Circular Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Q: Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following statements:P sits next to S and T.Q sits diametrically opposite to P.The shortest distance between S and R is equal to the shortest distance between T and U.Based on the above statements, Q is a neighbor of

Q is a neighbor of R and U.Six people round a table occupy six equally spaced seats. Put P in seat 1. P sits next to S and T, so S and T take seats 2 and 6. Q is diametrically opposite P, in seat 4. That leaves seats 3 and 5 for R and U, which are exactly the two seats beside Q.The third statement only decides which of R and U takes seat 3 and which seat 5 (with S in seat 2 and T in seat 6, both placements give equal S-R and T-U distances). Either way, R and U fill the two seats next to Q. S and T are next to P, not Q, and P is opposite Q, so the other options are impossible.

Q: S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z are seated around a circular table. T's neighbours are Y and V. Z is seated third to the left of T and second to the right of S. U's neighbours are S and Y; and T and W are not seated opposite each other. Who is third to the left of V?

Third to the left of V is X.Number the eight seats 0 to 7 around the table, counting 'to the left' as one direction round the circle. Put T in seat 0.Z is third to the left of T: seat 3.Z is second to the right of S, so S is two seats to the left of Z: seat 5.T's neighbours are Y and V, in seats 1 and 7. U sits between S and Y, so U must be in seat 6 next to S, which puts Y in seat 7 and V in seat 1.W and X take seats 2 and 4. Seat 4 is opposite T, and W is not opposite T, so W is in seat 2 and X in seat 4.Counting three seats to the left of V (seat 1) reaches seat 4, which is X. W is one seat to the left of V, U is three seats to the right of V, and T is V's neighbour on the right, so none of them is third to the left.

Q: Study the information carefully and answer the question.A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle area, with equal distance amongst each other but not necessarily in the same order.Only two people face the centre and the rest face outside (i.e., in a direction opposite to the centre)F sits second to left of D. A sits second to left of F. Only one person sits between A and B. C sits to immediate right of A. C is not an immediate neighbor of F. E is not an immediate neighbour of F.Both the immediate neighbours of G face the Centre.Who is sitting to immediate right of B?

The person to the immediate right of B is E.Only two people face the centre, and both neighbours of G face it, so those two are G's neighbours and everyone else faces outward. Working through the clues fixes one arrangement. Going round the circle in one direction: A, H, F, G, D, E, B, C, with D and F (G's neighbours) facing the centre.Checks: F is second to the left of D (D faces in); A is second to the left of F (F faces in); one person, C, sits between A and B; C is to A's immediate right (A faces out); neither C nor E sits next to F. B faces outward, so B's right is towards E.F, C and D are not B's right-hand neighbour in this arrangement; C is B's left-hand neighbour.

Q: Six persons are seated on a round dining table in such a way that Atul sits in front of Binoy, Elias sits between Atul and David, Firoz sits to the left of Binoy and Chaaya sits between Atul and Firoz.Who sits between Binoy and Elias?

David sits between Binoy and Elias.Number the six seats round the table 1 to 6. Put Atul at seat 1, so Binoy, opposite him, is at seat 4. Atul's two neighbours (seats 2 and 6) must be Elias and Chaaya, because each is said to sit next to Atul.Chaaya sits between Atul and Firoz, and Firoz sits next to Binoy. So Chaaya is at seat 2 and Firoz at seat 3, beside Binoy at 4. That leaves Elias at seat 6 and David at seat 5, between Elias and Binoy, as the clue about Elias requires. Atul(1) Elias(6) Chaaya(2) David(5) Firoz(3) Binoy(4)Firoz and Chaaya are on the other side of the table, and Binoy cannot sit between himself and Elias.

Q: At a buffet, six sweets are arranged in a circular order on a table. Burfi is opposite Halwa. There is one sweet between Laddu and Jalebi. Gulab jamun is to the right of Halwa. Rasagulla is one of the sweets. Which sweet is two places away to the left of Gulab jamun ?

