Seating /Sitting arrangement

TYPE 1

LINEAR ARRANGEMENT

• Direction: Study the following information and answer the given questions.   Pawan, Qaseem, Rajan, Suresh, Tariq, Uzma, Waseem, and Zainab are sitting in a line facing north. Zainab   sits third to the left of Suresh. Zainab sits at the extreme end of the row. Only one person sat between   Suresh and Qaseem. Only two people sit between Qaseem and Waseem, who is an immediate neighbor of   Pawan. Uzma sits third to the left of Rajan. Who is an immediate neighbor of Tariq?

Hence, Qaseem and Rajan is an immediate neighbor of Tariq.

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Z,p,w,s,u,q,t,r

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4

4

D

3

Five friends Rex, john ,bill,tim,and finn,are sitting in a row facing north direction not necessarily in the same order . The following information is known

Rex is sitting second from the right end of the row

Bill is sitting to the immediate right of finn

John is not sitting at either end

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What is the Tim’s position with respect to bill ?

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1. Third to the left
2. Second to the right
3. Third to the right
4. Immediate right of finn

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A

2

B

D

C

B

3

Study the following arrangement of the English alphabet and answer the questions given below.

W T S D E F A Y Q U P R U L H I N V X M O G

Which letter is 3rd to the left of the 18th letter from the right side?

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1. W
2. S
3. T
4. Y

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A

3

• Five professionals are sitting in a row. The accountant is sitting next to the Ph.D. who is siting on the extreme left. The musician is not sitting next to the lawyer. Who is sitting between the athlete and the accountant?

CIRCULAR

ARRANGEMENT

4

B

Six family members Pankaj, Gopi, Chetan, Dinesh, Akash and Vyom are standing around a circular table. Gopi is between Vyom and Chetan. Pankaj is between Akash and Dinesh. Vyom is to the immediate right of Dinesh. Who is opposite to Dinesh?

A.Pankaj

B .Chetan

C .Vyom

D. Gopi

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C

C

C

4 Clock- wise –u,q,s,p,w,v,t,r

A

C

D

D

B

B

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SEATING ARRANGEMENT

MISCELLANEOUS

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a) 8 b) 7 c) 9 d) 6

• Eight people are sitting in two parallel rows with 4 people each in such a way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In Row I – 1, 2, 3 and 4 are seated and all of them are facing south. In Row II – 6, 7, 8 and 9 are seated and all of them are facing north. 1 and 2 are not seated at the extreme ends and 1 sits to the immediate left of 2. 9 and 7 sit opposite 1 and 2 and 7 sits exactly opposite 1. 7 is not the immediate neighbour of 6. Who sits at the extreme right corner of Row II facing north?

a

D

Eight children, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W are seated around a square dining table, all facing towards the centre. Some of them are sitting at the corners while some are sitting at the exact centre of the sides of the table. V is seated at a corner and R is seated at the middle of one of the sides. S is an immediate neighbour of R. Q is seated third to the right of V. There are exactly two children sitting between Q and S. T is an immediate neighbour of both V and P. W is seated second to the left of S. If U is not an immediate neighbour of V, where is R seated?

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a) Fourth to the left of U

b) Third to the right of U

c) To the immediate left of W

d) Third to the right of W

C

• Eight people are sitting in two parallel rows with 4 people each, in such a way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In Row I – V, O, L and E are seated and all of them are facing south. In Row II – P, I, C and T are seated and all of them are facing north. C sits next to the person at the extreme left end of their row and is exactly opposite O. V sits at the extreme left end of their row and is exactly opposite T. E is the immediate neighbour of V and is exactly opposite P. Who sits at the extreme left end of the row of people facing North?
• a) P b) T c) I d) C

B

Eight relatives, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Y are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of four sides, all of them facing the centre of the square. P sits third to the left of V. R is not an immediate neighbour of V. Only one person sits between V and W. S sits second to the right of Q. R is not an immediate neighbour of P. T sits second left of P. Who sits fourth to the right of P?

A) V B) S C) T D) R

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Four males P1, P2, P3 and P4 are sitting in a row facing towards the North and four females A1, A2, A3 and A4 are sitting in a row facing towards the face of these males. P1 and P4 sit at the ends. A3 and P2 are facing each other. A4 is second to the left of A3. P4 is facing A1. A1 and A4 are at the ends. Which of the following statements is correct? I. A4 is facing P1. II. P4 is second to the left of that male who is facing A2.

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a) Only II b) Neither I nor II c) Only I d) Both I and II

c

1. Tom, Dick and Harry are intelligent.

2. Tom, Brown and Jack are hard working.

3. Brown, Harry and Jack are honest.

4. Tom, Dick and Jack are ambitious.

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Which of the following person is neither hard working not ambitious?

(a) Tom (b) Dick (c) Harry (d) Jack

A, B, C, D, E, F and Gare standing in a straight line facing North with equal distances between them, not necessarily in the same order. Each one is pursuing a different profession- actor, reporter, doctor, engineer, lawyer, teacher and painter not necessarily in the same order.

G is fifth to the left of C. The reporter is third to the right of G. F is fifth to the right of A. E is second to the left of B. The engineer is second to the left of D. There are only three people between the engineer and the painter. The doctor is to the immediate left of the engineer. The lawyer is to the immediate right of the teacher.

b

Ex 10 What is A's profession?

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(a) Painter (b) Doctor (c) Teacher (d) Actor

(e) Engineer

d

Which of the following statements is true according to the given arrangement?

(a) F is the teacher.

(b) F is third to the left of E.

(c) The painter is to the immediate left of B.

(d) The lawyer is standing in the exact middle of the arrangement.

(e) None of the given statements is true.

e

What is D's position with respect to the painter?

(a) Third to the left

(b) Second to the right

(c) Fourth to the right

(d) Third to the right

(e) Second to the left

• Direction (1-3): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions

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• Seven Persons – M, N, O, P, Q, R and S – live on separate floors of a seven storeyed building, but not in the same order. The ground floor of the building is numbered 1, the floor above it 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 7.Each person likes different cartoon characters, viz, Chipmnuk, Flinstone, Jetson, Popeye, Scooby Doo, Simpson and Tweety, but not necessarily in the same order. Each person also likes different colours namely viz, Yellow, Orange, Red, Black, Blue, Brown and Purple. More than three persons sit between the one who likes Yellow and the one who likes Orange. The person who likes Popeye lives on floor numbered 4. Only two persons live between P and the one who likes Popeye.

• M does not live on the lowermost floor. M lives on any odd numbered floor below the one who likes Popeye. S lives on an even numbered floor but neither immediately above nor immediately below the floor of M. The person who likes Jetson does not like Yellow. Only two persons live between M and the person who likes Tweety. Only one person lives between N and R. The person who likes Orange lives exactly between the persons who like Brown and Blue. R lives on an even numbered floor and does not like Popeye. Only three persons live between the persons who like Chipmnuk and Jetson respectively. The person who likes Chipmnuk live on any floor above the N’s floor. . The persons who live on the ground floor and the topmost floor don’t like Orange

• The person who likes Chipmnuk does not live on the topmost floor. O does not like Chipmnuk or Jetson. Only two persons live between the one who likes Purple and the one who likes Brown. The person who likes Scooby Doo lives on the floor immediately above the floor of the person who likes Simpson. N does not like neither Purple nor Red

c

Question 1: How many persons live between the floors on which S and P live?

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A. Three B. Two C. Four D. Five E. No one

d

Who among the following lives on the floor immediately above the floor of S?

A. N B. R C. S D. O E. No one

c

Who among the following does like cartoon character Popeye?

A. R B. P C. N D. Q E. S