DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 4: Krishnapuram's town council has exactly three members: Arjun, Karn, and Bhim. During one week, the council members vote on exactly three bills: a recreation bill, a school bill, and a tax bill. Each council member votes either for or against each bill. The following is known:
Each member of the council votes for at least one of the bills and against at least one of the bills.
Exactly two members of the council vote for the recreation bill.
Exactly one member of the council votes for the school bill.
Exactly one member of the council votes for the tax bill.
Arjun votes for the recreation bill and against the school bill.
Karn votes against the recreation bill.
Bhim votes against the tax bill.
If the set of members of the council who vote against the school bill are the only ones who also vote against the tax bill, then which one of the following statements must be true?
Arjun votes for the tax bill.
Karn votes for the recreation bill.
Karn votes against the school bill.
Bhim votes against the recreation bill.
Bhim votes against the school bill.
If Karn votes for the tax bill, then which one of the following statements could be true?:
Arjun and Karn each vote for exactly one bill.
Karn and Bhim each vote for exactly one bill.
Arjun votes for exactly two bills.
Karn votes for the recreation bill.
Bhim votes against the recreation bill.
Karn votes for exactly two of the three bills, which one of the following statements must be true?
Arjun votes for the tax bill.
Karn votes for the recreation bill.
Karn votes for the school bill.
Karn votes against the tax bill.
Bhim votes for the school bill.
If one of the members of the council votes against exactly the same bills as does another member of the council, then which one of the following statements must be true?
Arjun votes for the tax bill
Kam votes for the recreation bill.
Kam votes against the school bill.
Kam votes for exactly one bill.
Bhim votes for exactly one bill.
DIRECTIONS for the question 5:The year 2004 was a great year for Top-Cloth cotton mill. Manufacturing towels for the export market employing more than 2000 workers, the company had an impressive growth in sales and profits. The Chairman felt that employees were entitled to a share in the profits and it was proposed that the employee mess be air-conditioned. The proposal was discussed in a meeting that was attended by, among other senior officials, the marketing director, the personnel director and the finance director. The proposal was based on the fact that the shop floor of the mill often had temperatures in excess of 40°C with a relative humidity of 99%. The air-conditioned mess would represent management's appreciation of the employee's hard work.
At the end of 2005, management reviewed the mill's performance. Profits were higher, and employee attrition was negligible. Chairman decided that employees deserved additional recognition for their fine work. Since the mess had already been air-conditioned, the chairman wanted to know if the employees appreciated this sort of action. In the course of discussion, the chairman asked the personnel director to send a questionnaire to a sample of fifty employees and obtain their reaction to the air-conditioned mess. The management agreed to decide only after obtaining the feedback from the employees.
The personnel director mailed a simple form to fifty employees asked them for the following information: "Please state your reaction to the air-conditioned mess."
Of the fifty forms mailed, forty-six were returned. The answers received were as follows:
Reaction
Frequency
"I did not know it was air-conditioned."
16
"I never eat there"
8
"If management can spend money like that, they should pay us more"
6
"I wish the entire mill was air-conditioned."
8
"The mess is for management employees."
4
"It is OK."
2
Miscellaneous comments
2
This decision-making situation best highlights
managerial short-sightedness in decision making
managerial benevolence in sharing profits among the workers
managerial incompetence in handling a negative feedback in employee survey
inefficient infrastructure management
None of the above
DIRECTIONS for questions 6 to 7: For each question, an answer (A) and a reason (R) has been given. Base your analysis on the information presented in the passage. Mark
The Society for Education in India (in short SEI) had been engaged in running primary schools in different parts of the country since 1950s. While attending a conference on employee selection, Mr. J Mehta, a senior member of the society learned that a leading school had recently employed a psychologist to perform employment functions, i.e. recruitment and selection of teachers. Within two months of his return, Mr. J Mehta contacted a reputed university and employed a graduating psychologist, Mr. Bibek Gupta. Mr. Bibek Gupta was employed by SEI with the single directive that he was to contribute to the selection of teachers. This task had previously been the prerogative of principals of each school. Mr. Gupta immediately notified each principal that in the future he was to be notified of the personnel needs and in return he would recruit, screen and select the teachers.
At the end of his first year with SEI, Mr. Gupta realized that his efforts had resulted in failure. During his first few months he encountered much opposition from several principals who had been managing schools for ten or more years. They did not believe in newer psychological techniques and preferred selecting people based on their own assessment. Other principals frequently refused to accept the teachers selected by Mr. Gupta. Finally, Mr. Gupta began to notice fewer and fewer principals notifying him of vacancies in their schools. Realizing that he was not making any effective contribution, Mr. Gupta submitted the suggestion to the society members that support and co-operation of the school principals should be a matter of executive order, or else his resignation should be considered.
What was the flaw in the decision of selecting a psychologist for selecting teachers that led to the final situation?
A: Mr. Mehta's decision was predominantly driven by the information about another school that had enlisted the services of a psychologist for recruitment and selection.
