Reasoning

Seating Arrangement Puzzles

121 Questions

Seating arrangement puzzles evaluate logical reasoning through linear and circular setups. These questions require analyzing relative positions and conditions to find exact arrangements. This topic is a mainstay in banking and staff selection commission aptitude tests.

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Seating Arrangement Puzzles Questions

Multiple choice

Who faces B?

There are twelve people, consisting of two groups sitting opposite to each other. S is not the neighbour of T, U. Either P or S sits at the extreme ends. E does not face the immediate neighbour of S. D is third to the right of B. The one who faces B is second to the right of T. Two people sit between U and Q. Neither Q nor U sits at an extreme ends of the line. The immediate neighbour of Q faces the person who sits third to the left of A. C and E are immediate neighbours. R sits second to the left of P.

 

 

  1. T

  2. Q

  3. S

  4. U

  5. P
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Yes it is correct choice. S is not neighbour of T ,U .Either P or S sits at the extreme ends .E does not face the immediate neighbour of S .E |

 

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Multiple choice

Which coach sits third to the left of T?

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X are eight friends and coaches of different games like cricket, football, coco, kabaddi, volleyball, martial arts, carrom, badminton, table tennis. P sits third to right of martial arts coach. Two people sit between the martial arts coach and X. Volleyball coach and carroms coach are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor X is a volleyball coach or carroms coach. Volleyball coach is not an immediate neighbour of martial arts coach. Coco coach sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of X. Coco coach is an immediate neighbor of both kabaddi coach and football coach. Football coach sits third to right of Q. Q is not the volleyball coach. R sits to the right of the coco coach. P is not the cricket coach. U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the kabaddi coach.

  1. Football coach

  2. Martial arts coach

  3. Kabaddi coach

  4. Coco coach

  5. Carom's coach
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

U/kabaddi

Multiple choice

Who among the following is the manager of the company?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W - who are in different professions like teacher, chef, painter, manager, doctor, lawyer, engineer and architect. They are sitting for dinner in a circular pattern. Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both the lawyer and the engineer. U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect. The doctor and chef are the immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W. S who is an engineer sits second to the left of V. Q and R are immediate neighbours of each other

  1. P

  2. Q

  3. S

  4. R

  5. T
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer.

Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both the lawyer and the engineer ||| |---|---| | |ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR| | |W |LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|   U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect.   ||| |---|---| |U|R- ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR|U - PAINTER| |P|U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W- TEACHER|   The doctor and the chef are the immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W.   ||| |---|---| |U - CHEF|R - ARCHITECT| |V - DOCTOR|T - PAINTER| |P|U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|

Q is a chef, U may be an architect, but R is neither an engineer nor a lawyer. So, R is an architect. U is a lawyer because he cannot be an engineer, if he is so, then he is a neighbour of P. He should not be a neighbour of P. S remains and he is the engineer ||| |---|---| |Q - CHEF |R - ARCHITECT| |V - DOCTOR|T - PAINTER| |P - MANAGER|U - LAWYER| |S - ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|

Multiple choice

Which post does Q hold?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W - who are in different professions like teacher, chef, painter, manager, doctor, lawyer, engineer and architect. They are sitting for dinner in a circular pattern. Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both the lawyer and the engineer. U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect. The doctor and chef are the immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W. S who is an engineer sits second to the left of V. Q and R are immediate neighbours of each other

  1. Painter

  2. Manager

  3. Chef

  4. Architect

  5. Teacher
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer.

Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both lawyer and the engineer ||| |---|---| | |ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR| | |W | - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|   U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect.   ||| |---|---| |U|R- ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR|U PAINTER| |P|U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W- TEACHER|   Doctor and chef are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W.   ||| |---|---| |U - CHEF|R -  ARCHITECT| |V- DOCTOR|T- PAINTER| |P-| U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W- TEACHER| (Q is a chef, U may be an architect, but R is neither an engineer nor a lawyer. So, R is an architect. U is a lawyer because he cannot be an engineer, if he is so, then he is a neighbour of P. He should not be a neighbour of P. S remains and he is the engineer.)  ||| |---|---| |Q - CHEF |R - ARCHITECT| |V - DOCTOR|T - PAINTER| |P - MANAGER|U - LAWYER| |S - ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|

Multiple choice

Who sits third to the left of T?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W - who are in different professions like teacher, chef, painter, manager, doctor, lawyer, engineer and architect. They are sitting for dinner in a circular pattern. Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both the lawyer and the engineer. U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect. The doctor and chef are the immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W. S who is an engineer sits second to the left of V. Q and R are immediate neighbours of each other

  1. Q

  2. P

  3. W

  4. S

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer.

Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both lawyer and the engineer ||| |---|---| | |ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR| | |W | - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|   U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect.   ||| |---|---| |U|R- ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR|U PAINTER| |P|U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W- TEACHER|   Doctor and chef are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W.   ||| |---|---| |U - CHEF|R -  ARCHITECT| |V- DOCTOR|T- PAINTER| |P-| U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W- TEACHER| (Q is a chef, U may be an architect, but R is neither an engineer nor a lawyer. So, R is an architect. U is a lawyer because he cannot be an engineer, if he is so, then he is a neighbour of P. He should not be a neighbour of P. S remains and he is the engineer.)  ||| |---|---| |Q - CHEF |R - ARCHITECT| |V - DOCTOR|T - PAINTER| |P - MANAGER|U - LAWYER| |S - ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|

Multiple choice

Who is sitting in between H and G?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members sitting around a circle. Four members are facing the center and the remaining are facing outside the center. A, who is facing the center is sitting in between two people, who are facing outside the center. I is sitting opposite to a person who is facing the same direction as that of I. E is not a neighbour of J and A. F and H are not neighbours of A. I is neighbour of B and F. I is facing the center.

  1. E

  2. A

  3. J

  4. F

  5. B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is the correct choice.

A, who is facing the center is sitting in between two people who are facing outside the center. I is sitting opposite to a person who is facing the same direction as that of I. I is facing the center.   ||| |---|---| | | | |------------->| | | <------------| <-----------I| |A--------->|---------->| E is not a neighbour of J and A. F, who is facing into the center and H is not neighbour of A. I is the neighbour of B and F ||| |---|---| | H<----------| ---------->J| | E------------->|< --------- F| |G <------------| <-----------I| |A--------->|---------->B|   E is sitting in between H and G.

Multiple choice

How many people sit between the manager and the painter (from the left hand side of the manager)?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W - who are in different professions like teacher, chef, painter, manager, doctor, lawyer, engineer and architect. They are sitting for dinner in a circular pattern. Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both the lawyer and the engineer. U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect. The doctor and chef are the immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W. S who is an engineer sits second to the left of V. Q and R are immediate neighbours of each other

  1. 3

  2. 4

  3. 6

  4. 5

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer.

Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both the lawyer and the engineer ||| |---|---| | |ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR| | |W |LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|   U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect.   ||| |---|---| |U|R- ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR|U - PAINTER| |P|U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W- TEACHER|   The doctor and the chef are the immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W.   ||| |---|---| |U - CHEF|R - ARCHITECT| |V - DOCTOR|T - PAINTER| |P|U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|

Q is a chef, U may be an architect, but R is neither an engineer nor a lawyer. So, R is an architect. U is a lawyer because he cannot be an engineer, if he is so, then he is a neighbour of P. He should not be a neighbour of P. S remains and he is the engineer ||| |---|---| |Q - CHEF |R - ARCHITECT| |V - DOCTOR|T - PAINTER| |P - MANAGER|U - LAWYER| |S - ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|

Multiple choice

Which of the following is facing the centre?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members sitting around a circle. Four members are facing the center and the remaining are facing outside the center. A, who is facing the center is sitting in between two people, who are facing outside the center. I is sitting opposite to a person who is facing the same direction as that of I. E is not a neighbour of J and A. F and H are not neighbours of A. I is neighbour of B and F. I is facing the center.

  1. J

  2. F

  3. G

  4. H

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is the correct choice.

