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Logical Arrangement

Logical Arrangement is a Aptitude concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2013, 2025). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2 · 2013–2025
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एका शब्द संयोजन यंत्रास जेव्हा शब्दांची एक ओळ इनपुट म्हणून दिली जाते, त्यावेळी ते यंत्र त्या ओळीला एका पायरीत एका विशिष्ट नियमानुसार व्यवस्थित संयोजित करते. खाली इनपुट म्हणून दिलेली माहिती व संयोजनाच्या पायऱ्या दिलेल्या आहेत. इनपुट → NO, GO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, I, TURN, NET पायरी I → I, NO, GO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET पायरी II → I, GO, NO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET पायरी III → I, GO, NO, Fit, NET, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN पायरी IV → I, GO, NO, Fit, NET, TURN, COUNTER, FORCE पायरी V → I, GO, NO, Fit, NET, TURN, FORCE, COUNTER जर इनपुट “Class, Rat, An, UP, PEN, TRUE” असेल तर, “An, UP, Class, Rat, PEN, TRUE” हे कोणत्या पायरीत येईल ? When a line of words is given as an input to a word-processing machine, the machine rearranges the line in a step by a definite rule. The input and the steps of re-arrangements are given below : Input → NO, GO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, I, TURN, NET Step I → I, NO, GO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET Step II → I, GO, NO, Fit, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN, NET Step III → I, GO, NO, Fit, NET, COUNTER, FORCE, TURN Step IV → I, GO, NO, Fit, NET, TURN, COUNTER, FORCE Step V → I, GO, NO, Fit, NET, TURN, FORCE, COUNTER If the input is, “Class, Rat, An, UP, PEN, TRUE” then, “An, UP, Class, Rat, PEN, TRUE” will be in what step ?

a)I
b)II✓ Correct
c)III
d)IV

Observe the rearrangement pattern in the input-output machine: words are arranged based on specific criteria (such as length or alphabetical order). Tracing the steps for the given input yields the required step.

एका टेबलावर गणित, हिंदी, मराठी, विज्ञान, इतिहास, भूगोल आणि समाजशास्त्र या सात विषयांची पुस्तके एकावर एक ठेवली आहेत. इतिहासाच्या खाली भूगोलाचे पुस्तक आहे व ते मराठीच्या पुस्तकाच्या वर आहे. समाजशास्त्राचे पुस्तक इतिहासाच्या वर असून त्यावर हिंदीचे पुस्तक आहे. गणिताचे पुस्तक विज्ञानाच्या पुस्तकाच्या खालीमधून हिंदीचे पुस्तक सर्वात वर नाही, तर इतिहास व भूगोल, तसेच समाजशास्त्र व हिंदी या पुस्तकांंच्या जागा आपसमात बदलल्यास मध्यभागी कोणते पुस्तक येईल ? Books on seven subjects Maths, Hindi, Marathi, Science, History, Geography and Sociology are placed one on top of the other on the table. Below the history book is a Geography book which is above a Marathi book. The Sociology book is above the History book and above Sociology book is a Hindi book. The Maths book is below the Science book and the Hindi book is not at the top, then if the places of History and Geography, also Sociology and Hindi books are interchanged, which book will be in the middle ?

1)(1) हिंदी✓ Correct
2)(2) विज्ञान
3)(3) इतिहास
4)(4) समाजशास्त्र

By setting up the initial sequence of books based on the given clues, we get: Science, Maths, Hindi, Sociology, History, Geography, Marathi from top to bottom. After interchanging the specified positions, Hindi becomes the middle book.

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