The sweet two places to the left of Gulab jamun is Rasagulla.Seat the six sweets round the table in order, counting to the right. Put Halwa in place 1, so Burfi, opposite it, is in place 4. Gulab jamun is immediately to the right of Halwa, in place 2.That leaves places 3, 5 and 6 for Laddu, Jalebi and Rasagulla. Laddu and Jalebi need exactly one sweet between them, which only places 3 and 5 allow (Burfi sits between them). So Rasagulla is in place 6.Two places to the left of Gulab jamun (place 2) is place 6: one place left is Halwa, two places left is Rasagulla.Halwa is only one place to the left, and Laddu and Jalebi sit on the other side of Gulab jamun.

Q: A, E, H, K, R, S are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. H sits to the immediate right of R. K sits second to the left of R. A sits second to the right of E. Who sits third to the right of A ?

The person third to the right of A is S.All six face the centre, so for each person 'right' is anticlockwise and 'left' clockwise, seen from above. Number the seats 0 to 5 clockwise and put R at 0.H is immediately right of R: seat 5.K is second to the left of R: seat 2.A is second to the right of E. The only free pair that fits is E at 3 and A at 1, leaving S at 4.Counting three seats to the right (anticlockwise) from A at 1 gives 0, 5, 4, which is S.

Q: X, Y, Z and W are playing a game of carrom. X, Z and W, Y are partners. W is to the right of Z who is facing west. Then Y is facing

Y is facing North.Partners sit opposite each other at a carrom board: X faces Z, and W faces Y. Z is facing west, so Z sits on the east side. Facing west, Z's right is towards the north, so W, on Z's right, sits on the north side facing south.Y, W's partner, sits opposite W on the south side and faces the centre, that is, north. West is Z's direction and south is W's.

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191.

Four friends, P, Q, R and S, are sitting around a square table but not necessarily in the same order. All of them are in the middle of the sides and facing the centre.
P is sitting second to the right of Q.
R is at the immediate left of P.
Which of the following statements is true?

A.P is at the immediate right of Q.
B.Q is at the immediate left of S.
C.Q is at the immediate right of S.
D.P is at the immediate left of Q.

Exam Year(s)

DSSSB PGT - 2023,

Answer: C

Q is at the immediate right of S. Seat Q at the bottom of the square, facing the centre. P is second to the right of Q, so P is directly opposite Q. R is at the immediate left of P, which places R on Q's right-hand side, and S takes the remaining seat on Q's left. S, facing the centre from the left side, has Q on its right. So Q is at the immediate right of S. P is opposite Q, so it is neither the immediate right nor the immediate left of Q. Q's immediate left is S, so the statement that Q is at the immediate left of S is the reverse of what is true.

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192.

Eight film stars, Salman, Kareena, Shahrukh, Madhuri, Kajol, Amitabh, Raveena and Ajay, are sitting in a circle facing the outside direction as follows. Salman and Amitabh are sitting opposite to each other. No two male or two female film stars are sitting together. Madhuri is sitting between Salman and Shahrukh.Ajay is sitting 2nd to the right of Amitabh. Kajol is not sitting next to Ajay. Raveena is sitting opposite to Madhuri. Who is sitting 3rd to the right of Ajay?

A.Kajol
B.Raveena
C.Madhuri
D.Kareena

Exam Year(s)

DSSSB - 2023,

Answer: C

The person sitting 3rd to the right of Ajay is Madhuri. The eight stars sit in a circle facing outwards, so each person's right is the anticlockwise side. Since no two men or two women are adjacent, men and women alternate. Salman and Amitabh sit opposite each other, Madhuri is between Salman and Shahrukh, and Raveena is opposite Madhuri.