A, who is facing the center is sitting in between two people who are facing outside the center. I is sitting opposite to a person, who is facing the same direction as that of I. I is facing the center.   ||| |---|---| | | | |------------->| | | <------------| <-----------I| |A--------->|---------->| E is not neighbour of J and A. F who is facing into the center and H is not neighbour of A. I is the neighbour of B and F ||| |---|---| | H<----------| ---------->J| | E------------->|< --------- F| |G <------------| <-----------I| |A--------->|---------->B|   F is facing into the center.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are facing outwards from the center?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members sitting around a circle. Four members are facing the center and the remaining are facing outside the center. A, who is facing the center is sitting in between two people, who are facing outside the center. I is sitting opposite to a person who is facing the same direction as that of I. E is not a neighbour of J and A. F and H are not neighbours of A. I is neighbour of B and F. I is facing the center.

  1. G

  2. H

  3. J

  4. B

  5. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, this is the correct choice.

All of the above options, i.e. G, H, B, J are facing outwards the center.  A, who is facing the center is sitting in between two people who are facing outside the center. I is sitting opposite to a person who is facing the same direction as that of I. I is facing the center.   ||| |---|---| | | | |------------->| | | <------------| <-----------I| |A--------->|---------->| E is not neighbour of J and A. F, who is facing into the center and H is not neighbour of A. I is the neighbour of B and F ||| |---|---| | H<----------| ---------->J| | E------------->|< --------- F| |G <------------| <-----------I| |A--------->|---------->B|

Multiple choice

Which post is held by the person who sits in between the painter and the teacher?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W - who are in different professions like teacher, chef, painter, manager, doctor, lawyer, engineer and architect. They are sitting for dinner in a circular pattern. Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both the lawyer and the engineer. U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect. The doctor and chef are the immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W. S who is an engineer sits second to the left of V. Q and R are immediate neighbours of each other

  1. Lawyer

  2. Doctor

  3. Manager

  4. Chef

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer.

Only two people sit between the architect and W. The doctor is not an immediate neighbour of the architect. The teacher is an immediate neighbour of both lawyer and the engineer ||| |---|---| | |ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR| | |W | - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|   U is not an immediate neighbour of P. V is not an immediate neighbour of the teacher. R is the immediate neighbour of the painter. P is not a painter. P sits third to the right of the architect.   ||| |---|---| |U|R- ARCHITECT| |DOCTOR|U PAINTER| |P|U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W- TEACHER|   Doctor and chef are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither P nor W is a doctor or a chef. The teacher sits second to the left of T. T is not an immediate neighbour of W.   ||| |---|---| |U - CHEF|R -  ARCHITECT| |V- DOCTOR|T- PAINTER| |P-| U - LAWYER| |ENGINEER|W- TEACHER| (Q is a chef, U may be an architect, but R is neither an engineer nor a lawyer. So, R is an architect. U is a lawyer because he cannot be an engineer, if he is so, then he is a neighbour of P. He should not be a neighbour of P. S remains and he is the engineer.)  ||| |---|---| |Q - CHEF |R - ARCHITECT| |V - DOCTOR|T - PAINTER| |P - MANAGER|U - LAWYER| |S - ENGINEER|W - TEACHER|

Multiple choice

Who is sitting third to the right of B?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

A family has eight members sitting around a circle. Four members are facing the center and the remaining are facing outside the center. A, who is facing the center is sitting in between two people, who are facing outside the center. I is sitting opposite to a person who is facing the same direction as that of I. E is not a neighbour of J and A. F and H are not neighbours of A. I is neighbour of B and F. I is facing the center.

  1. E

  2. A

  3. F

  4. J

  5. C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, it is the correct choice.

A, who is facing the center is sitting in between two people who are facing outside the center.  I is sitting opposite to a person, who is facing the same direction as that of I. I is facing the center.   ||| |---|---| | | | |------------->| | | <------------| <-----------I| |A--------->|---------->| E is not neighbour of J and A. F, who is facing into the center and H is not neighbour of A. I is the neighbour of B and F ||| |---|---| | H<----------| ---------->J| | E------------->|< --------- F| |G <------------| <-----------I| |A--------->|---------->B|   E is sitting to the third right of B.

Multiple choice

Which of the following groups of friends definitely does not play hockey?

