Logical Reasoning: Seating, Floor & Coding Puzzles
Practice logical reasoning with coding-decoding patterns, floor arrangement puzzles, circular seating arrangements, position-based problems, and ranking comparisons.
Questions
Which of the following will come in the place of question mark in the series given below?
BG IM OR TV ?
- XY
- WZ
- WY
- XZ
- WX
In a row of 40 students facing North, Kailash is 6th to the left of Suresh. If Suresh is 30th from the left end of the row, what is the position of Kailash from the right end of the row?
- 17th
- 26th
- 16th
- 15th
- None of these
In a certain code PAGES is written as RDIHU and WRITE is written as YUKWG. How will be OTHER written in the same code?
- PWIHS
- RVKGU
- RWJHU
- QWJHT
- QWKHT
Who amongnst the following lives on the floor exactly between the floors on which P and T live?
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question.
P, Q, R, S, T and V live on different floors in the same building having six floors numbered from 1 to 6 (the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 6). T lives on an even-numbered floor. Only one person lives between T and P. P lives on a floor below T's floor. V does not live on the floor immediately below the floor on which P lives. V does not live on an even-numbered floor. R lives on a floor immediately above the floor on which S lives.
- Q
- R
- S
- V
- Either R or V
C is related to D in a certain way based on their positions in the given arrangement. Similarly A is related to F in the same way. Following the same pattern, F is related to whom amongst the following?
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. F sits second to the left of E. A is an immediate neighbour of both H and D. Neither H nor D is an immediate neighbour of either F or E. Two people sit between H and B. B is not an immediate neighbour of E. Only one person sits between B and G.
- C
- H
- A
- B
Who among the following sits exactly between B and G?
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. F sits second to the left of E. A is an immediate neighbour of both H and D. Neither H nor D is an immediate neighbour of either F or E. Two people sit between H and B. B is not an immediate neighbour of E. Only one person sits between B and G.
- A
- C
- D
- E
- F
Who amongst the following lives on the topmost floor?
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question.
P, Q, R, S, T and V live on different floors in the same building having six floors numbered from 1 to 6 (the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 6). T lives on an even-numbered floor. Only one person lives between T and P. P lives on a floor below T's floor. V does not live on the floor immediately below the floor on which P lives. V does not live on an even-numbered floor. R lives on a floor immediately above the floor on which S lives.
- R
- Q
- P
- T
- None of these
On which of the following floors does R live?
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question.
P, Q, R, S, T and V live on different floors in the same building having six floors numbered from 1 to 6 (the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered 6). T lives on an even-numbered floor. Only one person lives between T and P. P lives on a floor below T's floor. V does not live on the floor immediately below the floor on which P lives. V does not live on an even-numbered floor. R lives on a floor immediately above the floor on which S lives.
- 2nd
- 5th
- 6th
- 3rd
- None of the above
Which of the following is true with respect to given seating arrangements?
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. F sits second to the left of E. A is an immediate neighbour of both H and D. Neither H nor D is an immediate neighbour of either F or E. Two people sit between H and B. B is not an immediate neighbour of E. Only one person sits between B and G.
- A sits to the immediate right of D.
- C sits to the right of A.
- F sits exactly between G and A.
- Three people sit between B and C.
- None of the above
Who amongst the following sits third to the right of D?
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. F sits second to the left of E. A is an immediate neighbour of both H and D. Neither H nor D is an immediate neighbour of either F or E. Two people sit between H and B. B is not an immediate neighbour of E. Only one person sits between B and G.
- G
- C
- F
- B
- E
Starting from A, if all the friends are made to sit in the alphabetical order in clockwise direction, the positions of how many (excluding A) will remain unchanged?
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. F sits second to the left of E. A is an immediate neighbour of both H and D. Neither H nor D is an immediate neighbour of either F or E. Two people sit between H and B. B is not an immediate neighbour of E. Only one person sits between B and G.
- Five
- One
- Two
- Three
Which of the following pairs represents the immediate neighbours of phani?
Eight friends Avinash, Bharat, Charu, David, Eswar, phani, Gani, Harish are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Phani sits second to the left of Eswar. Avinash is an immediate neighbour of both H and D. Neither Harish nor David is an immediate neighbour of either phani or Eswar. Two people sit between H and B. B is not an immediate neighbour of Eswar. Only one person sits between Bharat and Gani.
- AC
- BG
- GA
- AB
- CG
What is the position of C with respect to the position of H?
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. F sits second to the left of E. A is an immediate neighbour of both H and D. Neither H nor D is an immediate neighbour of either F or E. Two people sit between H and B. B is not an immediate neighbour of E. Only one person sits between B and G.
- Third to the left
- Second to the left
- Immediate left
- Third to the right
Who paid the minimum amount for the computer?
Directions: Read the following information and answer the given question.
Each among five friends: Bharat, Charu, Evelyn, Anshu and Danny, bought a computer for a different price. Bharat paid more than Charu but less than Evelyn. Anshu paid less than Danny only. Bharat bought the computer for Rs. 35,000. The one who paid the maximum paid Rs. 53,000.
- Anshu
- Charu
- Evelyn
- Either Charu or Bharat
- None of these
Which of the following is true with regard to the given information?
Directions: Read the following information and answer the given question.
Each among five friends: Bharat, Charu, Evelyn, Anshu and Danny, bought a computer for a different price. Bharat paid more than Charu but less than Evelyn. Anshu paid less than Danny only. Bharat bought the computer for Rs. 35,000. The one who paid the maximum paid Rs. 53,000.
- Bharat bought the computer for a price more than that paid by Anshu.
- Only one person paid lesser amount than that paid by Anshu.
- No one paid more than Charu.
- Amongst the five friends, Charu is most likely to have paid Rs. 32,000 for the computer.
- Evelyn paid Rs. 53,000 for the computer.