Circular Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: B

Correct answer: Q and U

Going clockwise the six sit as P, R, Q, S, U, T. This satisfies every condition: P is second to the left of U, Q sits between R and S, and T is second to the left of S.

S is flanked by Q on one side and U on the other, which is also what makes Q a neighbour of both R and S as the conditions require.

Answer: B

Correct answer: R

Going clockwise the six sit as P, R, Q, S, U, T. This satisfies every condition: P is second to the left of U, Q sits between R and S, and T is second to the left of S.

For a person facing the centre the right hand points anticlockwise round the table. The seat anticlockwise from Q belongs to R.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Lalit

Everyone faces the centre, so each person’s right is the next seat anticlockwise and each person’s left the next seat clockwise. Prakash and Mukesh sit opposite, three seats apart; Deepa must sit next to Prakash with Pankaj beyond her, and Priti next to Mukesh with Lalit beyond her. That fixes the circle, clockwise, as Prakash → Deepa → Pankaj → Mukesh → Priti → Lalit.

Prakash’s right is the seat anticlockwise from him, which is Lalit’s. Deepa sits on his left.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Lalit

Going clockwise the six sit as Prakash, Deepa, Pankaj, Mukesh, Priti, Lalit. This follows from Prakash and Mukesh being opposite each other, Deepa sitting between Prakash and Pankaj, and Priti between Mukesh and Lalit.

In a circle of six, each person faces the one three places away. Counting three from Pankaj gives Lalit.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Deepa and Lalit

Going clockwise the six sit as Prakash, Deepa, Pankaj, Mukesh, Priti, Lalit. This follows from Prakash and Mukesh being opposite each other, Deepa sitting between Prakash and Pankaj, and Priti between Mukesh and Lalit.

Prakash therefore has Deepa on one side and Lalit on the other, Lalit closing the circle back round to him.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Pankaj

Going clockwise the six sit as Prakash, Deepa, Pankaj, Mukesh, Priti, Lalit. This follows from Prakash and Mukesh being opposite each other, Deepa sitting between Prakash and Pankaj, and Priti between Mukesh and Lalit.

Since all six face the centre, each person’s left hand points along the clockwise direction of the seating. The next seat clockwise from Deepa is Pankaj’s.

Answer: B

The true statement is N sits opposite to the one who sits to the immediate left of R.

Working through the clues gives one arrangement. Going round to the right of B: N, K, M, O, P, R, S, then back to B. Check: S is second to the right of P; two persons (B and N) sit between S and K; O is opposite B; B is not next to K or P; N is next to both K and B; M is third to the right of B.

In this arrangement P sits to the immediate left of R, and N sits opposite P, so the second statement is true. O's neighbours are M and P, not R; M's neighbours are K and O, not N; and S is third to the left of K, not third to the right.

Answer: A

Wasi is sitting opposite Quadir. Number the eight seats 0 to 7 in the direction of a person's left (for people facing the centre, left is the clockwise way round). Put Vijay at 0. Quadir is third to Vijay's left, so Quadir is at 3. Vijay is second to Rahul's left, so Rahul is at 6. Tamim is second to Quadir's right, so Tamim is at 1. Sanjay is immediately left of Quadir, so Sanjay is at 4. Usama is adjacent to both Quadir (3) and Tamim (1), so Usama is at 2. Pankaj and Wasi take seats 5 and 7. Pankaj may not be at Rahul's left, which is seat 7, so Pankaj is at 5 and Wasi at 7. The seat opposite 3 is 7, which is Wasi. Vijay, Rahul and Pankaj are not opposite Quadir.

Answer: D

G is sitting third to the right of E. Facing the centre, E is to the left of D, so going leftwards the order starts D, E. F is between E and A, giving D, E, F, A. C is between A and B, giving D, E, F, A, C, B. Two seats remain, G and H. H may not be adjacent to B, so the seat next to B is G and H follows it, which closes the ring as D, E, F, A, C, B, G, H. Counting to the right of E: first D, second H, third G. C and B sit on the other side of E, and H is the second person to the right, not the third.

Answer: C

Each person's right is the person on the side where the next seat lies when they face the centre. The statement 'A is to the left of B' means that B sits on the right of A, so B is the person on the immediate right of A. The other clues place C and D: A is not to the left of C, so C is not on A's right, and D is to the right of C but not to the right of A, which puts D opposite A or on A's left side. So the only person who can be immediately to the right of A is B. The options D and C are the persons opposite or to the left of A, and the pair 'B and D' cannot be correct because only one person sits immediately on a side. The answer is B.