Sometimes in the Logical reasoning section of CAT exam, scheduling questions will be asked. Mostly this topic is very similar to linear arrangement for CAT except sometimes in scheduling questions the arrangement will be based on timings. All the techniques of arrangement can be also applied here.
Scheduling Questions for CAT – Logical Reasoning:
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Scheduling Questions for CAT PDF
Instructions:
Mr. Khanna is a politician who has to deliver speeches at seven different locations – Amritsar, Varanasi, Jalandhar, Gurgaon, Lucknow, Hyderabad, and Agra, on seven different days in the month of November 2016. He assigned the responsibility of scheduling to his secretary Dileep but set forth some conditions:
(i) If the speech at Agra is scheduled before that at Hyderabad, then the speech at Lucknow must be scheduled after that at Gurgaon
(ii) The speech at Agra is scheduled immediately after that at Gurgaon and the speech at neither of the two places can be conducted first or last
(iii) There must be exactly speeches at two different venues scheduled between that in Jalandhar and Hyderabad
(iv) The speech at Jalandhar is scheduled either sixth or second
(v) If the speech at Agra is scheduled after that at Hyderabad, then the speech at Lucknow must be scheduled before that at Gurgaon
(vi) The speech at Hyderabad is scheduled before that at Varanasi or Gurgaon but not before both
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Question 1:
If the speech at Varanasi is scheduled second, then at what position is the speech at Amritsar scheduled?
A. 1
B. 6
C. 7
D. Cannot be determined
Question 2:
If Gurgaon is scheduled third, then the speech at which location is scheduled fifth?
A. Hyderabad
B. Varanasi
C. Amristar
D. Cannot be determined
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Question 3:
How many different possible combinations of scheduling are possible?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
Question 4:
If speeches at Hyderabad and Varanasi cannot be scheduled one after the other, then the meeting at which place will be scheduled sixth?
A. Jalandhar
B. Varanasi
C. Lucknow
D. Cannot be determined
CAT Scheduling questions and answers (Solutions): (1 to 4)
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4)Â Answer (D)
From (iii) and (iv) the speeches at Jalandhar and Hyderabad could be positioned at (6,3) or at (2,5). From (ii), Agra is scheduled immediately after Gurgaon. Thus, the following two combinations are possible
From (v), for Case I, Lucknow should be present at position 1 or 2. For Case II, from (i), Lucknow should be present at position 6 or 7. From (vi), the speech at Hyderabad should be scheduled between that at Gurgaon and Varanasi. Thus, for case I, Varanasi should be scheduled at position 1 or 2 and for Case II, Varanasi should be scheduled at position 6 or 7. The table will be as follows:
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From the above table we can see that even if Hyderabad and Varanasi cannot be scheduled one after the other, there would be two cases possible. In one case Jalandhar will be position 6 and in the other case, Lucknow will be at position 6. Thus, D is the right choice.
Hope you this CAT exam scheduling questions and answers (Logical reasoning and Data Interpretation topic – DILR) helped you a lot.
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