LR - Arrangements - Previous Year CAT/MBA Questions
The best way to prepare for LR - Arrangements is by going through the previous year LR - Arrangements CAT questions. Here we bring you all previous year LR - Arrangements CAT questions along with detailed solutions.
Click here for previous year questions of other topics.
It would be best if you clear your concepts before you practice previous year LR - Arrangements CAT questions.
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Direction: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Mr Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms Andhra Pradesh, Ms Uttar Pradesh, Ms West Bengal and Ms Maharashtra. Mrs Bankatlal, who was very anxious about the result, asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:
- All of them were sitting in a row.
- All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz. green, yellow, white, red.
- There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.
- The runner-up was wearing the green saree.
- Ms West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner up.
- The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.
- Ms Maharashtra was wearing white saree.
- Ms Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.
- Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.
Who wore the red saree?
- (a)
Ms Andhra Pradesh
- (b)
Ms West Bengal
- (c)
Ms Uttar Pradesh
- (d)
Ms Maharashtra
Answer: Option B
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Text Explanation :
Ms Maharashtra was wearing white. Since Ms West Bengal was not the runner-up, she was not wearing green and neither was Ms Andhra Pradesh. Hence, it was Ms Uttar Pradesh who was wearing green saree. So red could have either be worn by Ms West Benga l or by Ms Andhra Pradesh. Now participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends, but Ms West Bengal did not occupy any of these positions. Hence, it can be concluded that Ms Andhra Pradesh sat at one of the ends and wore yellow, while Ms West Bengal wore red.
Workspace:
Ms. West Bengal was sitting adjacent to
- (a)
Ms Andhra Pradesh and Ms Maharashtra
- (b)
Ms Uttar Pradesh and Ms Maharashtra
- (c)
Ms Andhra Pradesh and Ms Uttar Pradesh
- (d)
Ms Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Option C
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Text Explanation :
Ms Maharashtra was wearing white. Since Ms West Bengal was not the runner-up, she was not wearing green and neither was Ms Andhra Pradesh. Hence, it was Ms Uttar Pradesh who was wearing green saree. So red could have either be worn by Ms West Benga l or by Ms Andhra Pradesh. Now participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends, but Ms West Bengal did not occupy any of these positions.
it can be concluded that Ms Maharashtra and Ms Andhra Pradesh occupied the seats at the end. So Ms West Bengal and Ms Uttar Pradesh, should occupy middle two seats. So the answers could be either (b) or (c). It can further be concluded that since Ms Andhra Pradesh wore yellow, she was the winner and since Ms Uttar Pradesh wore green, she was the runner-up. So these two cannot sit together. Option (b) would contradict this. Hence, (c) is the only option left.
Workspace:
Which saree was worn by Ms Andhra Pradesh?
- (a)
Yellow
- (b)
Red
- (c)
Green
- (d)
White
Answer: Option A
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Text Explanation :
Ms Maharashtra was wearing white. Since Ms West Bengal was not the runner-up, she was not wearing green and neither was Ms Andhra Pradesh. Hence, it was Ms Uttar Pradesh who was wearing green saree. So red could have either be worn by Ms West Benga l or by Ms Andhra Pradesh. Now participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends, but Ms West Bengal did not occupy any of these positions.
it can be seen that Ms Andhra Pradesh had worn the yellow saree.
Workspace:
Who was the runner-up?
- (a)
Ms Andhra Pradesh
- (b)
Ms West Bengal
- (c)
Ms Uttar Pradesh
- (d)
Ms Maharashtra
Answer: Option C
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Text Explanation :
Ms Maharashtra was wearing white. Since Ms West Bengal was not the runner-up, she was not wearing green and neither was Ms Andhra Pradesh. Hence, it was Ms Uttar Pradesh who was wearing green saree. So red could have either be worn by Ms West Benga l or by Ms Andhra Pradesh. Now participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends, but Ms West Bengal did not occupy any of these positions.
it can be seen that Ms Uttar Pradesh was the runner-up.
Workspace:
Direction: Answer the questions based on the following information.
A, B, C and D are to be seated in a row. But C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the third place.
Which of the following must be false?
- (a)
A is at the first place
- (b)
A is at the second place
- (c)
A is at the third place
- (d)
A is at the fourth place
Answer: Option A
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Text Explanation :
Since C and D cannot be together, they can occupy either of the following seats: (1st and 3rd), (1st and 4th) or (2nd and 4th). In the last two cases, since B cannot be in the 3rd place, A will have to be there.
Thus, we can see that A can never be in the 1st place.
Hence, statement (a) is false.
Workspace:
If A is not at the third place, then which of the following options does C have?
- (a)
The first place only
- (b)
The third place only
- (c)
The first and third place only
- (d)
Any of the places
Answer: Option C
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Text Explanation :
Since neither A nor B can be at 3rd place, this place has to be occupied by either D or C. And if either of them occupies this place, the other one has to occupy the 1st place (since D and C cannot be together).
Hence, C can only occupy either 1st or 3rd place.
Workspace:
If A and B are together, then which of the following must be necessarily true?
- (a)
C is not at the first place
- (b)
A is at the third place
- (c)
D is at the first place
- (d)
C is at the first place
Answer: Option B
Join our Telegram Channel for CAT/MBA Preparation.
Text Explanation :
If A and B are together, but C and D are not, then the only places that A and B can occupy are 2nd and 3rd.
And since B cannot be at 3rd place, A has to be at 3rd place.
Workspace:
Feedback
Help us build a Free and Comprehensive Preparation portal for various competitive exams by providing us your valuable feedback about Apti4All and how it can be improved.