Linear Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: C

G is on the extreme left.

There are three people between G and B, so they are 5 places apart, and D is somewhere to the right of G. Try G in position 1 and B in position 5. C must be next to B with A on its other side, which forces B, C, A into positions 5, 6, 7. That leaves positions 2, 3, 4 for F, E and D, with E in the middle:

Every condition holds: D is right of G, C is between A and B, E is between F and D, and three people separate G and B. Trying B on the left of G fails: the B, C, A block and the F, E, D block cannot both fit. So G is at the extreme left, which rules out A, B and D.

Answer: C

The girl 2nd from the left is Reena.

Shikha is to the left of Reena, and Manju to the right of Reena with Rita between them. So the order from left to right is:

Shikha, Reena, Rita, Manju

Reena is second from the left. Shikha is first, Rita third and Manju last, so the other options are wrong.

A quick diagram of four places on a line, filled in clue by clue, avoids mixing up left and right in arrangement questions like this.

Answer: D

The answer is None of these.

R sits at the extreme left and K next to R, so the row starts R, K. T is not next to K, so T is in the 4th or 5th seat. S sits next to P but not next to T. If T were 4th, S would have to be 3rd or 5th, both next to T, which is not allowed. So T is 5th, S is 3rd and P is 4th:

R, K, S, P, T

S sits between K and P. No option names K and P, so 'P and T', 'R and P' and 'Only K' are all wrong, which leaves None of these.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Taud is in between Paul and Jack

Paul takes one of the two middle houses, and Harry stands immediately left of Larry with at least one house further to their left. Mike lives between Paul and Larry, which seats Harry, Larry, Mike and Paul in houses 2 to 5. Because Harry is immediately left of Larry, Harry would lie between Taud and Larry whenever Taud is further left - the question rules that out, so Taud is to Larry’s right. At least one boy lives right of Robert, so Robert is not in house 8, and Jack must stay clear of Siman. The row reads:

1 Jack · 2 Harry · 3 Larry · 4 Mike · 5 Paul · 6 Siman · 7 Robert · 8 Taud

Checking the statements: Robert is in house 7, not the left end; Robert does stand between Siman and Taud; and Siman, Robert and Taud - three boys - live to Paul’s right. But Taud is at the far right of the row and Jack at the far left, with Paul between them, so Taud is not between Paul and Jack. That is the statement which is not correct.

Answer: B

A is at middle position, so arrangement will be like this at this stage

Now it is told that that there is no person to the right of E, it means E is at the extreme right of the line ⇒ E is at the position 7. It is also told that D is at extreme corner of row and adjacent to B. Since one end is already occupied by E so D will be at position 1 and B will be at position 2. So our arrangement will be like:

Again, it is told that there is only one person between E and F and it is also told that B and C are opposite side of A. Since B is on the left side of A, so C will be on the right side of A. Since there is only one person between E and F so position 6 will be occupied by C and F at 5. Now only one position is remaining so that will be lled by G.

Hence, position of G is between A and B.

Answer: B

Correct answer: X

S and Z occupy the two middle places, third and fourth, and A and P the two ends. R must sit to A’s left, which is only possible if A is at the far end - so P is first, R fifth and A sixth, leaving X second. The person to P’s right is therefore X.

Answer: A

Correct answer: None

All seven face north, so right means east. W sits five places to T’s right and not at an end, so T is first and W sixth; Y is exactly in the middle and U three places to Y’s right. Z must be three places from X and not beside Y, which fixes the rest. From left to right the row reads T, Z, V, Y, X, W, U.

Seating them alphabetically from right to left would put Z first, Y second, X third and so on to T at the far right. Comparing that with the row above, not one of the seven keeps the place they already hold, so the answer is none.

Answer: B

Correct answer: AB

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.

The two ends of the wall are held by B at the north and A at the south.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Between B and C

E is at the left end and C second from the right, that is fourth of five. A must sit beside C and to the right of both B and E, which puts A third and B second, with D fifth beside C. The bench reads E, B, A, C, D, so A sits between B and C.