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

Poonam, Qurashi, Risha, Sonika, Tanvi, Uma, Varun and Waseem are eight friends. Three of them play hockey and chess each and two of them play golf. They all are of different heights. The shortest does not play hockey and the tallest does not play golf. Uma is taller than Poonam and Sonika, but shorter than Qurashi and is the second tallest. Varun is shorter than Sonika, but only taller than Poonam. Waseem plays chess with Sonika and is the fourth tallest. Varun does not play hockey or golf. Qurashi does not play golf. Risha is taller than Tanvi.

  1. Waseem, Varun and Poonam

  2. Risha, Poonam and Qurashi

  3. Risha, Qurashi and Tanvi

  4. Qurashi, Varun and Risha

  5. Uma, Sonika and Qurashi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Qurashi > Uma > (Risha/Sonika) > Waseem > (Sonika/Risha) > Tanvi > Varun > Poonam |||| |---|---|---| |Hockey|Chess|Golf| |Qurashi|Waseem|Poonam| | Uma|Sonika|Tanvi | | Risha|Varun| |

Multiple choice

Who among the following plays hockey?

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

Poonam, Qurashi, Risha, Sonika, Tanvi, Uma, Varun and Waseem are eight friends. Three of them play hockey and chess each and two of them play golf. They all are of different heights. The shortest does not play hockey and the tallest does not play golf. Uma is taller than Poonam and Sonika, but shorter than Qurashi and is the second tallest. Varun is shorter than Sonika, but only taller than Poonam. Waseem plays chess with Sonika and is the fourth tallest. Varun does not play hockey or golf. Qurashi does not play golf. Risha is taller than Tanvi.

  1. Qurashi

  2. Sonika

  3. Varun

  4. Poonam

  5. Waseem
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Qurashi plays hockey.  |||| |---|---|---| |Hockey|Chess|Golf | | |Waseem| | | |Sonika |Poonam| |Qurashi|Varun| |

 

Multiple choice

The number of ways in which 21 people can sit around a conference table so that none of them have the same neighbours in any two arrangements is

  1. 20!*2

  2. 21!/2

  3. 21!

  4. 20!/2

  5. 20!
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is the correct answer.

Solution : 21 people can sit around a conference table in 20! ways (Fixing the position of 1 person in each case)

But in the above we have included both clockwise and anticlockwise orders that will have the same neighbours.

Hence,the required no. of arrangements are 1/2 * 20!.

It is a correct answer.

Multiple choice

Which of the following combinations of Company - Person - Bike is correct?

Directions: Study the following information and answer the question that follows:

Six friends Aarav, Akash, Anirudh, Abhinav, Arvind and Ajay work in 6 different MNCs, i.e. TCS, CTS, IBM, Tech M, HCL and Wipro, not necessarily in the same order. Each of them has a different bike viz. Pulsar, Ninja, Hunk, R-15, Apache and Avenger, not necessarily in the same order.

1. The one who has Pulsar works in Tech M and the one who has Ninja works in TCS.
2. Ajay does not work either in IBM or HCL. Aarav has Hunk and works in CTS.
3. Arvind works in Wipro. Abhinav and Akash do not work in Tech M. Abhinav does not have Avenger.
4. The one who works in HCL does not have Apache or R-15 and Anirudh works in TCS.

  1. IBM - Ajay - Apache

  2. HCL - Akash - R-15

  3. HCL - Akash - Avenger

  4. Tech M - Abhinav - Avenger

  5. CTS - Aarav - Pulsar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  1. According to conditions 1, 3 and 4, we can conclude that Anirudh works in TCS and Arvind works in Wipro. The person who works in TCS has Ninja.
    1. Aarav works in CTS and has Hunk (condition 2).
    2. As Ajay does not work in IBM or HCL, he must be working with Tech M and has the bike pulsar (condition 1).
    3. Arvind works in Wipro (condition 3).
    4. The person working in HCL does not have Apache or R-15. So, the person working in HCL has Avenger and the person who works in IBM or Wipro has either Apache or R-15.
    5. Abhinav does not have Avenger. So, definitely Akash has Avenger. So, this option is correct.

HCL - Akash - Avenger