Logical Reasoning

Linear and Parallel Arrangement

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

“Some people are sitting in a row facing North. A sits third to the left of B. Three people sit
between B and D. C is second to the left of D. D is not sit on the extreme end of the row. Two
people sit between C and E.
There are as many people sit between B and G as sit between A and C. There are not more than
ten people sit in the row”

Q1. Find out how many seats are in a row?

(a) Seven (b) Eight (c) Thirteen (d) Ten (e) Nine

Q2. What is the position of ‘E’ from the left end?

(a) Second from the left (b) Fourth from the left end (c) Fifth from the left end
(d) Third from the left end (e) None of these

Q3. What is the position of ‘B’ with respect to ‘A’?

(a) Second to the right (b) Third to the left
(c) Fifth to the right (d) Third to the right (e) None of these

Q4. How many persons sits between ‘D’ and ‘A’?

(a) Three (b) Four (c) Six (d) More than 9 (e) None of these

Q5. What is the position of ‘E’ with respect to ‘B’?

(a) Second to the right (b) Immediate Left (c) Immediate Right (d) Second to the left
(e) NOT

SET
TIME-3 MIN
There are six people A,B,C,D,E and F. All of them have different heights. A is taller than F&D.
B is shorter than only two people including A. A is not the tallest .C is taller than D but shorter
than F. The height of 2nd tallest person and the 2nd shortest person is 153 cm and 135 cm
respectively.
Q1. What is the possible height of F?
(a)152 cm (b)165 cm (c)100 cm (d)134 cm (e)130 cm

Q2. Who among the following is the 3rs shortest?

(a)A (b)C (c)B (d)E (e)F

SET 01
Directions : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

Eight friends J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are seated in a straight line facing north, but not necessarily
in the same order.

N sits third to the left of O who sits at one of the extreme ends of the row.Neither N nor O is an
immediate neighbor of L.Q and L are immediate neighbors. Neither Q nor L sits extreme end of
the row. K sits third to the right of L.M does not sit at any extreme end of the row.Neither M nor
Q is neighbour of N. J is third to the left of M.

Q1. What is the position of J with respect to K?

(a) Immediate left (b) Immediate right
(c) Second to the left (d) Second to the right (e) None of these.

Q2. How many persons sit between L and O?

(a) One (b) Three (c) Five (d) None (e) None of these

Q3. Based on the given arrangement, which of the following is true with respect to N?
(a) Only two persons sit between N and M. (b) Only two persons sit to the right of N.
(c) None of the given options is true. (d) Both J and K are immediate neighbors of N.
(e) J sits on the immediate right of N.

Q4. Who among the following represents the person seated at the extreme end of the line?
(a) M (b) P
(c) K (d) L e) Q

Q5. Who sits between L and J?

(a) N (b) K (c) No one (d) M (e) None of these.

QUES 05
P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and X are seated in a straight line facing North but not necessarily in the same
order.
P sits fourth to the right of X.
Either P or X sit at the extreme ends of the line.
Q and V are immediate neighbours of each other but none of them is an immediate neighbour
of X and P.
Only one person sits between V and S.
Only two people sit between S and T.
The seating arrangement is such that W never sits at any of the positions towards the left of Q.
W is not an immediate neighbour of P.
1. What is the position of R with respect to X?
(a) Second to the left(b) Immediate neighbour
(c) Second to right(d) Third to right
(e) None of these
2. Which of the following represents persons seated at the two extreme ends of the line?
(a)V, X(b) P, V(c) P, T(d) X, Q(e) P, X
3. How many persons are seated between Q and X?
(a) One(b) Two(c) Three(d) Five(e) None

TYPE – PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT

SET 1 TIME-4 MIN
Directions (1-5):
Study the following information to answers the given questions:
Eight Engineers at ABC company are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that
there is an equal distance between adjacent persons.
In Row – 1 P, Q, R and S are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them facing South.
In Row – 2 A, B, C and D are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them facing North. Therefore
in the given seating arrangement each member seating in the row faces another member of the other row.

R sits second to the right of P.

A is an immediate neighbour of the person who faces R.
Q sits second to left of the person who faces A.
Only one person sits between B and C.
C does not face P.
C does not sit any extreme ends of the line.

1. Four of the five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which
is the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) A (2) P (3) R (4) B (5) S
2. Who amongst the following faces B?
(1) P (2) Q (3) R (4) S (5) Cannot determined
3. Which of the following true regarding S?
(1) S sits exactly between R and P (2) S sits second to the left of Q (3) P is an immediate neighbour of S (4) D is
the immediate neighbour of the person who faces S (5) None of the above
4. Who amongst the following faces Q?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) Cannot determined
5. Who amongst the following faces the person who sits exactly between B and C?
(1) P (2) Q (3) R (4) S (5) Cannot determined

SET 02

-A, B, C, D and E are five men sitting in a line facing to south - while M, N, O, P and Q are five ladies sitting in a second
line parallel to the first line and are facing to North.
B who is just next to the left of D, is opposite to Q.C and N are diagonally opposite to each other.

E is opposite to O who is just next right of M. P who is just to the left of Q, is opposite to D.

M is at one end of the line.

1.Who is sitting third to the right of O ?

A. Q B. N C. M D. P E. Data inadequate

2. Which of the following pair is diagonally opposite to each other ?

A. EQ B. BO C. AN D. AM E. BP

3. In the original arrangement who is sitting just opposite to N ?

A. B B. A C. C D. D E. E

SET 03 TIME-4 MIN

In a war room Ten commandos are sitting in two parallel rows containing five people each in such a way that
there is equal distance between adjacent persons.

In row 1, Jack, Kunal, Lalit, Monty and Nathan are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them
are facing north.
In row 2, Ricky, Smith, Tret, Uber and Vivian are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them
are facing south. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member
of the other row.

Vivian sits at one of the extreme ends of the line.

Only two people sit between Vivian and Ricky.
The one who faces Ricky sits on the immediate left of Lalit.
Only one person sits between Lalit and Kunal.
The one who faces Kunal sits on the immediate left of Smith.
Nathan sits second to the right of Jack.
Neither Kunal nor Lalit faces Uber.

1. Who among the following is facing Monty?

(a) Uber (b) Ricky (c) Tret (d) Vivian (e) Smith

2. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and hence form a group.
Who among the following does not belong to that group?
(a) Nathan, Kunal (b) Jack, Lalit (c) Monty, Lalit (d) Ricky, Uber (e) Smith, Tret

3. What is the position of Uber with respect to Smith?

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

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Nathan?

(a) Only two persons sit between Nathan and Monty. (b) Nathan sits at an extreme end of the row – 1. (c) Nathan
faces one of the immediate neighbours of Ricky. (d) None of the given statements is true (e) Lalit sits on the
immediate right of Nathan.

5. Who among the following is facing Tret?

(a) Nathan (b) Monty (c) Kunal (d) Jack (e) Lalit