Going clockwise as seen from above, one arrangement that fits every clue is Salman, Kareena, Ajay, Raveena, Amitabh, Kajol, Shahrukh, Madhuri. Ajay is the 2nd to the right of Amitabh, Kajol is not next to Ajay, and the genders alternate. From Ajay, the 1st to the right is Kareena, the 2nd is Salman and the 3rd is Madhuri. The mirror image of this seating (with the opposite facing) gives the same name, so Kajol, Raveena and Kareena are the wrong choices.

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193.

Six friends, A, B, C, D, E and E, are sitting around a round table facing toward the centre and equidistant from each other. A is sitting second to the left of C. D is sitting opposite to B. F is sitting to the immediate right of B. Who is sitting second to the right of E?

Exam Year(s)

DSSSB TGT - 2023,

Answer: D

The person second to the right of E is F. The printed list names E twice and never lists F, though the stem later mentions F, so the sixth friend is F. Facing the centre, a person's right is the anticlockwise neighbour. Put B at seat 0 and number the seats clockwise 0 to 5. D sits opposite B, so D is at 3. F is the immediate right of B, so F is at 5. A is second to the left of C, so A is two seats clockwise of C. Only seats 1, 2 and 4 remain for A, C and E, and only C = 2, A = 4 works, which leaves E at 1. Two seats anticlockwise of E (seat 1) is seat 5, which is F. A, B and D are the people at seats 4, 0 and 3, so none of them is second to E's right.

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194.

Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the center not necessarily in the same order. Consider the following statements:

P sits next to S and T.
Q sits diametrically opposite to P.
The shortest distance between S and R is equal to the shortest distance between T and U.

Based on the above statements, Q is a neighbor of

A.U and S
B.R and T
C.R and U
D.P and S

Exam Year(s)

GATE Chemistry - 2022, GATE AG - 2022,

Answer: C

Q is a neighbor of R and U.

Six people round a table occupy six equally spaced seats. Put P in seat 1. P sits next to S and T, so S and T take seats 2 and 6. Q is diametrically opposite P, in seat 4. That leaves seats 3 and 5 for R and U, which are exactly the two seats beside Q.

The third statement only decides which of R and U takes seat 3 and which seat 5 (with S in seat 2 and T in seat 6, both placements give equal S-R and T-U distances). Either way, R and U fill the two seats next to Q. S and T are next to P, not Q, and P is opposite Q, so the other options are impossible.

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195.

S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z are seated around a circular table. T's neighbours are Y and V. Z is seated third to the left of T and second to the right of S. U's neighbours are S and Y; and T and W are not seated opposite each other. Who is third to the left of V?

Exam Year(s)

GATE Chemistry - 2017,

Answer: A

Third to the left of V is X.

Number the eight seats 0 to 7 around the table, counting 'to the left' as one direction round the circle. Put T in seat 0.

Z is third to the left of T: seat 3.
Z is second to the right of S, so S is two seats to the left of Z: seat 5.
T's neighbours are Y and V, in seats 1 and 7. U sits between S and Y, so U must be in seat 6 next to S, which puts Y in seat 7 and V in seat 1.
W and X take seats 2 and 4. Seat 4 is opposite T, and W is not opposite T, so W is in seat 2 and X in seat 4.

Counting three seats to the left of V (seat 1) reaches seat 4, which is X. W is one seat to the left of V, U is three seats to the right of V, and T is V's neighbour on the right, so none of them is third to the left.

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196.

Study the information carefully and answer the question.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle area, with equal distance amongst each other but not necessarily in the same order.

Only two people face the centre and the rest face outside (i.e., in a direction opposite to the centre)

F sits second to left of D. A sits second to left of F. Only one person sits between A and B. C sits to immediate right of A. C is not an immediate neighbor of F. E is not an immediate neighbour of F.

Both the immediate neighbours of G face the Centre.

Who is sitting to immediate right of B?

Exam Year(s)

ISRO Assistant - 2023,

Answer: B

The person to the immediate right of B is E.

Only two people face the centre, and both neighbours of G face it, so those two are G's neighbours and everyone else faces outward. Working through the clues fixes one arrangement. Going round the circle in one direction: A, H, F, G, D, E, B, C, with D and F (G's neighbours) facing the centre.

