Linear Arrangement
Linear Arrangement: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Linear Arrangement with Persons Facing in One Direction, Linear Arrangement with Direction Sense, Parallel Seating Arrangement & Linear Arrangement with Three Rows etc.
Important Questions on Linear Arrangement
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P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting in a straight line facing north. Each one of them lives on a different floor in the same building which is numbered from one to seven.Q sits fourth to the left of the person living on the 6th floor. Either Q or the person living on the 6th floor sits at the extreme ends of the line.Only one person sits between Q and W. W lives on the 3rd floor. The person living on 1st floor sits third to right of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of W. Only one person sits between T and the person who lives on the 2nd floor.P and R are immediate neighbours of each other. P does not live on the 6th floor. One who lives on 5th floor sits third to right of the one who lives on the 7th floor.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
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persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are sitting in two parallel rows in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. There are persons sitting in one row and persons are sitting in another row. The row in which P is sitting has less number of members and is facing south. N is sitting between V and U. U is neighbour of R, sitting beside O and second to the right of Q. T sits at the extreme end and is neighbour of S and just opposite to the N. P is diagonally opposite to V and sits at the extreme end.
If S and O interchange their position with their right side neighbour, then who will be sitting opposite to each other?
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At the NIIT institute, seven classes from north to south numbered to Three of these seven classes are vacant, there are two students in one class and one student in each of the remaining three. Five students S, D, R, A, and X are studying at the NIIT institute. S and X study in the same class. D's class lies in the north of A's class. None of the unoccupied classes are adjacent to each other. The class number is unoccupied. S studies in class number X's class lies towards the north of the R's class.
If D studies in class number then which of the following must be true?Five girls M, N, O, P and Q are standing in a row. P is on the right of Q, N is on the left of Q, but is on the right of M. P is on the left of O. Who is standing on the extreme right?
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Q, R, S, T, U and V are seated in a straight line facing North. S is second to the right of T who is second to the right of Q. R is to the left of Q and is second to the left of V.
How many persons are seated between T and V?
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Mr. Bhagwant acted as a Judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz- Ms. Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Uttar Pradesh, Ms. West Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra. Mrs. Bhagwant, who was very anxious about the result, asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr. Bhagwant just told her, the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bhagwant pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:
All of them were sitting in a row.
All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz- green, yellow, white and red.
There was only one runner-up and was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.
The runner-up was wearing the green saree.
Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the end and was not the runner-up.
The winner and the runner-up were not sitting adjacent to each other.
Ms. Maharashtra was wearing a white saree.
Ms. Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.
Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.
Who was the runner-up?
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At the NIIT institute, seven classes from north to south numbered to Three of these seven classes are vacant, there are two students in one class and one student in each of the remaining three. Five students S, D, R, A, and X are studying at the NIIT institute. S and X study in the same class. D's class lies in the north of A's class. None of the unoccupied classes are adjacent to each other. The class number is unoccupied. S studies in class number X's class lies towards the north of the R's class.
Who is/are in class number
In a class all the boys and girls are made to stand in a row such that one boy is standing beside the first girl, two boys are standing beside the second girl, three boys are standing beside the third girl respectively. The total number of girls in the class is 10. All of them are facing North. Who is standing (boy or girl) to 7th to the left of the one who is standing 30th from the right, and what is his position from the left, If P first girl is standing at leftmost position?
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Z, Y, X, W, V, U and T are seven members of a family. There are three female members. Each of them has a degree in engineering denoted by CE (Computer Engineering), ME (Molecular Engineering), EE (Environmental Engineering), TE (Transport Engineering), PE (Petroleum Engineering), AE (Agricultural Engineering) and OE (Optical Engineering).
No lady is either OE or ME.
The one who is a ME is the oldest among all of them.
W the EE is younger than U, who is a PE.
X, the TE is older than Z but younger than W.
T's wife is the youngest among all of them.
V who is CE, is an unmarried lady. V is younger than Z and older than only Y.
The one who is an OE is not the youngest among all of them.
Which of the following engineers is a married couple?
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Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1 Amit, Sumit, Rohit, Harshit, Mohit and Shobhit are seated and all of them are facing south. In row-2 Sita, Rita, Gita, Nita, Mita and Anita 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.
Harshit sits third to the right of Sumit. Either Harshit or Sumit sits at an extreme end of the line. The one who faces Sumit sits second to right of Mita. Two people sit between Rita and Anita. Neither Rita nor Anita sits at an extreme end of the line. The immediate neighbour of Rita faces the person who sits third to the left of Amit. Rohit and Mohit are immediate neighbours of each other. Gita sits second to the left of Sita. Mohit does not face the immediate neighbour of Nita.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
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P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting in a straight line facing north. Each one of them lives on a different floor in the same building which is numbered from one to seven.Q sits fourth to the left of the person living on the 6th floor. Either Q or the person living on the 6th floor sits at the extreme ends of the line.Only one person sits between Q and W. W lives on the 3rd floor. The person living on 1st floor sits third to right of S. S is not an immediate neighbour of W. Only one person sits between T and the person who lives on the 2nd floor.P and R are immediate neighbours of each other. P does not live on the 6th floor. One who lives on 5th floor sits third to right of the one who lives on the 7th floor.
