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Seating Arrangement questions for bank exams

Seating arrangement puzzles place 6 to 10 people in a row, circle or square facing in or out. In Mains they bring 5 questions each. Plutomonk has 1,040 Seating Arrangement questions in Prelims and Mains sets of 10, each with a worked solution. They are useful for IBPS PO, SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI Clerk, IBPS RRB and RBI Assistant.

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Seating Arrangement sample questions with answers

These are from the first Prelims and Mains sets. Try each question before you open the solution.

7 people D, E, F, J, Q, S, V are sitting in a straight row facing North (not necessarily in the same order).
S sits 3rd from the right end of the row.
E sits 1st from the left end of the row.
S and D are immediate neighbours.
S does not sit at either end of the row.
F sits 3rd from the left end of the row.
Q sits 3rd to the right of V.

Q1. Who sit at the two extreme ends of the row?

  1. E and Q
  2. F and V
  3. E and F
  4. F and Q
  5. J and Q
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Answer: A. E and Q

Left to right: E – J – F – V – S – D – Q.

Q2. What is the position of E from the left end?

  1. 3rd
  2. 6th
  3. 2nd
  4. 7th
  5. 1st
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Answer: E. 1st

Left to right: E – J – F – V – S – D – Q.

Q3. Who are the immediate neighbours of D?

  1. Q and S (1)
  2. J and S
  3. F and V
  4. E and J
  5. Q and S
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Answer: E. Q and S

Left to right: E – J – F – V – S – D – Q.

Q4. How many people sit between J and Q?

  1. 5
  2. None
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. 4
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Answer: E. 4

Left to right: E – J – F – V – S – D – Q.

Q5. What is the position of F from the left end?

  1. 4th
  2. 3rd
  3. 2nd
  4. 1st
  5. 5th
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Answer: B. 3rd

Left to right: E – J – F – V – S – D – Q.

7 people C, E, F, G, N, Y, Z are sitting around a circular table facing the centre (not necessarily in the same order).
Only two people sit between E and G.
C is not an immediate neighbour of G.
F sits immediately to the right of N.
F sits 3rd to the right of Z.
Only one person sits between F and E.
Only two people sit between Y and Z.

Q6. How many people sit between C and G (counting the shorter way round)?

  1. 4
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. None
  5. 5
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Answer: C. 1

Clockwise from G: G → Z → C → E → Y → F → N (back to G). Facing the centre, a person's right is the anticlockwise neighbour.

Q7. What is the position of F with respect to G?

  1. Third to the right
  2. Immediately to the right
  3. Second to the left
  4. Second to the right
  5. Immediately to the left
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Answer: D. Second to the right

Clockwise from G: G → Z → C → E → Y → F → N (back to G). Facing the centre, a person's right is the anticlockwise neighbour.

Q8. Who are the immediate neighbours of F?

  1. N and Y
  2. G and Z
  3. C and G
  4. E and N
  5. E and G
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Answer: A. N and Y

Clockwise from G: G → Z → C → E → Y → F → N (back to G). Facing the centre, a person's right is the anticlockwise neighbour.

8 people C, D, F, G, H, K, N, X are sitting in a straight row facing North (not necessarily in the same order).
C sits 3rd to the right of K.
N is not an immediate neighbour of X.
N is not an immediate neighbour of H.
Only two people sit between H and D.
G sits at one of the extreme ends of the row.
F sits immediately to the right of N.
Only one person sits between F and K.
H sits 3rd from the right end of the row.
F is not an immediate neighbour of X.
C does not sit at either end of the row.

Q9. Who sits 3rd to the right of X?

  1. None of these
  2. H
  3. F
  4. G
  5. N
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Answer: D. G

Left to right: N – F – D – K – X – H – C – G.

Q10. Who is the only immediate neighbour of N?

  1. C
  2. F
  3. K
  4. F (1)
  5. H
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Answer: B. F

Left to right: N – F – D – K – X – H – C – G.

Q11. Who are the immediate neighbours of D?

  1. C and F
  2. C and N
  3. F and G
  4. F and K
  5. C and G
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Answer: D. F and K

Left to right: N – F – D – K – X – H – C – G.

Q12. How many people sit between K and N?

  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. None
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Answer: D. 2

Left to right: N – F – D – K – X – H – C – G.

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