Routes and Networks

SET1

P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are 7 places on a map. The following places are connected by 2-way roads: P and Q;
P and U; R and U; R and S; U and V; S and T; Q and R; T and V. No other road exists.

Q1. The shortest route (the route with the least number of intermediate places) from P to V is

A) P-R-V B) P-T-V C) P-Q-R-U-V D) P-U-V

Q2. How many distinct routes exist from S to U (without touching any place more than once) ?

A) 3 B) 2 C) 1 D) 4

Q3. The routes covering the maximum number of places and going from P to R (without touching any
place more than once), does not pass through

A) U B) T C) S D) Q

Q.4 If U to V and S to R are only 1-way routes, then which of the following places loses contact with P?

A) V B) T C) S D) No such place

Q5. If the number of places to which a place is directly connected is considered as the measure of
importance, then which of the following places is of the highest importance?

A) Q B) P C) R D) S

SET 2

Q6. For route(s) satisfying the given condition, which statement is true?

A) There is no such route

B) Routes either start at 2 or ends at 2

C) 1 can only be the end city on the route

D) Route necessarily starts at 5

E) None of these

Q7. How many different routes satisfying the given condition are possible?

A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 12 E) 10

Q8. If a new road is constructed from 1 to 3 and the condition is kept the same, then which of the
following can be true?

A) Routes starts from 1 and ends at 1

B) Route starts from 2 but ends at 4

C) Route ends at 5

D) Route starts from 1 and ends at 5

E) No such route is possible

SET 3

[CAT - 2001]

Q9. The quantity moved from Avanti to Vidisha is

A) 200 B) 800 C) 700 D) 1000

Q10. The free capacity available at the Avanti-Vaishali pipeline is

A) 0 B) 100 C) 200 D) 300

Q11. What is the free capacity available in the Avanti-Vidisha pipeline?

A) 300 B) 200 C) 100 D) 0

SET 4

7 cities A, B, C, D, E, F and G are connected by 2 way or one way routes as mentioned below. The routes
between A and G , F and E, G and C, C and D are 2-way routes and the routes from A to B, A to F, B to C,
G to D, E to C, E to D, and F to G are one way routes. No route other than those mentioned above are
available.

Q12. In how many ways a person can travel from A to C without passing through any city more than
once?

A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9

Q13. In how many ways a person can travel from city F to city D without passing through any city more
than once?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 6 D) 5

Q14. Which of the following statement is false?

A) Starting from A a person can travel to D

B) Starting from B a person can travel to E

C) Starting from G a person can travel to D

D) None of these

SET 5

A new airlines company is planning to start operations in a country. The company has identified ten
different cities which they plan to connect through their network to start with. The flight duration
between any pair of cities will be less than one hour. To start operations, the company has to decide on
a daily schedule.

The underlying principle that they are working on is the following:

Any person staying in any of these 10 cities should be able to make a trip to any other city in the
morning and should be able to return by the evening of the same day.

Q15. If the underlying principle is to be satisfied in such a way that the journey between any two cities
can be performed using only direct (non-stop) flights, then the minimum number of direct flights to be
scheduled is:

A) 45 B) 90 C) 180 D) 135
Q16. Suppose three of the ten cities are to be developed as hubs. A hub is a city which is connected with
every other city by direct flights each way, both in the morning as well as in the evening. The only direct
flights which will be scheduled are originating and/or terminating in one of the hubs. Then the minimum
number of direct flights that need to be scheduled so that the underlying principle of the airline to serve
all the ten cities is met without visiting more than one hub during one trip is:

A) 54 B) 120 C) 96 D) 60

Q17. Suppose the 10 cities are divided into 4 distinct groups G1, G2, G3, G4 having 3, 3, 2 and 2 cities
respectively and that G1 consists of cities named A, B and C. Further, suppose that direct flights are
allowed only between two cities satisfying one of the following:

1. Both cities are in G1

2. Between A and any city in G2
3. Between B and any city in G3
4. Between C and any city in G4

Then the minimum number of direct flights that satisfies the underlying principle of the airline is: (TITA)

Q18. Suppose the 10 cities are divided into 4 distinct groups G1, G2, G3, G4 having 3, 3, 2 and 2 cities
respectively and that G1 consists of cities named A, B and C. Further, suppose that direct flights are
allowed only between two cities satisfying one of the following:

1. Both cities are in G1

2. Between A and any city in G2
3. Between B and any city in G3
4. Between C and any city in G4

However, due to operational difficulties at A, it was later decided that the only flights that would
operate at A would be those to and from B. Cities in G2 would have to be assigned to G3 or to G4.
What would be the maximum reduction in the number of direct flights as compared to the situation
before the operational difficulties arose? (TITA)

SET 6

5 persons A, B, C, D and E can speak in different languages among – Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi,
English, Bengali and Urdu as specified in the following statements.

A can speak Tamil and Hindi only. B can speak Telugu, Hindi and English only. C can speak Marathi and
Urdu only. D can speak Telugu, English and Marathi only. E can speak Tamil, Bengali and Urdu only.

When one among these wants to pass on message to one of the rest, one passes on the message using
the language which both can speak, otherwise takes the help of others with whom the person, to whom
the message is to be passed on, has a common language.
Q19. What is the maximum possible number of languages that can be involved in passing of an
information to D from B?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5

Q20. Which of the following can be the correct order of languages that would be used while passing
information from C to B?

A) Marathi-Bengali-English

B) Bengali-English-Urdu

C) Marathi-Bengali-Urdu

D) Marathi-English

Q21. How many distinct combination of languages can be used to pass information from C to A, without
involving any person more than once, in each combination? (TITA)

SET 7

[CAT2007]
Q22. what is the lowest price, in rupees, a passenger has to pay for travelling by the shortest route from
A to J?

A) 2275 B) 2850 C) 2890 D) 2930 E) 3340

Q23. The company plans to introduce a direct flight between A and J. The market research results
indicate that all its existing passengers travelling between A and J will use this direct flight if it is priced
5% below the minimum price that they pay at present. What should the company charge approximately
for this fright?

A) 1991 B) 2161 C) 2707 D) 2745 E) 2783

Q24. If the airports C, D and h are closed down owing to security reasons, what would be the minimum
price to be paid by a passenger travelling from A to J?

A) 2275 B) 2615 C) 2850 D) 2945 E) 3190

Q25. If the price include a margin of 10% over the total cost that company incurs, what is the minimum
cost per kilometer that the company incurs flying from A to J?

A) 0.77 B) 088 C) 0.99 D) 1.06 E) 1.08

Q26. If the price include a margin of 15% over the total cost that the company incurs, which among the
following is the distance to be covered in flying from A to j that minimizes the total cost per kilometer or
the company?

A) 2170 B) 2180 C) 2315 D) 2350 E) 2390

SET 8
Q27. What is the minimum distance required to travel from A to H?

Q28. What is the maximum distance required to travel by a person starting from B and going to G
without passing through any signal more than once?

Q29. In how many ways one travel from A to I without passing through any city more than once?