Circular Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Correct answer: A

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix C, put F three seats to C’s right, and H two seats to F’s right. G, A and E then fit in only one way, since A is two to G’s right and E immediately to A’s right; and of the last two seats D must take the one that touches neither C nor H. Clockwise the circle reads C → E → A → H → G → F → D → B.

Two seats to C’s left - clockwise - gives E and then A.

Answer: E

Correct answer: DB

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix C, put F three seats to C’s right, and H two seats to F’s right. G, A and E then fit in only one way, since A is two to G’s right and E immediately to A’s right; and of the last two seats D must take the one that touches neither C nor H. Clockwise the circle reads C → E → A → H → G → F → D → B.

A person’s right is the seat anticlockwise from them. Of the pairs offered, only in DB does the first sit on the second’s right: D occupies the seat to B’s right.

Answer: B

Correct answer: B

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix C, put F three seats to C’s right, and H two seats to F’s right. G, A and E then fit in only one way, since A is two to G’s right and E immediately to A’s right; and of the last two seats D must take the one that touches neither C nor H. Clockwise the circle reads C → E → A → H → G → F → D → B.

C’s right is the seat anticlockwise from her, and B occupies it. E is on C’s left, and D sits two places away, so there is no ambiguity between B and D.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Mukta

Facing the centre, each woman’s left is the next seat clockwise and her right the next seat anticlockwise. Place Mukta, then Ashwini three seats to her left, and Rani immediately beyond Ashwini. Geeta and Priya, two seats apart, fit the remaining seats in only one way, and of the last two Meeta must take the seat that does not touch Geeta. Clockwise the circle reads Mukta → Priya → Meeta → Ashwini → Rani → Sudha → Geeta.

Priya’s right is the seat anticlockwise from her, which is Mukta’s. Meeta is on Priya’s left.

Answer: E

Correct answer: None of these

Facing the centre, each woman’s left is the next seat clockwise and her right the next seat anticlockwise. Place Mukta, then Ashwini three seats to her left, and Rani immediately beyond Ashwini. Geeta and Priya, two seats apart, fit the remaining seats in only one way, and of the last two Meeta must take the seat that does not touch Geeta. Clockwise the circle reads Mukta → Priya → Meeta → Ashwini → Rani → Sudha → Geeta.

Two seats to Rani’s left - clockwise - gives Sudha and then Geeta. Geeta is not among the choices, so the answer is none of these.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Geeta-Sudha

Facing the centre, each woman’s left is the next seat clockwise and her right the next seat anticlockwise. Place Mukta, then Ashwini three seats to her left, and Rani immediately beyond Ashwini. Geeta and Priya, two seats apart, fit the remaining seats in only one way, and of the last two Meeta must take the seat that does not touch Geeta. Clockwise the circle reads Mukta → Priya → Meeta → Ashwini → Rani → Sudha → Geeta.

To sit on someone’s immediate left is to occupy the next seat clockwise from them. Geeta occupies exactly that seat with respect to Sudha. In each of the other pairs the first person sits on the second’s right, or not beside her at all.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Sudha-Rani-Geeta

Facing the centre, each woman’s left is the next seat clockwise and her right the next seat anticlockwise. Place Mukta, then Ashwini three seats to her left, and Rani immediately beyond Ashwini. Geeta and Priya, two seats apart, fit the remaining seats in only one way, and of the last two Meeta must take the seat that does not touch Geeta. Clockwise the circle reads Mukta → Priya → Meeta → Ashwini → Rani → Sudha → Geeta.

In Sudha-Rani-Geeta the first named, Sudha, sits directly between the other two, with Rani on one side and Geeta on the other. In the other groups the first person is not between the two that follow.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Both I & III

Facing the centre, each woman’s left is the next seat clockwise and her right the next seat anticlockwise. Place Mukta, then Ashwini three seats to her left, and Rani immediately beyond Ashwini. Geeta and Priya, two seats apart, fit the remaining seats in only one way, and of the last two Meeta must take the seat that does not touch Geeta. Clockwise the circle reads Mukta → Priya → Meeta → Ashwini → Rani → Sudha → Geeta.

Counting three seats to Mukta’s right - anticlockwise - gives Geeta, Sudha, Rani. Counting four to Mukta’s left - clockwise - gives Priya, Meeta, Ashwini, Rani. In a circle of seven those two counts must reach the same seat, since \( 3 + 4 = 7 \), so statements I and III are both correct.

Answer: A

Correct answer: E

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix D; F takes the seat on D’s right, and since F is three to A’s left, A is fixed too, as is G three to D’s left. B must sit beside G but not beside D; C may touch neither D nor A; and E may not touch D. Those three conditions leave only one filling. Clockwise the circle reads D → H → B → G → A → E → C → F.

A’s left is the next seat clockwise, and E occupies it. G is on A’s right.

Answer: E

Correct answer: None of these

Facing the centre, each person’s left is the next seat clockwise and their right the next seat anticlockwise. Fix D; F takes the seat on D’s right, and since F is three to A’s left, A is fixed too, as is G three to D’s left. B must sit beside G but not beside D; C may touch neither D nor A; and E may not touch D. Those three conditions leave only one filling. Clockwise the circle reads D → H → B → G → A → E → C → F.

H sits third to C’s left. Two to C’s left is D, one to her right is E, two to her right is A and three to her right is G - so none of the descriptions offered fits, and the answer is none of these.