Types of Seating Arrangements

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Types of Seating Arrangements: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Circular Seating Arrangement, Linear Seating Arrangement, Square Seating Arrangement, Parallel Seating Arrangement, Polygon Seating Arrangement, and Triangular Seating Arrangement.

Important Questions on Types of Seating Arrangements

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Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
(i) Eight people E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and L are seated around a square table- two on each side.
(ii) There are three lady members and they are not seated next to each other.
(iii) J is between L and F.
(iv) G is between I and F.
(v) H, a lady member, is second to the left of J.
(vi) F, a male member, is seated opposite of E, a lady member.
(vii) J is not a female member.

How many persons are sitting between K and F?

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In a school, seven students viz. Zeba, Yoyo, X, W, Varun, U and Teena were standing in a row, facing east such that:
1 Zeba is standing to the immediate right of Teena.
2 X who is third to the left of Yoyo, is at one of the ends.
3 W is between Yoyo and U.
4 Teena is fourth to the right of X.

Who are immediate on either sides of the Zeba?

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Aadi, Beli, Carson, Danis, Ela, Fanny, Jaim, Haku and Kane are sitting around a circle facing the centre. Fanny is fourth to the right of Aadi, who is third to the right of Beli. Kane is fourth to the left of Beli and third to the right of Danis. Carson is third to the right of Haku. Ela is second to the left of Jaim.

Who is third to the right to Kane?

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4 boys P, M, C and R and 4 girls E, H, S and A are sitting around a circle table. Two girls and two boys are not facing the centre. No three girls are sitting together.
(i) C is second to the left of S, who is not near to M.
(ii) E is third to the left of A and one of them is not
facing the center.
(iii) P is third to the right of M, who is facing the center.
(iv) H and R are facing each other and both are not near to M and A. H is not near to C

Which of the following groups of 4 students are not facing the center?

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These questions are based on the following information:

4 boys P, M, C and R and 4 girls E, H, S and A are sitting around a circular table. Two girls and two boys are not facing the centre. No three girls are sitting together.
(i) C is second to the left of S, who is not near to M.
(ii) E is third to the left of A and one of them is not facing the center.
(iii) P is third to the right of M, who is facing the center.
(iv) H and R are facing each other and both are not near to M and A. H is not near to C.

How many friends are sitting between S and E?

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Aarti, Baby, Chandni, Dolly, Esha, Falguni, Gopi and Himani 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 one who sits at the four corners face the centre of the table while those who sit in the middle of the sides faces outside. Each of them likes a different subject- Maths, Hindi, English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History and Geography. (None of the information given is necessarily in the same order).Chandni sits third to the left of the person who likes Geography. The one who likes Geography faces outside.There are only two persons sit between Chandni and Himani. Dolly sits on the immediate left of the one who likes Physics. Gopi does not like Physics. Esha likes History. Esha is not immediate neighbour of Aarti. The person who likes Hindi is an immediate neighbour of Esha. The person who likes Biology is an immediate neighbour of Falguni. The one who likes Maths sits in the immediate right of Himani.The one who likes Chemistry sits second to the right of Gopi. G is neither an immediate neighbour of Himani nor Chandni. Gopi does not like Geography. There is only one person sits between Aarti and the one who likes Chemistry.

Which of the following is true regarding Baby?

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Eight persons Sobha, Sandy, Shyam, Ram, Sanju, Sonu, Deepa and Gyan are sitting around a circle and facing at the center. Six persons are male and two persons are female. Sonu is immediate right to a female person. Sanju is second to the left of Shyam who is second to the left of Sobha. Shyam is sitting between Ram and Sandy. Gyan is the neighbour of female person. Shyam is a male person. Sonu is the neighbour of Sanju and no females are neighbour to each-other.

Who is second to the right of Gyan?

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Study the following information to answer the given questions—A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are seated in a circle but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them face the centre while some face outside. D sits third to the left of G. G faces outside. H sits second to left of E. E faces the centre and is not an immediate neighbour of G. Immediate neighbours of H face outside. C sits third to the right of A. A is not an immediate neighbour of D. F sits second to the left of A. G is not an immediate neighbour of A. Immediate neighbours of G face the centre. Immediate neighbours of D face outside.

