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Basic Handout

Seating Arrangement- Previous Questions

P, Q, R, S, T, U, V & W are eight friends sitting around

a circle facing towards the centre.

i) W is to the immediate left of P but is not the

neighbour of T and S

ii) U is to the immediate right of Q and V is

neighbour of T

iii) R is between T and U

1. What is the position of V?

a. To the immediate right of W

b. Between T and R

c. Third to the right of U

d. Second to the left of S

e. None of these

2. What is the position of S?

a. Between Q and U

b. To the immediate left of P

c. Second to the right of U

d. To the immediate left of Q

e. None of these

3. Which of the following statements is true?

a. U is the neighbour of V

b. V is between W and Tc. W is between P and S

d. T is between U and Q

e. None of these

Answers: 1-c, 2-d, 3-b

Study the following information carefully to answer

these questions

Eight friends P, M, R, T, Q, U, V & W are sitting in two

opposite rows, facing each other. Each row has 4

persons. P is between U and V and is facing North. W

is opposite to Q who is to the immediate left of M. R

is between T and M. W is to the immediate right of

V.

1. Who is to the immediate right of R?

a. M

b. U

c. M or T

d. Cannot be determinede. None of these

2. Which of the following pairs has the person sitting

opposite each other?

a. MV

b. RV

c. TV

d. UR

e. None of these

3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way

on the basis of their positions and so form a group.

Which is the one that does not belong to the group?

a. TP

b. RV

c. QP

d. QV

e. MW

4. Which of the following pairs of persons has

second person sitting to the immediate left of the

first person?

a. UP

b. VP

c. QMd. RT

e. None of these

5. Who is sitting opposite of R?

a. U

b. Q

c. V

d. P

e. None of these

Answers: 1-e, 2-a, 3-c, 4-b, 5-d

Study the following information carefully and answer

the questions

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle,

facing the centre. A sits fourth to the right of H while

second to the left of F. C is not the neighbor of F and

B. D sits third to the right of C. H never sits next to G.


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1. Who among the following sits between B and D?

a. G

b. F

c. H

d. A

e. C

2. Which of the following pairs sit between H and G?

a. BH

b. EF

c. CE

d. DB

e. None of these

3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way

based on their positions in the seating arrangement

and so form the group. Which is the one that does

not belong to that group?

a. AE

b. HF

c. BD

d. GE

e. CH

4. Who is to immediate right of A?

a. C

b. D

c. G

d. Data inadequate

e. None of these

5. Who sits second to the right of B?

a. A

b. C

c. D

d. E

e. None of these

6. Which is the position of B with respect to C?

I. Second to the right

II. Sixth to the left

III. Third to the left

IV. Fifth to the right

a. Only II

b. Only II and III

c. Only I and IV

d. Data inadequate

e. Both III and IV

Answers: 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b, 5-d, 6-e


questions.

Ashwini, Priya, Sudha, Rani, Meeta, Geeta and

Mukta are sitting around a circle facing the centre.Ashwini is third to the left of Mukta and to the

immediate right of Rani. Priya is second to the left of

Geeta who is not an immediate neighbour of Meeta.

1. Who is the immediate right of Priya?

a. Meeta

b. Sudha

c. Mukta

d. Cannot be determined

e. None of these

2. Who is second to the left of Rani?

a. Ashwini

b. Meeta

c. Priya

d. Sudha

e. None of these

3. Which of the following pairs of persons has the

first person sitting to the immediate left of second

person?

a. Rani-Meeta

b. Ashwini-Geeta

c. Sudha-Priya

d. Geeta-Sudhae. None of these

4. Which of the following groups has the first person

sitting between the other two?

a. Meeta-Ashwini-Geeta

b. Sudha-Rani-Geeta

c. Mukta-Priya-Rani

d. Mukta-Priya-Sudha

e. None of these

5. Which of the following is the correct position of

Rani with respect to Mukta?

I. Third to the right

II. Third to the left

III. Fourth to the left

IV. Fourth to the right

a. I only

b. II only

c. Both I and II


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d. Both II and IV

e. Both I and III

Answers: 1-c, 2-e, 3-d, 4-b, 5-e


the questions given below:

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting around a circle

facing at the centre. R is third to the left of V who is

second to the left of T. W is second to the right of P

who is not an immediate neighbor of V. S is not an

immediate neighbor of W.

