Linear Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Q: Who performed Bhangra?

Correct answer: PThe dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.Q sits in the middle, seat 5, and W - Jhumur, facing north - is third from the right end, seat 7. The Bihu dancer faces opposite to X, so north, has south-facing neighbours on both sides, sits two places to the Kathak dancer’s right and next to neither the Jhumur nor the Odissi dancer; with Odissi and Kathak together, facing alike and one of them at an end, that forces Odissi to seat 1 and Kathak to seat 2, both facing north, and Bihu to seat 4. Garba sits immediately left of Q, which puts it in seat 6 - so Q faces south. T dances Chhau beside the Giddha dancer with R four places to T’s right, giving T seat 8 facing south and R seat 4. S is neither Kathak nor Giddha and Bhangra lies three to S’s right, settling S in seat 6 and Bhangra in seat 3. V and P sit two apart facing opposite ways and V did not dance Bhangra, so V takes seat 1 and P seat 3, leaving U and X for seats 2 and 9:1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)Bhangra sits in seat 3, and that dancer is P.

Q: Who is sitting third to left of Q?

Correct answer: The one who performed Chhau danceThe dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.Q sits in the middle, seat 5, and W - Jhumur, facing north - is third from the right end, seat 7. The Bihu dancer faces opposite to X, so north, has south-facing neighbours on both sides, sits two places to the Kathak dancer’s right and next to neither the Jhumur nor the Odissi dancer; with Odissi and Kathak together, facing alike and one of them at an end, that forces Odissi to seat 1 and Kathak to seat 2, both facing north, and Bihu to seat 4. Garba sits immediately left of Q, which puts it in seat 6 - so Q faces south. T dances Chhau beside the Giddha dancer with R four places to T’s right, giving T seat 8 facing south and R seat 4. S is neither Kathak nor Giddha and Bhangra lies three to S’s right, settling S in seat 6 and Bhangra in seat 3. V and P sit two apart facing opposite ways and V did not dance Bhangra, so V takes seat 1 and P seat 3, leaving U and X for seats 2 and 9:1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)Q faces south, so Q’s left runs towards seat 9: seats 6, 7 and 8. The third of them is seat 8, T - the Chhau dancer.

Q: Who are the immediate neighbors of the one who performed Chhau dance?

Correct answer: W, XThe dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.Q sits in the middle, seat 5, and W - Jhumur, facing north - is third from the right end, seat 7. The Bihu dancer faces opposite to X, so north, has south-facing neighbours on both sides, sits two places to the Kathak dancer’s right and next to neither the Jhumur nor the Odissi dancer; with Odissi and Kathak together, facing alike and one of them at an end, that forces Odissi to seat 1 and Kathak to seat 2, both facing north, and Bihu to seat 4. Garba sits immediately left of Q, which puts it in seat 6 - so Q faces south. T dances Chhau beside the Giddha dancer with R four places to T’s right, giving T seat 8 facing south and R seat 4. S is neither Kathak nor Giddha and Bhangra lies three to S’s right, settling S in seat 6 and Bhangra in seat 3. V and P sit two apart facing opposite ways and V did not dance Bhangra, so V takes seat 1 and P seat 3, leaving U and X for seats 2 and 9:1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)T dances Chhau from seat 8, so the dancers on either side are seat 7 and seat 9 - W and X.

Q: Q performed which dance?

Correct answer: LavaniThe dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.Q sits in the middle, seat 5, and W - Jhumur, facing north - is third from the right end, seat 7. The Bihu dancer faces opposite to X, so north, has south-facing neighbours on both sides, sits two places to the Kathak dancer’s right and next to neither the Jhumur nor the Odissi dancer; with Odissi and Kathak together, facing alike and one of them at an end, that forces Odissi to seat 1 and Kathak to seat 2, both facing north, and Bihu to seat 4. Garba sits immediately left of Q, which puts it in seat 6 - so Q faces south. T dances Chhau beside the Giddha dancer with R four places to T’s right, giving T seat 8 facing south and R seat 4. S is neither Kathak nor Giddha and Bhangra lies three to S’s right, settling S in seat 6 and Bhangra in seat 3. V and P sit two apart facing opposite ways and V did not dance Bhangra, so V takes seat 1 and P seat 3, leaving U and X for seats 2 and 9:1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)Q occupies seat 5, where the dance is Lavani.

Q: Who are sitting at an extreme end of line?

Correct answer: V, XThe dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.Q sits in the middle, seat 5, and W - Jhumur, facing north - is third from the right end, seat 7. The Bihu dancer faces opposite to X, so north, has south-facing neighbours on both sides, sits two places to the Kathak dancer’s right and next to neither the Jhumur nor the Odissi dancer; with Odissi and Kathak together, facing alike and one of them at an end, that forces Odissi to seat 1 and Kathak to seat 2, both facing north, and Bihu to seat 4. Garba sits immediately left of Q, which puts it in seat 6 - so Q faces south. T dances Chhau beside the Giddha dancer with R four places to T’s right, giving T seat 8 facing south and R seat 4. S is neither Kathak nor Giddha and Bhangra lies three to S’s right, settling S in seat 6 and Bhangra in seat 3. V and P sit two apart facing opposite ways and V did not dance Bhangra, so V takes seat 1 and P seat 3, leaving U and X for seats 2 and 9:1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)The ends of the row are seats 1 and 9, held by V and X.

