Three of the five students allocated to a hostel put in special requests to the warden. Given the floor plan of the vacant rooms, select the allocation plan that will accommodate all their requests.
Request by X: Due to pollen allergy, I want to avoid a wing next to the garden.
Request by Y: I want to live as far from the washrooms as possible, since I am very sensitive to smell.
Request by Z: I believe in Vaastu and so want to stay in the South-west wing.
The shaded rooms are already occupied. WR is washroom.
To solve this problem, we need to meet the specific room allocation requests of students X, Y, and Z, while considering the constraints of the room assignments based on their preferences and the physical layout of the hostel rooms.
Step 1: Analyzing Student Requests
- Request by X: Wants to avoid rooms next to the garden due to pollen allergy.
- Request by Y: Wishes to stay as far as possible from the washrooms to avoid any smell.
- Request by Z: Prefers a room in the South-west wing for following Vaastu principles.
Step 2: Examine the Floor Plan
- Locate the garden and identify the rooms adjacent to it.
- Identify the washrooms (WR) and assess which rooms are the farthest from them.
- Determine the South-west wing rooms according to the given floor plan.
Step 3: Allocate Rooms Based on Requests
- For X: Select a room not adjacent to any garden area.
- For Y: Find a room located at the maximum possible distance from the washrooms.
- For Z: Choose a room located in the South-west wing.
Upon evaluation of these requests with the layout options presented in the question, the correct allocation that satisfies all requests is represented by the image with data-src-id="697626b50a5744a02a0b480c". This ensures:
- Student X's allocated room is not near the garden.
- Student Y's room is positioned farthest from the washrooms.
- Student Z's room is in the South-west wing.
Conclusion
The correct room allocation plan, accommodating all student requests, corresponds to the diagram shown below:
Important Questions from Analytical Aptitude
- The assumption that the probability of occurrence of a word in a string depends ONLY on the preceding word is called a ______ assumption.
- Which ONE of the following options represents the correct mapping of the phonetic features in Column X to their Sanskrit equivalents in Column Y?
Column X:
Phonetic featuresColumn Y:
Sanskrit termsP. voicing 1. prāṇa Q. retroflex 2. tālavya R. palatal 3. ghōṣa S. aspiration 4. mūrdhanya - Which ONE of the options represents the CORRECT mapping between the morphological concepts in Column X and the examples in Column Y?
Column X:
Morphological ConceptsColumn Y:
ExamplesP. Suppletion 1. bookmaker – bookie Q. Conversion 2. deer – deer R. Zero morpheme 3. bad – worst S. Hypocorism 4. arrive – arrival T. Derivation 5. (a) doctor – (to) doctor 
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What is the minimum number of doors that need to be opened in order to go from the point P to the point Q?
