Seating Arrangement Reasoning Questions and Answers

Q 1. In a row of 20 students facing North, R is 9th from the left end. How many students are there between R and S? 
a) 7 
b) 8 
c) 9 
d) 10 

Answer: b) 8

Q 2. There are six persons sitting in a row facing North. A is sitting towards immediate left of B and immediate right of C. C is sitting to immediate right of F. D is immediate right of E who is to the left of F, then which two people are sitting in the centre?
a) D and B
b) A and B
c) F and C
d) E and D 

Answer: c) F and C

Q 3. In a circular arrangement of 7 persons, A is sitting between B and C, D is sitting immediate right of C and E is sitting immediate left of A. Who is sitting between D and F? 
a) A 
b) B 
c) C 
d) E 

Answer: b) B

Q 4. In a rectangular table, A, B, C, and D are sitting on one side facing E, F, G, and H on the other side. A is opposite to E and B is opposite to F. Who is opposite to D? a) G 
b) H 
c) E 
d) F 

Answer: d) F

Q 5. There are 8 people sitting around a circular table. A is sitting second to the left of B who is third to the left of C. D is sitting between C and E, and F is sitting to the immediate right of E. Who is sitting to the immediate left of D? 
a) B 
b) C 
c) E 
d) F 

Answer: a) B

Q 6. Six friends – A, B, C, D, E, and F – are sitting in a straight line facing North. A is sitting fourth to the left of B and second to the right of F. D is sitting to the immediate left of C, who is not sitting at either of the ends. Who is sitting at the extreme right end of the line? 
a) A 
b) B 
c) E 
d) F 

Answer: d) F

Q 7. There are nine people – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, and X – sitting in a circular table facing the center. P is sitting second to the left of S who is third to the left of W. X is sitting to the immediate left of P and to the immediate right of U. Who is sitting exactly between Q and V? 
a) P 
b) R 
c) S 
d) T 

Answer: b) R

Q 8. Seven people – A, B, C, D, E, F, and G – are sitting in a row facing North. A is sitting at one of the ends and D is sitting fifth to the right of A. E is sitting to the immediate right of B who is sitting second to the left of F. Who is sitting second to the left of G? 
a) A 
b) B 
c) C 
d) D 

Answer: c) C

Q 9. In a rectangular table, eight friends – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H – are sitting around facing the center. A is sitting opposite to D who is sitting third to the right of B. F is sitting to the immediate right of A and to the immediate left of G. Who is sitting opposite to G? 
a) B 
b) C 
c) D 
d) E 

Answer: b) C

Q 10. Six people – P, Q, R, S, T, and U – are sitting in a circular table facing the center. P is sitting third to the left of Q and to the immediate right of T. R is sitting to the immediate left of S who is not sitting next to P. Who is sitting to the immediate right of Q? 
a) R 
b) S 
c) T 
d) U 

Answer: c) T

Seating arrangement is the arrangement of people/objects logically. This concept involves the arrangement of people in many possible ways. Seating Arrangement is a common category of Logical Reasoning that is asked in competitive exams.

In these types of questions, you will have to arrange a group of persons satisfying certain conditions. The questions on this topic can be asked in any sequence (linear arrangement, circular arrangement). By applying the logical analysis, we can perform the logical arrangement to answer the questions or decode.