LINEAR ARRANGEMENT / SEATING ARRANGEMENT

1. X, Y, Z and Q live in red, yellow, green and blue coloured houses not necessarily
in the same order, and are in a sequence on a street. Z lives in the yellow coloured
house. The green house is adjacent to blue house. X does not live in the house
adjacent to Z. The yellow house is exactly between the red and green house. What
is the colour of house in which X lives?

a) Red
b) Green
c) Yellow
d) Blue
e) Cannot be determined

2. Kiran is sitting between Mohan and Sohan. Rita is to the immediate left of Sohan
and Sita is to the immediate right of Mohan. If these people are facing south, who
is sitting to the extreme right?

a) Sohan
b) Mohan
c) Kiran
d) Sita
e) Cannot be determined

3. Read the following statements and answer the following questions

 
P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting on a bench and all of them are facing west
S is sitting third from north end
V is between T and U
Q is at one of the extreme end and T is her neighbour
R is on the immediate right of S

a) Which of the given statements is not required to find out P's position?

a) 1
b) 3
c) 4
d) All are required.

b) Between which of the following pair of people is S sitting?

a) P and R
b) R and U
c) V and Q
d) None of these
c) Name the person with whom R should change places so that he sits at third place
from the southern end?

a) V
b) T
c) S
d) U

d) Which of the following pair of people is sitting at the extreme ends?

a) RU
b) PV
c) QU
d) None of these

e) Who is sitting to the immediate right of T?

a) Q
b) R
c) S
d) V

Based on the given information answer the questions that follow.

 
4. There is an 8 storey building which is occupied by 7 people Leena, Meena, Neeta,
Ottoman, Pinku, Quincy, Rita who stay on different floors 

Following are the rules:

1) There are exactly 4 floors between Rita and Neeta
2) No one has occupied the floor above Neeta
3) The floor immediately above Ottoman is occupied by Meena and the one
which is immediately below is occupied by Rita
4) Leena and Pinku stay above Quincy
5) Rita and Quincy do not occupy the ground floor

a) Who stays on the top floor?

a) Rita
b) Meena
c) Neeta
d) Quincy
e) None of these

b) Who stays on the floor below Quincy?

a) Neeta
b) Meena
c) Rita
 d) Ottoman
e) No one

c) Who stays on the floor above Quincy?

a) Pinku
b) Leena
c) Rita
d) Pinku or Leena
e) Rita or Pinku

d) Which floor is vacant in the building?

a) 1st floor
b) 2nd floor
c) 3rd floor
d) Ground floor
e) No floor is vacant

e) Whose floors among the following cannot be pointed exactly?

a) Rita
b) Meena
c) Leena
d) Ottoman
e) Quincy

5. There are two rows of books in library facing each other and each row has five
books. Each row as one book on Psychology, Chemical Engineering, One on
Economics, one on History and one Mechanical Engineering. All the books are
identical in dimension and are at equal distances from their neighbours. The rows
can be called as Row 1 and Row 2.

The following clues are given.

1. Economics book in row 2 is at a corner

2. In both rows, economics book is next to chemical engineering book. Further
in both rows, chemical engineering book is next to the Psychology book
3. Psychology books is the only book in either row to face its counter part
4. Book farthest from counterpart is the history book. Only another book is as
far as the history book from its counterpart.

a) Which book is opposite to the chemical engineering book of row 1?

a) Economics
b) History
c) Mechanical engineering
d) Psychology
 e) Cannot be determined

b) Which subjects are at the centre in row 1 and row 2, in that order?

a) Mechanical engineering & Mechanical engineering

b) Economics and History
c) Psychology and Psychology
d) History and Economics
e) Chemical Engineering and Chemical Engineering

c) Which book is the neighbour of economics in row 1 and row 2?

a) Psychology and Chemical Engineering

b) Chemical Engg in both rows
c) Chemical engg and Mechanical engg
d) Mechanical engg and Chemical Engg
e) History and Chemical Engg

6. A board meeting of an organisation need to be arranged, six members of various

designations will sit around a round table facing the centre of the table and the
chairs are equally placed around it. There is one Managing Director, Director,
President, VP, CIO, CFO.

Following instructions are given to organiser to setup the seating pattern.

• Managing Director will sit to the right of Director
• President will not sit next to the VP
• MD will be equally far from CIO and CFO. (All seats will be equally spaced)
• VP will sit to the immediate right of CIO

a) Who is definitely sitting at the same distance from Director as Managing Director
is sitting from CIO or CFO?

a) President alone
b) VP alone
c) MD alone
d) President and VP
e) VP and MD

b) Who is sitting exactly opposite to the VP?

a) MD
b) President
c) CFO
d) Director
e) CIO

c) One of the board members leaves the meeting, leaving a gap of one seat
between President and VP. Then, who could have left the meeting?
 a) CIO
b) MD
c) Director
d) MD or Director
e) CIO or MD

d) At one point of time, MD swaps his seat with VP, then which of the following will
be definitely correct?

a) CIO sits between President and VP

b) CFO sits between MD and CIO
c) CIO sits to the left of President
d) CFO sits to the immediate right of CIO
e) VP sits to the immediate left of President

7. Eight friends are sitting around a circular table facing the center. Their names
are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H.

