Top 50 Seating Arrangement Questions For SBI Clerk Mains 2018

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SBI Clerk Mains Exam 2018

Directions (1 to 5): Study the following The wrestler of Bahamas is not an immediate
information and answer the following neighbor of the wrestler of Bolivia.
questions.
In a Conference hall, the wrestlers of twelve 1. Who among the following sits at the extreme
countries sit in two parallel rows, in such a way ends of the row?
that there is an equal distance between the (A) Wrestler of Guinea and Laos
adjacent persons. In row 1, the wrestlers of (B) Wrestler of Cape Verde and Cyprus
Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Cyprus (C) Wrestler of Bahamas and Bolivia
and Estonia are seated facing south. In row 2, (D) Wrestler of Guinea and Latvia
the wrestlers of Georgia, Guinea, Honduras, (E) None of these
Korea, Laos and Latvia are seated facing north. 2. Who among the following faces the wrestler
Thus, in this sitting arrangement, each member of Georgia?
seated in a row faces another member of the (A) Wrestler of Bolivia
row. (B) Wrestler of Cyprus
The wrestler of Georgia sits third to the right of (C) Wrestler of Bahamas
the wrestler of Korea. Neither the wrestler of (D) Wrestler of Belize
Georgia nor the wrestler of Korea sits at (E) Wrestler of Cape Verde
extreme ends. The wrestler of Cyprus faces the 3. How many wrestlers sit between the wrestler
wrestler of Korea. The wrestler of Estonia does of Cyprus and Cape Verde?
not face the wrestler of Georgia and the (A) One (B) Two
wrestler of Estonia does not sit at extreme (C) Three (D) Four
ends. The wrestler of Estonia is not an (E) None of these
immediate neighbor of Cyprus. The wrestler of 4. Wrestler of Latvia faces wrestler of Estonia. If
Guinea sits at one of the extreme ends. Only the wrestler of Bahamas is related to the
two wrestlers sit between the wrestler of wrestler of Estonia and the wrestler of
Guinea and Laos. The wrestler of Laos does not Honduras is related to the wrestler of Latvia
face the wrestler of Estonia. Two wrestlers sit then following the same pattern which of the
between the wrestler of Bolivia and Belize. The following wrestlers is related to the wrestler of
wrestler of Bolivia is not an immediate neighbor Laos?
of the wrestler of Cyprus. The wrestler of (A) Wrestler of Guinea
Honduras does not face the wrestler of Estonia. (B) Wrestler of Korea
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(C) Wrestler of Honduras
(D) Wrestler of Georgia
(E) None of these
5. Which of the following is true regarding the
wrestler of Latvia?
(A) Wrestler of Latvia sits second to the right of
the wrestler of Honduras
(B) Wrestler of Latvia is not an immediate
neighbor of the wrestler of Georgia
(C) Wrestler of Latvia sits third to the left of the
wrestler of Korea
(D) Wrestler of Latvia sits at one of the extreme
ends of the line
(E) None of these
Directions (6 to 10): Study the following
information and answer the given questions.
There are eight students K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and
R sitting around a table and playing a game.
Everyone possesses a different kind of
gemstone namely; Diamond, Ruby, Emerald,
Sapphire, Pearl, Tourmaline, Moonstone and
Amethyst but not necessarily in the same order.
Among the eight students four students sitting
adjacent are facing the centre while the
remaining are facing outward.
N is third to the right of Q and both are facing
towards centre. N possess ruby while K has
Sapphire. K is second to the left of L and one of
them is facing outward. O is fourth to the right
of R, who faces the centre and has the
Moonstone. Q and O are the immediate
neighbours of the one who owns Sapphire. The
one who owns Tourmaline is sitting next to the
one who has Ruby. The student who owns Pearl
faces centre of the table. M does not have
Emerald and faces outward. The one who has
Diamond sits between Sapphire and Emerald.
