Linear Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: Fourth to the right of Maruti.

Fiat stands at one end with Ambassador three places to its right; Fargo is four to Fiat’s right and Cadillac next beyond it. Maruti must lie between Ambassador and Bedford, which fills the two remaining places near the Fiat end, and Mercedes takes the last. From left to right the line reads Fiat, Bedford, Maruti, Ambassador, Fargo, Cadillac, Mercedes.

Maruti stands third and Mercedes seventh, so Mercedes is fourth to Maruti’s right. It is not next to Cadillac’s left, nor beside Bedford, nor between Bedford and Fargo.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Bindu

Working from the conditions, the order from left to right is Bindu, Seema, Rani, Reeta, Mary. Seema sits left of Rani and right of Bindu, Mary is right of Rani, and Reeta falls between Rani and Mary.

Bindu therefore occupies the leftmost place, since Seema is to her right and everyone else lies further right still.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Rani

Working from the conditions, the order from left to right is Bindu, Seema, Rani, Reeta, Mary. Seema sits left of Rani and right of Bindu, Mary is right of Rani, and Reeta falls between Rani and Mary.

Rani sits in the third place, with Seema immediately on her left and Reeta immediately on her right.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Mary

Working from the conditions, the order from left to right is Bindu, Seema, Rani, Reeta, Mary. Seema sits left of Rani and right of Bindu, Mary is right of Rani, and Reeta falls between Rani and Mary.

Mary is the rightmost, which follows directly from Reeta lying between Rani and Mary while Mary is to the right of Rani.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Seema

Working from the conditions, the order from left to right is Bindu, Seema, Rani, Reeta, Mary. Seema sits left of Rani and right of Bindu, Mary is right of Rani, and Reeta falls between Rani and Mary.

The condition that Seema is to the left of Rani and to the right of Bindu places her directly between them, so Seema is Rani’s immediate left neighbour.

Answer: C

Correct answer: F

All eight face the same way, so “right” means the same direction for every clue. E’s birthday falls after May, yet E has neither July nor December, and E cannot be the October person because two people sit between them - so E is September. G sits three places right of the July person and December sits two places right of G, which locks July, G and December into seats n, n+3 and n+5; H sits three places right of the January person. Adding February immediately left of D, one person between E and B, and A beside E but clear of G, exactly one line survives:

1 A (April) · 2 E (September) · 3 C (July) · 4 B (January) · 5 F (October) · 6 G (May) · 7 H (February) · 8 D (December)

October falls in seat 5, and the person sitting there is F.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Three

All eight face the same way, so “right” means the same direction for every clue. E’s birthday falls after May, yet E has neither July nor December, and E cannot be the October person because two people sit between them - so E is September. G sits three places right of the July person and December sits two places right of G, which locks July, G and December into seats n, n+3 and n+5; H sits three places right of the January person. Adding February immediately left of D, one person between E and B, and A beside E but clear of G, exactly one line survives:

1 A (April) · 2 E (September) · 3 C (July) · 4 B (January) · 5 F (October) · 6 G (May) · 7 H (February) · 8 D (December)

A takes seat 1 and F seat 5, so E, C and B sit between them - three people.

Answer: D

Correct answer: B

All eight face the same way, so “right” means the same direction for every clue. E’s birthday falls after May, yet E has neither July nor December, and E cannot be the October person because two people sit between them - so E is September. G sits three places right of the July person and December sits two places right of G, which locks July, G and December into seats n, n+3 and n+5; H sits three places right of the January person. Adding February immediately left of D, one person between E and B, and A beside E but clear of G, exactly one line survives:

1 A (April) · 2 E (September) · 3 C (July) · 4 B (January) · 5 F (October) · 6 G (May) · 7 H (February) · 8 D (December)

G is in seat 6. Counting leftwards, F is first and B, in seat 4, is second to G’s left.

Answer: C

Correct answer: January

All eight face the same way, so “right” means the same direction for every clue. E’s birthday falls after May, yet E has neither July nor December, and E cannot be the October person because two people sit between them - so E is September. G sits three places right of the July person and December sits two places right of G, which locks July, G and December into seats n, n+3 and n+5; H sits three places right of the January person. Adding February immediately left of D, one person between E and B, and A beside E but clear of G, exactly one line survives:

1 A (April) · 2 E (September) · 3 C (July) · 4 B (January) · 5 F (October) · 6 G (May) · 7 H (February) · 8 D (December)

B holds seat 4, and the birthday there is January.

Answer: E

Correct answer: None of these

All eight face the same way, so “right” means the same direction for every clue. E’s birthday falls after May, yet E has neither July nor December, and E cannot be the October person because two people sit between them - so E is September. G sits three places right of the July person and December sits two places right of G, which locks July, G and December into seats n, n+3 and n+5; H sits three places right of the January person. Adding February immediately left of D, one person between E and B, and A beside E but clear of G, exactly one line survives:

1 A (April) · 2 E (September) · 3 C (July) · 4 B (January) · 5 F (October) · 6 G (May) · 7 H (February) · 8 D (December)

E sits in seat 2 and H in seat 7, so after they swap H stands in seat 2. Only A, in seat 1, lies to H’s left - there is no second seat beyond it, so no one sits second to H’s left and the answer is none of these.