If all the persons are made to live in alphabetical order from the bottom-most floor to the topmost floor (i .e. P lives on the 1st floor, Q lives on the 2nd floor and finally W lives on the 7th floor) who would still live on the same floor as the original arrangement?
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Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row- P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are facing South. In row- A, B, C, D, E and F 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.
P sits third to the left of T. Neither P nor T sits at an extreme end of the line. A sits second to the right of E. Neither A nor E faces T or P. A does not sit at an extreme end. R does not face A and R does not sit at an extreme end of the line. Only one person sits between F and C. Neither F nor C faces T. C does not sit at the extreme end. Only one person sits between V and Q. F is not an immediate neighbour of B and A does not face V.
V is related to B in the same way as Q is related to C. To which of the following is P related to, following the same pattern ?
Five persons are sitting in a row. is sitting next to but not . is sitting next to who is sitting on the extreme left end and is not sitting next to . Who is/are sitting adjacent to ?
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At the NIIT institute, seven classes from north to south numbered to Three of these seven classes are vacant, there are two students in one class and one student in each of the remaining three. Five students S, D, R, A and X are studying at the NIIT institute. S and X study in the same class. D's class lies in the north to A's class. None of the unoccupied classes are adjacent to each other. Class number is unoccupied. S studies in class number X's class lies towards the north of the R's class.
Which of the following is definitely false?Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Ten people M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are sitting in two parallel rows in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent people. There are six people sitting in one row and four people sitting in the other row. The row in which P is sitting has less number of members and faces south. N is sitting between V and U. U is the neighbour of R. R is sitting beside O and is second to the right of Q. T sits at the extreme end and is the neighbour of S. T is just opposite to N. P is diagonally opposite to V and sits at the extreme end.
Who sits opposite to P?
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persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are sitting in two parallel rows in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. There are persons sitting in one row and persons are sitting in another row. The row in which P is sitting has less number of members and is facing south. N is sitting between V and U. U is neighbour of R, sitting beside O and second to the right of Q. T sits at the extreme end and is neighbour of S and just opposite to the N. P is diagonally opposite to V and sits at the extreme end.
Who is sitting second to the right of S?
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Z, Y, X, W, V, U and T are seven members of a family. There are three female members. Each of them has a degree in engineering denoted by CE (Computer Engineering), ME (Molecular Engineering), EE (Environmental Engineering), TE (Transport Engineering), PE (Petroleum Engineering), AE (Agricultural Engineering) and OE (Optical Engineering).
No lady is either OE or ME.
The one who is a ME is the oldest among all of them.
W the EE is younger than U, who is a PE.
X, the TE is older than Z but younger than W.
T's wife is the youngest among all of them.
V who is CE, is an unmarried lady. V is younger than Z and older than only Y.
The one who is an OE is not the youngest among all of them.
What is U's degree discipline?
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Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row- P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are facing South. In row- A, B, C, D, E and F 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.
P sits third to the left of T. Neither P nor T sits at an extreme end of the line. A sits second to the right of E. Neither A nor E faces T or P. A does not sit at an extreme end. R does not face A and R does not sit at an extreme end of the line. Only one person sits between F and C. Neither F nor C faces T. C does not sit at the extreme end. Only one person sits between V and Q. F is not an immediate neighbour of B and A does not face V.
Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of the rows ?
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persons M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are sitting in two parallel rows in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. There are persons sitting in one row and persons are sitting in another row. The row in which P is sitting has less number of members and is facing south. N is sitting between V and U. U is neighbour of R, sitting beside O and second to the right of Q. T sits at the extreme end and is neighbour of S and just opposite to the N. P is diagonally opposite to V and sits at the extreme end.
Which of the following are in the same row?
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Mr. Bhagwant acted as a Judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz- Ms. Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Uttar Pradesh, Ms. West Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra. Mrs. Bhagwant, who was very anxious about the result, asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Mr. Bhagwant just told her, the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bhagwant pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:
All of them were sitting in a row.
All of them wore sarees of different colours, viz- green, yellow, white and red.
There was only one runner-up and was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.
The runner-up was wearing the green saree.
Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the end and was not the runner-up.
The winner and the runner-up were not sitting adjacent to each other.
Ms. Maharashtra was wearing a white saree.
Ms. Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.
Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.