• G sits opposite to B who is immediate right of H.

• E sits between A and H but not opposite to F.
• D is not neighbor of either G or E.
• C sits exactly opposite to E.
• F is not immediate neighbor of B.

Who sits exactly opposite to A?

a) F
b) G
c) D
d) B
e) E

In the following pairs, who are the neighbors of E?

a) BH
b) AH
c) GH
d) CF
e) DH

Which person sits exactly middle of B and E and is also their neighbour?

a) F
b) H
c) D
d) G
 e) A

If the positions of A and G, H and E, D and B, C and F are interchanged then who
sits third to the right of C?

a) B
b) A
c) D
d) H
e) F

Which of the given statement is superfluous?

a) i
b) ii
c) iii
d) iv
e) All are reqd

8. Four boys A, B, C, D and four girls P, Q, R, S are playing merry go round in such
a way that they face the centre and form a circle. No two girls or no two boys are
next to each other. A is to the immediate left of R, who is opposite to Q. P and Q
have only C between them. P is opposite to S, who is to the immediate right of B.

a) Which of the following is an acceptable arrangement of the boys and girls in

clockwise direction?

a) A, R, D, P, C, Q, B, S
b) C, Q, P, D, S, B, A, R
c) D, R, A, S, B, Q, P, C
d) Q, C, P, D, R, A, S, B

b) If B is the only person between R and S, then who is opposite B?

a) A
b) Q
c) C
d) D

c) Who is the only person between P and R?

a) B or C
b) A or D
c) S or A
d) D or C

d) Which of the following persons are opposite each other?

 a) P and S
b) B and Q
c) C and D
d) A and B

9. 9 friends, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I are staying in 3 different floors of an

apartment. Each floor has 3 plots sequentially

• G is in the 1st floor and not adjacent to either D or E.

• B and H will not stay in the same floor.
• Neighbors of B are A and C. C stays in the same column and next floor of E who
lives in the 2nd floor.
• I's plot is to the second left of H's plot in first floor.
• B stays two floors above to G; G's plot and B's plot are in the same column.
• F is in second plot in the second floor from left end.
• D stays above to the I's floor and plot.

Who stays below to A's plot?

a) F
b) D
c) E
d) B
e) C

In which of the following floors, G do not stay?

a) 1&2
b) 2&3
c) 1&3
d) None of these
e) Cannot be determined

Which of the following group of persons stay in the same floor?

a) AGI
b) BFG
c) CEH
d) EDF
e) ABE
10. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight friends sitting around a circular table (facing
the centre). They like exactly one of the following subjects viz. English, Hindi,
History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics (in no particular
order). The following facts are known about their seating arrangement.

1. A sits opposite the person who likes History

2. The person who likes chemistry sits to the immediate right of the E
3. G is adjacent to D and the person who likes Physics
4. H is to the left of A and likes English
5. B sits to the immediate left of the person who likes history and is adjacent to
G who likes Hindi.
6. C is sitting exactly opposite D and is adjacent to F who likes geography
7. H does not sit next to someone who likes Biology or Hindi.

a) Which subject does A like?

a) English
b) Hindi
c) Physics
d) Mathematics
e) Chemistry

b) Which person likes physics?

a) E
b) D
c) B
d) G
e) C

c) How many people are sitting between H and G when counted clockwise?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
e) 4

d) Who is sitting diagonally opposite G ?

a) C
b) The person who likes history
c) E
d) H
e) The person who likes geography
11. Eight people Waqar, Preetham, Tina, Reetu, Umesh, Qureshi, Vinay and Suresh
are travelling in an eight seat car. The car has two seats in the first row and 3 seats
each in the second and third row. One seat in the first row is the driver's seat. The
seats in the second row are exactly in front of seats in the last row. Umesh is sitting
in the third row. Suresh is sitting to the driver's left. Vinay is to the left of Waqar.
Reetu, Preetham and Tina are sitting in one row. Waqar and Umesh do not sit
beside each other. Preetham is sitting on the seat immediately in front of Vinay.
Tina is not on the seat in front of Umesh.
a) Who is the driver?

a) Suresh
b) Qureshi
c) Vinay
d) Cannot be determined

b) Who is sitting to the right of Preetham?

a) Tina
b) Reetu
c) Tina or Reetu
d) Cannot be determined
 
c) Which of the following groups of people sits in the same row in the car?

a) Suresh, umesh, Qureshi

b) Suresh, Reetu and Umesh
c) Umesh, Vinay and Waqar
d) None of the above

d) Which of the following statements is true?

a) Vinay is to the left of Umesh

b) Qureshi is to the right of Suresh
c) Reetu is on the seat behind Vinay
d) All the above

e) Who sits exactly behind Tina?

a) Qureshi
b) Suresh
c) Waqar
d) Vinay