The one who possesses Pearl is fifth to the right
of the one who owns Diamond.
6. Which gemstone is owned by O?
(A) Emerald (B) Ruby
(C) Diamond (D) Pearl
(E) Tourmaline
7. Who owns Amethyst?
(A) M (B) Q
(C) K (D) N
(E) R
8. Which student is immediate left of M?
(A) N (B) O
(C) R (D) P
(E) K
9. Which of the following pair faces away from
the table?
(A) L and M (B) Q and R
(C) O and K (D) K and N
(E) None of the above
10. Which of the following combination is
correct?
(A) L and Pearl (B) K and Diamond
(C) P and Ruby (D) O and emerald
(E) All are correct
Directions (11 to 15): Study the following
information carefully and answer the
questions given below:
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight cricketers
sitting around a circular tabl(E) Some of them
are facing the center while others are facing
opposite to the center. Each of them plays for
different team viz. M, K, J, X, N, L, Y and Z but
not necessarily in the same order. Each of them
except U and R played different number of
matches for their team. S played two more
matches than his immediate right neighbour. S
sits third to the left of P. R sits second to the left
of P. The difference between the number of
matches played by Q and the one who plays for
J is two less than the number of person sitting
between them. Q who plays for N is an
immediate neighbour of both S and V. The one
who sits to the immediate right of Q plays for X.
V who plays for M is sitting third to the right of
P. The sum of the total number of matches
played by the immediate neighbours of P is
equal to 9. W who plays for Y sits third to the
right of T. Neither P nor W is an immediate
neighbour of the person who plays for L. U does
not play for J. Only two such persons are there
who do not have anyone sitting in front of
them. The number of matches played by T is
twice the sum of the number of matches played
by his immediate neighbors. The person who
plays for Z is sitting opposite T. The one who
plays for N played 5 matches. P and Q are not
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facing each other. The one who played for K who sits opposite to V. Only one person sits
played 3 matches. No one played more than 8 between J and G. The number of persons born
matches. between H and X is the same as the number of
persons born between U and G. The persons
11. Who among the following sits fourth to the who belongs to P and E are sitting diagonally
right of P? opposite to each other. V belongs to A. The one
(A) Q (B) R (C) S who belongs to N sits in Row-2. The one who
(D) T (E) None of these belongs to O is sitting to the right of the one
12. What is the sum of the total number of who belongs to M. K, who belongs to C does not
matches played by the immediate neighbours sit opposite to Y. The one who belongs to P is
of W? older than Y but younger than H. K is the fifth
(A) 11 (B) 8 (C) 7 youngest person. J and U face opposite
(D) 9 (E) None of these directions. Y is to the immediate right of U. K
13. Who played the least number of matches? sits second to the left of H who belongs to D. Y
(A) P (B) Q (C) R sits third to the left of W. G was born in Jan.
(D) T (E) None of these Three of the persons who were born on 13th
14. What is the difference between the number date of the month are sitting at the ends. The
of matches played by the immediate one who sits second to the right of G is the
neighbours of U? youngest. U and one of his immediate neighbor
(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 2 were born in the same month. The one who
(D) 4 (E) None of these belongs to B sits opposite to K. H who was not
15. Who among the following sits fifth to the born in March sits to the immediate left of G. Y
right of Q? is second to the left of X. The fifth oldest person
(A) P (B) U (C) T is facing south. U is older than X who is older
(D) V (E) None of these than Y.

