Directions: Each question or group of questions is based on a passage, graph, table, or set of conditions. In answering some of the questions, it may be useful to draw a rough diagram. For each question, select the best answer choice given.
Questions 8-12
Three desk drawers - I, II, and III - are being stocked with seven types of articles. Hand computers, ink pens, labels, markers, rulers, stationery, and tapes are to be placed in the drawers so that the articles belonging to any given type are all together in one drawer and no drawer contains more than three types of articles. The arrangement of the types of articles is subject to the following constraints:
Hand computers and rulers must be in a drawer together.
Neither ink pens nor markers can be in the same drawer as labels.
Neither ink pens nor markers can be in the same drawer as stationery.
The stationery must be in either drawer I or drawer II.
Each type of article must be in some drawer or other.
8) Which of the following is an acceptable arrangement?
Drawer I | Drawer II | Drawer III | |
|---|---|---|---|
(A) | Ink pens | Markers, stationery, tapes | Hand computers, labels, rulers |
(B) | Ink pens, labels, stationery | Markers, tapes | Hand computers, rulers |
(C) | Labels, stationery, tapes | Hand computers, ink pens, markers | Rulers |
(D) | Labels, stationery, tapes | Ink pens, markers | Hand computers, rulers |
(E) | Labels, tapes | Ink pens, markers | Hand computers, rulers, stationery |
9) If labels are in I and stationery is in II, which of the following must be true?
(A) Hand computers are in I.
(B) Hand computers are in II.
(C) Hand computers are in III.
(D) Ink pens are in II.
(E) Ink pens are in III.
10) If labels are in II and stationery is in I, any of the following can be true EXCEPT:
(A) Hand computers are in II.
(B) Hand computers are in III.
(C) Rulers are in I.
(D) Rulers are in II.
(E) Tapes are in III.
11) If hand computers, rulers, and tapes are in I, which of the following must be true?
(A) Ink pens are in II.
(B) Labels are in I.
(C) Labels are in III.
(D) Markers are in II.
(E) Markers are in III.
12) If rulers are in II, which of the following is acceptable?
(A) Hand computers are in I and tapes are in II.
(B) Ink pens are in I and markers are in II.
(C) Ink pens are in I and markers are in III.
(D) Markers are in I and tapes are in II.
(E) Stationery is in I and labels are in II.
Detailed Explanation (in Bangla)
Answer Keys
Question | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Answer | D | E | B | E | E |