2022 LRDI - ASSIGNMENT

Linear
arrangement Linear
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Assignment-1
Complete this assignment before 7th feb.
Solve all the questions on your own.
Answers will not be provided for this
assignment. Complete assignment will be
discussed in the class next week.
 PUZZLE - 13
Seven persons Paul, Queen, Rax, Sam, Tom, Unif and Vali are sitting

in a row. Rax and Sam sit next to each other. There must be exactly

four persons between Queen and Vali. Sam sits to the immediate

right of Queen.

1. If Paul and Tom are separated exactly by two persons, then who

sits to the immediate left of Vali?

(A) Paul (B) Tom (C) Unif (D) Rax

2. If Queen is not sitting at either extreme of the row, then who

among the following has as many persons to his left as he has to his

right?

(A) Sam (B) Unif (C) Rax (D) Vali

3. If Queen sits at one extreme, then who is at the other extreme?

(A) Paul (B) Tom (C) Vali (D) Cannot be determined

4. Tom sits to the right of Queen, and Paul is separated from Tom by

exactly three persons. Then, who is sitting to the immediate left of

Vali?

(A) Unif (B) Paul (C) Tom (D) Rax

5. In how many different ways can the seven persons sit in a row?

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 10 (D) 12

 PUZZLE - 14
Seven boys – Rajan, Shyam, Vardhan, Mithra, Vimal, Raj and Kishan – are sitting in a

row. Shyam sits to the immediate left of Vardhan and third to the right of Rajan,

whereas Mithra, who sits at the left extreme, is next to Kishan.

1. Who is sitting to the immediate right of Shyam?

(A) Mithra (B) Kishan (C) Vimal (D) Vardhan

2. If Vardhan and Kishan exchange places with each other without changing the rest of

the arrangement that is already done, who will be sitting to the immediate left of

Rajan?

(A) Kishan (B) Raj (C) Vimal (D) Vardhan

3. If only Shyam sits between Raj and Vardhan, who is exactly in the middle of the row?

(A) Raj (B) Vardhan (C) Vimal (D) Rajan

4. After arranging all the boys as per the conditions given in the data, if Rajan now

exchanges his place with Mithra, and Vardhan exchanges his place with Vimal, then

how many persons will be there between Vimal and Rajan?

(A) three (B) two (C) five (D) four

 PUZZLE - 15
1. Four persons A, B, C and D arrive to attend a meeting. D arrives 10 minutes after B and

twenty minutes before A, who arrives 10 minutes before C. Who is the first person to

arrive at the meeting?

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

2. A grocer, a doctor, a lawyer, a tailor and a barber are the five persons seated in a

row. The grocer does not wish to sit immediately next to the barber. The barber and the

tailor sit immediately next to each other. The lawyer is at the right end of the row. The

grocer is immediately to the left of the lawyer. Who is in the middle of the row?

(A) tailor (B) doctor (C) barber (D) Cannot be determined

3. Five people Pradeep, Qutub, Raj, Sandy and Tej are in a row. Raj sits to the immediate

right of Tej. If Pradeep and Qutub have two persons sitting between them, which of the

following must be true?

(A) Pradeep is at one end of the row.

(B) Qutub is sitting beside Pradeep.

(C) One among Tej and Raj is at one of the ends of the row.

(D) Sandy is at one of the ends of the row.

 PUZZLE - 16
1. Four boxes P, Q, R and S, three files A, B and C are kept on a table one after the other

in a row from left to right. File C has as many items to its left as to its right. No box is at

any end of the row. Box P is kept to the immediate right of file A, while file C is kept to

the immediate left of box R. What is kept third from the right of the row on the table?

(A) C (B) S (C) R (D) A

2. Eight persons Ankit, Bobby, Chetan, Dhiru, Parvez, Qadir, Rinku and Sahil sit in two

parallel rows with four seats in each row facing each other. Ankit and Bobby are not in

the same row. Parvez sits to the immediate left of Chetan in the same row and opposite

Qadir. Chetan is at an end of the row Rinku and Bobby have two persons between them.

Ankit and Parvez have one person between them.

Which of these pairs of persons can be diagonally opposite each other?

(A) Sahil and Dhiru or Qadir and Rinku.

(B) Parvez and Ankit or Ankit and Chetan.

(C) Ankit and Bobby or Rinku and Chetan.

(D) Either (A) or (B)

 PUZZLE - 17
1. Five books on five different subjects Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Anatomy and Botany are

arranged on a shelf. The book on Mathematics is not on top or at the bottom. Chemistry book and

Botany book have exactly two books between them, same as Mathematics and Physics books.

Which of the following books has to be in the middle of the shelf?

(A) Mathematics (B) Physics (C) Anatomy (D) Cannot be determined

2. Ten persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are sitting in a row.

(i) Exactly three persons are sitting between C and J.

(ii) A, G, H, D and F are sitting from right to left in that order but no two among them are in

adjacent positions.

(iii) G is sitting in the fourth position from the right.

(iv) I, E, B and C are sitting from left to right in that order but no two among them are in adjacent

positions.

