SEATING ARRANGEMENT

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TYPES OF SEATING ARRANGEMENT
1) CIRCULAR Seating Arrangement
2) LINEAR Seating Arrangement
3) RECTANGULAR Seating Arrangement
4) BLOOD RELATION BASED Seating Arrangement
5) MISCELLANEOUS Seating Arrangement
 Direction (1-5): Study the following information
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26 carefully and answer the given questions.
Six persons i.e. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting
around a triangular table. Three of them are
sitting at the corner and three of them are sitting
at the middle of the sides of the table but not
necessarily in the same order. Some of them are
facing inside and some of them are facing outside
the table.
B sits second to the right of D who sits at the
corner of the table. E sits to the immediate right
of B who faces inside the table. One person sits
between E and C who doesn’t sit to the
immediate left of B. A sits to the immediate right
of C. Not more than two persons sit together who
face same direction. F doesn’t sit adjacent to A. E
faces same direction as D.
1. Who amongst the following persons face outside the
table?
A. B, C and F
B. A, C and F
C. B, D and E
D. A, B and C
Ans. B
2. Who amongst the following person sits second to the
left of A?
A. B
B. F
C. D
D. E
Ans. C
3. How many persons sit between D and F when counted
from the left of D?
A. Three
B. Two
C. One
D. Four
Ans. D
4. Which amongst the following pair sit opposite to each
other?
A. A, D
B. B, E
C. D, E
D. F, C
Ans. C
5. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way
and hence form a group. Which is the one that doesn’t
belong to that group?
A. F, B
B. A, E
C. D, F
D. E, F
Ans. D
 Direction (6-10): Study the following
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26 information carefully and answer the given
questions.
Six persons i.e. M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting
around a triangular table. Three of them are
sitting at the corner and three of them are
sitting at the middle of the sides of the table
but not necessarily in the same order. Some of
them are facing inside and some of them are
facing outside the table.
O sits to the immediate right of R who faces
inside the table. M sits second to the right of O
but not adjacent to R. N sits to the immediate
right of M and opposite to Q. P doesn’t sit at
the middle of the side. Q and N face same
direction as P who face opposite to O.
6. Who amongst the following person sits second to the
right of Q?
A. O
B. M
C. P
D. R
Ans. B
7. How many persons face outside the table?
A. Three
B. One
C. Four
D. Two
Ans. C
8. What is the position of O with respect to P?
A. Second to the left
B. Third to the left
C. Second to the right
D. Immediate left
Ans. B
9. How many persons sit between P and M when counted
from the left of M?
A. Two
B. Three
C. None
D. One
Ans. C
10. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way
and hence form a group. Which is the one that doesn’t
belong to that group?
A. Q, R
B. M, N
C. R, O
D. P, R
Ans. D
Direction: (11–15) Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.
P, Q, R, S, T, U ,V and W 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. The ones who
sit at the four corners face out side from the centre while those who sit in the middle of the
sides face the centre of the table. Each of them going to visit different hill station in india
viz—Kullu, Manali, Shimla, Katra, Gulmarg, Leh, Lonavala and Mount Abu,but not necessarily
in the same order.
The one who is going to visit Katra is an immediate neighbour of U. The one who is going to
visit Manali is an immediate neighbour of T. T is not an immediate neighbor of P. T is going to
visit Lonavala. V is not going to visit either Leh or Mount Abu. S sits to the immediate right of
the one who is going to visit Leh. Only one person sits between P and the one who is going to
visit Gulmarg. The one who is going to visit Gulmarg sits second to the left of V. V is neither
an immediate neigbour of R nor W. The one who is going to visit Kullu sits to the immediate
left of W. Only two people sits between R and W. The one who is going to visit Mount Abu
face the centre. R sits third to the right of the one who is going to visit Mount Abu.
11. Who amongst the following sits diagonally opposite
the one who is going to visit Kullu ?

A. The one who is going visit Manali.

B. S
C. P
D. The one who is going to visit Shimla.
Ans. A
12. Who amongst the following represents the immediate
neighbour of the one is going to visit Gulmarg ?

A. Q, U
B. R, T
C. Q, T
D. S, U
Ans. C
13. Who amongst the following sits exactly between Q
and W ?

A. R
B. The one who is going to visit Manali
C. The one who is going to visit Shimla
D. More than one of the above
Ans. B
14. Which of the following is true regarding Q ?

A. Q is one of the immediate neighbour of S.

B. U is an immediate neighbour of Q.
C. Q sits second to the right of W.
D. None of these
Ans. D
15. What is the position of the one who is going to visit
Leh with respect to V ?

