Analytical Reasoning Question No. 57
At a conference, exactly seven scholars—Qamar, Rizwan, Sarfraz, Tahir, Usman, Valeed, and Waqas—are to speak. In the schedule for the conference, there are seven time slots available for scholars, and the time slots are numbered consecutively 1 through 7. Exactly one scholar must be assigned to each time slot according to the following conditions:
1. Qamar must speak immediately before or immediately after Tahir speaks.
2. Tahir must speak sometime before Rizwan speaks.
3. Sarfraz must speak in either time slot 1 or time slot 7.
4. Valeed must speak in time slot 4.
1. Which of the following must be true?
(A) Qamar speaks sometime before Rizwan speaks.
(B) Qamar speaks sometime before Valeed speaks.
(C) Sarfraz speaks sometime before Tahir speaks.
(D) Valeed speaks sometime before Rizwan speaks.
(E) Waqas speaks sometime before Valeed speaks.
2. If Rizwan speaks immediately before Valeed speaks which of the following could be true?
(A) Qamar speaks in time slot 5.
(B) Sarfraz speaks in time slot 1.
(C) Tahir speaks in time slot 3.
(D) Usman speaks in time slot 2.
(E) Waqas speaks in time slot 6.
3. If Rizwan speaks sometime before Sarfraz speaks which of the following must be true?
(A) Qamar speaks sometime before Usman speaks.
(B) Rizwan speaks sometime before Valeed speaks.
(C) Tahir speaks sometime before Valeed speaks.
(D) Usman speaks sometime before Rizwan speaks.
(E) Waqas speaks sometime before Qamar speaks.
4. If Usman is to speak in time slot 2, there will be a total of how many scheduling possibilities from which to select the schedule of scholars?
(A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (E) Six
5. If Waqas speaks in time slot 7, any of the following pairs of scholars could speak in time slots immediately adjacent to each other EXCEPT
(A) Qamar and Rizwan
(B) Rizwan and Usman
(C) Sarfraz and Qamar
(D) Sarfraz and Tahir
(E) Valeed and Usman
6. If Usman speaks sometime before Qamar speaks which of the following must be true?
(A) Sarfraz speaks sometime before Usman speaks.
(B) Tahir speaks sometime before Valeed speaks.
(C) Usman speaks sometime before Waqas speaks.
(D) Valeed speaks sometime before Rizwan speaks.
(E) Waqas speaks sometime before Sarfraz speaks.
