Groups and Conditionalities – Logical Reasoning – MBA CUET PG – Notes & Practice Questions

In this segment, the task involves selecting individuals to form a team, considering specific conditions for an event, group formation, or a particular arrangement. When establishing the team, it’s essential to adhere to these conditions, which should be simplified into short notations on your scratch paper to enhance efficiency and save time during problem-solving. Here, we explore different scenarios and the approach to analyzing them.

Let’s have a look at various conditions and how to analyze them while solving the question.

Sometimes, the problem might present conditions for including or excluding items or individuals. These conditions could be framed using logical terms such as ‘if-then’, ‘either-or’, and ‘unless’. It’s crucial to accurately interpret these logical terms to apply the conditions correctly.

ELIGIBILITY TEST

In scenarios like job openings, promotions, or access to certain facilities, candidates are evaluated based on specified requirements. Alongside these requirements, you’ll receive the candidates’ information who have applied. Your role is to evaluate whether each candidate meets the necessary criteria and decide the appropriate action from the available options.

Solved Questions

Directions for Question 1 to 2: A group of four nations has to be selected out of eight members of the Security Council consisting of the United States, France, Japan, India, China, Germany, the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. While India, China, Japan, and Sri Lanka are from Asia, the other countries are from the rest of the world, further conditions are as follows:

(i) Out of the four countries, at least one country each must be from Asia and rest of the World. Further, the group must include at least one from India and the United States.

(ii) If Sri Lanka is chosen, neither France nor Germany can be chosen.

(iii) If China is chosen, exactly one from the United States or the United Kingdom has to be chosen.

(iv) If Japan is chosen, India cannot be the chosen country.

1. If there are two countries chosen from rest of the world, which of the following combinations is not possible for the countries chosen from Asia?

(a) India, China

(b) India, Sri Lanka

(c) China, Sri Lanka

(d) None of these

Soln. (c); If China and Sri Lanka are the two countries chosen from Asia, then only one from UK or USA can be selected (condition 3). Also, if Sri Lanka is chosen, Neither France nor Germany can be selected.

Therefore, it is not possible to select China and Sri Lanka as the two countries from Asia.

2. If the United Kingdom is the only country chosen from rest of the world, which country is definitely not chosen from Asia?

(a) India

(b) Sri Lanka

(c) China

(d) Japan

Soln. (d); India has to be definitely selected, therefore Japan cannot be selected.

Practice Questions

Directions for Question 1 to 5:

XYZ Ltd. Presently has three accounts assistants A, B and Cand 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:

(1) 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.

1. If C and Fare moved to the new office, then what is the number of different teams that can be formed?

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

2. If C is sent to the new office, then which member of the staff cannot go with C?

(a) D

(b) F

(c) G

(d) H

3. Under the guidelines developed, which of the following must go to the new office?

(a) B

(b) D

(c) E

(d) G

4. Under the guidelines developed, which one of the following is the possible number of different teams which can be sent to the new office?

(a) 6

(b) 8

(c) 12

(d) 15

5. If D goes to the new office, then which of the following is/are correct?

1. C cannot go.

2. A cannot go.

3. H must also go.

Options:

(a) 1 only

(c) 1 and 2

(b) 2 only

(d) 1 and 3