Seating Arrangement MCQs : SET–1


Q1. (Circular – Fix One Person)


Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. A sits second to the right of B. Who sits opposite A ?
āĻ›āϝāĻŧāϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞāϤ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ A, B ā§° āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ A ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧇ ?


a) C  b) D  c) E  d) F


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: b) D
Trick: Fix B → move 2 right → A → opposite = D


Q2. (Direction Rule)


Eight persons sit around a circle facing outside. P is third to the right of Q. Direction of movement is ?
āφāĻ āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Q ā§° āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ P āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?


a) Clockwise  b) Anti-clockwise  c) Both  d) Cannot say


Ans: b) Anti-clockwise
Rule: Facing outside → Right = Anti-clockwise


Q3. (Immediate Rule)


A sits immediately to the left of B. How many persons sit between A and B ? A, B ā§° āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻžā§Ž āĻŦāĻžāĻ“āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϜāύ ?


a) 0  b) 1  c) 2  d) Cannot say


Ans: a) 0
Immediately = No gap


Q4. (Between Rule)


There are two persons between P and Q in a circular seating. Total persons = 8. P and Q are ? P āφ⧰⧁ Q ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ  ā§Ž āϜāύāĨ¤ P āφ⧰⧁ Q āĻ•’āϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧇ ?


a) Adjacent  b) Opposite  c) Same side  d) Corner


Ans: b) Opposite
Even number + equal gap → Opposite


Q5. (Strongest Clue First)


Which clue should be solved first ? āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ ?


a) Not neighbour  b) Immediate left  c) Second right of  d) Does not sit beside


Ans: c) Second right of
Exact position = strongest clue


Q6. (Opposite Seat Formula)


In a circular seating of 10 persons, opposite seat is after ? ā§§ā§Ļ āϜāύ⧰ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ ?


a) 3  b) 4  c) 5  d) 6


Ans: c) 5
Formula: Total ÷ 2


Q7. (Negative Clue)


A does not sit beside B. When should it be used ? A, B ā§° āĻ•āĻžāώāϤ āύ⧁āĻŦāĻšā§‡āĨ¤ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ ?


a) First  b) Middle  c) Last  d) Never


Ans: c) Last
Negative clue → always last


Q8. (Pair Unit Trick)


A and B sit together. Best method ? A āφ⧰⧁ B āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻšā§‡āĨ¤ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ ?


a) Place separately  b) Ignore  c) Treat as one unit  d) Guess


Ans: c) Treat as one unit


Q9. (Number Position Method)


Fastest method for seating questions ? āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?


a) Drawing circle  b) Guessing  c) Number positions  d) Writing names


Ans: c) Number positions


Q10. (Exam Strategy)


Best exam strategy ? āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ ?


a) Solve full arrangement  b) Read question first  c) Skip question  d) Guess


Ans: b) Read question first


Q11. (Row Seating)


Five persons sit in a row facing north. A sits left of B but right of C. Who is in the middle ?
āĻĒāĻžāρāϚāϜāύ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€āϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ A, B ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻ“āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ C ā§° āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āϕ⧋āύ?


Ans: A
Order: C – A – B


Q12. P sits at one end. Q sits second from left. Total persons ? P āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻļ⧇āώāϤāĨ¤ Q āĻŦāĻžāĻ“āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϜāύ ?


a) 3  b) 4  c) 5  d) Cannot say


Ans: d) Cannot say


Q13. If X sits between Y and Z, order is ? X, Y āφ⧰⧁ Z ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡ ?


a) Y-X-Z or Z-X-Y  b) X-Y-Z  c) Z-Y-X  d) None


Ans: a)


Q14. Who sits at extreme right ? (Based on given data) āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϛ⧇?


Ans: Data based
Rule: Extremes solved last


Q15. (Corrected)


Facing south → Left side becomes ? āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻš’āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ“āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?


a) North  b) South  c) East  d) West


Ans: c) East (āĻĒā§‚ā§ą)


Q16. Facing centre + immediate right → direction ? āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϞ⧈ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻŋāϞ⧇ ?


a) Clockwise  b) Anti-clockwise  c) Both  d) Cannot say


Ans: a) Clockwise


Q17. Facing outside + immediate left → direction ? āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ“āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°āĻŋāϞ⧇ ?


a) Clockwise  b) Anti-clockwise  c) Both  d) Cannot say


Ans: a) Clockwise


Q18. Seven persons sit in a circle. Opposite seat ? ā§­ āϜāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ ?


a) Exists  b) Does not exist  c) Two seats  d) Cannot say


Ans: b) Does not exist


 Q19. A, B, C, D sit in a row. A not neighbour of C. Possible ? A, B, C, D āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€āϤāĨ¤ A, C ā§° āĻ•āĻžāώāϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­ā§ą āύ⧇ ?


a) Yes  b) No  c) Cannot say  d) Depends


Ans: a) Yes


Q20. (Best Solving Order)


Best verified order to solve seating questions ? āĻŦāĻšāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ ?


a) Guess → Solve
b) Fix → Direction → Strong clue → Fill → Verify → Answer
c) Draw only
d) Skip


Ans: b)