REASONING QUIZ ( SEATING ARRANGEMENT PROBLEMS)

How to solve Seating Arrangement Problems ?

Example: Assume that you have been asked to draw a circular seating arrangement of
six people

you can follow the above mentioned lines strategy for all shapes either it may be
square, pentagon, hexagon etc.

Now try to remember some important points :

If A is sitting immediate left of B, that means B is on immediate right of A.

To avoid confusion of left and rights in circular and other shapes' seating arrangement
problems, you should assume that all people are facing to center (unless and until they
specify the direction).
Its always better idea to assume you are one among them so that it will be easier for
you to get an idea of the arrangement.
If you are unable to get the idea from a line then better skip that line and go to next line.
You can revisit to the skipped line after getting another clue. now lets have a look at
some problems on seating arrangement so that you will get the concept clear.

QUESTIONS :
1. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a circular table. B is sitting to
the immediate right of E. C is not sitting next to F. F is sitting opposite to B and D
is sitting opposite to E. Who is sitting to the immediate left of D ?
Solutions: Its given that there are 6 persons sitting around the table. Six persons that
means you should represent 6 points. That means 3 lines. Draw 3 lines as shown in the
below figure. Later it is given that B is sitting to the immediate right of E. So we shall
start with E. Just choose any of the end of the line and mark it as E. And B is sitting
immediate right to E. So put B at the right side of E. Now the arrangement will be look
like this,

Later its given that C is not sitting next to F. We don't have any idea about this
statement at present. So skip to next statement, i.e., F is sitting opposite to B. We
know where B is. So mark F to the opposite to B.

Its also given that D is sitting opposite to E. So mark D as opposite to E. Now the
arrangement will look like,

So only A and C are available.... Now go to the previous statement which we have
skipped. C is not sitting next to F. With this statement its clearly known that we cant
place C besides F. So we can place A there. And now there is only one gap
between D and B. We can place C there. So the final arrangement of seating will be
appear like this.
2. Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table. 'S' is
to the immediate right of W. 'V' is not next to either R or T. 'W' is to the immediate
right of T, who is sitting opposite to R. U and W are sitting opposite to each
other. Followed by some questions...

Solution : Here there are 8 persons. That means 4 lines.

Given that S sat immediate right of W. So start with W. And place S immediate right
to W.
'V' is not next to either R or T.. No clue about this statement. So skip it.
'W' is to the immediate right of T, who is sitting opposite to R.. We know where W
is... Given that it is immediate right of T. That means T should be immediate left of W.
Now from the above statement we came to know that T is sitting opposite to R. So place
R opposite to T. Now the arrangement will appear like this...

No check the skipped statement. 'V' is not next to either R or T. That means, we cant
 place V neither on both vacant sides of R nor at the single side of T. So the only vacant
place remaining was opposite to S.

U and W are sitting opposite to each other. So just place U opposite to W. Now there
are 2 vacancies and two people (P and Q) are pending. There is no specific clue to find
out their exact places. So there are equal chances for them to place any of the side.
Usually they leave blanks like this to make you confused. In these cases its better to
write P/Q (P or Q) at both the sides. In-fact they wont ask questions about P/Q because
they left them clueless. So finally the arrangement will appear like this.

1. Who is sitting opposite to 'S' ?

1. V
2. R
3. T
4. U
5. None of these

2. Who is sitting two places to the right of 'W' ?

1. P
2. S
3. V
4. Can't Say
5. None of these

3. If R and V interchange their places, then who is opposite to 'T' ?

1. P
2. S
3. R
4. V
5. None of these

4. If V is to the immediate left of 'P', then who is to the immediate left of 'R' ?
1. U
2. P
3. Q
4. Can't Say
5. None of these

SBI CLERK 2014 Exam: Pattern & Syllabus

Dear reader, As you all know that SBI Clerk Vacancy is out and Exam will be held in the
month of July/August 2014, so here we are presenting you a pattern & syllabus of SBI
Clerk 2014 exam.

State Bank of India Clerk Selection Process is based on Online Objective type Test
and Personal Interview.

Exam Pattern:
1. Online Exam: Marks 200 Time Duration: 2 Hrs 15 min.

The test will be online objective type, consisting of:

Topics Total Questions Total Marks

1. General 40 40
Awareness
2. General English 40 40
3. Quantitative 40 40
Aptitude
4. Reasoning Ability 40 40
5. Marketing Aptitude 40 40
+ Computer
Knowledge (20 questions from
each section)
Total 200 Qs 200 Marks

Note: There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th mark
will be deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates will have to pass in each section.

2. Interview: The candidates who qualified in online test will be called for interview.

Below Mentioned is the detailed syllabus of SBI CLERK 2014 Exam:

1. General Awareness: In this section questions will be asked from:

Banking Awareness
Current Affairs from all areas such as: National, International, Sports, Business, Awards
etc.

Note: 70% questions will asked from Current Affairs.

2. General English: In this section questions will be asked from:

Reading Comprehension,
Common Errors,
Error Spotting,
Fill in the Blanks,
Cloze Test,
Sentence Rearrangement etc.

3. Reasoning: In this section questions will be asked from:

Coding & Decoding,
Blood Relation
Alphabet Series
Syllogism
Seating Arrangement + Tabulation
Alphanumeric Series
Data Sufficiency
Inequality

4. Quantitative Aptitude: In this section questions will be asked from:

Simplification
Number System
Number Series
Percentage
Profit Loss
Average
Ratio & Proportion
Time & Work
Time & Distance
Simple & Compound Interest

Note: One Data Interpretation (D.I.) will also come in clerk exam.

5. Marketing Aptitude + Computer Knowledge: Basic questions will be asked form

both the section.

Marketing Section: You should have the basic knowledge of Marketing.

Fundamental & Basic concept of Marketing.

Computer Section: You should have the basic knowledge of Computer.

What are computer, how it works and its history. Try to learn each and every detail
which helps the computer to perform. Also focus on MS Word, Excel and Power Point
chapters.

Note: Above information is based on SBI Clerk 2012 exam pattern & syllabus. The only
difference is that this time SBI will conduct Online Exam for first time.

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