Seating Arrangement Puzzle
Set 1: Eight Ministers Around a Circular Table
Eight ministers namely Jaitley, Nitin, Prabhu, Paswan, Prakash, Radha, Ravi, and Shankar are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them is from a different ministry viz. Agriculture, Finance, Defence, Railways, Health and Family Welfare, HRD, Food Processing Industries, and Law & Order. Radha sits second to the right of the representative of Railways. Representatives of Food Processing Industries and Railways are immediate neighbours of each other. Two people sit between the representative of Food Processing Industries and Nitin. Prabhu and Prakash are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither Prabhu nor Prakash is an immediate neighbour of either Nitin or the representative of Food Processing Industries. Representative of Defence sits second to the right of Paswan, Paswan is neither the representative of Railways nor Food Processing Industries. Ravi and the representative of Agriculture are immediate neighbours of each other. Nitin is not the representative of Agriculture. Only one person sits between Prabhu and the representative of Finance. Shankar sits third to the left of the representative of Law & Order. Representative from HRD sits second to the left of the representative of Health and Family Welfare.
1. Who among the following sit between Nitin and the representative from Food Processing Industries?
A. Jaitley and Radha B. Radha and Ravi C. Shankar and Jaitley D. Shankar and Ravi E. Nitin and Paswan
2. Who among the following sits second to the left of Nitin?
A. The representative of Railways B. The representative of HRD C. The representative of Law & Order D. The representative of Health and Family Welfare E. None of these
3. Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
A. Jaitley sits second to the right of the representative of Food Processing Industries. B. The representative of Law & Order sits to the immediate left of the representative of Agriculture C. Nitin is the representative of Defence D. Prabhu sits second to the right of Shankar E. Jaitley and Nitin are immediate neighbours of each other
4. Who among the following is the representative of Finance?
A. Jaitley B. Prabhu C. Shankar D. Ravi E. Paswan
5. The amount paid by YouTube per 1000 subscribers is Rs. 42 and per 10000 views is Rs. 85. Find the difference between the amount of money earned by channel A and channel B till 31st May.
A. Rs. 42246 B. Rs. 39040 C. Rs. 31983 D. Rs. 42578 E. Rs. 44212
Set 2: Twelve Members in Two Rows
Twelve key members are invited by the party President to discuss the points to be included in their party manifesto. They sit in two rows each of which contains six persons. Members in both the rows face each other and are equidistant with the persons sitting adjacent. Raghu, Gopi, Somi, Sethi, Abram, and Anu are sitting in row-1 and they face towards east. Prabhu, Deva, Javed, Atal, Puri, and Gil are sitting in row-2 and they face towards west. One person of one row faces the other person of the other row. Prabhu, who is sitting at one of the ends of the row, is second to the right of Puri. Raghu does not face Prabhu or Puri. Raghu is third to the left of Anu. There are two persons between Deva and Gil. There is only one person between Somi and Sethi, Somi and Sethi do not face Prabhu. Gopi is neighbour of Somi. Atal, who does not face Sethi, is not the neighbour of Deva.
6. Who among the following faces Anu?
A. Deva B. Puri C. Atal D. Javed E. Gil
7. How many persons are sitting between Abram and Somi?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four E. None
8. Abram is related to Javed in the same way as Gopi is related to Atal. On this pattern Anu is related to:
A. Gil B. Prabhu C. Puri D. Deva E. None of these
9. Which of the following statements is true about Gopi?
A. Gil is the neighbour of that person who faces Gopi. B. Somi is not the immediate neighbour of Gopi. C. Abram is second to the right of Gopi. D. Puri faces Gopi. E. Gopi is second from the left end of the row.
10. Who are sitting at the ends of the row-1?
A. Prabhu, Gil B. Anu, Raghu C. Sethi, Abram D. Prabhu, Atal E. None of these
Set 3: Eight Family Members Around a Circular Table
Eight family members Anuj, Amit, Anu, Ajay, Ayush, Aarti, Anita, and Anupam are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Aarti, the wife of Ajay, is sitting third to the right of Anu. Anuj is the son of Anupam. Anuj is sitting second to the left of Ajay. Ajay is not an immediate neighbour to neither Aarti nor Anu. No male is an immediate neighbour to Ajay. Anita sits second to the left of Ajay’s son. Only two persons sit between Anupam and Anuj’s brother. Neither Anu nor Ajay is the brother of Anuj. Ajay’s son and the wife of Ajay’s son are immediate neighbours to each other. Aarti is the mother of Anupam. Aarti is not an immediate neighbour to Amit and Anita. Anita is the sister of Ayush.
11. Who sits second to the left of Anita?
A. Anuj’s brother B. Anita’s mother C. Ajay D. Amit’s father E. Anuj’s aunt
12. Who among the following is Ajay’s son?
A. Ayush B. Anupam C. Anuj D. Amit E. Can’t be determined
13. How many people sit between Anuj and his brother?
A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. Four
14. Who among the following sits exactly between Anupam and Aarti?
A. Ajay’s wife B. Ajay’s son C. Anu D. Amit E. Anuj
15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
A. Amit B. Anu C. Anupam D. Anita E. Aarti
Set 4: Six Students Around a Circular Table
Six students Akshit, Bansi, Chitresh, Darpan, Emaan, and Falak are sitting around a circular table facing towards the center of the table in a library. They read different comics like Billoo, Chacha Chaudhary, Krishna, Spider Man, Bhokal, and Takshak but not necessarily in the same order. They are wearing T-shirts of different colors, i.e., white, violet, green, red, yellow, and blue but not necessarily in the same order. The students who read Billoo, Krishna, and Bhokal are neither in white T-shirt nor in violet. The students who are in green and yellow T-shirts have neither read Billoo nor Krishna comics. Akshit is neither in white T-shirt nor on the immediate left of the one who reads Spider Man comics. The only student who is between Emaan and Falak reads Chacha Chaudhary comics. The one who is on the immediate left side of the student who is in white T-shirt does not read Takshak comics. Darpan reads Spider Man comics and the color of his T-shirt is green, he is facing the student who reads Chacha Chaudhary comics. The one who reads Billoo comics is seated opposite to the student wearing blue T-shirt, while the student whose T-shirt is of green color is on the immediate left of the student who reads Bhokal comics. One who reads Takshak comics is on the immediate right of the student in white T-shirt but on the immediate left of the student who reads Krishna comics. Chitresh does not read Krishna comics while Falak does not read Billoo comics.
16. Who among the following is in white T-shirt?
A. Chitresh B. Emaan C. Bansi D. Darpan E. None of these
17. The only student, who is between Darpan and Falak, is wearing T-shirt of which color?
A. Red B. Blue C. Violet D. Yellow E. None of these
18. Who among the following read Bhokal comics?
A. Akshit B. Bansi C. Chitresh D. Emaan E. None of these
19. Which of the following is correctly matched?
A. Akshit-Yellow-Spider Man B. Bansi-Red-Krishna C. Emaan-Red-Billoo D. Falak-Violet-Bhokal E. None of these
20. The color of the T-shirt of the student, who reads Takshak comics, is?
A. Red B. Yellow C. Blue D. Violet E. None of these
Set 5: Eight Students in a Row
Eight students Anant, Balbir, Chakshu, Deependu, Ekansh, Faiyaz, Gandhik, and Hriday are sitting in a row facing north but not necessarily in the same order. No two successive students are sitting together according to alphabetical order. They also like different sports like Archery, Polo, Rugby, Taekwondo, Wrestling, Squash, Gymnastics, and Baseball but not necessarily in the same order. Either Deependu or Balbir sits at the extreme end of the row. Anant likes Baseball and sits second from the left end of the row. Deependu sits third to left of one who likes Gymnastics. Balbir sits third to left of Gandhik, who likes Squash. Gandhik does not sit at the extreme end of the line. The one who likes Wrestling sits second to left of Faiyaz. Ekansh does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. One of the immediate neighbors of Balbir likes Taekwondo. Faiyaz does not like Taekwondo. The one who likes Rugby sits second to right of one who likes Archery.
21. Which of the following student is sitting third to the right of one who likes Taekwondo?
A. Ekansh B. Gandhik C. Deependu D. Balbir E. None of these
22. How many students sit between Deependu and Ekansh?
A. One B. Two C. Four D. Can't Be determined E. None of these
23. Deependu likes which of the following sports?
A. Wrestling B. Rugby C. Archery D. Taekwondo E. None of these
24. Who among following sits immediate left of Balbir?
A. Anant B. The one who likes Archery C. Hriday D. The one who likes Polo E. None of these
25. Who among following likes Taekwondo?
A. Deependu B. Hriday C. Ekansh D. Balbir E. None of these
