Arrangement Questions for Cat 5
- Jul 11, 2025
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Practicse Question
Arrangement Questions for CAT Case 1
Direction for question 1-4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:
Seven persons, A through G, were writing an exam, sitting in seven chairs arranged in a line, from left to right, facing the same direction. Among the seven persons, four were left-handed, while three were right-handed.
It is also known that
among the persons sitting to the left of B, two were right-handed, while, among the persons sitting to the right of D, two were left-handed.
at least one person sitting adjacent to E was not of the same handedness as E.
G, who was left-handed, was not sitting at any end, while A was sitting to the immediate left of a left-handed person.
C, who was sitting adjacent to a right-handed person and a left-handed person, was three places to the right of B.
G is adjacent to C.
Q.1 How many persons sitting to the right of G are right-handed?
a.0
b.1
c.2
d.3
Q.2 For how many persons can it be said that none of the persons sitting adjacent to him are right-handed?
a.1
b.2
c.3
d.4
Q.3 Who among the following is sitting adjacent to G?
a.A
b.B
c.E
d.D
Q.4 How many persons sitting between A and E are left-handed?
a.4
b.3
c.2
d.None of the above
Arrangement Questions for CAT Case 2
Direction for question 5-8: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:
John was the CEO of Gauss Inc., an electronics company. During the recent past, the company lost several of its client contracts and this became a cause of alarm for him. Therefore, he called a meeting of the senior executives in his company. He scheduled the meeting for 3:00 p.m. and he sent a memo to Albert, Jack, Melinda, William, and Steve, who are the heads of Manufacturing, Strategy, Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources, not necessarily in that order. He was the first to arrive at the Conference Hall, where the meeting was scheduled.
The following information is also known about the order in which the rest of them arrived:
John arrived ten minutes before Jack, the Head of Manufacturing, arrived.
The Head of Human Resources was the second to arrive and Melinda arrived exactly on time.
The Head of Marketing was the only person who came late for the meeting.
Albert arrived exactly five minutes after Jack arrived and five minutes before Melinda arrived.
The Head of Strategy did not arrive after the Head of Finance.
Q.5 At what time did John arrive at the Conference Hall?
a.2:30 p.m.
b.2:35 p.m.
c.2:40 p.m.
d.Cannot be determined
Q.6 Who is the Head of Strategy?
a.Albert
b.Melinda
c.Steve
d.William
Q.7 If Steve is the Head of Marketing, who was the second person to arrive?
a.Albert
b.Melinda
c.Jack
d.William
Q.8 Which of the following can be the time at which the Head of Human Resources arrived?
a.2:35 p.m.
b.2:45 p.m.
c.2:55 p.m.
d.2:54 p.m.
Arrangement Questions for CAT Case 3
Direction for question 9-12: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below:
Exactly seven persons, A through G, were waiting in a queue outside a shop to buy different items. Each person wanted to buy a different item among Soap, Toothpaste, Pen, Scissors, Oil, Bread and Milk.
It is also known that:
the person who wanted to buy Soap was standing two places behind F, while the person who wanted to buy Scissors was standing adjacent to B.
the person who wanted to buy Oil was not standing immediately next to the person who wanted to buy Milk.
C, who wanted to buy Toothpaste, was standing four places in front of the person who wanted to buy Milk and neither of the two were standing at any end.
neither D nor G were standing at any end and D did not want to buy Scissors.
A, who did not want to buy Milk, was standing immediately behind the person who wanted to buy Scissors.
Q.9 Who wanted to buy Oil?
a.B
b.G
c.D
d.F
Q.10 Who is standing immediately in front of the person who wanted to buy Milk?
a.G
b.D
c.A
d.F
Q.11 Which of the following items did the person who was standing immediately in front of G want to buy?
a.Toothpaste
b.Soap
c.Bread
d.Cannot be determined
Q.12 Which item did the person standing immediately behind D want to buy?
a.Pen
b.Bread
c.Milk
d.Cannot be determined
Arrangement Questions for CAT Case 4
Direction for question 13-16: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Anderson, Christopher, Dennis, George, Harry and Kenneth are six persons who won Nobel prizes in years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 (not necessarily in that order) in six different fields viz., Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Peace and Medical Science (again not necessarily in that order). These six people are from six different Universities – MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Cornell, Stanford and Columbia. Two of the six persons are from USA, two are from Sweden, one is from Germany and one is from France.
Following additional information is known:
Person from Columbia University won the prize two years after the person who won the prize in Physics.
Person from Harvard University won the Nobel prize in chemistry in a year before Christopher won the prize who in turn won the Nobel prize in a year before George won the prize.
Kenneth, who is not from USA, won the prize in either Physics or Peace, two years after one of the persons from USA won the prize.
No two persons from the same country won the prize in two consecutive years.
Person from Germany won the prize in Mathematics four years before the person from Cornell University.
Person from Stanford University won the prize in Economics.
George won the prize three years before the person from France won the prize.
Both Dennis and the person from University of Berkeley are from the same country.
Q.13 Which of the six persons was from MIT?
a.Anderson
b.Christopher
c.Dennis
d.Harry
Q.14 In which year did Dennis win the prize?
a.2006
b.2010
c.2011
d.Cannot be determined
Q.15 Which of the below combinations is definitely false?
a.George – University of Berkeley
b.Dennis – Sweden
c.Anderson – Chemistry
d.Christopher – Economics
Q.16 Who are the two persons from USA?
a.Christopher and Anderson
b.Harry and Dennis
c.Kenneth and Dennis
d.Anderson and Harry
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