Circular Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: M

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix T; A sits two to T’s left, M three beyond A, H two to T’s right and D two to H’s right. Of the two ways of placing B with R two seats to B’s right, only one keeps B off T’s shoulder, and P takes the seat left over. Clockwise the circle reads T → R → A → B → D → M → H → P.

Counting two seats to B’s left - clockwise - gives D and then M.

Answer: B

Correct answer: DBM

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix T; A sits two to T’s left, M three beyond A, H two to T’s right and D two to H’s right. Of the two ways of placing B with R two seats to B’s right, only one keeps B off T’s shoulder, and P takes the seat left over. Clockwise the circle reads T → R → A → B → D → M → H → P.

In DBM the third person named, M, sits two seats clockwise of the second, B - that is, second to B’s left. Checking the other groups the same way, none of them satisfies the condition.

Answer: A

Correct answer: D

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix B; F sits three to B’s left and H three to B’s right. A may touch neither F nor B, which leaves A only one seat, and C sits opposite her. G, with D two seats to G’s left, then fits in one way only, and E takes the last seat, clear of B as required. Clockwise the circle reads B → D → C → F → E → H → A → G.

B’s left is the next seat clockwise, and D occupies it. G is on B’s right, so there is no doubt between the two.

Answer: B

Correct answer: E

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix B; F sits three to B’s left and H three to B’s right. A may touch neither F nor B, which leaves A only one seat, and C sits opposite her. G, with D two seats to G’s left, then fits in one way only, and E takes the last seat, clear of B as required. Clockwise the circle reads B → D → C → F → E → H → A → G.

H’s right is the next seat anticlockwise, and E occupies it. A is on H’s left.

Answer: D

Correct answer: CE

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix B; F sits three to B’s left and H three to B’s right. A may touch neither F nor B, which leaves A only one seat, and C sits opposite her. G, with D two seats to G’s left, then fits in one way only, and E takes the last seat, clear of B as required. Clockwise the circle reads B → D → C → F → E → H → A → G.

F sits with C on one side and E on the other, so those two are his neighbours. H and D are each two seats away.

Answer: E

Correct answer: CF

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix B; F sits three to B’s left and H three to B’s right. A may touch neither F nor B, which leaves A only one seat, and C sits opposite her. G, with D two seats to G’s left, then fits in one way only, and E takes the last seat, clear of B as required. Clockwise the circle reads B → D → C → F → E → H → A → G.

A person’s right is the seat anticlockwise from them. Of the pairs offered, only in CF does the first sit immediately to the second’s right: C occupies the seat on F’s right.

Answer: C

Correct answer: G

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix B; F sits three to B’s left and H three to B’s right. A may touch neither F nor B, which leaves A only one seat, and C sits opposite her. G, with D two seats to G’s left, then fits in one way only, and E takes the last seat, clear of B as required. Clockwise the circle reads B → D → C → F → E → H → A → G.

Counting three seats to E’s left - clockwise - gives H, A and then G.

Answer: B

Correct answer: A

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix B; H sits four to B’s left, opposite him, and F two to H’s left. A is three to C’s left and G two beyond A, which fits the remaining seats in only one way and keeps C clear of F; D and E then take the last two. Clockwise the circle reads B → D → C → E → H → A → F → G.

F’s right is the next seat anticlockwise, and A occupies it. G is on F’s left.

Answer: C

Correct answer: B

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix B; H sits four to B’s left, opposite him, and F two to H’s left. A is three to C’s left and G two beyond A, which fits the remaining seats in only one way and keeps C clear of F; D and E then take the last two. Clockwise the circle reads B → D → C → E → H → A → F → G.

Counting three seats to A’s left - clockwise - gives F, G and then B.

Answer: D

Correct answer: DB

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix B; H sits four to B’s left, opposite him, and F two to H’s left. A is three to C’s left and G two beyond A, which fits the remaining seats in only one way and keeps C clear of F; D and E then take the last two. Clockwise the circle reads B → D → C → E → H → A → F → G.

To sit on someone’s immediate left is to occupy the next seat clockwise from them. D occupies exactly that seat with respect to B. In the other pairs the first person sits on the second’s right, or not beside them at all.