Reasoning

Seating Arrangement Puzzles

103 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 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

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

Jaya sits ----- two girls.

  1. among

  2. across

  3. between

  4. around
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Between' is used for two specific persons or things, while 'among' is used for groups of three or more. Since Jaya sits between exactly two girls, 'between' is the correct preposition. 'Among' would be wrong here.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following information and answer the question that follows.

Six swimmers A, B, C, D, E and F compete in a race. The outcome is as follows:

i. B does not win. ii. Only two swimmers separate E and D. iii. A is behind D and E. iv. B is ahead of E, with one swimmer intervening. v. F is ahead of D.

Who stood fifth in the race?

  1. A

  2. C

  3. B

  4. E

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

From the conditions: F is ahead of D, A is behind D and E, and B is ahead of E with one swimmer intervening. Also, only two swimmers separate E and D. Let's determine positions: If F is first, and D and E have exactly two swimmers between them, we need to place them. A is behind both D and E. B is ahead of E with one swimmer between B and E. The ordering that fits: F(1), D(2), C(3), E(4), B(5), A(6). This satisfies: B doesn't win, E and D have two swimmers between them (C), A is behind D and E, B is ahead of E with one swimmer (C) intervening, F is ahead of D. B finishes fifth.

Multiple choice

Directions: Study the given information carefully and answer the question that follow: (1) Eleven students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in the first row of the class facing the teacher. (2) D who is to the immediate left of F is second to the right of C. (3) A is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends. (4) J is the immediate neighbour of A and B and third to the left of G. (5) H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I. Who is sitting in the middle of the row?

  1. B

  2. C

  3. G

  4. I
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

I is in the middle.

Multiple choice

Directions: Study the given information carefully and answer the question that follow: (1) Eleven students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in the first row of the class facing the teacher. (2) D who is to the immediate left of F is second to the right of C. (3) A is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends. (4) J is the immediate neighbour of A and B and third to the left of G. (5) H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I. Which of the following groups of friends is sitting to the right of G?

  1. CHDE

  2. CHDF

  3. IBJA

  4. ICHDF
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

C, H, D, F are to the right of G.