Tuesday, 22 July 2014

PROBLEMS ON SEATING ARRANGEMENT

1.Four girls are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Shikha is to the left of Reena. Manju is to the right of Reena. Rita is between Reena and Manju.Who would be second from the left in the photograph?
(a) Reena
(b) Shikha
(c) Manju
(d) Rita

Answer is (d)
Shikha is to the left of Reena and Manju is to her right.
Rita is between Reena and Manju.
So the order is Shikha
Reena , Rita and Manju. In the photograph Rita will be second from left.

2.There are five different houses, A to E in a row. A is to the right
of Band E is to the left of C and right of A. B is to the right of O.
Which of the houses is in the middle?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) 0
(d) E
  
Answer is (a)
B is to the right of O. A is to the right of B. E is to the right of A
and left of C.So the order is D, B, A, E, C. Clearly A is in the middle.

3.In a march past, seven persons are standing in a row. Q is standing left to R but right to P. 0 is standing right to N and left to P. Similarly, S is standing right to R and left to T. Find out who is standing in middle?
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) 0

Answer is (b)
Q is left to R and to the right of P i,e P, Q, R.
o is to the right of N and left of P i,e N, 0, P.
S is to the right of R and left of T i,e R, S, T.
Clearly, Q is in the middle.

4.Five children are sitting in a row. S is sitting next to P but not T. is sitting next to R who is sitting on extreme left and T is not sitting next to K. Who are sitting adjacent to S?
(a) K and P Information
(b) Rand P
(c) only C
(d) P and T
(e) Insufficient

Answer is (d)
S is sitting next to P. So, the order S, P or P, S is followed. K is sitting next to R. So, the order R, K is followed because R is on the extreme left. T is not next to P or K.
So, the arrangement will be R, K, P, S, T.
Clearly, P and T are sitting adjacent to S.

5.Five girls are sitting in a row, Rashi is not adjacent to Sulekha or Abha.Anuradha is not adjacent to Sulekha. Rashi is adjacent to Monika. Monika is at the middle in the row. Then, Anuradha is adjacent to whom out of the following ?
(a) Rashi determined
(b) Sulekha
(c) Abha
(d) Monika
(e) Cannot be

Answer is (a)
Clearly, the order is
Anuradha, Rashi, Monika, Abha.
Anuradha is adjacent to Rashi
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Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it:
(A) There are five friends
(B) They are standing in a row facing south.
(C)Jayesh is to the immediate right to Alok.
(D)Pramod is between Bhagat and Subodh.
(E)Subodh is between Jayesh and Pramod.

6.Who is at the extreme left end?
(a) Alok Inadequate
(b) Bhagat
(c) Subodh
(d) Data
(e) None of these

7.Who is in the middle?
(a) Bhagat
(b) Jayesh
(c) Pramod
(d) Subodh
(e)Alok

Solution:
The boys are standing facing south. So, consider left and right accordingly.
Jayesh is to the right of Alok i,e Jayesh, Alok.
Pramod is between Bhagat and Subodh i,e Bhagat, Pramod, Subodh 
Subodh is between Jayesh and Pramod.
So, the sequence is
Bhagat
Pramod
Subodh
Jayesh
Alok
Answer for 6th question is (a), Alok is at extreme left end.
Answer for 7th question is (d), Subodh is in the middle.
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Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follows.
(I)A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting on a wall and all of them are facing east.
(2)C is on the immediate right to D.
(3)B is at an extreme end and has E as his neighbor.
(4)G is between E and F.
(5)D is sitting third from the south end.