Checks: F is second to the left of D (D faces in); A is second to the left of F (F faces in); one person, C, sits between A and B; C is to A's immediate right (A faces out); neither C nor E sits next to F. B faces outward, so B's right is towards E.

F, C and D are not B's right-hand neighbour in this arrangement; C is B's left-hand neighbour.

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197.

Six persons are seated on a round dining table in such a way that Atul sits in front of Binoy, Elias sits between Atul and David, Firoz sits to the left of Binoy and Chaaya sits between Atul and Firoz.

Who sits between Binoy and Elias?

A.David
B.Firoz
C.Chaaya
D.Binoy

Exam Year(s)

Kerala PSC KAS - 2020,

Answer: A

David sits between Binoy and Elias.

Number the six seats round the table 1 to 6. Put Atul at seat 1, so Binoy, opposite him, is at seat 4. Atul's two neighbours (seats 2 and 6) must be Elias and Chaaya, because each is said to sit next to Atul.

Chaaya sits between Atul and Firoz, and Firoz sits next to Binoy. So Chaaya is at seat 2 and Firoz at seat 3, beside Binoy at 4. That leaves Elias at seat 6 and David at seat 5, between Elias and Binoy, as the clue about Elias requires.

   Atul(1)

Elias(6)  Chaaya(2)

David(5)  Firoz(3)

   Binoy(4)

Firoz and Chaaya are on the other side of the table, and Binoy cannot sit between himself and Elias.

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198.

At a buffet, six sweets are arranged in a circular order on a table. Burfi is opposite Halwa. There is one sweet between Laddu and Jalebi. Gulab jamun is to the right of Halwa. Rasagulla is one of the sweets. Which sweet is two places away to the left of Gulab jamun ?

A.Laddu
B.Rasagulla
C.Jalebi
D.Halwa

Exam Year(s)

Punjab Civil Service - 2021,

Answer: B

The sweet two places to the left of Gulab jamun is Rasagulla.

Seat the six sweets round the table in order, counting to the right. Put Halwa in place 1, so Burfi, opposite it, is in place 4. Gulab jamun is immediately to the right of Halwa, in place 2.

That leaves places 3, 5 and 6 for Laddu, Jalebi and Rasagulla. Laddu and Jalebi need exactly one sweet between them, which only places 3 and 5 allow (Burfi sits between them). So Rasagulla is in place 6.

Two places to the left of Gulab jamun (place 2) is place 6: one place left is Halwa, two places left is Rasagulla.

Halwa is only one place to the left, and Laddu and Jalebi sit on the other side of Gulab jamun.

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199.

A, E, H, K, R, S are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. H sits to the immediate right of R. K sits second to the left of R. A sits second to the right of E. Who sits third to the right of A ?

Exam Year(s)

RSMSSB - 2024, RSMSSB Mahila Supervisor - 2024,

Answer: D

The person third to the right of A is S.

All six face the centre, so for each person 'right' is anticlockwise and 'left' clockwise, seen from above. Number the seats 0 to 5 clockwise and put R at 0.

H is immediately right of R: seat 5.
K is second to the left of R: seat 2.
A is second to the right of E. The only free pair that fits is E at 3 and A at 1, leaving S at 4.

Counting three seats to the right (anticlockwise) from A at 1 gives 0, 5, 4, which is S.

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200.

X, Y, Z and W are playing a game of carrom. X, Z and W, Y are partners. W is to the right of Z who is facing west. Then Y is facing

A.South
B.East
C.North
D.West

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: C

Y is facing North.

Partners sit opposite each other at a carrom board: X faces Z, and W faces Y. Z is facing west, so Z sits on the east side. Facing west, Z's right is towards the north, so W, on Z's right, sits on the north side facing south.

Y, W's partner, sits opposite W on the south side and faces the centre, that is, north. West is Z's direction and south is W's.

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