Seating Arrangements

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Seating Arrangements: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Seating Arrangement, Left and Right Positions in Seating Arrangement, Clockwise and Anticlockwise Directions in Seating Arrangement, Towards and Away from Center in Seating Arrangement, Visualizing the Written Information of Seating Arrangement, Using Direct Information to Solve Seating Arrangement, Using Indirect Information to Solve Seating Arrangement, Eliminating the Wrong Choices in Seating Arrangement, Circular Seating Arrangement, Linear Seating Arrangement, Square Seating Arrangement, Parallel Seating Arrangement, Polygon Seating Arrangement & Triangular Seating Arrangement etc.

Important Questions on Seating Arrangements

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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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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
i Eleven students, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K, are sitting in the first row of the class facing the teacher.

ii D who is to the immediate left of F is second to the right of C.

iii A is the second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.

iv J is the neighbour of A and B and third to the left of G.

v H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I.

If E and D, C and B, A and H and K and F interchange their positions, which of the following pairs of students is sitting at the extreme ends ?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven persons i.e. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V of different ages i.e. 6, 15, 19, 23, 30, 45, 60 years are sitting in a circular table facing towards center.
Note-No two consecutive letters are in alphabetical order. Person's age must not be a factor or a multiple of sum of the ages of their immediate neighbours.
R sits immediate right of the person whose age is 15. One person sits between T and R (either left or right). One person sits between P and the person whose age is 6 (either left or right). Age of T is twice the age of the person who sits 2nd to the right of T. Difference between the age of the immediate neighbours of V is more than 14. Age of U must not be multiple of 10. Sum of the ages of immediate neighbours of R is 34. Q is younger than P.

What is the age of Q?

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In a row of 40 children, A is 13th from the left end and B is 9th from the right end. How many children are there between A and C, if C is 4th to the left of B?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

A, D, E, F, H, J and K are sitting on a straight table facing towards south. D sits fourth to the right of A. E sits at the left end of the table. Five persons sit between E and K. J sits third to the left of K and F does not sit immediate to D.

What is the position of F with respect to H?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

A, D, E, F, H, J and K are sitting on a straight table facing towards south. D sits fourth to the right of A. E sits at the left end of the table. Five persons sit between E and K. J sits third to the left of K and F does not sit immediate to D.

Three of the following four pairs are alike in a certain way based on their positions and so formed a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

A, D, E, F, H, J and K are sitting on a straight table facing towards south. D sits fourth to the right of A. E sits at the left end of the table. Five persons sit between E and K. J sits third to the left of K and F does not sit immediate to D.

How many persons sit between A and H?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

A, D, E, F, H, J and K are sitting on a straight table facing towards south. D sits fourth to the right of A. E sits at the left end of the table. Five persons sit between E and K. J sits third to the left of K. and F does not sit immediate to D.

Which of the following person sits exactly at the middle of the row?

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Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a circle facing towards the centre.

i) F is 2nd to the right of G.

ii) B is neighbour of F but not of E.

iii) E is 4th to the right of G and E is the neighbour of C.

iv) D is sitting between E and A.

Who are the neighbours of F?

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Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a circle facing towards the centre.

i) F is 2nd to the right of G.

ii) B is neighbour of F but not of E.

iii) E is 4th to the right of G and E is the neighbour of C.

iv) D is sitting between E and A.

Who is sitting to the left of G?

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Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a circle facing towards the centre.

i) F is 2nd to the right of G.

ii) B is neighbour of F but not of E.

iii) E is 4th to the right of G and E is the neighbour of C.

iv) D is sitting between E and A.

Who is fourth to the left of G?

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Three persons A, B, and C are standing in a queue. There are 5 persons in between A and B and 8 persons between B and C. If there are 3 persons ahead of C and 27 persons behind A, what would be the minimum number in the queue.

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Six students are sitting in a row. A is sitting between B and C. B is sitting next to E. E is sitting next to O. Who is sitting on the extreme left and D is sitting next to C. Find the two students Who are sitting adjacent to B?

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A, B, C, D and E are sitting on a bench. A is sitting next to B, C is sitting next to D, D is not sitting next to E, who is sitting on the left end of the bench. C is on the second position from the right. A is to the right of B and E. Counting from the left, in which position is A sitting?

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Five friends E, F, G, H and I are sitting around the pentagonal table each at one corner and are facing the centre of the pentagonal. E is second to the left of H. I is neighbour of E and F. Which of the following are the neighbours of G?

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In a row of 40 boys, Subham is at tenth position to the right of Rishav and Pankaj is at tenth position to the left of Vimal. Rishav is at second position from the left and there were five boys between Pankaj and Subham. Pankaj is sitting to the right of Subham. What was the position of Vimal in the row?

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Five girls are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Seema is to the left of Rani and to the right of Bindu. Mary is to the right of Rani. Reeta is between Rani and Mary. Who is sitting in the middle in the photograph?

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Six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around the hexagonal table each at one corner and are facing the centre of the hexagonal. P is second to the left of U. Q is neighbour of R and S. T is second to the left of S. Who is sitting opposite to U?

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Answer the questions based on the following information.

Six plays A, B, C, D, E and F are to be staged, one on each day starting from Monday to Saturday. The schedule of plays is to be in accordance with the following.

i A must be staged a day before E.

ii C must be staged on Saturday.

iii B must be staged on the day following the day on which F is staged.

iv D must be staged on Friday only and should not be immediately preceded by B.

Which of the following is the schedule of plays, with the order of their staging from Monday to Saturday?

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Answer the questions based on the following information.

Six plays A, B, C, D, E and F are to be staged, one on each day starting from Monday to Saturday. The schedule of plays is to be in accordance with the following.

i A must be staged a day before E.

ii C must be staged on Saturday.

iii B must be staged on the day following the day on which F is staged.

iv D must be staged on Friday only and should not be immediately preceded by B.

Which of the following plays immediately followsD ?