A new airlines company
(CAT 2017)
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.
1.
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
(B) 90
(C) 180
(D) 135
2.
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
(A) 54
(B) 120
(C) 96
(D) 60
Suppose the 10 cities are divided into 4 distinct groups 01,02,03,04 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:
(A) Both cities are in G1
(B) Between A and any city in G2
(C) Between B and any city in G3
(D) Between C and any city in G4
(A) Both cities are in G1
(B) Between A and any city in G2
(C) Between B and any city in G3
(D) Between C and any city in G4
3. Then
the minimum number of direct flights that satisfies the underlying principle of
the airline is:
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
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.
4. What
would be the maximum reduction in the number of direct flights as compared to
the situation before the operational difficulties arose?
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