Reasoning Quiz - May, 2015 - Set 4

Six plays A, B, C, D, E and F are to be staged one on each day from Monday to Saturday. The schedule of the plays is to be in accordance with the following: A must be staged a day before E. C must not be staged on Tuesday. B must be staged on the day following the day on which F is staged. D must be staged on Friday only and should not be immediately preceded by B. E must not be staged on the last day of the schedule.

1. Which of the following plays immediately follows B?

(a) A

(b) C

(c) D

(d) E

(e) F

2. Which of the following plays is on Monday?

(a) E

(b) F

(c) C

(d) B

(e) A

3. Play D is between which of the following pairs of plays?

(a) B and E

(b) E and F

(c) A and E

(d) C and E

(e) C and F

4. Which of the following is the schedule of plays, with the order of their staging from Monday?

(a) E, A, B, F, D, C

(b) A, F, B, E, D, C

(c) A, F, B, C, D, E

(d) F, A, B, E, D, C

(e) None of these

5. Play C cannot definitely be staged on which of the following days in addition to Tuesday?

(a) Monday

(b) Wednesday

(c) Friday

(d) Thursday

(e) Saturday

Solutions:

Clearly, D must be staged on Friday. A must be staged before E i.e. order AE must be followed. But E cannot be staged on last day. Also, B must be staged immediately after F. i.e. order FB must be followed. But B cannot precede D. So F and B can be staged on Monday and Tuesday and A and E on Wednesday and Thursday. C, which cannot be staged on Tuesday shall be staged on Saturday. Thus the order followed will be

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
 F         B        A       E      D     C