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Direction for [ Question No: 31 To 35 ] :

Nine dancers P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X who have performed dances of nine different subjects namely Garba, Kathak, Odissi, Bihu, Lavani, Jhumur, Giddha, Chhau and Bhangra are sitting from left to right. Some of them are facing North and some are facing South. The following information is known about them.
T who has performed the Chhau dance is sitting along with the dancer who has performed Giddha dance. S has performed neither Kathak nor Giddha. The dancer who performed Garba dance is sitting immediately left of Q. Q is sitting in the middle of the row. R is sitting fourth to the right of the dancer who performed the Chhau dance. The dancer who performed Bhangra dance is sitting 3rd to the right of S. The dancer who performed Odissi and Kathak dances are facing the same direction and sitting together and one of them is sitting at one of the ends.
V is sitting two places away from P and they both face opposite directions. W performed Jhumur dance and is facing North direction and is sitting at third position from the right end. The dancer who performed Bihu dance is sitting 2nd to the right of the dancer who performed Kathak dance. X faces south direction. The dancer who performed the Bihu dance is facing the direction opposite to that of X. The immediate neighbours of the dancer who performed the Bihu dance is facing the direction same as that of X. The dancer who performed the Bihu dance is neither sitting with the dancer who has performed the Jhumur dance nor with the dancer who has performed Odissi dance. V did not perform Bhangra.

31.

Who performed Bhangra?

Answer: C

Correct answer: P

The dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.

Q sits in the middle, seat 5, and W - Jhumur, facing north - is third from the right end, seat 7. The Bihu dancer faces opposite to X, so north, has south-facing neighbours on both sides, sits two places to the Kathak dancer’s right and next to neither the Jhumur nor the Odissi dancer; with Odissi and Kathak together, facing alike and one of them at an end, that forces Odissi to seat 1 and Kathak to seat 2, both facing north, and Bihu to seat 4. Garba sits immediately left of Q, which puts it in seat 6 - so Q faces south. T dances Chhau beside the Giddha dancer with R four places to T’s right, giving T seat 8 facing south and R seat 4. S is neither Kathak nor Giddha and Bhangra lies three to S’s right, settling S in seat 6 and Bhangra in seat 3. V and P sit two apart facing opposite ways and V did not dance Bhangra, so V takes seat 1 and P seat 3, leaving U and X for seats 2 and 9:

1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)

Bhangra sits in seat 3, and that dancer is P.

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32.

Who is sitting third to left of Q?

A.The one who performed Kathak
B.P
C.W
D.The one who performed Chhau dance
E.The one who performed Giddha

Answer: D

Correct answer: The one who performed Chhau dance

The dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.

1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)

Q faces south, so Q’s left runs towards seat 9: seats 6, 7 and 8. The third of them is seat 8, T - the Chhau dancer.

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33.

Who are the immediate neighbors of the one who performed Chhau dance?

A.S, T
B.W, X
C.S, W
D.X, S
E.None of the above

Answer: B

Correct answer: W, X

The dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.

1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)

T dances Chhau from seat 8, so the dancers on either side are seat 7 and seat 9 - W and X.

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34.

Q performed which dance?

A.Bihu
B.Garba
C.Lavani
D.Bhangra
E.Jhumur

Answer: C

Correct answer: Lavani

The dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.

1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)

Q occupies seat 5, where the dance is Lavani.

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35.

Who are sitting at an extreme end of line?

A.S, X
B.T, U
C.P, X
D.V, X
E.Cannot be determined

Answer: D

Correct answer: V, X

The dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.

1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)

The ends of the row are seats 1 and 9, held by V and X.

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Direction for [ Question No: 36 To 36 ] :

Eight friends P, Q, R, T, U, V, Y& Z are sitting in two opposite rows, facing each other. Each row has 4 persons. P is between V and Y and are facing north. Z is opposite to U who is to the immediate left of Q. R is between T and Q. Z is to the immediate right of Y.

36.

Which of the following pairs of persons has second person is sitting to the immediate left of the rst person?

A.VP
B.YP
C.UQ
D.RT
E.None of these

Answer: B

Given all eight friends are sitting in two opposite rows, facing each other. Each row has 4 persons. P is between V and Y and are facing north. Z is to the immediate right of Y

Z is opposite to U who is to the immediate left of Q. R is between T and Q.

From the given options VP, YP, UQ, RT Only YP is true because in this second person P is sitting immediate left of the rst person. In all other second person is sitting immediate right to the rst person.