Directions (16 to 20): Study the given 16. How many persons are older than
information carefully and answer the given immediate neighbour of V?
questions. (A) One
Ten footballers belongs to ten different (B) Two
countries viz. A, B, C, D, E, F, M, N, O and P are (C) Four
sitting in two parallel rows. In Row-1- G, H, I, J (D) More than four
and K are seated whereas U, V, W, X and Y are (E) None of these
seated in Row-2 but not necessarily in the same 17. If it is given that G and A were born in the
order. Each of them is either facing north or same year, then which of the following could be
south direction. Row-1 runs parallel and to the the possible date on which A was born?
north of Row-2. Each member of the two rows (A) 1st January 1992
are seated opposite to each other. Each of them (B) 8th July 1994
was born on different months of the same year (C) 29th July 1994
starting from Jan to May. Two of them were (D) 13th December 1990
born on each month but on different date i.e. (E) 13th June 1989
13th and 29th. The player from A is sitting at 18. How many persons were born between the
the extreme end. U sits third to the right of V, immediate neighbours of U?
who was not born in the month which has 31 (A) One (B) Two
days . J sits to the immediate left of K. W, who is (C) Three (D) None
the oldest is not an immediate neighbour of U. (E) Five
Y faces opposite direction to W who belongs to 19. What is the position of the youngest
F. J sits to the immediate left of the person, member?
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(A) Immediate left of K (E) None of these

(B) Immediate left of I 24. Which among the seven friends like Grapes?
(C) Both (A) and (B) (A) C (B) D
(D) Immediate right of I (C) G (D) A
(E) Third to the right of G (E) Cannot be determined
20. How many persons sitting to the right of G 25. Which is the correct clockwise arrangement
are older than V? from the given options?
(A) One (B) Two (A) ACED (B) GACB
(C) Three (D) Cannot be determined (C) BGAC (D) BADF
(E) None of these (E) None of these

Directions (21 to 25): Study the following
information carefully to answer the given
questions.
Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting
on a circular table facing the center, but not
necessarily in the same order. Each of them
likes a fruit out of Apple, Banana, Orange,
Mango, Papaya, Grapes and Litchi, but not in
the same order.
Two people have seats between C and D. Both C
and D do not like Mango. B is sitting
immediately to the right of a man who likes
Papaya and C does not like Papaya. The man
who likes Mango is sitting third to the right of B,
who does not like Banana. G sits after the man
who likes Litchi. F is not sitting near C. F is
sitting equidistance from both A and the one
who like Orange. A and F are not immediate
neighbors and both of them do not like Mango
or Grapes. G likes Apples and is sitting between
B and the friend who likes Orange.
21. Which person likes Litchi?
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
(E) Cannot be determined
22. Who is sitting between G and the one who
like Mango?
(A) One who like Litchi
(B) One who like Orange
(C) F
(D) One who like Grapes
(E) A
23. Which of the friend is not the neighbor of
either B or C?
(A) A (B) E
(C) F (D) G
Directions (26 to 30): Study the following
information carefully and answer the
questions given below:
Ten persons are sitting in twelve seats in two
parallel rows containing five people each, in
such a way that there is an equal distance
between adjacent persons. In row 1: A, D, K, M
and N are seated and all of them are facing
south, and in a row 2: Y, X, U, B and Z are sitting
and all of them are facing north. One seat is
vacant in each row. Therefore, in the given
seating arrangement each member seated in a
row faces another member of the other row.
These 10 persons are living in a building with
four floors with bottommost floor being first
floor and topmost being fourth floor. Each floor
has at least one person on it, and the floors in
which there is more than one person have the
persons from both the rows living on them.M is
the only person living alone. None of the floors
have two persons living on them. All of them
like different sports personalities i.e. P, E, H, I, S,
T, O, W, L and G. B sits third to the right of U
and likes I. Only two people sit between X and
Vacant seat. X sits at one of the extreme ends.
U does not like P and W. X does not like S and H.
Y lives above X. N is not an immediate neighbor
of K. D likes G. The one who likes H faces the
one who likes W. Vacant seat of row-1 does not
face B. The one who likes H sits opposite to the
one, who sits third right of the one, who sits
opposite to B. K is not an immediate neighbor
of M. Only one person is living below B and the
one who likes H. Z, who likes neither S nor T,
does not face vacant seat. Neither B nor U sits
at an extreme ends. M faces U. Vacant seats are
not opposite to each other. The one who likes E
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does not live on an odd numbered floor. Two
seats are there between K and D, who sits third
right of the one, who likes O. The one who likes
L faces the one, who likes I. The person who
likes P and W are adjacent to each other. The
one who likes L lives above N, but not
immediately above N. Vacant seat of row-1 is
not an immediate neighbor of M and neither it
is any of the extreme ends.
