Seating Arrangement Puzzle

Set 6: Ten Students in Two Parallel Rows

Ten students Boby, Chitresh, Chintu, Nanak, Mohit, Sachin, Rahul, Shankar, Nitin, and Himesh are sitting on the chairs in two parallel rows in a coaching centre not necessarily in the same order. Boby, Chintu, Nanak, Shankar, and Himesh are sitting in the first row not in the same order and rest are sitting in the next row. All are attending the Electronics class and face towards the board. The last name of each one of them is among- Aryan, Bhatti, Bhadoria, Yadav, Saxena, Bashistha, Lavanya, Bharadwaj, Parashar, Shakya not necessarily in the same order. Student with last name as Saxena sits third to the left of Rahul and Nanak sits opposite to the student with last name as Saxena. Student with last name as Parashar sits between Shankar and Boby. Boby sits opposite to the one who sits to the immediate left of Rahul. Student with last name as Bharadwaj sits in the left end and Himesh sits third to the right of him. Student with last name as Bashistha who sits in the middle in the first row sits opposite to the student with last name as Lavanya. Shankar’s last name is Yadav and sits third to the right of the student with last name as Aryan. Student with last name as Bhatti sits between Nitin and Sachin. Student with last name as Shakya sits to the immediate right of Chitresh. Student with last name as Aryan sits opposite to the one who sits to the immediate left of Sachin. Student with last name as Bhadoria does not sit in between of the row.

Select Row: Row 1 Row 2 Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Name: Select Name Boby Chitresh Chintu Nanak Mohit Sachin Rahul Shankar Nitin Himesh Last Name: Select Last Name Aryan Bhatti Bhadoria Yadav Saxena Bashistha Lavanya Bharadwaj Parashar Shakya

26. Whose last name is Shakya?

A. Rahul B. Chintu C. Mohit D. Boby E. None of these

B. Chintu

27. Which one of the following persons has last name as Saxena?

A. Mohit B. Chitresh C. Rahul D. Cannot be determined E. None of these

B. Chitresh

28. Who sits to the immediate right of Mohit?

A. Sachin B. Rahul C. Chitresh D. The one whose last name is Bhadoria E. None of these

B. Rahul

29. Who sits between the one whose last name is Parashar and Chintu?

A. Mohit B. Nanak C. Himesh D. Boby E. None of these

B. Nanak

30. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus forms a group. Find the one which does not belong to that group?

A. Nanak B. Chitresh C. Rahul D. Nitin E. Shankar

D. Nitin

Set 7: Eight Members Around a Circular Table

Eight members viz. Aadarsha, Bajrang, Chaitan, Dahi, Ehit, Faarin, Ganak and Hameer of a society went for shopping. Each of them spent in the multiples of Rs. 250 i.e., Rs.250, Rs.500/- … up to Rs.2000/- not necessarily in the same order. After shopping, they went to a restaurant and all of them sat on a circular table facing the centre. The one who spent Rs.1750 is three places to the right of Dahi. The difference in the amounts spent by Hameer and Ehit is maximum possible and they are sitting opposite to each other. Ganak spends more than Bajrang. There is exactly one person between Chaitan and the one who spends Rs. 250 and Chaitan is not adjacent to Dahi. Only for one pair of persons who are sitting opposite to each other, the difference between their spending is Rs.1000. Aadarsha spends Rs.750 and is adjacent to the person who spends least. The one who spends Rs.1250 is three places to the left of Ehit, who sits three places to the left of Dahi. Aadarsha sits sixth to the left of Faarin and there are exactly two persons sitting between Faarin and Hameer. The difference between the amount spent by Dahi and the one to its immediate right is same as the amount spent by Dahi and the one to its immediate left.

Select Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Seat 7 Seat 8 Name: Select Name Aadarsha Bajrang Chaitan Dahi Ehit Faarin Ganak Hameer Spending (Rs): Select Amount 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000

31. Which one of the following persons spent Rs. 1000?

A. Ganak B. Bajrang C. Faarin D. Hameer E. None of these

C. Faarin

32. Who sits opposite to Aadarsha?

A. Chaitan B. Bajrang C. Ganak D. Dahi E. None of these

B. Bajrang

33. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and form a group. Find the one which does not belong to that group.

