Analytical Reasoning Question No. 14
A Multinational Company is assigning each of six foreign office to its officers—Fareed, Ghulam, Hamid, Imtiaz, Junaid, and Kabeer—to offices. There are four foreign offices. L and M are located in countries with hot areas, whereas offices R and S are located in countries with cold areas. The officers must be assigned according to the following rules:
1. Each foreign office must have at least one of the officers assigned to it.
2. At least one foreign office in a cold area must have at least two officers assigned to it.
3. Ghulam cannot be assigned to the same foreign office as Kabeer.
4. Imtiaz must be assigned to a foreign office in a hot area.
5. Junaid must be assigned to a foreign office in a cold area.
1. Which of the following is an acceptable assignment of the officers to the offices?
L M R S
(A) FAREED, GHULAM IMTIAZ, KABEER HAMID JUNAID
(B) GHULAM, KABEER IMTIAZ JUNAID FAREED, HAMID
(C) GHULAM FAREED, IMTIAZ KABEER JUNAID, HAMID
(D) JUNAID GHULAM, IMTIAZ HAMID FAREED, KABEER
(E) KABEER FAREED, HAMID IMTIAZ GHULAM, JUNAID
2. Which of the following must be assigned either to foreign office L or to foreign office M?
(A) Fareed
(B) Ghulam
(C) Hamid
(D) Imtiaz
(E) Kabeer
3. Which of the following CANNOT be true?
(A) One worker is assigned to L.
(B) Two officers are assigned to R.
(C) Two officers are assigned to L.
(D) Three officers are assigned to M.
(E) Three officers are assigned to S.
4. If Ghulam and Kabeer are assigned to L and M, respectively, which of the following must be true?
(A) Fareed is assigned to either R or S.
(B) Imtiaz is assigned to either R or S.
(C) R and S each have two officers assigned to them.
(D) Hamid is assigned to L.
(E) Hamid is assigned to S.
5. If Ghulam, Hamid, and Kabeer are among the officers assigned to offices in cold areas, which of the following must be true?
(A) Fareed is assigned to a foreign office to which none of the other five officers is assigned.
(B) Ghulam is assigned to a foreign office to which none of the other five officers is assigned.
(C) Junaid is assigned to the same foreign office as Kabeer.
(D) Hamid is assigned to the same foreign office as Ghulam.
(E) Hamid is assigned to the same foreign office as Kabeer.
