Circular Arrangement
Circular Arrangement: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Even Number of Persons in Circular Arrangement, Odd Number of Persons in Circular Arrangement, Vacant Seats in Circular Arrangement, Unknown Number of Persons in Circular Arrangement, etc.
Important Questions on Circular Arrangement
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Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W are seated around a circular table facing the centre. There are three lady members, and they are not seated next to each other.
U is between P and Q. P and Q are not lady members. Q is third to the left of W. T is third to the right of W who is not a lady member. V who is a lady member is not an immediate neighbour of T. T is not a lady member. U is a lady member.
Which of the following person sits second to the right of P?

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Seven employees Shaikh, Tej, Vijay, Jai, Ambani, Mala and Boss are sitting in a circle and facing the centre. Jai is sitting three place right of Boss who is sitting one place right of Shaikh. Vijay forms an angle of 90 degree from Ambani and an angle of 120 degree from Mala. Mala is just opposite to Tej and is sitting just on the left of Ambani. Only Jai is between Vijay and Ambani.
Who is sitting third to the right of Tej?

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Seven children Zee, Yippee, Xon, Won, Vicky, Uma and Twish are sitting around a circle and facing towards the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Twish is to the immediate right of Won and second to the left of Yippee. Zee is third to the left of Won. Zee and Xon are immediate neighbours of each other. Vicky and Yippee are not immediate neighbours of Uma.
What is the position of Zee with respect to Twish?

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Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a round table facing towards the centre of the table in a restaurant. They have ordered for different items (Pizza, Strawberry, Vanilla, Burger, Pastries and Patties) as their lunch. They are wearing T-shirts of different colours, i.e. white, black, green, red, yellow and blue. Order of items for the lunch and colours of T-shirts are not necessarily according to the order of their names.
I. The persons who have ordered for Pizza, Vanilla and Pastries are neither in white T-shirt nor in black.
II. The persons who are in green and yellow T-shirts have neither ordered for Pizza nor for Vanilla.
III. A is neither in a white T-shirt nor on the immediate left of the person who has ordered for Burger.
IV. The only person who is between E and F eats Strawberry. The person who is on the left side of the person in the white T-shirt does not eat Patties.
V. D has ordered a Burger and the colour of his T-shirt is green. He is facing the person who has ordered Strawberry.
VI. One who has ordered for Pizza is seated opposite the person wearing a blue T-shirt, while the person whose T-shirt is of green colour is on the left of the person who has ordered for Pastries.
VII. One who has ordered for Patties is on the immediate right of the person in a white T-shirt but on the immediate left of the person who has ordered for Vanilla.
VIII. C has not ordered for Vanilla while F has not ordered for Pizza.
The only person, who is between E and D, is wearing a T-shirt of the colour:

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Eight friends Albert, Hawkins, Federal, Nicotine, Martin, Edward, Luther and Alice are sitting around a circle facing towards the centre. Four out of the eight friends drive a ship while four drive an airplane. No two friends who drive a ship are immediate neighbours of each other. Albert, who drives a ship sits third to left of Alice. Luther, who drives an airplane sits second to right of Martin. Edward and Federal are immediate neighbours of each other. Edward does not drive a ship. Hawkins is an immediate neighbour of Edward but not of Alice.
In which of the following pairs do both the members drive an airplane?

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Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a round table facing towards the centre of the table in a restaurant. They have ordered for different items (Pizza, Strawberry, Vanilla, Burger, Pastries and Patties) as their lunch. They are wearing T-shirts of different colours, i.e. white, black, green, red, yellow and blue. Order of items for the lunch and colours of T-shirts are not necessarily according to the order of their names.
I. The persons who have ordered for Pizza, Vanilla and Pastries are neither in white T-shirt nor in black.
II. The persons who are in green and yellow T-shirts have neither ordered for Pizza nor for Vanilla.
III. A is neither in a white T-shirt nor on the immediate left of the person who has ordered for Burger.
IV. The only person who is between E and F eats Strawberry. The person who is on the left side of the person in white T-shirt does not eat Patties.
V. D has ordered Burger and the colour of his T-shirt is green. He is facing the person who has ordered for Strawberry.
VI. One who has ordered for Pizza is seated opposite to the person wearing a blue T-shirt, while the person whose T-shirt is of green colour is on the left of the person who has ordered for Pastries.
VII. One who has ordered for Patties is on the immediate right of the person in white T-shirt but on the immediate left of the person who has ordered for Vanilla.
VIII. C has not ordered for Vanilla while F has not ordered for Pizza.
The colour of the T-shirt of the person, who has ordered for Patties, is:

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Seven employees Shaikh, Tej, Vijay, Jai, Ambani, Mala and Boss are sitting in a circle and facing the centre. Jai is sitting three place right of Boss who is sitting one place right of Shaikh. Vijay forms an angle of 90 degree from Ambani and an angle of 120 degree from Mala. Mala is just opposite to Tej and is sitting just on the left of Ambani. Only Jai is between Vijay and Ambani.
What is the position of Shaikh with respect to Vijay?

