SITTING ARRANGEMENT

 SITTING ARRANGEMENT (ANALYTICAL REASONING)

1. 8 persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K & L are seated around a square table — 2 on each side. There are 3 lady members and they are not seated next to each other. J is between L and F. G is between I and F. H, a lady member is second to the left of J. F, a male member is seated opposite E, a lady member. There is a lady member between F and I.

(A) Who is seated between E and H? (Ans. K)

(B) How many persons are seated between K & F? (Ans. 3)

(C) Who are the three lady members? (Ans. H, E, G)

(D) Who is to the immediate left of F? (Ans. J)

2. There is an an office block for six officers A, B, C, D, E & F. There are 3 offices on each side of the corridor facing to the corridor. Both B & C occupy offices to the right of the corridor (as one enters the office block) and A occupies an office to the left of the corridor. E and F occupy offices on opposite sides of the corridor but their offices do not face each other. The offices of C & D face each other. E doesn't have a corner office. F's office is further down the corridor than A's but on the same side.

(A) If E sits in his office and faces the corridor, whose office is to his left? (Ans. C)

(B) Whose office faces A's office? (Ans. E)

(C)Who is/are F's neighbour(s)? 

A. A only        B. A & D       C. C only        D. B & C

(D) D was heard telling someone to go further down the corridor to the last office on the right. To whose room he was trying to direct that person? (Ans. B)

   Directions for Questions 3 — 7: Refer to the data below.

    A, B, C & D are sitting around a table and discussing their trades.

• A sits opposite the cook.

• B sits to the right of the barber.

• The washer man is to the left of the tailor.

• D sits opposite C.

3. A's trade is:

  A. Tailor       B. Cook       C. Barber      D. Can't say

4. B's trade is:

  A. Tailor        B. Barber      C. Cook        D. Can't say

5. C's trade is:

  A. Tailor     B. Washer man    C. Barber    D. Can't say

6. D's trade is:

   A. Washer man    B. Cook      C. Barber     D. Can't say

7. The trade of how many of A, B, C & D can be exactly known?

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