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Seating Arrangement

The seating arrangement is the logical arrangement of either objects or people in a logical manner. One has to either perform the arrangement to answer the questions or decode the predefined arrangement by applying the logical analysis.

when a piece of information is given about a group of people and the manner in which they are seated, such an arrangement is called a seating arrangement. This may be a straight line, circular, rectangle, or any other arrangement in which people or things are placed.

ARRANGEMENTS

Seating arrangement is arranging people in their perspective position based on the data specified in the given question. Arrangements can be made in any form like row, circle, triangle, square, rectangle etc. The position can be inferred by the direction and that directions deter- mine the types of seating arrangement

  1. Linear Arrangement
  2. Circular Arrangement
  3. Rectangular / Square Arrangement
  4. Hexagonal Arrangement
  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight friends 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 the four sides. The ones who sit at the four corners face the centre while those who sit in the middle of the sides face outside. P, who faces the centre, sits third to the right of V. T, who faces the centre, is not an immediate neighbour of V. Only one person sits between V and W. S sits second to the right of Q. Q faces the centre. R is not an immediate neighbour of P.

Who sits second to the left of Q?

A) P
B) T
C) V
D) Y


Correct Answer: a
  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight friends 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 the four sides. The ones who sit at the four corners face the centre while those who sit in the middle of the sides face outside. P, who faces the centre, sits third to the right of V. T, who faces the centre, is not an immediate neighbour of V. Only one person sits between V and W. S sits second to the right of Q. Q faces the centre. R is not an immediate neighbour of P.

Which of the following is true regarding R?

A) R faces the centre
B) R sits exactly between T and S
C) R is an immediate neighbour of V
D) Q sits third to left of R


Correct Answer: b

R sits exactly between T and S

  1. Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Ten friends are sitting on twelve seats in two parallel rows containing five people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In Row 1: A, B, C, D and E are seated and all of them are facing south, and in Row 2: P, Q, R, S and T are sitting and all of them are facing north. One seat is vacant in each row. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement eachmember seated in a row faces another member of the other row.

All of them like different colours – Red, Green, Black, Yellow, White, Blue, Brown, Purple, Pink and Grey, but not necessarily in the same order.

There are two seats between Q and the vacant seat. Q does not like White, Red and Purple. E is not an immediate neighbour of C. B likes Grey. Vacant seat of row 1 is not opposite to S and is also not at any of the extreme ends of Row-1.The one who likes Black sits opposite to the one, who sits third to the right of the seat, which is opposite to S. C is not an immediate neighbor of D. T, who likes neither White nor Blue, does not face vacant seat. D faces R. The vacant seats are not opposite to each other. Two seats are there between C and B, who sits third right of the seat, on which the person who likes Brown is sitting. S sits third to the right of seat on which R sits and likes Yellow. The one who likes Pink faces the one who likes Yellow. The persons who like Red and Purple are adjacent to each other. The vacant seat in row 1 is not adjacent to D.Q sits at one of the extreme ends. E neither likes Pink nor faces the seat which is adjacent to the one who likes Blue. The one who likes White is not to the immediate right of the one who likes Yellow. The person who likes Green doesn’t face the person who likes Purple.

How many people are sitting between T and the one who likes the yellow colour?

A) One
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three


Correct Answer: b

Arrangement:

E(red)—–D(purple)—B(grey)—- A(pink)——C(brown)

T(green)–R(black)—-P(white)—-S(yellow)—Q(blue)

  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Six athletes Anu, Benny, Chandru, Dolly, Esha, and Furpreet compete in a race. The outcomes are as follows :

Exactly 2 swimmers finish ahead of Benn
Only two swimmers separate Esha & Dolly.
Anu is behind Dolly & Esha.
Benny is ahead of Esha, with one swimmer intervening.
Furpreet is ahead of Dolly.

Who stood third in the race?

