Seating Arrangements

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Seating Arrangements: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Seating Arrangement, Left and Right Positions in Seating Arrangement, Polygon Seating Arrangement & Triangular Seating Arrangement etc.

Important Questions on Seating Arrangements

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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Z are sitting around a circle and facing towards the centre. R is third to the right of Z who is second to the right of P. S is not an immediate neighbour of Z and R. T is sitting third to the left of S. Q is third to the right of W who is not an immediate neighbour of S.
Who is sitting in front of W?

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P, Q , R, S , T ,V and W are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. R is third to the left of V who is second to the left of T. W is second to the right of P who is not an immediate neighbour of V . S is not an immediate neighbour of W.

Who is second to the right of R?

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There are seven friends - Ajay, Veena, Karishma, Divya, Eram, Fukre and Gyan, in a room and they are watching the movie. They are sitting on three benches I, II and III in such a way that there are at least two of them on each bench and there is at least one girl on a bench. Karishma is a girl and does not sit with Ajay, Eram and Divya. Fukre is a boy, sits with only Veena. Ajay is a boy and sits on bench I. Gyan sits on bench III. Eram is brother of Karishma.

On which bench do three friends sit?

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Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W from two families are taking breakfast around a round table.
Three members are from one family and five belong to other family. Four of them are male members.
T, a male member is sitting second to the right of V, a female member. In all cases R has same position with respect to S, who is second to the left of Q, a female member. S is wife of W and is sitting adjacent to her husband. U is sister of W and is not sitting between V and T. Q is to the immediate left of V. W is sitting to the immediate right of P.

How many persons are sitting between P and Q when we count anticlockwise?

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Eight delegates at a conference are sitting around a rectangular table with three seats on each of the longer sides and one each on the other two smaller sides. The delegates are Prashant, Karan, Rohit, Sagar, Tradip, Usman, Vaibhav, Wasim. Vaibhav and Wasim are sitting opposite to each other, but not at any extreme end of the longer side nor in the single seats on the smaller sides. Tradip is the head of the conference and is seated on one of the smaller sides, opposite to another leading delegate. Usman is sitting to the immediate left of Karan but not on the same side of the table. Prashant is in the same row as Vaibhav and Sagar. Rohit is sitting opposite Prashant and to the immediate right of Tradip.

What is the minimum number of persons seated between Rohit and Sagar?

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8 persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle, facing out side the centre.
D and C are not the neighbour of A. E is sitting second to the left of A and immediate right of B. F is fourth to the right of A. D is sitting third to the right of H and immediate left of C.

Who is third to the left of G?

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Komal, Latika, Meetu, Praveen, Anup, Ritu, Shikha and Tripti are sitting around a square table in such a way that four or them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. Those who sit at the four corners faces outside while those who sit in the middle of the sides face the centre of the table.

Praveen sits third to the right of Shikha. Shikha faces the centre. Anup sits third to the left of Meetu. Meetu does not sit in the middle of the sides. Only one person sits between Anup and Ritu. Ritu is not an immediate neighbour of Meetu. Tripti faces the centre. Komal is not an immediate neighbour of Ritu.

Which of the following pairs represents the persons who sit in the middle of the sides and face to each other?

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There is a group of six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U in a family. They are Contractor, Builder, Engineer, Doctor, Teacher and Clerk. The Teacher is the grandfather of U, who is a Contractor. The Builder S is married to P.R, the Doctor, is married to the Engineer. Q is the father of U and T. There are two married couples in the family. The Contractor is a female while Clerk is a male.

How many male members are there in the family?

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Kamini, Komal, Kavita, Kamya, Kokila, Kashish, Kumkum, Kaveri and Kamna are sitting around a circle facing the center. Komal is fourth to the right of Kaveri and second to the left of Kamini. Kashish is fourth to the left of Kamini and third to the right of Kavita. Kumkum is third to the right of Kamna. Kokila is second to the left of Kamya.

Who is second to the left of Kamna?

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Eight persons form different viz, UCO bank, Syndicate bank, Canara bank, PNB, Dena bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Indian bank and Bank of Maharashtra are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1, A, B, C and D are seated and all of them are facing with south. In row 2, P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessarily represent the order of seating as in the final arrangement) C sits second to right of the person from Bank of Maharashtra. R is an immediate neighbour of the person from Bank of Maharashtra. Only one person sits between R and the person from PNB. Immediate neighbour of the person from PNB faces the person from Canara bank. The person from UCO bank faces the person from Oriental Bank of Commerce. P is not from PNB. P does not face the person from Bank of Maharashtra. Q faces the person from Dena bank. The one who faces S sits to the immediate left of A. B does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. The person from Bank of Maharashtra does not face the person from Syndicate bank

C is from which of the following banks?