A. Aadarsha, Ganak B. Bajrang, Chaitan C. Faarin, Dahi D. Ehit, Hameer E. Dahi, Bajrang

B. Bajrang, Chaitan

34. Find the sum of the money spent by Ganak and Chaitan?

A. Rs. 3000 B. Rs. 2250 C. Rs. 2500 D. Rs. 1500 E. None of these

C. Rs. 2500

35. Find the second multiple of the amount spent by the person who sits second to the left of Hameer?

A. 1000 B. 2000 C. 3000 D. 3500 E. None of these

B. 2000

Set 8: Eight Students Around a Circular Table

Eight students viz. Pabitra, Qadira, Raima, Sabri, Talikha, Ujjiti, Vacya, and Wamika applied for a vacancy. They were called for selection rounds which consist of written test, group discussion etc. Each of them made to sit around a circular table, not necessarily in the same order. All of them are facing towards the center of the table. Each of them has different years of experience viz., 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7 years, 8 years and 9 years again not necessarily in the same order. The person who has 5 years of experience is sitting two places away from Vacya. Raima is sitting third to the left of the person who has 5 years of experience. Pabitra and Ujjiti are sitting opposite to each other. Pabitra has less experience than Ujjiti. Sabri sits second to the right of Ujjiti. The person sitting opposite to Raima has 3 years of experience. The sum of the number of years of experience, that Talikha’s neighbors have, is 6. The difference between the number of years of experience of Vacya and Qadira is 3. Wamika and Talikha are not sitting opposite to each other. The difference between the number of years of experience of Talikha and Raima is an odd number but not 1. Raima has more experience than the person sitting opposite to him. The number of years of experience, that Wamika has, is a composite number. The person to the immediate left of Qadira doesn’t have 7 years of experience. The sum of the number of years of experience, that Wamika’s neighbors have, is neither 5 nor 13.

Select Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Seat 7 Seat 8 Name: Select Name Pabitra Qadira Raima Sabri Talikha Ujjiti Vacya Wamika Experience (Years): Select Experience 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

36. Find the difference between the experience of Talikha and the one who is sitting second to the left of her?

A. 2 B. 1 C. 3 D. 4 E. None of these

C. 3

37. Find the sum of the experience of Raima and Sabri?

A. 7 B. 10 C. 9 D. 13 E. None of these

D. 13

38. Which of the following is the square of the Ujjiti’s experience?

A. 4 B. 81 C. 9 D. 36 E. None of these

B. 81

39. Who is sitting between Pabitra and Sabri?

A. Vacya B. Qadira C. Wamika D. Ujjiti E. None of these

B. Qadira

40. How much experience does Talikha has?

A. 6 B. 9 C. 7 D. 8 E. None of these

D. 8

Set 9: Mishra Family in a Row

The Mishra family went to the photographer for their family photograph. The photographer arranged them in a straight row facing the North. The family members were Anshu, Rama, Krishna, Deva, and Sonu. Anshu was sitting third to the right of his daughter. Rama was sitting on the immediate right of Krishna, whose husband was the brother of Rama. Anshu and Sonu were immediate neighbours. Deva was not an immediate neighbour of Anshu’s son. Deva was sitting at the left end and the mother of Deva is Krishna, who was the wife of Anshu. Rama and Anshu were immediate neighbours.

Select Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Name: Select Name Anshu Rama Krishna Deva Sonu

41. How is Deva related to the person who sits in the middle of the row?

A. Brother B. Sister C. Daughter D. Son E. None of these

C. Daughter

42. How is Anshu related to the person who sits second to the left of Sonu?

A. Mother B. Father C. Brother D. Sister E. None of these

B. Father

43. If the positions of Rama and Sonu are interchanged, then who among the following sits on the immediate left of Sonu’s father?

