Seating Arrangements
Seating Arrangements: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Using Direct Information to Solve Seating Arrangement, Circular Seating Arrangement, Linear Seating Arrangement and Triangular Seating Arrangement etc.
Important Questions on Seating Arrangements
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Eight rooms P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are located adjacent to one another in two different rows with four in each row.
Doors of the rooms of one row open in front of the doors of the rooms of another row. No room of consecutive letters is adjacent or opposite to each other. P and Q are the rooms located at the end of two different rows. R is just left of T and is located in the same row in which P is located. U is just left of Q.
Which room is diagonally opposite to S?

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Seven persons -Q,R,S,T,U, V and W - are seated in a straight line facing north but not necessarily in the same order. R is fourth to the left of W. S is to the immediate right of W. V is second to the left of T.U and R are immediate neighbours.
Three of the following four are alike in a certain way based on their seating position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?

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Six girls A , B, K , D, E and P are standing in a row . B is between D and P , A does not stand next to either P or D. K does not stand next to D . E stands between A and K .
K stands between-

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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Five animals peacock, bear, lion, sheep and elephant are standing in a line. One of the two animals at the extreme ends is a peacock and the other a bear. An elephant is to the left of the bear. The sheep is standing between the peacock and the lion.
Counting from the right, the lion is at which place?

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?

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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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"?

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Five persons Amrinder, Bishamber, Chidambaram, Digamber, and Inder of a family eat grapes, apples, cherries, mangoes, and pineapples not in the order as member eats any fruit on Sunday and Monday. The same fruit on the same day is cannot eat by the two members. Each member eats only one fruit on one day and during the same week does not repeat it.
Inder does not eat cherries or grapes on Wednesday. Amrinder eats cherries on Tuesday. Digamber eats apples on Tuesday. Inder does not take pineapples on Tuesday but takes apples on Thursday. Bishamber eats pineapples on Friday. Chidambaram eats grapes on Saturday, Cherries on Wednesday and mangoes on Thursday. Digamber eats pineapple on Wednesday.

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Six girls A , B, K , D, E and P are standing in a row . B is between D and P , A does not stand next to either P or D. K does not stand next to D . E stands between A and K .
P stands between-

In a class there are seven students (including boys and girls) A, B, C, D, E, F and G. They sit on three benches and . Such that at least two students on each bench and at least one girl on each bench. C who is a girl student, does not sit with A, E and D. F the boy student sits with only B. A sits on the bench , with his best friends. G sits on the bench . E is the brother of C.
How many girls are there out of these , students ?

Six friends and are sitting in a row facing East. is between and . is just to the right of but to the left of . is not at the right end. Who is at the right end?

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Six exams Maths, Science, History, Economics, English, and Hindi are to be scheduled starting on 2nd March and ending on 8th March with Sunday being an off day, but not necessarily in the same order. Each of the exams has a different time duration: 40 minutes, 50 minutes, 60 minutes, 75 minutes, 90 minutes, and 100 minutes, again not necessarily in the same order. The 8th March is not Sunday and an exam of 40 minutes is scheduled for that day. The Maths exam is for less than 60 minutes and is scheduled immediately before the English exam. There are two exams scheduled between the Hindi exam which is for 100 minutes, and the History exam which is for 60 minutes. The English exam is before Sunday and there are two days between Sunday and the Maths exam. The economics exam which is for 75 minutes, is not scheduled for 2nd March. The exam scheduled on Saturday is for 100 minutes.
Which of the following exam, day, and time duration combinations is correct?

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Samir, Nita, Richa, Shweta, Gifty, Paul, and Mohit, seven company representatives, travelled to three different countries: South Africa, Australia, and France. Each of them travelled on different days of the week (no two people travelled on the same day), starting on Monday and ending on Sunday. A minimum of two people travelled to each country and South Africa is the only country to which three people travelled.
Samir travelled to South Africa on Monday. Paul visited Australia, but not on Tuesday or Saturday. Mohit travelled on Sunday, but not to France. The one who travelled to Australia travelled on Tuesday, and the one who travelled to France travelled on Saturday. Gifty travelled on Wednesday. Richa travelled to South Africa, but not on Thursday. Nita did not travel to France.
Who was the last one to travel?

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A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a straight line (not necessary in the same order) facing North.
E sits third to right of A. E sits second to left of F.
Only one person sits between G and B. Neither G nor B is an immediate neighbour of F.
C is not an immediate neighbour of either B or F.
Who sits at the extreme right end of the line?

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Seven persons -Q,R,S,T,U, V and W - are seated in a straight line facing north but not necessarily in the same order. R is fourth to the left of W. S is to the immediate right of W. V is second to the left of T.U and R are immediate neighbours.
What is Q's position with respect to S?

In a class there are seven students (including boys and girls) A, B, C, D, E, F and G. They sit on three benches I, II and III. Such that at least two students on each bench and at least one girl on each bench. C who is a girl student, does not sit with A, E and D. F the boy student sits with only B. A sits on the bench I with his best friends. G sits on the bench III. E is the brother of C.
Which of the following is the group of girls ?

Ramesh's car is facing North when he reaches his office. After starting from his house he turns right twice and then left before reaching the office. What direction was the car facing when he left from his home?

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Six girls A , B, K , D, E and P are standing in a row . B is between D and P , A does not stand next to either P or D. K does not stand next to D . E stands between A and K .
Who occupy the extreme ends of the row ?

In a class there are seven students (including boys and girls) A, B, C, D, E, F and G. They sit on three benches I, II and III. Such that at least two students on each bench and at least one girl on each bench. C who is a girl student, does not sit with A, E and D. F the boy student sits with only B. A sits on the bench I with his best friends. G sits on the bench III. E is the brother of C.
Which pair is on Bench II?