26. Who among the following sits second to the
right of the person who faces the vacant seat?
(A) One who likes E
(B) One who likes P
(C) A
(D) K
(E) One who likes O
27. Which of the following is true regarding A?
(A) D and K are immediate neighbors of A.
(B) Only two people sit between A and K.
(C) A is an immediate neighbor of the person
who faces U.
(D) A sits second to left of D.
(E) None of the given options is true.
28. Which of the following groups of people
represents the people sitting at extreme ends of
both the rows?
(A) D, K, A, U
(B) N, Z, X, K
(C) N, K, A, U
(D) D, K, A, Z
(E) X, K, A, U
29. Who amongst the following lives with D on
the same floor?
(A) U (B) K
(C) Y (D) A
(E) Can’t be determined
30. Which of the following is true with respect
to the given information?
(A) Y sits exactly between Z and U.
(B) M faces the immediate neighbor of the one
who lives on the topmost floor.
(C) X is an immediate neighbour of Y.
(D) K does not live on the same floor as X.
(E) None of the given options is true.
Directions (31 to 35): Study the following
information carefully and answer the
questions given below:
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, R, S , U, and
W are sitting around a rectangular table in such
a way that four of them sit at four corners of
the Table while four sit in the middle of each of
the four sides. The one who sit at the four
corners face outside the centre while those who
sit in the middle of the sides face inside. All of
them have different age viz. 18 yr, 19yr, 20 yr,
21 yr, 22 yr, 23 yr, 24 yr and 25 yr but not
necessarily in the same order.
S sits third to the right of D whose age is a
prime number. There are three persons sit
between S and W. U who is 22 yr old, is second
to the left of S. R sits opposite to U. A is younger
than U. Three people sit in between B whose
age is a perfect square and the one whose age
is 21 yr old. U is immediate neighbor of B. A’s
age is a prime number. S is elder than W who is
not youngest among all the persons. D who is
immediate right of R is not facing towards A.
31. Who among the following is 24 years old?
(A) W (B) A
(C) S (D) R
(E) None of these
32. Who among the following sits second to the
left of C?
(A) A (B) R
(C) S (D) D
(E) None of these
33. Who among the following faces to the one
who is 20 years old?
(A) The one who is 24 years old
(B) The one who is 21 years old
(C) The one who is 18 years old
(D) D
(E) None of these
34. Who among the following is youngest
among all the people?
(A) S (B) R
(C) A (D) W
(E) U
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35. Four of the following five are belongs to a
group find the one who does not belongs to the
group?
(A) A
(B) The one who is 21 years old
(C) D
(D) The one who is 25 years old
(E) The one who is 18 years old
Directions (36 to 40): Study the following
information carefully to answer the given
question.
There are eight members i.e. M, N, Q, A, R, O, B
and P in a family having three generation and all
are related to Q in a certain way and there are
only two married couple in the family. They all
are sitting around a circular table such that all
are facing towards the centre. Q sits third to the
left of his mother-in-law, who sits second to the
left of sister of R. N is unmarried. O has only
one son. B is the grandson of A, who sits third
to the right of N, who is the aunt of B. O is the
mother of R. M is the mother-in-law of P and
sits on the immediate left of brother in law of
Q. N is the only daughter of M. A and O is not
the married couple. Son of Q sits third to the
right of Q’s brother-in-law. R is not married. N is
not the immediate neighbour of P.
36. How is O related to Q?
(A) Mother
(B) Father
(C) Grandmother
(D) Mother-in-law
(E) None of these
37. Who among the following sits second to the
right of son of Q?
