Seating Arrangement

1. A, B, C, X, Y, Z are seated in a straight line facing North. C is third to the right of Z and B sits
second to the right of C. X sits to the immediate right of A.

1. Which of the following represents the pairs of persons sitting exactly in the middle of the line?
a. XB b. ZB c. BX d. CX

2. What is X’s position with respect to Z?

a. Immediate right b. Second to the left c. Second to the right d. Third to the left

3. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way based on their seating positions in the above
arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
a. ZA b. BY c. CX d. CB

4. How many persons are seated between A and C ?

a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four

5. If Y and Z exchange places and X and B exchange places, the how many people sit between Y and
X?
a. one b. Two c. Three d. Four

2. 7 people live in 7 different houses in a street. Bill lives to the immediate right of Percy and
fourth to the left of Ron. Fred lives between Charlie and George. Percy doesn't live in a corner
house.

1. Who lives in the left corner of the street?

a. Bill b. Ron c. Ginny d. None of the above

2. Who lives in the right corner of the street?

a. Bill b. Ron c. Ginny d. None of the above

3. Which of the following statements is definitely true?

a. Percy lives between Ginny and Bill
b. Ginny doesn't live next to George
c. George lives to the immediate left of Ron
d. Ginny has only one neighbor

4. If Percy and Charlie exchange houses, without changing the rest of the arrangement, then who
lives in the center of the street?
a. Charlie b. George c. Percy d. Cannot be determined

5. If Percy and George exchange houses, without changing the rest of the arrangement, then how
any people live between Ginny and Percy?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 4 d. Cannot be determined
3. Eleven friends M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in the first row of the stadium
watching a cricket match. T is to the immediate left of P and third to the right of U. V is the
immediate neighbor of M and N and third to the left of S. M is the second to the right of Q, who is
at one of the ends. R is sitting next to the right of P and P is second to the right of O.

1. Who is sitting in the center of the row?

a. N b. O c. S d. U

2. Who is sitting to the right of S?

a. O b. T c. P d. All of these

3. Which of the following statements is true with respect to the above arrangement?
a. There are 3 persons sitting between P & S
b. W is sitting between M & V
c. N is sitting between M & U
d. S & O are neighbors sitting to the immediate right of T

4. Who are the immediate neighbors of T?

a. O & P b. O & R c. N & U d. V & U

5. If Q and P, O and N, M and T, and W and R interchange their positions then which of the following
pairs of friends is sitting at the ends?
a. P & Q b. Q & R c. P & W d. W & R

4. Nine people set out on a quest and after walking until evening, set up a camp in the woods with
tents to sleep in. Each person sets up his own tent with the door facing east. Boromir & Pippin Set
up their tents in the corners. Merry sets up his tent adjacent to Boromir. There are at least two
tents between Legolas & Pippin. There are at most two tents between Boromir & Gimli. Gandalf
sets up his tent to the left of Aragorn, who is in the center. Sam doesn't have Pippin as a neighbor.

1. Whose tent is to the immediate right of Aragorn?

a. Legolas b. Gimli c. Sam d. Merry

2. The neighbors of Sam are

a. Legolas & Aragorn b. Frodo & Gandalf c. Legolas & Frodo d. Cannot be determined

3. If Merry is to the left of Boromir, then which of the following statements is definitely true?
a. Frodo is to the immediate left of Pippin
b. Gimli has Merry & Gandalf as neighbors
c. Boromir is to the right of Sam
d. Legolas is to the left of Sam

4. Which of the following statements can be true?

i. Gimli is to the immediate left of Gandalf
ii. Gimli is to the right of Gandalf
iii. Sam is to the immediate left of Frodo
iv. Sam is to the immediate right of Frodo
a. i & iii b. ii & iv c. i, iii & iv d. All the above
5. Which of the following is definitely false?
a. Gandalf is to the immediate left of Aragorn
b. Gimli is third from the right corner
c. Pippin is in the left corner
d. Frodo is not adjacent to Pippin & Sam

5. Six people - Tom, Jerry, Butch, Toots, Spyke & Tyke, are sitting in a row. There are at least two
people between Tom & Toots. There is at most one person between Tyke & Jerry. Jerry & Toots sit
in the corners. Butch sits to the immediate left of Toots.

