Seating Arrangement Tricks with example

Here I am teaching the trick to solve Seating Arrangement

In order to solve seating arrangement questions, first of all, the diagram should be made. By doing so questions are easily and quickly solved.

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Example 1:

1. 6 Boys are sitting in a circle and facing towards the centre of the circle.
2. Rajeev is sitting to the right of Mohan but he is not just at the left of Vijay.
3. Suresh is between Babu and Vijay.
4. Ajay is sitting to the left of Vijay.

Who is sitting to the left of Mohan ?

Hence, Babu is sitting to the left of Mohan.

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Example 2:

1. Eleven students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in a first line facing to the teacher.
2. D who is just to the left of F, is to the right of C at second place.
3. A is second to the right of E who is at one end.
4. J is the nearest neighbour of A and B and is to the left of G at third place.
5. H is next to D to the right and is at the third place to the right of I.

Who is just in the middle?

Solution :

Hence, I is just in the middle.

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Example 3:

Siva, Sathish, Amar and Praveen are playing cards. Amar is to the right of Sathish, who is to the right of Siva.

Who is to the right of Amar?

Solution :

Hence Praveen is to the right of Amar.

Example 4:

Three people P, Q, R are Standing in the queue. There are six persons between P and Q and ten persons between Q and R. If there are three persons ahead of R and 22 behind P, then what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue?

Solution:

30

Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Eight family members namely A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table but not necessarily in the same order.Some of them are females and some of them are males. All of them are related to each other in same way or the other.Some of them are facing the centre while some of them are facing outside(i.e. Opposite to the centre).

• E sits second to the right of the B. B faces the centre. Only two people sit between E and C. C is the daughter of A. No female is an immediate neighbour of C.
• C’s brother sits to her immediate right. Neither B nor F is the brother of C. A’s wife sits to the immediate right of E. A sits second to the left of his wife.
• H is not an immediate neighbour of B. H is the wife of F. F sits third to the right of H. D is neither an immediate neighbour of H nor E.
• Only three people sit between A and his brother. Both the immediate neighbours of C face opposite directions.(i.e if one neighbour faces the centre then the other neighbour faces outside and Vice-Versa)
• C’s husband sits to the immediate right of G. E and F face a direction opposite to that of A(i.e if A faces the centre then E and F face outside and Vice-Versa)

1 How many people sit between B and G’s son in law when counted from the left of B?
A.Five
B.Three
C.Four
D.Two
E.One

2 If it is given that B is the father of G, then what is the position of B with respect to B’s son in law?
A.Immediate Right
B.Second to the left
C.Third to the Right
D.Third to the left
E.Second to the Right

3 Which of the following statements regarding G is definitely correct?
A.G is the sister of E
B.G sits second to the right of F
C.B and A are immediate neighbours of G
D.None of the given options is correct
E. All are true

4 Who amongst the following sits exactly between C and A when counted from the left of A?
A. D
B. E
C. F
D. G
E. H

5 Who amongst the following sits third to the right of E?
A.F
B.E’s father-in-law
C.E’s Nephew
D.E’s wife
E.E’s father

Answers: 1 A- Five

2 D- Third to the left 

3 B- G sits second to the right of F

4 A- D

5 B- E’s father-in-law.