8.Who is sitting to the right of E?
(a) A these
(b) C
(c) 0
(d) F
(e) None of

9.Which of the following pairs of people are sitting at the extreme ends?
(a) AB determined
(b) AE
(c) CB
(d) FB
(e) Cannot be

1O. Name the person who should change places with C such that he gets the third
place from the north end?
(a) E
(b) F
(c) C
(d) 0

11. Immediatly between which of the following pairs of people is sitting?
(a) AC these
(b) AF
(c) CE
(d) CF
(E) None of

Solution:
C is to the right of D.D is third from south.
So, B will be at the extreme end from north because it should have E as its neighbour. G is between E and F.
SO, the sequence is B-> E-> G-> F->
East D-> C-> A->
Answer for 8th question is (e), G is sitting to the right of E.
Answer for 9th question is (a), A and B are sitting at the extreme ends.
Answer for 10th question is (c), G should change place with C to make it third from north.
Answer for 11th question is (d), 0 is sitting between C and F.

l2.In the Olympic games, the flags of six nations were flown on the masts in the following way:
The flag of America was to the left of Indian tricolor and to the right of the flag of France. The flag of Australia was on the right of the Indian flag but was to the left of the flag of Japan, which was to the left of the flag of China Find the two flags which ate in the center.
(a) India and Australia
(b) America and India
(c) Japan and Australia
(d) America and Australia

Solution:
The correct sequence is
France, America, India, Australia, Japan, China.
The two flags in the center are India and Australia.

l3. Mr A , Miss B, Mr C and Miss D are sitting around a table and discussing their trades.
(l)Mr A sits opposite to cook.
(2)Miss B sits right to the barber.
(3)The washer man is on the left of the tailor.
(4)Miss D sits opposite to Mr C.
What are the trades of A and B?
(a) Tailor and Barber
(b) Tailor and Cook
(c) Barber and Cook
(d) Washer man and Cook.

Solution   (b)
C and 0 sit opposite to each other .So if A sits opposite to cook, B shall be cook.
Now B is to the right of barber. So, one of the rest say C will be barber, then D on
the opposite side shall be washer man or tailor. But washer man is left of tailor and D is to the left of A. So, D is washer man and A is tailor. Thus, A and B are Tailor and Cook.
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On the information given below, answer the questions.
(A) P, Q, R, Sand T are sitting in a circle facing the center.
(B) R is immediate left of T.
(C) P is between Sand T.

l4.Who is to the immediate left of R?
(a) P determine
(b) Q
(c) S
(d) T
(e) cannot be

l5.To find the answer to the above question, which of the following statements
can be dispensed with?
(a) None Conly
(b) B only
(c) Conly
(d) B or


Solution: Solution for 14th and 15th questions are


Answer
for
14th
question
is
(b) , 
Q
is
to
the
immediate
left
of
R.
Answer
for
15th
question
is
(a) , 
All
the
statements
are
necessary.
l6.Six
friends
A,
B,
C,
D,
E
and
F
are
sitting
in
a
closed
circle
facing
the
center.
A
is
facing
D.
 C
is
between
A
and
B.
F
is
between
 E
and
A.
Who
is
to
the
immediate
left
of
B?
(a)
A
(b)
C
(c)
0
(d)
E















Answer is (b)

17.Who is facing A?
(a) B
(b) D
(c) F
(d) either F or B
(e) None

18. Who among the following is facing D?
(a) A
(b) C
(c) E
(d) cannot be determine
(e) None

Solution: Solution for 17th and l8th questions is
Answer for 17th question is (a), Clearly B is facing A.
Answer for l8th question is (b), C is facing D.
Eight friends A, B, C, 0, E, F, G and H are sitting in circle facing the center. B is sitting between G and O. H is third to the left of B and second to the right of A.
C is sitting between A and G and Band E are not sitting opposite to each other.

19.Who is third to the left of D?
(a) A
(b) E
(c) F
(d) cannot be determine
(e) None

20.Which of the following statements is not correct?
(a) C is third to the right of D.
(b) A is sitting between C and F.
(c)D and A are sitting opposite to each other.
(d)E is sitting between F and D.
(e) E and C are sitting opposite to each other

Solution: Solution for 19th and 20th question is
B is between G and 0 i,e the order is G B D. H is third to the left of B and second to the right of A.
Answer for 19th question is (c) , F is third to the left of D.

Answer for 20th question is (d), Clearly, E is not sitting between F and D.

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