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Eight friends Ruchit, Jyo, Sumit, Pratibha, Nikhil, Deepika, Sonal and Jai are sitting around a campfire in a jungle.
(1) Ruchit is sitting 3rd to right of Sonal who is third to right of Sumit.
(2) Jyo is second to left of Nikhil and third to right of Jai.
(3) Pratibha sits in front of Nikhil.
(4) Deepika sits between Sonal and Nikhil.
All the eight friends are sitting in a way that they sit next to their partners. If Jyo and Sumit are a couple then who among them are not a couple?

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Eight friends L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting in a circular table but not necessarily in the same sequence. In which three facing outside while five facing inside the circle. In which female and male are equal.
'N' is facing the centre. 'P' is sitting third to the right of 'N'. 'Q' is sitting third to the left of 'P'. Three persons are seated between 'Q' and 'M'. Both the side of 'M' are females. 'R' is sitting third to the right of 'Q'. 'O' is sitting third to the right of 'L'. 'L' is not the neighbour of 'P'. 'P''s neighbours are male, 'O''s neighbours are female, and they are facing towards the outside the centre. The person who is sitting third to the left of 'M' is male. Neighbour of 'R' is not a female.
Who is immediate neighbour of S?

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Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are seated around a circular table facing the center. There are three lady members and they are not seated next to each other.
U is between P and Q who are not lady members. Q is third to the left of W. T is third to the right of W who is not lady member. V who is a lady member is not immediate neighbour of T. T is not a lady member.
Who among the following is/are seated between W and R ?

The following diagram shows the distribution of population in an apartment building as per the profession of its residents.
Which of the following is/are correct?

Six friends are sitting around a circle facing the centre. Dola is between Punit and Piu and Dola is immediately right to Punit. Punit and Meera are opposite to each other. Priya is between Meera and Raj. Who is opposite to Piu?

Eight friends Abha, Bani, Aadi, Sachi, Bela, Alka, Sahej and Alia are sitting in a circle facing the centre, Abha, who is sitting between Sachi and Alka, is just opposite to Bani. Aadi, who is sitting between Sahej and Alka is second to the left of Abha and second to the rightft of Bani. Alia is sitting second to the right of Sachi. Who is sitting immediately to the left of Alia?

B, D, F, H, K, W, M and T are sitting around a circle facing the centre.
F is third to the left of D, who is second to the left of H.
B is fourth to the right of H.
K is third to the right of M, who is not an immediate neighbour of F.
T is not an immediate neighbour of B or D.
Now, B and K, D and H mutually interchange their positions. Who is sitting between B and D in the new arrangement?

Six friends are sitting in a circle facing the centre. Sneha is sitting opposite to Vaibhav. Kavya is sitting to the right of Vaibhav but to the left of Kriti. Monika is sitting to the left of Vaibhav. Priya is sitting to the right of Sneha and to the left of Monika. Who will be sitting opposite to Monika ?

Eight friends and are sitting in a circle facing the centre, , who is sitting between and , is just opposite to . , who is sitting between and is second to the right of and second to the left of . is sitting second to the left of . Who are the two friends sitting immediately to the right of ?

Six friends are sitting around a circle facing the centre. Deepa is between Pratik and Pankaj. Priti is between Mohit and Rohit. Deepa is immediately right to Pratik. Pratik and Mohit are opposite to each other. Who is opposite to Priti?

What is the minimum distance between the persons who are fans of Hero-6 and Hero-1?

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Eight persons are sitting on a circular table facing inside. The persons belong to different colleges viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H and different cities viz P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W but not necessarily in this order. Each person scores different marks in a test viz 2, 5, 8, 10, 14, 21, 24 and 26 not necessarily in this order.
Difference between the marks scored by the persons who are the immediate neighbours of the person from city P is less than 10. Two persons sit between the persons who are from city P and R. Person from city Q went to college C and scored 21 marks. Person from city S got 10 marks but he is not from college C. Person from college D is from city P and scored marks greater than 2 but less than 10. Person from college E and city T scored the maximum marks. Persons who scored the maximum and minimum marks are immediate neighbours. Person from city U and V doesn’t score 2 and 14 marks respectively. Persons from colleges A and B are not the immediate neighbours. Person from city U doesn’t go to college F. Person from college A is from city R and sitting opposite to person from college E. Person sitting to the left of person from city A got 6 more marks than the person sitting to his right. Neighbours of person from city R does not score marks in the multiple of 3. Person sitting third from the right of the person who is from college C goes to college G and belongs to city V.
Calculate the sum of marks obtained by the immediate neighbours of person from city V?

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Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing away from the centre. Each of them has a different height- 15 m, 32 m, 39 m, 48 m, 49 m, 52 m, 59 m and 85 m. but not necessarily in the same order.
A sits third to the left of the one who is tallest. Only two people sit between the tallest and H. The one who is the second shortest and 49 m tall are not immediate neighbours. Neither A nor H is the second shortest or 49 m. The one who is 49 m tall is not an immediate neighbour of the tallest one. The one who is the tallest sits second to the right of E. E is not an immediate neighbour of H. The one who is the tallest is an immediate neighbour of both the fourth shortest and the third tallest. The one who is the second tallest sits second to the left of B. B is not the one who is 49 m. C sits to the immediate left of the one who is 39 m tall. A is not the one who is 39 m tall. F is not an immediate neighbour of E. G is not an immediate neighbour of B and D is between F and G. The one who is the third tallest is not an immediate neighbour of E.
Who is the tallest one ?
