Seating Arrangement - Seating arrangement in Line and Circular

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There are basically two types of sitting arrangement questions are given in the exams.

1. Linear row arrangement or straight line arrangement

2. Circular or hexagonal or square arrangement
In linear row arrangement Problems, the persons are sitting in a single row or in multiple rows or we
can say sitting in a straight line facing east or west or north or south. And in circular or hexagonal or
square arrangement questions, the persons are sitting as per the name of the arrangement suggests.
Here is an example of sitting arrangement questions.
Q: Six persons are sitting in a circular row facing the centre. Avinash is to the left of prakash.
Sunil is between anil and parveen. Rakesh is between avinash and anil. Who is to the left of
parveen?


The trick to solving this types of Problems is that you have to connect the information
provided in the question step by step. find out the common person (same person) of whom the
multiple points of sitting (seating) are given. For example, try to find out the point given about
avinash and then connect them. Then you will easily be able to find out the arrangement.
Here you will find two points about avinash.
1. Avinash is to the left of prakash
2. Rakesh is between avinash and anil

So on a plane paper, draw the rough arrangement of the above given question. Make a circle and cut
on it a point where you assume avinash is sitting.


Think yourself as you are sitting in the sitting arrangement. You have to visulalize the arrangement
given and keep in mind that the six persons are facing the centre. Now look at the first point which
says avinash is to the left of prakash means prakash is to the right of avinash.




Now look at other point given which says

rakesh is between avinash and anil.


As per the second point, since you cannot point out rakesh on the right on avinash because prakash
is there. So it means rakesh is to the left of avinash as shown below


and on the left side of rakesh is anil.



So it means you have found out the sitting of four person in the arrangement.
Now look at the third point given which says

Sunil is between anil and parveen.

Since you know the position of anil in the arrangement determined above, you will certainly know that
on the right side of anil is rakesh. So sunil must be on the left side of anil. So point sunil there as
shown below



and now as per the third point sunil is between anil and parveen, you will know that parveen is to the
left side of sunil as shown below.



So this is the way you will easily be able to find the position of the persons in a sitting arrangement (or
seating arrangement) whether the arrangement is of any type.

Again we say that the trick is try to connect the information given and find the common person
and his/her position and then connect all the steps.