A. Krishna B. Deva C. Rama D. Sonu E. None of these

A. Krishna

44. How is Krishna related to Rama?

A. Daughter B. Sister in law C. Sister D. Wife E. None of these

E. None of these

45. What is the position of son of Krishna with respect to father of Deva?

A. Immediate left B. Second to the left C. Immediate right D. Second to the right E. None of these

C. Immediate right

Set 10: Ten M.P.s in Two Parallel Rows with Vacant Seats

Ten M.P.s were sitting in two parallel rows containing five persons each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent M.P.s. In row 1: Ram, Shyam, Ramu, Damu and Sakaram are seated and all of them are facing south, and in row 2: Anuj, Manoj, Tanuj, Manush and Tanish are sitting and all of them are facing north. One seat is vacant in each row. In the given seating arrangement each M.P. seated in a row faces another M.P. of the other row or a vacant seat. All of them had a different constituency a different beverage, viz Agra, Mysore, Gwalior, Indore, Thane, Pune, Jaipur, Jabalpur, Shirdi and Patiala. Manush sits third to the right of Tanuj and was from Indore. Only two M.P.s sit between Manoj and a vacant seat. Manoj’s constituency was neither from Thane nor Gwalior. Sakaram was not an immediate neighbour of Ramu. Shyam was from Patiala. The one whose constituency was from Gwalior faces the one whose constituency was from Jabalpur. The one who was from Gwalior sits opposite the one, who sits third to the right of the one who sits opposite to Manush. Ramu was not an immediate neighbour of Damu. Tanish’s constituency was neither from Thane or Pune nor faces a vacant seat. Neither Manush nor Tanuj sits at an extreme end. Damu faces Tanuj. The vacant seats are not opposite each other. Ramu sits two places away from Shyam, who sits third to the right of the one whose constituency was from Jaipur. The one who was from Shirdi faces the one who was from Indore. The M.P.s who was from Agra and Jabalpur sit adjacent to each other. The vacant seat of row 1 was not adjacent to Damu. Manoj sits at one of the extreme ends. The Vacant seat of row 1 is not opposite Manush and it is not at any of the extreme ends.

Select Row: Row 1 Row 2 Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Name: Select Name Ram Shyam Ramu Damu Sakaram Anuj Manoj Tanuj Manush Tanish Vacant Constituency: Select Constituency Agra Mysore Gwalior Indore Thane Pune Jaipur Jabalpur Shirdi Patiala None

46. Which of the following statements is true regarding Anuj?

A. Anuj sits second to the right of Tanish. B. Anuj is not an immediate neighbour of Manush. C. Anuj sits third to the left of Tanuj. D. Anuj sits at one of the extreme ends of the line.

B. Anuj is not an immediate neighbour of Manush.

47. Who sits diagonally opposite to the one whose constituency is Pune?

A. The one who sits on the immediate left of the one whose constituency is Shirdi. B. The one who faces the vacant seat in row 2. C. The one whose constituency is Jaipur D. The one who faces the person whose constituency is Mysore E. None of these

B. The one who faces the vacant seat in row 2.

48. If Sakaram is related to the vacant seat of row 1 in the same way as Tanish is related to Anuj, then following the same pattern, the vacant seat of row 2 is related to who among the following?

A. Manoj B. Damu C. Tanuj D. Anuj E. None of these

C. Tanuj

49. Which of the following is the constituency of Tanish?

A. Patiala B. Mysore C. Gwalior D. Jabalpur E. None of these

B. Mysore

50. Who sits second to the right of the one who faces the vacant seat of row 2?

A. The one whose constituency is Indore B. The one whose constituency is Patiala C. The one whose constituency is Mysore D. The one whose constituency is Agra E. None of these

B. The one whose constituency is Patiala

Puzzle Quest Mania

Set 21: Five Persons in a Row

Five persons Prakash, Qadir, Rithesh, Surya, and Umesh are sitting in a row facing north, each associated with a different profession: Banker, Lawyer, Engineer, Doctor, and Scientist. Qadir is second to the right of the person whose profession is Banker. The person whose profession is Banker does not sit at the edge of the table. The persons sitting at the edges are facing towards each other.

Select Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Name: Select Name Prakash Qadir Rithesh Surya Umesh Profession: Select Profession Banker Lawyer Engineer Doctor Scientist

