After successfully completing the CAT 2016 sprint series and the SNAP 2016 sprint series, we are back with the XAT 2017 sprint preparation series – Decision making 2 to boost your prep. This series will consist of 10 sets of questions from past year XAT papers, leading to XAT 2017 and covered almost all the question types that you needed to know come the 8th of January.
XAT 2017 sprint preparation series – Decision making 2
Answer question numbers 1 to 3 based on the following information.
Alex Company has its office at the third floor of a multi-storied building in Mumbai. There are 5 rooms to be allotted to 5 managers (designated M1 to M5), each of whom will occupy one room. Each room has its own advantages and disadvantages. Some have the sea view, while others are closer to either the life or the dining room, while some are more spacious. Each of the five managers was asked to rank the room preferences amongst the rooms 301, 302, 303, 304 and 305. Their preferences were recorded as follows:
Some managers did not indicate any preference for some rooms, as they did want to be there under any condition. The company decided to allot rooms to managers in such a way that the managers get rooms as per their best preference or close to that.
1. How many managers would get their rooms as per their best preference?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
2. If manager X gets his/her 1st choice, then his/her preference ranking is 1 and so on. Management decided to allot rooms so that the sum of the preference ranking of all the managers is minimized. What is the total preference ranking for the rooms allotted to all the managers?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9
3. Suppose that Manager M2 decides not to join the new zonal office and Manager M6 takes his place. Manager M6 has the following preference ranking in decreasing order: 301, 302, 303, 304 – in this case what would be the sum of the preference ranking allotted to all five managers?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9
Answer question numbers 4 and 5 based on the following information.
Every Saturday, the members of Raja Harish Chandra Club meet in the evening. All the member of the club are honest and never lie. Last Saturday, the following conversation was heard at one of the table with five members sitting around it.
Satya Sadhan: In this club not all members are friends with each other.
Satyabrata: None of the pair of friends in this club has any common friend.
Satyajit: Every pair of member who are not friends has exactly two common friends in this club. Satya
Pramod: There are fewer than 22 people in this club.
4. How many members are there in the club?
A. 5
B. 7
C. 15
D. 16
E. 20
5. How many friends does Satya Sadhan have in the club?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
E. 8
Answer question numbers 6 to 9 based on the following information.
In the country of Gagan, air travellers can buy their tickets either directly from the airlines or from three websites that are licensed to offer ticketing services online. In Gagan most of the commercial transactions are done electronically, and all citizens have an account with its national bank CeeCee. As a result the three websites have become popular and each transaction through these websites carries a surcharge of Gs. 250 (Gs. refers to Guppes, currency of Gagan). Given below are four post new-year (January 2, 2011 to February 28, 2011) offers from three competing websites:
Cozy-travel Offer: Make a confirmed booking for any service (fight ticket, hotel or rail tickets) through
Cozy-travel.com from December 5, 2010 to February 8, 2011 and become eligible for two free air tickets (offer is limited to the base fare). Free tickets have to be booked through online request from
January 1, 2011 to February 28, 2011. The request for free tickets should be submitted at least twenty one days in advance. Free tickets are non – amendable (expect the passenger name) and cannot be cancelled. Free ticket cannot be exchanged for cash or kind with anybody. Cozy-travel will try its best to secure the free ticket as per the request. However, ticket confirmation is subject to airline schedule and set availability in airlines selected and finalized by Cozy-travel from specific available airlines.
Cool-yatra Offer: Book any air ticket of any airline on Cool-yatra.com on or after December 21, 2010 and get your next ticket free. Under this offer, only the base fare of free ticket will be refunded by
Cool-Yatra.com. Customer will have to bear rest of the charges (other fees and surcharges). The value of base fare will be refunded to passenger on/after March 1 or fifteen days after completion of travel on free ticket (whichever is later). The free ticket can be booked only on GagaAir flights. The free ticket must be booked within fifteen days of booking the original ticket and the travel date of free ticket must be fifteen days after the booking date of free ticket. There must be a seven day gap between the travel date of main/original ticket and the free ticket. The travel date of free ticket should be on or before February 28, 2011. The free ticket cannot be transferred. On cancellation of the original ticket(s), you no longer remain eligible for the free ticket(s).
Easy-travel Cash Back Offer: Easy travel offers 25% cash back on all air ticket bookings between December 5, 2010 and February 28, 2011 using CeeCee net banking service or its debit/credit card. The cash back amount will be credited back to customers account within twenty-one days from making the transaction. Maximum cash back during the period is Gs. 400 per person per ticket and total amount that can be claimed by the customer is Gs. 2,400.
Ek Ke Sath Ek Offer from Easy-travel: Book an AirSpice ticket with Easy-travel using any credit/debit card, and get another ticket absolutely free. The free tickets will be issued on AirSpice on its entire network. The offer is valid for sale from January 11, 2011 to January 31, 2011. The free ticket must be booked at least fifteen days prior to the date of travel and need to be completed within the offer period. The promotion code for the free ticket will get activated only seven days after booking the main ticket. Easy-travel will charge a handling fee of Gs. 1000/-per person for any amendments made on main ticket. Cancellations of tickets purchased under this offer are not permitted. The free ticket obtained under this offer cannot be exchanged for cash and cannot be rerouted.