R: Both the administration of the school and managing teachers have been primary responsibilities of the principal of the school.
if both A and R are based on information given in the passage and R is the correct explanation of A.
if both A and R are based on information given in the passage but R is not the correct explanation of A.
if A is based on information given in the passage but R is not based on the facts given.
if A is not based on information given in the passage but R is based on the information given in the passage.
if both A and R are not based on information given in the passage.
What responsibilities were shouldered by Mr. Bibek in his first year of employment?
A: Mr. Bibek had the responsibility of contributing his expertise to recruitment and selection of teachers.
R: The board members wanted to systematize the recruitment and selection of the entire organization.
if both A and R are based on information given in the passage and R is the correct explanation of A.
if both A and R are based on information given in the passage but R is not the correct explanation of A.
if A is based on information given in the passage but R is not based on the facts given.
if A is not based on information given in the passage but R is based on the information given in the passage.
if both A and R are not based on information given in the passage.
DIRECTIONS for questions 8 to 11: A famous retail electronics showroom chain has six new mobile phone models - T, V, W, X, Y, and Z – each equipped with at least one of the following three options: digital camera, music player, and office document viewer. No mobile has any other option. The following conditions apply:
V features both a digital camera and an office document viewer.
W has digital camera and music player
W and Y have no options in common.
X has more options as compared to W
V and Z have exactly one option in common
T has fewer options as compared to Z.
For exactly how many of the six mobile phones is it possible to determine exactly which option each one has?
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Which one of the following must be false?
Exactly five mobile phones feature a music player.
Exactly five mobile phones feature a document viewer.
Exactly four mobile phones feature a music player.
Exactly four mobile phones feature a digital camera.
Exactly four mobile phones feature a document viewer.
If Z has no option in common with T but has at least one option in common with every other mobile phone, then which one of the following must be false?
T has digital camera
Z has document viewer
Exactly four of the six mobile phones have digital camera.
Exactly four of the six mobile phones have document viewer.
Exactly four of the six mobile phones have music player.
Suppose no two mobile phone models have exactly the same options as one another. In that case each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
Exactly three of the six mobile phones have digital camera.
Exactly four of the six mobile phones have digital camera.
Exactly three of the six mobile phones have document viewer.
Exactly four of the six mobile phones have document viewer.
Exactly four of the six mobile phones have music player.
Decision Making
1-4.
Bill
For
Against
Recreation Bill
Arjun, Bhim
Karn
School Bill
Karn / Bhim
Arjun and Either Karn or Bhim
Tax Bill
Karn / Arjun
Bhim and Either Karn or Arjun
1.
5
We can modify the above table based on the additional information given in the question. Accordingly, Arjun and Bhim are the members who voted against the School Bill and Tax bill.
Bill
For
Against
Recreation Bill
Arjun, Bhim
Karn
School Bill
Karn
Arjun, Bhim
Tax Bill
Karn
Bhim, Arjun
By visual observation, it can be checked that Bhim votes against the school bill, thus option E is correct.
2.
1
We can modify the above table based on the additional information given in the question as follows:
Bill
For
Against
Recreation Bill
Arjun, Bhim
Karn
School Bill
Bhim
Arjun, Karn
Tax Bill
Karn
Bhim, Arjun
Thus, it can be verified that Arjun and Karn each vote for exactly one bill. The other answer choices do not follow from the above table. Hence, option A is correct.
3.
3
We can modify the above table based on the additional information given in the question as follows:
Bill
For
Against
Recreation Bill
Arjun, Bhim
Karn
School Bill
Karn
Arjun, Bhim
Tax Bill
Karn
Bhim, Arjun
Thus, it can be observed that Karn votes for the school bill.
4.
5
We can modify the above table based on the additional information given in the question as follows:
Bill
For
Against
Recreation Bill
Arjun, Bhim
Karn
School Bill
Karn
Arjun, Bhim
Tax Bill
Karn
Arjun, Bhim
Thus, Bhim votes for exactly one bill and hence option E is correct.
5.
1
The situation highlights the management’s short-sightedness.
6.
2
Both A and R are mentioned in the passage, but R is not the correct reason for A.
7.
3
A is mentioned in the passage while R is not.
8-11.
Mobile Phone
Digital Camera
Music Player
Office Document Viewer
T
V
√
χ
√
W
√
√
X
√
√
√
Y
χ
χ
√
Z
√
T may have any of three options.
Z may have Music Player and either Digital Camera or Office Document Viewer.
8.
3
It is clear from the table that it is possible to determine the option(s) of phones V, W, X and Y.
9.
1
Three or four mobile phones feature a music player.
10.
5
Z must have the music player and the office document viewer while T must have the digital camera. So only 3 models have the music player and option 5 is false.
11.
3
After assigning different features to the mobiles, it is seen that exactly four of the six mobiles have a document viewer. The best answer is option 3.