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Nine persons, Anuj, Anshul, Deva, Pramod, Smith, Ruchi, Sandy, Sanjeev and Girish are sitting around a circle and facing towards the center. Pramod is sitting between Anshul and Deva. Deva is fifth to the right of Sandy who is second to the right of Anshul who is fifth to the left of Girish. Ruchi is sitting between Smith and Sandy.

Who is second to the right of Deva?

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Six persons Jay, John, Jack, Jordon, Joy, James are sitting in a circular table but not necessarily in the same order. Jay is sitting third to the right of Jack and second to the left of John. James is second to the right of Jay and immediate left of Jack. Joy is third to the right of James and second to the right of Jack. Jordon is fourth to the left of Joy. John is second to the right of James. Jack is second to the left of Jordon.

Who is third to the left of Jack?

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(i) Aman, Arun, Ajay, Amar, Amit, Alok and Ankit are sitting on a wall and all of them are facing east.
(ii) Ajay is on the immediate right of Amar.
(iii) Arun is at an extreme end and has Amit as his neighbour.
(iv) Ankit is between Amit and Alok.
(v) Amar is sitting third from the south end.

Name the person who should interchange his place with Ajay such that he gets the third place from the north end?

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Twelve friends are seated along the two rows - (such that facing each other) A, B, C, D, E and F are seated in first row and facing south. P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated in second row and facing north. Q is on the immediate right of S who is facing A. D is on the immediate right of A. P, F and C are at extreme ends and nobody is seated on the right of F. Only V is seated between P and T and he is not facing B. Q is on the immediate left of R.

Who is facing V?

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Eight friends M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around circular table and belong to eight different states Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala and Maharashtra. They read three Newspapers in Hindi, English and Punjabi. At least two persons read one news paper not necessarily in the same order.
Only P and Q read Hindi Newspaper. P is third to right of Q. M is from Kerala reads English Newspaper and is sitting immediate right of Q. R is from Chandigarh and reads Punjabi Newspaper. T reads the same Newspaper as S reads who is third to left of R and fourth to right of N. O is sitting exact opposite of P who belongs to UP. Persons belongs to Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh read English Newspaper. S is from Haryana while N is from Andhra Pradesh reads English Newspaper. T is from Punjab.

Which of the following is not correct combination?

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

Who is to the immediate right of G?

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In a board meeting seven board members are sitting around a rectangle table. The names of these seven members are Rajni, Rajesh, Ragini, Reshav, Ruchita, Rahul and Raj. One person sit on each smaller side and three persons are sitting on one longer side and two persons are sitting on another longer side. Ragini is sitting 3rd left of Rahul, who is sitting on longer side where two persons are sitting. Reshav is on one smaller side and Raj is third right of Reshav. Rajni is immediate right of Reshav. Ruchita is not near Raj.

Who is sitting between Raj and Rajni?

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Eight persons- P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table facing towards the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Q is sitting third to the left of W. Two persons are sitting between Q and P. R is sitting second to the left of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of W. T and U are immediate neighbours of each other. Only one person is sitting between U and V.

What is the position of V with respect to P?

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In a car exhibition, seven cars of seven different company's viz. Cadillac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti, Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo ware displayed in a row, facing east such that :
(1) Cadillac car was to the immediate right of Fargo.
(2) Fargo was fourth to the right of Fiat.
(3) Maruti car was between Ambassador and Bedford.
(4) Fiat, which was third to the left of Ambassador car, was at one of the ends.

Which of the following groups of cars is to the right of the Ambassador car ?

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Eight friends-A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table not necessarily in the same order. Three of them are facing outside (opposite to the centre) while five are facing the centre. There are equal number of males and females in the group.
C is facing the centre. E is sitting third to the right of C. F is sitting third to the left of E. Three persons are sitting between F and B. The immediate neighbours of B are females. G is sitting third to the right of F. D is sitting third to the right of A. A is not an immediate neighbour of E. The immediate neighbours of E are males and are facing the centre. The immediate neighbours of D are females and face outside. The one sitting third to the left of B is a male. No female is an immediate neighbour of G.

Which of the following statements is true regarding H?