Sitting Arrangement: Exercise-2


Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Ten students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are sitting in a row facing west. B and F are not sitting on either of the edges. G is sitting to the left of D and H is sitting to the right of J. There are four persons between E and A. I is to the north of B and F is to the south of D. J is in between A and D. G is in between E and F. There are two persons between H and C.


  1. Who is sitting at the seventh place counting from left?

    1. H
    2. C
    3. J
    4. Either H or C


Answer: (d) Either H or C

Solution: answer image
Either H or C is sitting at the seventh place counting from left.

  1. Who among the following is definitely sitting at one of the ends?

    1. C
    2. E
    3. H
    4. Can't be determined


Answer: (b) E

Solution: answer image
E is definitely sitting at one of the ends.

  1. Who are immediate neighbours of I?

    1. BH
    2. BC
    3. AH
    4. Can't be determined


Answer: (d) Can't be determined

Solution: answer image
Can't be determined, because the position of H and C are not determined.

  1. Who is sitting second left of D?

    1. F
    2. E
    3. J
    4. G


Answer: (d) G

Solution: answer image
G is sitting second left of D.

  1. If G and A interchange their positions, then who become the immediate neighbours of E?

    1. G and F
    2. J and H
    3. Only A
    4. only F


Answer: (c) Only A

Solution: answer image
If G and A interchange their positions, then A become the immediate neighbour of E.

Directions (6-8): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight persons P, M, R, T, Q, U, V and W are sitting in front of one another in two rows. Each row has four persons. P is between U and V. P is facing north. Q, who is to the immediate left of M is facing W. R is between T and M. W is to the immediate right of V.


  1. Who is sitting in front of R?

    1. P
    2. Q
    3. U
    4. V


Answer: (a) P

Solution: answer image
P is sitting in front of R.

  1. Who is to the immediate right of R?

    1. U
    2. M
    3. T
    4. Can't be determined


Answer: (c) T

Solution: answer image
T is to the immediate right of R

  1. In which of the following pairs, persons are sitting in front of each other?

    1. RV
    2. MV
    3. UR
    4. TV


Answer: (b) MV

Solution: answer image
M and V are sitting in front of each other.

  1. In a college party, five girls are sitting in a row. P is to the left of M and to the right of O. R is sitting to the right of N but to the left of O, Who is sitting in the middle?

    1. O
    2. P
    3. R
    4. M


Answer: (a) O

Solution: answer image
O is sitting in the middle.

  1. There are five different houses, A to E, in a row. A is to the right of B and E is to the left of C and right of A. B is to the right of D. Which of the houses is in the middle?

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D


Answer: (a) A

Solution: answer image
A is in the middle.