
A. M R T P Q.
B. N T S U Q.
C. P T S R U.
D. T P R S M.
E. U N Q P T.
2. If S is on stand 1, which of the following must be true?
A. P is on stand 4.
B. R is on stand 3.
C. T is on stand 2.
D. T is on stand 4.
E. U is on stand 5.
3. If T is on stand 5, which of following pairs of sculptures can be on stands that are
immediately adjacent to each other?
A. M and P.
B. Q and N.
C. Q and P.
D. R and T.
E. U and R.
4. If U is on stand 4, any of following can be on stand 5 EXCEPT?
A. N
B. P
C. Q
D. R
E. T
5. If T is on stand 2, which of the following sculptures must be selected?
A. M
B. N
C. R
D. S
E. U
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6. If P is not selected and R is on Stand 1, which of the following lists, in alphabetical
order, those sculptures that must be selected?
A. M, Q, T, and U.
B. N, Q, S, and T.
C. N, Q, S, and U.
D. N, S, T, and U.
E. Q, S, T, and U.
7. If Q is displayed on the stand immediately adjacent to the stand on which R is displayed
and immediately adjacent to the stand on which S is displayed, which of the following
must be true?
A. N is on either stand 4 or stand 5.
B. Q is on either stand 2 or stand 4.
C. R is on either stand 1 or stand 3.
D. S is on either stand 3 or stand 5.
E. U is on either stand 2 or stand 4.

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Exercise No.3
Every night at Milano’s the owner, Chunzeb, chooses fiver dinner specials each one from a
different one of seven categories—beef, chicken, duck, fish, pasta, seafood, and mutton. In
making his decision each night, Chunzeb always adheres to the following conditions:
He chooses exactly one poultry dish, chicken or duck.
Whenever there is a fish special, there is also pasta special.
Duck is never offered on a night when there is a beef special.
1. On a night when Chunzeb offers a beef special, which of the following must also be
offered?
A. Chicken
B. Duck
C. Fish
D. Pasta
E. Mutton
2. Which of the following could be a list of the five specials for one night?
A. Beef, chicken, duck, pasta, fish.
B. Beef, fish, pasta, seafood, mutton.
C. Beef, chicken, fish, seafood, mutton.
D. Beef, duck, fish, pasta, mutton.
E. Beef, chicken, fish, pasta, seafood.
3. If there is no chicken special one night, which is the other dish that is not on special?
A. Beef
B. Duck
C. Pasta
D. Seafood
E. Mutton
4. One night, Chunzeb decided to offer only four specials, one of which is beef. In how
many ways can he make up the list of specials?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6

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 Networking
Exercise No.1
A railway system consists of six stations, G, H, I, J, K, and L. Trains runs only according to
following conditions
From G to H
From H to G and from H to I
From I to J
From J to H and from J to K
From L to G and from L to K and from L to I
From K to J
1: How is it possible to get from H to J?
A. A direct train from H to J
B. A train to G and transfer for a train to J
C. A train to L and transfer for a train to J
D. A train to I and transfer for a train to J
E. It is impossible to reach J from H
2: Which of the following stations CANNOT be reached by a train from any of other
stations?
A. G B. H C. I D. K E. L
3. What is the greatest number of stations that can be visited without visiting any station
more than once?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
4. Which of the following trips requires the greatest number of transfers?
A. G to I
B. H to K
C. L to H
D. L to I
E. L to K
5. If station I is closed, which of the following trips is impossible?
A. G to J
B. J to K
C. J to H
D. L to G
E. J to G

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Exercise No.2
In a large factory there are exactly seven supervisors of operations- F, G, H, J, K, M and N.
These supervisors communicate with each other in two ways:
Message can be sent in only one direction along the message circuit from F to G, from G to
J, from J to M, from M to N, and from N to F.
Message can be sent in either direction by two way radio between G and H, between H and
N and between J and K.
No other routes of communication are available for sending messages among the seven
supervisors. Messages that cannot be sent directly to the intended supervisor are sent through one
or more intermediaries, who pass the message along a possible route. Any supervisor, but only a
supervisor can be an intermediary.
1. A message from first to the second supervisor in which of the following pairs can be
sent using exactly one intermediary?
A. F to M
B. H to F
C. J to G
D. K to H
E. N to K
2. Sending a message from the first to second supervisor in which of the following pairs
requires using both the message circuit and the two way radio?
A. F to M
B. H to N
C. J to H
D. K to J
E. N to G
3. Sending a message from the first to second supervisor in which of the following pairs
requires a minimum of two intermediaries?
A. F to K
B. G to N
C. H to J
D. J to K
E. M to H
4. A message from G to F must be sent through
A. H B. J C. K D. M E. N
5. A message originating from which of the following supervisors requires the use of both
the message circuit and the two way radio if the message is to reach more than one
supervisor?
A. F
B. G
C. J
D. K
E. N
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6. A message sent through the fewest possible intermediaries from the first to second
supervisor in which of the following pairs require exactly three intermediaries?
A. F to N
B. H to M
C. J to H
D. K to G
E. N to K

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 Less than / Greater Than
Exercise No.1:
A veterinary doctor is doing an informal study of the growth of exactly seven poodles. F,
M, P, Q, R, S and T. all six month old puppies from the same litter. Doctor assistant
collected following comparative data concerning the poodle’s height.
R is taller than T.
Q is taller than S.
F is taller than T.
P is taller than M, but T is taller than P.
None of the seven poodles is exactly the same height as any other poodle from the litter.
1: Which of the following could be the correct ordering of the poodles from tallest to
shortest?
A. F,R,T,M,Q,P,S
B. Q,S,F,T,P,R,M
C. R,F,T,P,Q,M,S
D. R,T,Q,P,S,F,M
E. S,R,F,T,P,Q,M
2: Which of the following must be true?
A. F is taller than P.
B. F is taller than R.
C. Q is taller than P.
D. S is taller than M.
E. T is taller than S.
3: If S is taller than T, which of the following must be true?
A. Q is taller than F.
B. Q is taller than P.
C. Q is taller than R.
D. R is taller than F.
E. T is taller than Q.
4: If T is taller than Q, any of the following can be true, EXCEPT?
A. M is taller than Q.
B. Q is taller than P.
C. Q is taller than R.
D. S is taller than M.
E. S is taller than P.

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