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Directions (Qs. 1 to 3): A
commercial flower grower grows flowers in each of the three seasons
every year, namely spring, summer and winter, with the year beginning in spring. Exactly
seven different kinds of flowers- Q, R, S, T, W, X and Z-are grown annually and each kind is grown at least once a year. The flowers are grown
according to the following rules:

(i) No more than three
different kinds of flowers are grown in any one growing season.

(ii) No kind of flower can be
grown in two seasons in a row.

(iii) Q can be grown neither
in the winter season nor in the same growing season as W or X.

(iv) S and T are always grown
in the same growing season.

(v) R can be grown in a season only if Q is grown in the preceding season.

1. Which of the following is
an acceptable schedule for the three growing seasons?

Spring                          Summer
                                 Winter

(a) Q                            S,
T, R                                      Q,
X, Z

(b) S, X                         Q,
T, Z                                     R,
W

(c) W, X                       Q
                                            Z,
S, T, R

(d) Q, S, T                    R,
W, X                                    Z

2. If Z and R alone are grown
in the winter season, then which of the following must be grown in the
preceding spring?

(a) X                 (b)
R                (c) T                 (d) W

3. If Z is grown in the
spring and W in the summer of one year, then which of the following can also be
grown in the summer?

(a) X                 (b)
Q                (c) S                 (d) T

Directions
(Qs. 4 to 9): Three local companies – F, G and H – and three out-of-state
companies – X, Y and Z must each be scheduled for one of the six consecutive
days from Monday through Saturday to make their presentations

(i)
F’s presentation must be made earlier than H’s presentation.

(ii)
X’s presentation must be made earlier than Z’s presentation, but not on the day
immediately preceding Z’s presentation.

(iii)
The three presentations by the local companies cannot all be made before any
presentation by an out-of-state company is made, nor can the three
presentations by the out-of- state companies all be made before any
presentation by a local company.

4.
Which of the following is a list of the six companies in the order in which
they could be scheduled to make their presentations?

(a) F, H, G, X, Y, Z

(b) F, H, Z, G, Y, X

(c) G, Y, F, X, Z, H

(d) X, G, Y, F, H, Z

5.
If F’s presentation is to be made on Friday, then the companies making their
presentations in the three-day period, Monday through Wednesday, must include

(a) G and X

(b) G and Y

(c) H and Z

(d) X and Y

6.
If X’s presentation is to be made on Thursday, then Friday’s presentation must
be made by either

(a) F or Y

(b) F or Z

(c) G or H

(d) G or Z

7.
Which of the following is a list of all those days, and only those days, on
which Z could make his presentation?

(a) Wednesday, Friday

(b) Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

(c) Thursday, Friday, Saturday

(d) Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

8.
If F is to make his presentation after Z then which of the following is a day
on which X could make his presentation?

(a) Tuesday

(b) Wednesday

(c) Friday

(d) Saturday

9.
If H is to make his presentation on Wednesday and if Y’s presentation is to be
made earlier than the H’s presentation, then G must make his presentation on

(a) Monday

(b) Tuesday

(c) Thursday

(d) Friday

Directions
(Qs. 10): The only persons who attended a meeting were four ship captains and
the first mates of only three of those captains. The captains were R, S, T and
W. The first mates were L, N and V. Each person in turn delivered a report to
the group as follows:

(i)
Each first mate spoke immediately after his or her captain.

(ii)
S was the first captain to speak, and T was the second captain to speak.

10.
All of the following are possible orders of the speakers except

(a) S, L, T, V, W, R, N

(b) S, N, T, V, R, W, L

(c) S, T, L, R, N, W, V

(d) S, T, V, N, W, R, L

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Answers

1(d)    2(d)    
3(a)    4(d)     5(a)   
 6(c)   7(b)   
8(a)     9(d)    10(d)