Circular Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: E, H and G

J sits between L and F, and G between I and F, so F has J on one side and G on the other, giving the run I – G – F – J – L. H is two seats to J’s left (clockwise), and F sits opposite E, which places the last three. Clockwise the eight seats read I → G → F → J → L → H → K → E. The lady between F and I is G, so the three ladies are G, H and E - and no two of them are neighbours, as required.

H and E are named as ladies in the information, and the lady sitting between F and I can only be G. So the three are E, H and G, and no two of them sit next to each other, exactly as condition 2 requires.

Answer: C

Correct answer: K

J sits between L and F, and G between I and F, so F has J on one side and G on the other, giving the run I – G – F – J – L. H is two seats to J’s left (clockwise), and F sits opposite E, which places the last three. Clockwise the eight seats read I → G → F → J → L → H → K → E. The lady between F and I is G, so the three ladies are G, H and E - and no two of them are neighbours, as required.

E and H have exactly one seat between them, and it belongs to K.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 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.

At a hexagonal table each person faces the one three seats away. Counting three on from R gives U.

Answer: A

Correct answer: S

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.

Since all face the centre, moving to a person’s left means moving clockwise. From P the seats run R, then Q, then S, so the third to the left of P is S.

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.