Types of Seating Arrangement Questions

The questions on Seating arrangement are the most common types of questions asked in reasoning in all entrance exams. There are different types of problems with the concept of seating arrangement as follows.

1. Linear Arrangement
2. Square/Rectangular Arrangement
3. Circular Arrangement
4. Triangular arrangement
5. Hexagonal arrangement
6. Pentagon arrangement.
7. Combination of the above.

Examples :

Following are some questions on seating arrangement as follows.

Example1 : 

B, L, M, N, P, and Q are in a row. P and Q are in the center, B and L are at the ends. M is sitting to the left of B. Who is to the right of L?

Solution –
The seating arrangement is as follows.

L–N–P–Q–M–B

Therefore, the right of L is N.

Example2 : 

Five boys are sitting to be photographed. S is to the left of R and to the right of B. M is to the right of R. E is between R and M.

1. Who is sitting immediate right to E?  
   Answer- M
2. Who is second from the right?     
   Answer- E

Solution –
The seating arrangement is as follows.

B–S–R–E–M

Example3 : 

Five girls are standing in a line. One of the two girls at extreme end is P and the other is B. A is to the right of S. C is to the left of the B. What is the position of A from the left?

Solution –
The seating arrangement is as follows.
P–S–A–C–B

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.