101. Who is sitting to the immediate left of Prakash?

A. The one who is Banker B. The one who is Scientist C. Surya D. Rithesh E. None of these

D. Rithesh

102. What is the profession of Rithesh?

A. Banker B. Lawyer C. Engineer D. Doctor E. None of these

C. Engineer

103. Who is sitting to the immediate right of Surya?

A. Umesh B. The one who is Banker C. Rithesh D. The one who is Lawyer E. Cannot be determined

B. The one who is Banker

104. Who is Doctor?

A. Qadir B. Rithesh C. Prakash D. Tarini E. Cannot be determined

A. Qadir

105. Who is sitting to the immediate right of the person whose profession is Engineer?

A. Qadir B. Tarini C. Surya D. Rithesh E. None of these

A. Qadir

Set 22: Twelve Persons in Two Parallel Rows

Twelve persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing six persons each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 – Joshi, Jaya, Jeet, Jamal, Juber, and Jina are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2 – Prem, Pinu, Pal, Punj, Poran, and Pooja are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. Only one person sits between Jaya and Jina. Joshi sits third to the left of Juber. Neither Prem nor Poran faces Juber or Joshi. Prem does not sit at an extreme end. Jeet does not face Prem and Jeet does not sit at an extreme end of the line. Prem sits second to the right of Poran. Only one person sits between Pooja and Pal. Neither Joshi nor Juber sit at extreme end of the line. Pooja is not an immediate neighbour of Pinu and Prem does not face Jina. Neither Pooja nor Pal face Juber. Pal does not sit at the extreme end.

Select Row: Row 1 Row 2 Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Name: Select Name Joshi Jaya Jeet Jamal Juber Jina Prem Pinu Pal Punj Poran Pooja

106. How many person(s) sit(s) between Juber and Joshi?

A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. More than three

C. Two

107. Four of the following five are alike in some way and hence form a group. Which of the following is the one that does not belong to the group?

A. Jaya B. Poran C. Punj D. Joshi E. Jeet

B. Poran

108. Who among the following faces Pinu?

A. Jaya B. Joshi C. Jamal D. Juber E. None of these

C. Jamal

109. Who among the following sits to the immediate left of the one who faces Punj?

A. Joshi B. Jamal C. Jeet D. Juber E. None of these

B. Jamal

110. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

A. Poran faces Jaya B. Jina sits between Jaya and Jamal C. Punj sits second to the left of Prem D. Pal faces Jina E. None is correct

E. None is correct

Set 23: Eight Friends Around a Circular Table

Eight friends Hiram, Henry, Sofia, Paul, John, Betty, Rachel, and Andrew are reading different Sci-Fi novels Fugitive, Killer, Outlaw, Judgement, Shadowfell, Shadowhunters, Legends, Scarlet. Four out of eight novels are written by one particular author while rest four novels are not written by the same author. They are sitting around a circular table and but not necessarily in same order and reading novels but not necessarily in same order. People who are reading novel by same author face away from the table while others don’t. John is sitting the second position to right of Betty and is reading Legends. Sofia is sitting at the second position to the right of Rachel. Paul is reading Judgement and is sitting third position to the right of Betty. Henry is reading Fugitive and is sitting opposite to that of Hiram, who is facing away from the center. Betty is reading Shadowfell. The person reading Legends is sitting at the second position to the left of the person who is reading Shadowhunters. Rachel who is reading Outlaw, is sitting at the third position to the right of Henry and is reading one of the novels by the same author. Both Paul and Henry are reading novels by same author. Hiram is not reading Scarlet.

Select Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Seat 7 Seat 8 Name: Select Name Hiram Henry Sofia Paul John Betty Rachel Andrew Novel: Select Novel Fugitive Killer Outlaw Judgement Shadowfell Shadowhunters Legends Scarlet

111. What is the position of Paul with respect to Rachel?

A. Third to the left B. Second to the right C. Third to the right D. Fifth to the right E. Fourth to the left

C. Third to the right

112. Who sits third to right of Andrew?

A. Sofia B. Hiram C. Rachel D. John E. Paul

D. John

113. If Betty and John interchange their positions and similarly Sofia and Rachel interchange their positions while keeping their new directions same as original ones, what is the position of Henry with respect to Rachel?