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their seating positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?

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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?

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Eight persons Sobha, Sandy, Shyam, Ram, Sanju, Sonu, Deepa and Gyan are sitting around a circle and facing at the center. Six persons are male and two persons are female. Sonu is immediate right to a female person. Sanju is second to the left of Shyam who is second to the left of Sobha. Shyam is sitting between Ram and Sandy. Gyan is the neighbour of female person. Shyam is a male person. Sonu is the neighbour of Sanju and no females are neighbour to each-other.

Who is seventh to the left of Deepa?

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A, B, C, D, E, F G, H and K are sitting around a circle facing the centre. B is fourth to the left of G, who is second to the right of C. F is fourth to the right of C and is second to the left of K. A is fourth to the right of K. D is not an immediate neighbour of either K or B. H is third to the right of E.

Who is second to the right of K?

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Nine friends Nikki, Neo, Noman, Naina, Neha, Neeraj, Narendra, Jiya and Jasmin are sitting around the circular table and facing towards the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Nikki is fifth to the right of Neo, who is not the neighbour of Neha. Neeraj is second to the left of Jiya and is third to the right of Noman, who is not the neighbour of Neo and Nikki. Jasmin is third to the right of Narendra. Neha is a neighbour of Jiya and Nikki.

Who is/are the neighbour(s) of Jasmin?

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The question below consists of a question, followed by two statements numbered I and II. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give the answer.

Who is sitting in the middle of the linear sitting arrangement of A, B, C, D, and E?

I. B is to the right of C, who is second from the left .
II. A is sitting to the left of C, who is D's neighbour.

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In a line of students, Madhukar is on 15th position from right and Dhirendra is on 18th position from left. When they both interchange their positions then Madhukar is in 20th position from right. What will be the position of Dhirendra from the left?

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In a row of five persons, A is next to B. E is on the right side of A who has D on his left side. C and B do not sit together. Who are sitting on the two ends of the row?

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Eight players A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, out of whom one is a Archer, swimmer, boxer, wrestler, hockey player, football player, chess player and a tennis player( but not necessarily in the same order) are sitting around a circular table facing the centre.
D who is a football player sits third to right of H. The swimmer and the tennis player are sitting next to each other. Neither the swimmer nor the tennis player is sitting next to either H or D. The Archer is neither H nor G. Chess player and the Archer are immediate neighbours of each other. The hockey player E sits second to the left of swimmer. The chess player is neither F nor sitting next to F. Only C sits between the swimmer and the wrestler. Archer sits third to the left of A.

Who amongst the following sits exactly between E and B?

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A group of four boys each is sitting at the corners of a square and four girls each is sitting at the midpoints of the sides. All are facing the centre. Mathur is sitting diagonally opposite to Bose who is Geetha's right. Roy is next to Geetha and opposite to Gopi, who is on Usha's left. Seema is not Mathur's right but opposite to prema. Who is opposite to Usha?

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Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, W, X and Z are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them belongs to a different profession viz. Engineer, Architect, Dancer, Teacher, Lawyer, Manager, Actor and Doctor.
T sits third to right of the Doctor. Only two people sit between the Doctor and Z. Teacher and the Architect are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither T nor Z is a Teacher or an Architect. Teacher is not an immediate neighbour of the Doctor. Engineer sits second to left of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of Z. The Engineer is an immediate neighbour of both Manager and the Actor. Actor sits third to right of R. R is not the Teacher. X sits to the immediate right of the Dancer. T is not the Dancer. Q is not an immediate neighbour of T. W is not an immediate neighbour of the Engineer.

Which of the following is R's profession?

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Of the six members of a panel sitting in a row facing in the south direction, X is to the left of Q but to the right of P. Y is to the right of Q but to the left of Z. Z is to the left of R. Find the members who are at the extreme end.

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Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
Six friends Ram, Sita, Sohan, Raj, Geeta and Reena are sitting in a circular table facing the centre. Raj is second to the right of Sohan and third to the left of Geeta. Sohan is not immediately neighbour of Ram and Reena. Raj is immediate neighbour of Ram and Sita.
Who is the immediate neighbour of "Sohan"?