Q1. How many persons are sitting between I and A?

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 7

Q2. How many different arrangements are possible?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) None of these

Q3. If F and H interchange their positions, then who are sitting at the ends?

(A) C, F (B) F, H (C) H, C (D) H, A

 PUZZLE - 18
1. Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U are having different weights. The one who is 2nd

heaviest is 72kg and the one who is 2nd lightest is 55kg. P is heavier to R but lighter to

T. The number of the person(s) heavier to Q is one less than as persons lighter to P. R is

not the lightest person. T is 69kg. S is not the heaviest.

Who among the following is the lightest?

A P B R C S D U E T

2. There are seven friends K, L, M, N, O, P and Q who live in a seven-story building, but

not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one,

the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered seven.

M lives neither on the floor above O nor on an odd-numbered floor. There live two

persons between L and Q. N lives on the fifth floor and L lives on an odd-numbered

floor. There is only one person between O and P.

Who among the following lives on the topmost floor?

A M B L C K D Can’t be determined E None of these

 PUZZLE - 19
1. Eight horses of eight different colors – red, yellow, green, blue, violet, pink, brown and white are tied on

two sides of a road. There are four horses on each side of the road and each horse is facing another horse

on the other side of the road. Further, the following information is known about the houses.

1) Pink colored horse is diagonally opposite to brown colored horse and they both are on the ends.

2) Red colored horse is opposite to yellow colored horse and is on the same side as the green colored horse

3) Violet colored horse is opposite to the white colored horse but is not on the same side as the blue

colored horse

4) Blue and brown colored horses are on the same side of the road.

How many horses are there between Blue and brown horses?

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E None of the above

2. Eight friends M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in two opposite rows, facing each other. Each row has

four persons.

i- M is between R and S and is facing North.

ii- T is opposite to Q who is to the immediate left of N.

iii- O is between P and N.

iv- T is to the immediate right of S.

Which of the following pairs has the person sitting opposite each other?

A QS B OR C PM D NS
 PUZZLE - 20
M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are seven persons sitting in a row for a photo session. O sits to the immediate left of

S, and R is to the immediate right of P. N has equal number of persons on either side of him in the row. M is

to the immediate left of N and there are exactly three persons between M and S.

1. Who sits to the immediate right of Q?

(A) O (B) M (C) S (D) P

2. If Q wants to sit to the immediate left of N, then with whom should he exchange his seat?

(A) P (B) R (C) O (D) M

3. How many persons are there between R and Q?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 1

4. If P and Q exchange their places in the row, which of the following must be false?

(A) Q is to the left of N.

(B) M and O have two persons between them.

(C) P and R sit together.

(D) S is at one of the extreme ends.

 PUZZLE - 21
Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are seated in a row. The seats are

numbered from 1 to 9 from left to right as per the following restrictions. C, F

and I sit together. E is to the immediate right of H. B sits in the fourth seat from

the left end and D sits in the third seat from the right end. E is not between B

and D.

1. If G sits to the immediate left of D, then who will sit at the centre of the row?

(A) B (B) A (C) D (D) F

2. If F sits between C and I, then in how many ways these nine persons can be

seated?

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 4

3. Who among the following is at one of the extreme ends of the row?

(A) C (B) F (C) E (D) I

4. If I sits at one of the extreme ends and F sits to the immediate left of B, then

in how many ways can all be seated, assuming that the other conditions remain

the same?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

 PUZZLE - 22
Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G have parked their cars in a row. The cars of E and

F should be next to each other. The cars of D and G should be parked next to each

other. Whereas A and B cannot park their cars next to each other. But B and D must

park their cars next to each other and C’s car is parked to the immediate right of G’s

car.

1. If A’s car is not next to C’s car, then what is the position of A’s car from the right

end of the row?

(A) 1st (B) 7th (C) 5th (D) 1st or 7th

2. If F does not park his car next to A’s, which is parked in the left extreme, then

which of the following men can park their cars between the cars of E and G?

(A) G, C and B (B) A, F and C (C) F, G and C (D) F, B and D

3. In how many ways can the seven cars be parked in a row?

(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 5

4. If A parks his car to the immediate right of C’s car, then which of the following

cars can be parked at the left extreme end?

(A) Only E (B) Only F (C) Only E or F (D) E or F or B

 PUZZLE - 23
P, Q, R, S, T, V, X and Y are seated in a straight line facing North. P

sits fourth to the left of V. V sits either sixth from the left end of the

line or fourth from the right end of the line. S sits second to the

right of R. R is not an immediate neighbour of V. T and Q are

immediate neighbours of each other but neither T nor Q sits at

extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between T and X. X

does not sit at the extreme end of the line.

Q1. What is the position of Q with respect to P?

a. Fifth to the right b. Immediate neighbour

c. Second to the right d. Third to the left

e. None of these

Q2. Which of the following represents persons seated at the two

extreme ends of the line?

a. P, V b. Y,S c. R, V d. Y, P e. R, Y

Q3. How many persons are seated between R and T?

a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four e. None of these