SSC previous year seating arrangement (with tricks):


Q1 (SSC CGL – Circular Seating)


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


a) A b) B c) D d) F


Ans āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰:: c) D


Short Trick: Fix B → 3 right = A → 2 left = C → Opposite (8÷2=4) = D


Q2 (SSC CHSL – Direction Rule)


Six persons sit around a circular table facing outside. P is second to the right of Q. In which direction is P with respect to Q ?


a) Clockwise b) Anti-clockwise c) North d) South


Ans: b) Anti-clockwise


Short Trick: Facing outside → Right = Anti-clockwise


āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ → āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ = āϘāĻĄāĻŧ⧀⧰ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ


 Q3 (SSC MTS – Immediate Rule)


A sits immediately to the left of B in a row. How many persons sit between A and B ?


a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) Cannot be determined


Ans: a) 0


Short Trick: Immediately = No gap. Immediately āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āύāĻžāχ


 Q4 (SSC CGL – Between Rule)


There are two persons between X and Y in a circular seating of 8 persons. What is their position ?


a) Adjacent b) Opposite c) Same side d) Cannot say


Ans: b) Opposite


Short Trick: Even number + equal gap → Opposite. āϏāĻŽāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž + āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϧāĻžāύ = āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āφāϏāύ


Q5 (SSC GD – Negative Clue)


A does not sit beside B. When should this clue be used?


a) First b) Middle c) Last d) Ignore


Ans: c) Last


Short Trick: Negative clues = verification only. “āĻ•āĻžāώāϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ” āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ āĻļ⧇āώāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇


Q6 (SSC CHSL – Linear Seating)


Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing north. C sits between A and B. D sits at one end. Who sits in the middle ?


a) A b) B c) C d) E


Ans: c) C


Short Trick: Between clue = strongest clue. Between āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀


Q7 (SSC CGL – Opposite Formula)


In a circular seating of 10 persons, the person sitting opposite A is how many seats away ? 


a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7


Ans: b) 5


Short Trick: Opposite = Total ÷ 2. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āφāϏāύ = āĻŽā§‹āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ ÷ ⧍


Q8 (SSC MTS – Odd Number)


Seven persons sit around a circular table. How many persons sit exactly opposite A ?


a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) Cannot say


Ans: c) 0


Short Trick: Odd number → No opposite. āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āφāϏāύ āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇


Q9 (SSC CGL – Pair Unit)


If A and B sit together, what is the best method?


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


Ans: b) Treat as one unit


Short Trick: Pair → One unit first. āĻāϕ⧇⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāϞ⧇ → āĻāϟāĻž āχāωāύāĻŋāϟ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϧ⧰āĻž


Q10 (SSC Strategy Question)


What should be read first in seating questions ?


a) All clues b) Final question c) Options d) Diagram


Ans: b) Final question


Short Trick: Question-first saves time. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻšā§‡


SSC VERIFIED FORMULA :


Fix → Direction → Strong Clue → Between → Immediate → Negative → Answer