1. Which of the following people definitely sits in one of the two center places?
a. Tom b. Spyke c. Tyke d. Cannot be determined

2. Who are the neighbors of Butch?

a. Spyke & Toots b. Tyke & Toots c. Tom & Toots d. Cannot be determined

3. Which of the following is definitely true?

a. Jerry is in the right corner
b. Tyke is to the immediate right of Jerry
c. Tom is second to the left of Butch
d. Butch is adjacent to Spyke & Toots

4. How many people sit between Tom & Toots?

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. Cannot be determined

5. If Tom is to the immediate right of Jerry, which of the following is definitely false?
a. Tom's neighbors are Jerry & Tyke
b. Spyke is adjacent to Tyke
c. Tyke & Spyke are in the center
d. Tom is adjacent to Spyke

6. Seven people - A, B, C, D, E, F & G belonging to different professions are standing in a queue in

the same order (Queue starts from A). The Actor stands immediately in front of the Lawyer, who is
last in the queue. The Doctor stands in third place from the front of the queue and in front of the
Chef. There is only one person standing in front of the Scientist, that is the Engineer.

1. Who stands in the middle of the queue?

a. Chef b. Professor c. Scientist d. Cannot be determined

2. Which of the following pairs of people and professions can be true?

a. C - Engineer b. F - Lawyer c. E - Chef d. C - Scientist

3. Who among the following is standing behind the Chef?

a. Lawyer b. C c. B d. None of the above

4. If the professor is in fourth place in the queue, then who stands immediately in front of E?
a. F b. G c. D d. C
5. Who stands immediately behind the Chef?
a. Professor b. Actor c. Lawyer d. None of the above

7. L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are seated around a circular table facing the center of the table. O is
sitting between L and R. Q is second to the right of R and P is second to the right of Q. N is not an
immediate neighbor of L or R. There are two people between P & M.

1. Which of the following is not correct?

a. R is second to the right of L b. M is second to the left of N
c. L sits exactly between R & P d. Q is a neighbor of N & R

2. How many persons are seated between L and Q?

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

3. Who is to the immediate left of P?

a. S b. N c. Q d. L

4. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way based on their seating positions in the above
arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
a. RLO b. QRM c. SNP d. ORM

5. Which of the following is true?

a. N is third to the left of O b. N is third to the right of O
c. N is opposite to O d. All of the above

8. A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H are seated around a circular table facing the center. F sits to the immediate
right of D & third to the left of A. G sits third to the left of D, who does not sit next to E. B sits next
to G but not next to D. C does not sit next to either D or A.

1. Who sits to the immediate left of A?

a. G b. E c. B d. F

2. What is the position of B with respect to C?

a. Opposite b. Fourth to the left c. Fourth to the right d. All of the above

3. Which of the following pairs sits between G and D?

a. AC b. DF c. HB d. FA

4. Starting from A’s position, if all the eight are arranged in alphabetical order in clockwise direction,
the seating position of which of the following (excluding A) would not change?
a. B b. C c. G d. H

5. Four of the following are alike based upon their seating arrangement around the circle. Which is
the one that does not belong to that group?
a. FH b. GE c. DB d. CA
9. Six people - A, B, C, D, E & F not necessarily in the same order are sitting around a circular table
facing the center of the table. There is one married couple among them and each person has a
profession among engineer, fashion designer, developer, professor, dancer & architect, and a pet
among dog, fish, horse, cow cat & parrot. The married couple sits opposite to each other and one
of them has a horse as their pet. F has a dog and sits opposite to the fashion designer while the
professor is a husband and sitting to the person with the fish. E sits second to the right of the
architect. B has a parrot and the developer like aquatic animals. Owners of Cow and horse are D &
C respectively and one of them is a professor and the other is an fashion designer. The architect
came with her husband and left her cat at home and is also sitting to the left of the fashion
designer. The dancer and developer sit opposite to each other.

1. The person sitting to the left of E is

a. D b. Developer c. Person having a cow d. Married

2. The person sitting fourth to the right of D is

a. Professor b. F c. Person having a parrot d. Married

3. The pets of the neighbors of fashion designer are

a. Cat & Fish b. Fish & Dog c. Dog & Parrot d. Cat & Horse

4. Which of these if the married couple?

a. C-B b. C-E c. C-A d. C-F

5. Which one of the following is an engineer?

a. D b. A c. B d. F

10. Six people - P, Q, R, S, T, and U are sitting around a hexagonal table facing away from the
center of the table. P sits between R & S. T sits opposite to P. S & Q are adjacent to each other.

1. Who are the neighbors of S?

a. QP b. QT c. PR d. PT

2. Who is sitting to the immediate left of R?

a. U b. P c. T d. S

3. Who sits opposite to R?

a. S b. Q c. T d. U

4. Which of the following can be true?

a. T is opposite to R b. T is to the immediate left of U

c. R is a neighbor of Q d. U and P are adjacent

5. Counting in the clockwise direction starting from P, how many people sit between P and Q?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4