(A) Mother of Q
(B) Father of B
(C) Father of N
(D) Brother of N
(E) None of these
38. How many persons sits between P and sister
of Q?
(A) One (B) Two
(C) More than Three (D) No one
(E) Three
39. Who among the following is the mother of
B?
(A) P (B) M
(C) O (D) R
(E) None of these
40. Who among the following sits on the
immediate right of brother-in-law of Q?
(A) M (B) Q
(C) R (D) N
(E) O
Directions (41 to 50): Study the following
information carefully to answer the given
question.
There are eight shopkeepers i.e. P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V and W sitting in a row such that some of them
are facing south and some of them facing north
but not necessarily in the same order. They all
have different number of pens with them. The
immediate neighbour W faces opposite
direction(i.e. if one faces south then other face
in the north and vice versa). P has 3 less pens
than U. R has 5 pens less than V. T sits fourth to
the right of P and both faces opposite direction
and one of them sits at the end of the row. W
has odd number of pens which is a perfect
square less than 85 and more than 27. Only two
shopkeeper sits between W and the one who
has 20 less pens than W. There are only two
shopkeeper sits between the one who has 11
pens more than P and R. R does not have 49
pens with him. T does not sit at the end of the
row. W sits on immediate right of T. The one
who has 49 pens sits second to the left of W. U
sits second to the left of T and has 64 pens with
him. S faces opposite direction of Q. Those who
sits at the end of the row faces opposite
direction. R sits second to the right of V and
both faces same direction. S is not the
immediate neighbour W and does not face
north direction. T has 10 less pens than P. V has
41 pens with him.
41. Who among the following shopkeeper has
72 pens with him?
(A) S (B) P
(C) Q (D) R
(E) None of these
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42. Who among the following sit second to the The one who likes Blue colour sits second to the
left of Q? left of T, who likes Purple colour. The one who
(A) The one who has 49 pens likes white colour does not face south direction.
(B) The one who has 61 pens R faces the one who likes Cyan colour. R likes
(C) The one who has 51 pens Brown colour and sits third to the right of O. M
(D) The one who has 72 pens sits on the immediate left P, who likes Yellow
(E) The one who has 81 pens colour. Q sit on the immediate right of the one
43. Who among the following sits on the who likes Red colour and faces L. O faces S, and
immediate right of U? likes Pink colour.
(A) R (B) P
(C) V (D) Q 46. Who among the following likes white
(E) Either (A) or (C) colour?
44. Which among the following shopkeeper has (A) D (B) Q
49 pens with him? (C) S (D) N
(A) S (B) Q (E) None of these
(C) T (D) W 47. Who among the following sits second to the
(E) None of these left of R?
45. How many persons faces south direction? (A) The one who likes Pink Colour
(A) Two (B) D
(B) Three (C) The one who likes Purple Colour
(C) Four (D) T
(D) Can’t be determined (E) Both (C) and (D)
(E) Five 48. Who among the following likes Black
colour?
Directions (46 to 50): Study the following (A) Q (B) M
information carefully to answer the given (C) N (D) S
question. (E) P
There are ten persons i.e. D, L, R, S, T, M, N, O, P 49. If T is related to Cyan colour and in the same
and Q who all are sitting in two parallel rows way N is related to Blue colour then following
such that persons sitting in a row faces the the same pattern O is related to?
persons sitting in the other row. Five persons (A) Purple (B) White
are sitting in each row. They all like different (C) Yellow (D) Red
colour i.e. Pink, Black, Red, Purple, Green, (E) None of these
Yellow, Blue, White, Brown and Cyan but not 50. Which of the following colour does M likes?
necessarily in the same order. (A) Green (B) Cyan
R sits diagonally opposite to the one who like (C) Red (D) Black
Black colour. The one who like Red colour sit (E) None of these
second to the right of P, who faces the one who
likes Green colour. D sits third to the right of L.
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