Circular Seating Arrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Correct answer: VT

Facing the centre, each girl’s right is the next seat anticlockwise and her left the next seat clockwise. P next to V’s left puts P one seat clockwise of V; R fourth to P’s right puts R two seats clockwise of P. Filling in the rest gives the circle, clockwise, as V → P → S → R → Q → T, with T next to V and so not between Q and S.

Exchanging P and R gives the circle V, R, S, P, Q, T. Of the pairs offered, only V and T are then neighbours - and they were neighbours before the swap too, since neither of them moved.

Answer: D

Correct answer: To the immediate right of V

Facing the centre, each girl’s right is the next seat anticlockwise and her left the next seat clockwise. P next to V’s left puts P one seat clockwise of V; R fourth to P’s right puts R two seats clockwise of P. Filling in the rest gives the circle, clockwise, as V → P → S → R → Q → T, with T next to V and so not between Q and S.

The seat anticlockwise from V - her right - is T’s, so T sits immediately to V’s right. She is not next to Q’s right, nor between Q and R.

Answer: B

Correct answer: T

Facing the centre, each girl’s right is the next seat anticlockwise and her left the next seat clockwise. P next to V’s left puts P one seat clockwise of V; R fourth to P’s right puts R two seats clockwise of P. Filling in the rest gives the circle, clockwise, as V → P → S → R → Q → T, with T next to V and so not between Q and S.

V’s right is the next seat anticlockwise, and T occupies it. P is on V’s left.

Answer: C

Correct answer: J

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.

F’s left is the next seat clockwise, which is J’s. G sits on F’s right.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Both are male

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.

The three ladies are G, H and E. J and K are not among them, so both are male - as is F, which the information states outright.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 3

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.

Counting from K to F the short way round gives E, I and G in between; counting the other way gives H, L and J. Either route has three people between them, since they sit directly opposite each other at a table of eight.

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.