6. Which offer has got the maximum chance for becoming the most popular among the air travellers of Gagan during post new-year period? Among the following options, choose the best offer-explanation combination.
A. Cozy-travel, because the customers will get twice the number of flights and offer is applicable for all services provided by Cozy-travel.
B. Cozy-travel, because it allows any customer to transfer the free ticket to any one if they are not interested in using it.
C. Ek ke sath ek offer from Easy-travel, because it offers absolutely free tickets to all customers.
D. Cash Back offer from Easy-travel, because all other offers are restricted either in terms of airlines to choose or the period of offer.
E. Cozy-travel, because it allows customers to use free tickets even after post new-year period.
7. Suppose the offer from Cool-yatra became the most popular, and the other two agencies have sought help from business consultants to make their offers more attractive. Identify the best recommendation among the following.
A. Recommendation for the Ek Ke Sath Ek Offer of Easy-travel: Negotiate with GagaAir to come up with an offer that provides one free ticket for every main ticket booked in AirSpice.
B. Recommendation for the Cash Back Offer of Easy-travel: Ensure that cash back amount will be credited back to the customer’s account within fifteen days.
C. Recommendation for the offer from Cozy-travel: Reduce the number of free tickets to one and applicable only for air ticket booking (not for other service), but allow customers to book their free ticket from Cozy-travel.com in GagaAir or comparable airlines without any date restrictions.
D. Recommendation for the Ek Ke Sath Ek Offer of Easy-travel: Negotiate with GagaAir to come up with an offer that provides one free ticket for every main ticket booked in GagaAir and run both offers simultaneously.
E. Recommendation for the offer from Cozy-travel: Do not allow customers to transfer tickets to others, but disclose that Cozy-travel will consider both GagaAir and AirSpice flights that connect all cities in Gagan for issuing free tickets.
8. Jagan is appearing for MAAT exam on January 2, 2011, in a city which is not his home town and he is yet to book the air ticket to reach his hometown from MAAT center. Based on his MAAT performance, he is confident about getting an interview call from the institute of his choice located in Akashpur. All institutes associated with MAAT will contact the short-listed candidates within next two weeks with venue details and date of interview. Interviews will be scheduled within fifteen days from the date of announcement of shortlist, and will be held at the respective institutes. Jagan’s hometown, MAAT centre, and Akashpur are connected by all airlines and the base fares start at Gs. 1,000. While visting Akashpur for the interview, Jagan will have to put up in a hotel. The minimum charge for booking a hotel in Akashpur through Cozy-travel is Gs. 2,400. Equally good hotels which are not listed in the Cozy-travel website charge Gs. 1,000. All the three travel websites assure a minimum of one free air ticket for every booking. If Jagan has no other reason to fly, which of the following offers should Jagan go for?
A. Ek Ke Sath Ek Offer of Easy-travel.
B. Get the flight ticket and hotel booking from Cozy-travel. He should use confirmed free ticket for return journey and exchange extra ticket (if any) on barter basis.
C. Get the flight ticket through Cozy-travel, and use the second ticket if available for the return journey.
D. Get the flight ticket from Cool-yatra.
E. Get the flight ticket and hotel booking through Cozy-travel, and use free tickets for return journey.
9. Janaki needs to reach Khilli on January 28 to visit her uncle, and will return after fifteen days. Janaki found that the minimum fare for both the to and fro journeys is Gs. 5,000 which includes Gs. 1,200 base fare. If all airlines connect Janaki’s city to Khilli, and all three offers (except the Cash Back Offer) ensure minimum of one free air ticket. Which of the following should Janaki opt for?
A. Ek Ke Sath Ek Offer of Easy-travel
B. Cash Back Offer of Easy-travel
C. The Cozy-travel offer
D. The Cool-yatra offer
E. Buy air tickets directly from airline websites
Answer question nos. 10 – 11 on the basis of the following letter.
To the Chairman:
Dear Mr. Sailesh,
At the December 3, 2011 meeting, it was decided that no two officers would hold positions on the same committee. It has recently come to my attention that both Chaitanya Rao and Ajit Singh will be serving in some capacity on the Cultural Committee, and both have been nominated for officer status.
As you know, this is in direct disregard for the rules as voted by the Members Council last December 3, 2011. I would hope that sufficient action be taken by the Disciplinary Committee (on which committee both of the above are members) so that this problem will be remedied.
Sincerely,
Arvind Singh
10. Which of the following is an essential flaw that the writer of the letter overlooked?
A. Rao and Ajit are already serving together on the Disciplinary Committee.
B. The Chairman has no power in the matter.
C. The Members Council cannot pass rules limiting members.
D. Rao and Ajit are yet to be confirmed as officers.
E. Cultural Committee is only active during the annual festival.
11. If both the nominations are confirmed, which of the following exhaustively and reasonably, describes actions that may occur in the near future?
A. Arvind resigns his membership.
B. Either Rao or Ajit resigns his membership.
C. Ajit resigns his committee post on the Cultural Committee.
D. Rao resigns his position on the Cultural Committee.
E. Either Rao or Ajit resigns his position from the Cultural Committee, and the other resigns his position on the Disciplinary Committee.
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