A. Second to the right

B. Third to the left
C. Fourth to the right
D. Third to the right
Ans. D
Direction (16 – 20) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions below.
Seven members from same family B, D, G, L, M, Q and V are sitting in a linear row facing
north. G sits third from the extreme end. G’s mother sits second to the right of G. M is an
immediate neighbor of G’s Mother. There are two persons between M and B. G’s wife sits to
the immediate right of B. There is only one person sitting between G’s wife and D’s father.
The number of people sitting to the left of D is same as the number of people sitting to the
right of G’s wife. There are two persons sits between Q and L. M is B’s grandfather. Q sits to
the left of L. L’s daughter sits to the immediate right of L. V is the only son of D. B is a male
person.
16. How Q is related to the person sitting immediate left
of M?
A. Wife B. Husband
C. Sister-in-law D. Mother
Ans. A
17. How many granddaughters does M have?
A. One B. Two
C. Three D. None
Ans. D
18. If D is married to J, then how J is related to the person
sitting 2nd to the left of his/her son?
A. Daughter – In – law B. Son
C. Brother D. Son – In – law
Ans. D
19. How many people sits between D and the one who
sits immediate right of his/her nephew?
A. Two B. Four
C. Three D. More than Three
Ans. C
20. Who sits second to the left of L’s husband?
A. The one who is immediate left of B
B. D C. B’s Father
D. The one who is third to the left of G’s Mother
Ans. D
Direction (21 – 25) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions.
Eight family members A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight row facing north
but not necessarily in the same order. In the family, there are three couples and each of
them has either one or two children.
B is not sitting at the extreme end of the row. F is G’s granddaughter and is sitting to the
immediate right of C. E is an immediate neighbour of A. Only two persons are sitting to
the right of A’s father. A is sitting to the immediate left of his father. D is the mother of C.
F is the immediate neighbour of A’s sister. Two persons are sitting between A, who is the
brother of C and B, who is the son of C and E. D is sitting second to the left of her
daughter-in-law. Two persons are sitting between G and H.
21. How many male members are there in the family?
A. 5
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
Ans. C
22. What is the position of G’s wife with respect to C’s
Husband?
A. Immediate Right B. Third to the right
C. Second to the left D. Third to the left
Ans. D
23. Who is sitting between H and A?
A. Son of D. B. A’s brother.
C. C’s wife. D. B’s father.
Ans. D
24. Who among the following sit at the extreme ends of
one row?
A. D and C B. A and B
C. D and F D. F and E
Ans. C
25. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way
based on the given seating arrangement and hence form
a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that
group?
A. D – H B. G - E
C. A – C D. B - E
Ans. B
Direction (26 – 30) : Study the information given below and answer the questions based on
it.
There are eight persons in a family M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T sitting around a circular table
facing the center. Among them there are three teachers, two bankers, two pilots and one
writer. Each person has only one profession. There are three married couples in the family
and no unmarried female. Three generations are there in the family.
P has two children. S and T are children of Q and O respectively. R is the wife of P and mother
of N and M. O is female but not wife of M, who is male. S, grandson of P, sits exactly between
O and M and only Q sits exactly between N and R. Only one person sit between O and N but
he is not T. N is not the immediate neighbor of S, who does not sit opposite to P. N does not
sit opposite to a female. One of the sons of P is one the immediate left of P. The person who
is on the immediate left of S and the person who is on immediate right of N are not teachers.
The immediate neighbours of Q are neither banker nor teacher. T is a writer.
26. Who among the following are immediate neighbours
of T?
A. M and S B. M and R
C. O and N D. Can’t be determined
Ans. B
27. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
A. S is grandson of R
B. M is aunt of T
C. S is to the immediate left of his mother
D. Sister-in-law of N is a pilot
Ans. A
28. Which of the following two females sit adjacent to
each other in the arrangement?
A. R and Q B. O and R
C. M and T D. O and Q
Ans. A
29. Which of the following is a group of Teachers?
A. Q, S, M B. N, S, O
C. R, Q, M D. M, N, R
Ans. A
30. Who among the following sits exactly between P and
Q?
A. Pilot B. Writer
C. Banker D. None of these
Ans. A
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26 Eight members of a family with three
generations are sitting around a circular
table facing the centre. The members are M,
N, O, P, Q, R, S and T. There are three
married couples in the family with one
couple has two sons, one has two daughters
and one has no child. The only males in the
family are N, P and Q. No two males are
sitting adjacent to each other.
Both the sons of O are married. R, the
grandchild of N is sitting to the immediate
left of Q. M’s daughter S is sitting opposite to
her aunt T. T is sitting second to the left of Q.
P is sitting to the immediate right of his wife.
M does not have a female neighbour.
31. Who is the Mother of R?
A. M B. T
C. S D. O
Ans. A
32. How many persons are sitting between Q
and S when counted from Q in anti-clockwise
direction?
A. None B. One
C. Two D. Three
Ans. B
33. Who is sitting opposite to the sister of
S?
A. M B. O
C. N D. P
Ans. C
34. Who among the following is not
married?
A. O B. T
C. Q D. None of these
Ans. D
35. What is position of O with respect to T?
A. Second to right B. Third to the right
C. Second to the left D. Third to the left
Ans. B
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