Seating Arrangement

Directions (1-5): Read the following information’s carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons I, J, K, L, M, N, O and P are sitting around a circular table but not necessarily in the same order. Five of them are facing inward while other are facing outwards.
M is third to the right of K. N sits third to the left of M. Three persons sit between N and J. O sit third to the right of N who is not facing the centre. L sits third to the right of I, who is not facing the centre.

Q1. Who sits exactly between N and I?
(a) J
(b) K
(c) M
(d) L
(e) None of these

Q2. Who among the following is second to the right of J?
(a) L
(b) K
(c) M
(d) N
(e) None of these

Q3. Which of the following statements is/are true with respect to P?
(a) P is opposite of O.
(b) P is fourth to the right of O.
(c) P is fourth to the left of O.
(d) All are true
(e) None of these

Q4. Who among the following is second to the right of the one who is immediate left of P?
(a) L
(b) K
(c) M
(d) N
(e) None of these

Q5. Who among the following sits opposite to I?
(a) J
(b) K
(c) M
(d) O
(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A group of eight friends – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H – are sitting in a straight line facing north. A sits third to the right of F. Neither A nor F sits at the extreme ends of the line. E is not an immediate neighbour of either A or F. One person is sitting between H and C. G sits at an extreme end of the line. B sits on the immediate right of A. E doesn’t sit to the left of D.
C sits at 4th position from either of the end.

Q6. How many people sit between H and A?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) Five
(e) None of these

Q7.Who sits exactly between D and G?
(a) H
(b) A
(c) E
(d) F
(e) None of these

Q8.How many people sit between F and B?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) Five
(e) None of these

Q9. What is the position of D with respect to F?
(a) Second to the left
(b) Third to the left
(c) Third to the right
(d) Second to the right
(e) None of these

Q10. If G is related to E and F is related to A, then in the similar way, D is related to?
(a) H
(b) E
(c) C
(d) F
(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people. In row 1 – A, I, G, K, E and C are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In row 2 – L, H, D, J, B and F are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. Each member seated in one row faces another member of the other row.
E sits 2nd to the right of C and doesn’t faces J. A sit at one of the ends and diagonally opposite to B. Three persons sit between B and F, who does not face G . J sits immediate left to D but does not faces C. Two persons sit between I and G, none of them sits at the end. The one who faces K sits 2nd right to L.

Q11. Who among the following faces C?
(a) G
(b) K
(c) I
(d) A
(e) None of these

Q12. How many persons sit to the right of H?
(a) No One
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(e) Four

Q13. Four of the following five form a group ,who among the following does not belongs to that group?
(a) B
(b) K
(c) C
(d) A
(e) L

Q14. If in a certain way A is related to J, K is related to H, then who among the following is related to D?
(a) G
(b) K
(c) H
(d) F
(e) I

Q15. Who among the following sit 3rd right to K?
(a) A
(b) K
(c) E
(d) C
(e) No one

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