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Direction for [ Question No: 37 To 38 ] :

i) P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting on a bench and all of them are facing east.

ii) R is to the immediate right of S, but not next to U

iii) Q is at the extreme end and has T as his neighbor

iv) V is between T and U.

v) S is sitting fth from the North end.

37.

Which of the following pairs is sitting at the extreme ends?

A.Q, T
B.S, R
C.P, Q
D.U, V
E.None of these

Answer: C

Step 1: P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting on a bench and all of them are facing east. S is sitting fth from the North end and R is to the immediate right of S, but not next to U.

Step 2: Q is at the extreme end and has T as his neighbor and V is between T and U.

Here, P is automatically filled. Clearly, P and Q are sitting at extreme end of the bench.

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38.

Between which of the following pairs is S sitting?

A.U, R
B.T, V
C.P, S
D.Q, T
E.None of these

Answer: A

Step 1: P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting on a bench and all of them are facing east. S is sitting fth from the North end and R is to the immediate right of S, but not next to U.

Step 2: Q is at the extreme end and has T as his neighbor and V is between T and U.

Here, P is automatically filled.

Hence, S is sitting between U and R.

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Direction for [ Question No: 39 To 40 ] :

Eight persons from different banks viz. UCO bank, Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank, PNB, Dena Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Indian Bank and Bank of Maharashtra are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 - A, B, C and D are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2 - P, Q, R and S are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. (All the information given above does not necessarily represent the order of seating in the nal arrangement).

C sits second to the right of the person from Bank of Maharashtra. R is an immediate neighbor of the person who faces the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

Only one person sits between R and the person from PNB. Immediate neighbor of the person from PNB faces the person from Canara Bank.

The person from UCO bank faces the person from Oriental Bank of Commerce. R is not from Oriental Bank of Commerce. P is not from PNB. P does not face the person from Bank of Maharashtra

Q faces the person from Dena Bank. The one who faces S sits immediately to the left of A.

B does not sit on any of the extreme ends of the line. The person from Bank of Maharashtra does not face the person from Syndicate Bank.

39.

Four of the following ve are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

A.Canara Bank
B.R
C.Syndicate Bank
D.Q
E.Oriental Bank of Commerce

Answer: D

Row 1 A B C D

Row 2 P Q R S

C sits second to the right of the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

R is an immediate neighbor of the person who faces the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

Only one person sits between R and the person from PNB.

CASE I

CASE II

CASE III

Immediate neighbor of the person from PNB faces the person from Canara Bank.

CASE I

CASE II

Canara Bank can’t be on second place as Bank of Maharashtra is present there.

CASE III is not possible as the only position which can be available to Canara Bank is occupied by Bank of Maharashtra.

P is not from PNB. P does not face the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

CASE I

CASE II

Q faces the person from Dena Bank. The person who faces 'S' sits immediately to the left of 'A'.

CASE I

CASE II

B does not sit on any of the extreme ends of the line.

Case I is invalid as B cannot be on either extreme ends.

Hence our case is

CASE II

The person from Bank of Maharashtra does not face the person from Syndicate Bank.

The person from UCO bank faces the person from Oriental Bank of Commerce. R is not from Oriental Bank of Commerce. Hence, the nal arrangement is as follows.

The persons from Oriental Bank of Commerce, Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank and R are on the extreme ends of the rows. Hence Q is the odd one who is not part of the group.

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40.

P is related to Dena Bank in the same way as B is related to PNB based on the given arrangement. To who amongst the following is D related to, following the same pattern?

A.Syndicate Bank
B.Canara Bank
C.Bank of Maharashtra
D.Indian Bank
E.Oriental Bank of Commerce

Answer: D

Row 1 A B C D

Row 2 P Q R S

C sits second to the right of the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

R is an immediate neighbor of the person who faces the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

Only one person sits between R and the person from PNB.

CASE I

CASE II

CASE IIIImmediate neighbor of the person from PNB faces the person from Canara Bank.

CASE I

CASE II

Canara Bank can’t be on second place as Bank of Maharashtra is present there.

CASE III is not possible as the only position which can be available to Canara Bank is occupied by Bank of Maharashtra.

P is not from PNB. P does not face the person from Bank of Maharashtra.

CASE I

CASE II

Q faces the person from Dena Bank. The person who faces S sits immediately to the left of A.

CASE I

CASE II

B does not sit on any of the extreme ends of the line.

Case I is invalid as B cannot be on either extreme ends.

Hence our case is

CASE II

The person from Bank of Maharashtra does not face the person from Syndicate Bank.

The person from UCO bank faces the person from Oriental Bank of Commerce. R is not from Oriental Bank of Commerce. Hence the nal arrangement is as follows.

The relation is such that the person from the given bank is immediate left to the person facing the given person.

Hence, R is sitting opposite to D. The person from the Indian Bank is sitting immediately to the left of R.

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