A) Anu
B) Benny
C) Chandru
D) Dolly


Correct Answer: b

From clue 1:

_ _ B _ _ __

From clue 4:

_ _ B _ E _

From clue 3:

_ _ B __ E A

From clue 2:

_ D B _ E A

From clue 5:

F D B __ E A

Left over person is C.

F D B C E A

It can be clearly seen from the layout, Benny stood 3rd in the race.

  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Six athletes Anu, Benny, Chandru, Dolly, Esha, and Furpreet compete in a race. The outcomes are as follows :

Exactly 2 swimmers finish ahead of Benny
Only two swimmers separate Esha & Dolly.
Anu is behind Dolly & Esha.
Benny is ahead of Esha, with one swimmer intervening.
Furpreet is ahead of Dolly.

How many swimmers separate Furpreet and Benny?

A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four


Correct Answer: a

As we have even number of participants, we cannot have anyone in the middle position.

  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Priya, Qureshi, Ravi, Seema, Tina, Upasna, Vijay and Wahadutt are sitting in a circular table and are facing the center. Study the information given below:

Priya is second to the right of Tina, who is the neighbour of Ravi and Vijay.
Seema is not the neighbour of Priya.
Vijay is the neighbour of Upasna.
Qureshi is not between Seema and Wahadutt.
Wahadutt is not between Upasna and Seema.

Which of the following options represents neighbours?

A) Ravi & Vijay
B) Upasna & Tina
C) Ravi & Priya
D) Upasna & Wahadutt


Correct Answer: c

Ravi and Priya are neighbours in both the possible layouts. Hence, option 3 is the answer.

  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Priya, Qureshi, Ravi, Seema, Tina, Upasna, Vijay and Wahadutt are sitting in a circular table and are facing the center. Study the information given below:

Priya is second to the right of Tina, who is the neighbour of Ravi and Vijay.
Seema is not the neighbour of Priya.
Vijay is the neighbour of Upasna.
Qureshi is not between Seema and Wahadutt.
Wahadutt is not between Upasna and Seema.

Which of the following is true?

A) Priya is to the immediate right of Qureshi
B) Ravi is between Upasna and Vijay
C) Qureshi is to the immediate left of Wahadutt
D) Upasna is between Wahadutt and Seema


Correct Answer: c

In the 1st possible arrangement, Qureshi is to the immediate left of Wahadutt

  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Priya, Qureshi, Ravi, Seema, Tina, Upasna, Vijay and Wahadutt are sitting in a circular table and are facing the center. Study the information given below:

Priya is second to the right of Tina, who is the neighbour of Ravi and Vijay.
Seema is not the neighbour of Priya.
Vijay is the neighbour of Upasna.
Qureshi is not between Seema and Wahadutt.
Wahadutt is not between Upasna and Seema.

What is the position of Vijay?

A. Between Upasna and Tina
B. Second to the right of Priya
C. To the immediate right of Wahadutt
D. Data inadequate


Correct Answer: a

Between Upasna and Tina. As it is seen clearly from the image, Vijay sits between Upasna and Tina

  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Priya, Qureshi, Ravi, Seema, Tina, Upasna, Vijay and Wahadutt are sitting in a circular table and are facing the center. Study the information given below:

Priya is second to the right of Tina, who is the neighbour of Ravi and Vijay.
Seema is not the neighbour of Priya.
Vijay is the neighbour of Upasna.
Qureshi is not between Seema and Wahadutt.
Wahadutt is not between Upasna and Seema.

Which of the following pair is sitting adjacent to each other?

A) Qureshi & Vijay
B) Tina & Seema
C) Priya & Ravi
D) Upasna & Wahadutt


Correct Answer: c

In both the arrangements, it can be seen from the arrangement that, Priya and Ravi sit adjacent to each other.

  1. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Four boys are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Shekar is to the left of Ramesh. Manish is to the right of Raju. Raju is between Ramesh and Manish.

Who would be second from the left?

A) Manish
B) Raju
C) Ramesh
D) Shekar


Correct Answer: c

Manish Raju Ramesh Shekar is the correct Arrangement.