1.
Ordering Game
Ordering
analytical games require the examinee to place the "person" provided
in the set of conditions in a particular sequence. The ordering game could
require the examinee to place tasks, boys, or things in sequence.
Two
examples of ordering analytical games are given below;
Example
No 1
Seven
Trains—R, S, T, U, V, W, and X—-are to be scheduled for departure, one at a
time on the
hour,
from 6:00 a.m. until 12 noon The schedule must conform to the following
requirements:
Train
R must depart at 6:00 a.m.
Train
V must depart later than Train T, and also later than Train S.
Trains
U, W, and X must depart on consecutive hours in that order.
1.
If Train X is scheduled to depart at noon, Train V must be scheduled to depart
at
(A)
7:00 a.m. (B) 8:00 a.m. (C) 10:00 a.m.
(D)
11:00 a.m. (E) 12 noon
2.
If Trains T and U are scheduled to depart at 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.,
respectively, Train S must be scheduled to depart at
(A)
6:00 a.m. (B) 7:00 a.m. (C) 10:00 a.m.
(D)
11:00 a.m. (E) 12 noon
3.
Which of the following lists three Trains in a sequence, from first to last, in
which they could be scheduled to depart
consecutively?
(A)
R, U, T (B) S, T, W
(C)
U, V, W (D) W, X, T
(E)
W. X, U
4.
If Train W is scheduled to depart at 11:00 a.m., Train V must be scheduled to
depart at
(A)
7:00 a.m. (B) 8:00 a.m. (C) 9:00 a.m.
(D)
10:00 a.m. (E) 11:00 a.m.
5.
Which of the following must be true about the scheduled order of the
Trains?
(A)
Train T is scheduled to depart later than Train S.
(B)
Train U is scheduled to depart later than Train T.
(C)
Train V is scheduled to depart later than Train U.
(D)
Train W is scheduled to depart later than Train V.
(E)
Train X is scheduled to depart later than Train W.
6.
What is the latest hour at which Train S can be scheduled to depart?
(A)
7:00 a.m. (B) 8:00 a.m. (C) 9:00 a.m.
(D)
10:00 a.m. (E) 11:00 a.m.
Solution
Trains
R S T U V W X
Numbering
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time
6:00am7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00noon
Rules
Rule
I, Train R = 1
Rule
II, Train V > T, S
Rule
III, Train U, W and X depart consecutively in same order
Question
No 1
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
As
question and as Rule I, R X
As
Rule III, R U W X
Remaining
as Rule II, R S T V S T V
So,
Choice E is correct.
Question
No 2
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
As
question and as Rule I, R T U
As
Rule III, R T U W X
Remaining
as Rule II, R S T U W X V
So,
Choice B is correct.
Question
No 3
1st
Step Check Rule III A, B, C, E is wrong
So,
Choice D is correct.
Question
No 4
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
As
question and as Rule I, R W
As
Rule III, R U W X
Remaining
as Rule II, R S T V U W X
So,
Choice C is correct.
Question
No 5
As
Rule III, Choice E is correct.
Question
No 6
As
Rule II, Train S < V, so Train S cannot depart at 12:00noon. Then it will
depart at 11:00a.m.
as
the latest hour.
So,
Choice E is correct.
Example
No 2
To gain full course credit for his tour of a foreign city. Zeeshan
must visit exactly seven famous places of interest-—a
foreign office, a river, the hill, a library, a mosque, a club, and
a
theater. Any tour plan that
Zeeshan devises will allow him to keep to his timetable and is thus
acceptable, except that he must
plan his tour to conform with the following conditions:
The foreign office must be one
of the first three places visited.
The hill must be visited
immediately before the river.
The library can be neither the
first nor the last place visited.
The mosque must be either the
first or the last place visited.
The club must be one of the
last three places visited.
1.
Which of the following is an acceptable order in which Zeeshan may tour all
seven places of interest?
(A)
Foreign Office, theater, hall, library, club, river, and mosque
(B)
Hill, river, foreign office, library, theater, club, and mosque
(C)
Library, theater, foreign office, hill, river, mosque, and club
(D)
Mosque, foreign office, club, hall, library. river, and theater
(E)
Mosque, library, hill, river, foreign office, club, and theater
2.
If, on his tour. Zeeshan visits the theater, the library, and the foreign
office, one directly after the other in the order given, he must visit the
river
(A)
second
(B)
third
(C)
fourth
(D)
fifth
(E)
sixth
3.
If, Zeeshan begins his tour at the hill, which of the following could be the fourth place of interest he visits on the tour?
(A)
The foreign office
(B)
The river
(C)
The library
(D)
The mosque
(E)
The club
4.
If Zeeshan is to visit the club sixth, he could visit the hill in any of the
following positions on him tour EXCEPT
(A)
first
(B)
second
(C)
third
(D)
fourth
(E)
fifth
5.
If Zeeshan visits exactly one place of interest between his visits to the
foreign office and the club, that place must be either the
(A)
river or the hill
(B)
river or the theater
(C)
hill or the mosque
(D)
library or the mosque
(E)
library or the theater
Solution
Famous
Places F, R, H, L, M, C, T
Rules
Rule
I, F ≤ 3
Rule
II, H = R – 1
Rule
III, L ≠ 1, 7
Rule
IV, M = 1/7
Rule
V, C ≥ 5
Question
No 1
1st
Step Check Rule IV C is wrong
2nd
Step Check Rule I E is wrong
3rd
Step Check Rule II-A, D is wrong
So,
Choice B is correct.
Question
No 2
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
As
question T L F
As
Rule IV, M =1/7, M ≠ 1, so T L F M
As
Rule V, C ≥ 5 then
Option
1 T L F C M
Option
2 T L F C M
As
Rule II, H = R – 1, then Option 2
is
wrong, then T L F H R C M
Choice
D is correct.
Question
No 3
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
As
for question and Rule II, H R
As
Rule I, H R F
As
Rule IV, M = 1/7, so H R F M
As
Rule V, C ≠ 4
Remaining
T and L can be fourth H R F T/L L/T C M
Check
the choices,
Choice
C is correct,
Question
No 4
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
As
for question C
As
Rule II, H = R – 1, then H ≠ 5,
If H
= 5 then R = 6 which is wrong
So,
Choice E is correct.
Question
No 5
As
question F must be 3rd and C must be 5th Place of the visit.
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
As
for question F C
H
& R ≠ 4, as Rule II, H = R – 1,
As
Rule IV, M ≠ 4
Then
the remaining L or T must be fourth, and then Choice E is correct.
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