LOGICAL REASONING

MODULE 5 – SEATING ARRANGEMENT

Directions - Questions 1 and 2: Five boys Ashwin, Dipesh, Eshan, Chetan, and Bipin, and five girls
Parul, Komal, Radha, Savita, and Vimla sit in two rows facing towards each other. All the boys are in one
row and all the girls are in the other row. Eshan who is to the immediate right of Bipin and opposite Parul
is not at an end. Radha, who is immediately to the right of Komal and opposite Chetan, is at one of the
ends. Ashwin is opposite Komal who is third to the right of Savita. Dipesh and Vimla are not opposite each
other.
1. Who is opposite to Dipesh?
(a) Komal (b) Savita (c) Parul (d) Radha
2. Who is to the immediate right of Parul?
(a) Radha (b) Savita (c) Vimla (d) Komal
Solution:

Directions for questions 3 to 7: Eight friends, viz Manu, Ritu, Tinku, Rishi, Alka, Rohan, Sony, and
Akash, sit in a row having chairs numbered one to eight in ascending order from left to right. They all are
facing North. Tinku sits on chair number six. There are exactly two people between Tinku and Manu. Ritu
and Akash always sit adjacent to each other. Sony sits adjacent to neither Manu nor Tinku. Alka never sits
on a chair having an odd number on it. Neither Ritu nor Akash sits on chair number four. There is only one
person between Rohan and Ritu. Alka sits on the right (not) necessarily immediate right) of Rishi and Rishi
never sits adjacent to Rohan.
3. Who among the following sit at extreme ends?
(a) Sony, Ritu (b) Akash, Rishi
(c) Monu, Ritu (d) Akash, Sony
4. Who among the following sits on the immediate right of Alka?
(a) Manu (b) Rohan (c) Ritu (d) Akash
5. How many people are sitting between Ritu and Manu?
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four

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6. Who among the following is different from the others, based on the given seating arrangement?
(a) Sony – Manu (b) Alka-Akash
(c) Rohan-Ritu (d) Ritu - Sony

7. If (from left to right) the first person interchanges his position with the person at fifth position and the
second person interchanges his position with the person at sixth position and so on, which of the following
will be the fifth from the right end in the new arrangement?
(a) Ritu (b) Tinku (c) Akash (d) Rishi
Solution: 3, 4, 5, 6

Sony Manu Rohan Ritu

Rishi Alka Tinku Akash

Chair No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Solution: 7
Rohan Ritu Sony Manu

Tinku Akash Rishi Alka

Chair No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Directions - Questions 8 and 9: L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S are sitting around a square table in such a way
that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The
ones who sit at the four corners face the center while those who sit in the middle of the sides face outside.
Two females sit in the middle of the sides and two at the corners.
• L sits second to the left of R.
• R sits in the middle of one of the sides.
• N sits fourth to the right of his wife and his wife is not an immediate neighbor of L or R.
• M sits third to the right of her husband.
• M does not sit at any of the corners.
• Only O sits between M and S.
• S is the husband of L.
• P is a male.

8. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
(a) No two males are immediate neighbors of each other.
(b) R and S face each other in the seating arrangement.
(c) L sits in the center of one of the sides of the square table.
(d) Q is a male and sits diagonally opposite to P.

9. Who amongst the following is the wife of N?

(a) O (b) Q (c) M (d) R

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Solution:

Directions for questions 10 to 14: Eight friends, P, Q, R, S, T, V. W, and Y are sitting around a square
table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of
the four sides. The one who sits at the four corners faces the center while those who sit in the middle of the
sides face outside. S sits third to the right of P. P faces the center. Y is not an immediate neighbor of P or
S. T sits third to the right of R. R does not sit in the middle of any of the sides and also R is not an
immediate neighbor of Y. Only one person sits between P and V. Q is not an immediate neighbor of V.

10. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order in a clockwise direction, starting from P, the
positions of how many (excluding P) will remain unchanged as compared to their original seating
positions?
(a) None (b) One (c) Two (e) Four

11. Which of the following is true regarding Y?

(a) T is not an immediate neighbor of Y
(b) Y sits in the middle of one of the sides
(c) R sits second to left of Y
(d) P and V are immediate neighbors of Y.
12. Who amongst the following sits fourth to the left of V?
(a) Y (b) R (c) T (d) Q

13. What is the position of Q with respect to R?

(a) Immediately to the right (b) Second to the left
(c) Third to the left (d) Third to the right

14. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does
not belong to that group?
(a) T (b) W (c) V (d) Q (e) S

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Solution: 10

Solution: 11, 12, 13, 14

Directions for questions 15 to 18: Six people -Huma, Isha, Kunal, Lakhan, Mala, and Naveen-are
managers in different departments namely Marketing, Finance, Operation, IT and Customer Care-of a
company-not necessarily in the same order. They are sitting around a circular table facing the center of the
table. Huma is sitting to the left of the HR Manager. Lakhan is sitting third to the right of the Finance
Manager. The Marketing Manager is sitting opposite the Customer Care Manager. Kunal, who is the
Operation Manager, is sitting opposite Mala, who is the HR Manager. Isha is sitting between Navin and
Mala

15. Who is sitting to the immediate left of Huma?

(a) Lakhan (b) Mala (c) Navin (d) Isha
16. Which of the following statements is definitely true?
1. Isha is sitting to the immediate right of Naveen
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2 IT manager is sitting opposite Isha
3. Huma is the Marketing Manager
(a) Only 2 (b) Only 3
(c) Both 2 and 3 (d) Both 1 and 3
17. If the Marketing Manager is sitting to the right of the Finance Manager, then which of the following
statements is definitely true?
(a) The Customer Care Manager is sitting to the immediate right of Lakhan,
(b) Huma is the Marketing Manager
(c) Navin is the Customer Care Manager
(d) Both (b) and (c)
18. Who is sitting opposite Isha?
(a) Kunal (b) IT manager
(c) Marketing Manager (d) Huma
Solution:

Directions for questions 19 to 22: Eight persons, comprising three females and five
males, namely P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, and P8 are sitting around a circular table facing the center of the
table. It is also known that:
(i) No two females are sitting next to each other,
(ii) P6 is sitting between P8 and P2.
(iii) P4, who is a female, is sitting second to the left of P6.
(iv) P3, who is a female, is sitting between P5 and P2.
(v) Pl is a female.

19. Who is sitting to the immediate left of P1?

(a) P3 (b) P2 (c) P5 (d) None of these
20. Which of the following statements is definitely true?
(a) P6 is male and P7 is female.
(b) P6 is female and P7 is male.
(c) Both P6 and P7 are males.
(d) Both P6 and P7 are females.
21. Who is sitting to the immediate left of P4?
(a) P7 (b) P5 (c) P8 (d) None of these
22. Who is sitting opposite to P7?
(a) P3 (b) P6 (c) P2 (d) P8
Solution:

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Directions for questions 23 to 25: Eight delegates from eight different countries-US. UK, France, Italy,
China, Australia, Nepal, and Bhutan- are sitting around a round table for a conference on global peace. It is
also known that:
(a) The delegate from the US is sitting diametrically opposite to the one from the UK.
(b) There are exactly three delegates between delegates from France and Italy.
(c) The delegate from Bhutan is sitting to the immediate right of the delegate from the UK.
(d) The delegate from Nepal is not sitting adjacent to the delegate from the US.
(e) The delegate from Italy is sitting second to the left of the delegate from the US.

23. The delegate sitting to the immediate left of the French delegate is from
(a) China (b) Australia (c) UK (d) Either (a) or (b)
24. The delegates from which of the following pairs of countries are definitely not sitting opposite to each
other?
(a) Italy and France (b) Australia and Nepal
(c) China and Bhutan (d)Australia and China
25. The delegate from which country is sitting second to the left of the delegate from the UK?
(a) Bhutan (b)France (c) Italy (d) None of these
Solution: