Linear Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: E

Correct answer: None of these

They face east, so right means south. D is third from the south end with C just south of him; B is at the north end with E beside him, and G sits between E and F. From north to south the wall holds B, E, G, F, D, C, A.

Facing east, E’s right is to the south, and the person there is G - who is not among the choices offered, so the answer is none of these.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Four

Only two people sit to S’s right, so S is sixth in the line, and T three places to her left is third. One person separates T from X and X sits immediately right of W, which puts X fifth and W fourth; Z, one person from W, takes the second place. U three places from X, and Y barred from either end, then leave V at the first place and U at the eighth. From left to right the line reads V, Z, T, W, X, S, Y, U.

S faces north and T, being opposite her, faces south. T’s neighbours Z and W face the same way as each other, V faces as W does, and Y and U face opposite to Z. Taking Z’s side as north makes V, Z, W and S the four facing north, with T, X, Y and U facing south.

Answer: D

Correct answer: T, Y

S faces north with only two people to his right, so S sits sixth. T is third to S’s left, in seat 3. One person sits between T and X, X is immediately right of W, one person sits between W and Z, and U is third to X’s left; together these fix the row. The facing rules then follow - T is opposite S, T’s two neighbours match each other, V matches W, and Y and U are both opposite Z:

1 V (N) · 2 Z (N) · 3 T (S) · 4 W (N) · 5 X (S) · 6 S (N) · 7 Y (S) · 8 U (S)

So V, Z, W and S face north while T, X, Y and U face south. Each of the other four pairs puts one person from each group together - W and X, Z and Y, T and S, V and U all face opposite ways. T and Y are the exception: both face south, so that pair does not belong.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Third to the right

Only two people sit to S’s right, so S is sixth in the line, and T three places to her left is third. One person separates T from X and X sits immediately right of W, which puts X fifth and W fourth; Z, one person from W, takes the second place. U three places from X, and Y barred from either end, then leave V at the first place and U at the eighth. From left to right the line reads V, Z, T, W, X, S, Y, U.

Z sits second and X fifth. Z faces north, so her right is east, and X is three places that way.

Answer: A

Correct answer: T

Only two people sit to S’s right, so S is sixth in the line, and T three places to her left is third. One person separates T from X and X sits immediately right of W, which puts X fifth and W fourth; Z, one person from W, takes the second place. U three places from X, and Y barred from either end, then leave V at the first place and U at the eighth. From left to right the line reads V, Z, T, W, X, S, Y, U.

Z sits second and W fourth, so the one place between them, the third, belongs to T.

Answer: B

Correct answer: V

Only two people sit to S’s right, so S is sixth in the line, and T three places to her left is third. One person separates T from X and X sits immediately right of W, which puts X fifth and W fourth; Z, one person from W, takes the second place. U three places from X, and Y barred from either end, then leave V at the first place and U at the eighth. From left to right the line reads V, Z, T, W, X, S, Y, U.

T faces south, so his right is to the west. Two places that way from the third seat is the first, which belongs to V.

Answer: C

Correct answer: G and B

All seven face north, so right means east. E sits four places to G’s right with F immediately beyond, and the person three places to D’s left is at an end - which puts D fourth. C must lie between B and D, and only one filling satisfies all of it. From left to right the row reads G, B, C, D, E, F, A.

C stands third, so the only people to his left are G and B.

Answer: A

Correct answer: E is to the immediate left of D

All seven face north, so right means east. E sits four places to G’s right with F immediately beyond, and the person three places to D’s left is at an end - which puts D fourth. C must lie between B and D, and only one filling satisfies all of it. From left to right the row reads G, B, C, D, E, F, A.

E stands to D’s right, not his left, so that statement is not true. The others hold: A is at the right-hand end, G is immediately left of B, and F is second to D’s right.

Answer: B

Correct answer: C and G

All seven face north, so right means east. E sits four places to G’s right with F immediately beyond, and the person three places to D’s left is at an end - which puts D fourth. C must lie between B and D, and only one filling satisfies all of it. From left to right the row reads G, B, C, D, E, F, A.

B stands second, with G on one side and C on the other.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Extreme right

All seven face north, so right means east. E sits four places to G’s right with F immediately beyond, and the person three places to D’s left is at an end - which puts D fourth. C must lie between B and D, and only one filling satisfies all of it. From left to right the row reads G, B, C, D, E, F, A.

A occupies the seventh and last place in the row - the extreme right.