A. Fourth to the left B. Fifth to the left C. Second to the left D. Immediate Left E. None of these

C. Second to the left

114. Find the odd one out among the following.

A. Fugitive B. Killer C. Rachel D. Rachel E. Andrew

B. Killer

115. Which of the following novels is read by the person who sits opposite to Andrew?

A. Fugitive B. Killer C. Judgement D. Outlaw E. Shadowhunters

D. Outlaw

Set 24: Twelve Friends in Two Parallel Rows

Twelve friends are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people in each in such a way that there is an equal distance between two adjacent persons. In row-1 Sriram, Tushar, Uma, Vivek, Wasim, and Xanil are seated and all of them are facing south direction. In row-2, Mano, Nirmal, Oviya, Parthiv, Queen, and Ranjith are seated and all of them are facing north direction. Therefore in the given seating each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. No two persons, whose names start with consecutive letters of English alphabet, are immediate neighbors of each other. Each of them also likes different Kollywood actors - Rajni, Kamal, Vijay, Ajith, Surya, Karthi, Dhanush, Vikram, Prasanth, Jeeva, Arya, and Prabhu. Nirmal does not like Ajith. Tushar sits at an extreme end of the line. Only two people sit between Tushar and the one who likes Dhanush. Nirmal sits second to the left of the one who faces the one who likes Dhanush. The one who likes Vijay sits second to the right of Oviya. Tushar does not face the one who likes Vijay. Only two persons sit between Parthiv and Ranjith. Uma does not sit at an extreme end of the line. Xanil is not an immediate neighbor of Tushar. Vivek faces the one who likes Prasanth. Only three people sit between the one who likes Prasanth and Rajni. Ranjith likes Karthi. One of the immediate neighbors of Mano faces the one who likes Arya. The one who likes Kamal sits to the immediate right of Sriram. Parthiv sits second to the right of the one who likes Jeeva. Only three people sit between the ones who like Vikram and Prabhu respectively. Tushar does not like Prabhu.

Select Row: Row 1 Row 2 Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Name: Select Name Sriram Tushar Uma Vivek Wasim Xanil Mano Nirmal Oviya Parthiv Queen Ranjith Actor: Select Actor Rajni Kamal Vijay Ajith Surya Karthi Dhanush Vikram Prasanth Jeeva Arya Prabhu

116. Which among the following actors was liked by Wasim?

A. Vikram B. Ajith C. Prabhu D. Arya E. Cannot be determined

B. Ajith

117. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

A. Vikram B. Rajni C. Surya D. Arya E. Vijay

B. Rajni

118. Which among the following combination is definitely true?

A. Nirmal-Karthi B. Parthiv-Rajni C. Sriram-Dhanush D. Wasim-Kamal E. None of the above

E. None of the above

119. Which among the following statements is definitely true?

A. Wasim and the one who like Dhanush are immediate neighbors. B. The one who likes Kamal faces the one who sits third to the right of Queen. C. Only two persons sit between Mano and the one who likes Karthi D. The one who likes Surya is an immediate neighbor of Ranjith and Oviya E. None of the above

E. None of the above

120. Which of the following persons sits immediate right of the person who sits opposite to Ranjith?

A. Uma B. Wasim C. Sriram D. Oviya E. Queen

B. Wasim

Set 25: Persons in a Multiplex

Some persons were watching ‘Zero’ in a multiplex, where several rows has different number of seats. The rows were numbered such that the nearest row from the screen was numbered 1 and the row just above it was numbered 2 and so on. The seats were numbered from left to right such that the leftmost seat was numbered as 1, its adjacent seat as 2 and so on. All the persons were facing towards the screen which was in the north direction. The film was house-full and none of the seats was vacant. The total number of rows does not exceed 7 and the total number of seats was five times the total number of rows. Mihir’s row number and seat number were same and it was an even prime number. Ranu sits second to the left of Shreya. The number of persons to the right of Hema who was at seat number 3 in the row number 5 was 1 more than the total number of rows. Shreya is on the immediate right of Sanu who sits in row number 4. Tina was seated at the left most seat in the last row, which was not prime numbered. Total number of persons in the top 3 farthest rows (from screen) was equal to 18. There were three seats between Saba and Tina. Kavya was on the last seat of the first row. The total number of persons in row 1 was thrice of the total number of persons in row 4. Shagun was seated in an odd numbered row except row 1.

Select Row: Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 4 Row 5 Seat: Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 Seat 6 Name: Select Name Mihir Ranu Shreya Hema Sanu Tina Saba Kavya Shagun

121. How many seats were there in the multiplex?

A. 35 B. 25 C. 30 D. 20 E. Cannot be determined

C. 30

122. What is the difference between the seat numbers of Kavya and Sanu?

A. 2 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 E. None of these

B. 5

123. Who among the following is immediately ahead of Ranu?

A. Shagun B. Mihir C. Tina D. Kavya E. None of these

E. None of these

124. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?

A. Tina B. Hema C. Kavya D. Saba E. Sanu

C. Kavya

125. What is the total number of persons in the top two nearest rows?

A. 13 B. 11 C. 10 D. 12 E. None of these

D. 12