1. Who is second to the right of R?

a. T

b. W

c. Q

d. Data inadequate

e. None of these

2. Who is third to the left of P?

a. S

b. W

c. Q

d. Data inadequate

e. None of these

3. Who is third to the right of Q?

a. Tb. P

c. S

d. Data inadequate

4. In which of the following pairs is the first person

sitting to the immediate right of the second person?

a. PR

b. PT

c. RW

d. QV

e. None of these

5. Which of the following pairs represents the

immediate neighbors of R?

a. PT

b. PQ

c. WT

d. PW

e. Data inadequate

Answers: 1-c, 2-e, 3-a, 4-b, 5-d


the questions given below:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle

facing at the centre. G is fourth to the right of A who

is second to the right of D. E is second to the right of

C who is not an immediate neighbour of G or D. B is

second to the right of F.

1. In which of the following pairs is the first person

sitting to the immediate right of the second person?

a. EG

b. GF

c. HE

d. BD

e. None of these

2. Who is third to the left of H?

a. A

b. D

c. B

d. Data inadequate

e. None of these

3. Who is the second to the right of H?

a. E

b. Gc. F

d. Data inadequate

e. None of these

4. What is F's position with respect to C?

1. Fourth to the left

2. Fifth to the left

3. Fourth to the right

4. Third to the right

a. Only 1

b. Only 2

c. Only 1 and 4

d. Only 2 and 3

e. Only 1 and 3

5. Who is the immediate right of G?

a. F

b. G

c. D


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d. Data inadequate

e. None of these

Answers: 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-e, 5-a

Study the following information and answer the

questions given below it.

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting

around a circle facing the centre. E is third to the left

of G who is to the immediate right of B who is third

to the left of A. H is second to the right of F who is

not an immediate neighbour of E. D is not an

immediate neighbour of B.

1. Who is second to the right of B?

a. F

b. A

c. H

d. D

e. None of these

2. Which of the following pairs has the first person to

the immediate left of second person?

a. GB

b. AF

c. CE

d. HD

e. None of these

3. Which of the following is the correct position of B

with respect to D?

a. Second to the right

b. Second to the left

c. Third to the right

d. Third to the left

e. None of these

4. Who sits between A and D?

a. F

b. E

c. G

d. B

e. H

5. What is E's position with respect to C?

a. To the immediate right

b. To the immediate left

c. Second to the right

d. Cannot be determined

e. None of these

Answers: 1-a, 2-d, 3-c, 4-e, 5-b

Study the following information carefully and answerthe questions given below:

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting around a circle

facing at the centre. V is second to the left of P and

second to the right of W. T is third to the right of Q

and is not an immediate neighbour of V. S is third to

the right of R.

1. Who is to the immediate left of S?

a. V

b. T

c. Q

d. W

e. None of these

2. Who is third to the left of V?

a. T

b. S

c. W

d. R

e. None of these

3. In which of the following groups the first person is

sitting between the second and the third persons?

a. RPQb. TWS

c. QPR

d. QVS

e. None of these

4. Who is second to the right of Q?

a. R

b. W

c. T

d. S

e. None of these

5. Who is the immediate right of R?

a. W

b. T

c. P

d. Data inadequate

e. None of these

Answers: 1-d, 2-a, 3-e, 4-a, 5-b


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Individual Questions:

Mohan and Suresh study in the same class. Mohan

has secured more marks than Suresh in the terminal

examination. Suresh's rank is seventh from top

among all the students in the class. Which of thefollowing is definitely true?

1. Mohan stood first in the terminal examination

2. There is at least one student between Mohan and

Suresh in the rank list

3. There are at the most five students between

Mohan and Suresh in the rank list

4. Suresh is five ranks lower than Mohan in the rank

list

5. None of these

Answer: 3

In a row of girls facing North, Rinky is 10th to the left

to Pinky who is 21st from the right end. If Minky who

is 17th from the left end is 4th to the right of Rinky.

How many girls are there in the row?

1. Data inadequate

2. 44

3. 37

4. 43

5. None of these

Answer: 4

In a row of 40 girls, when Kamal was shifted to her

left by 4 places her number from the left end of the

row became 10. What was the number of Sujata

from the right end of the row if Sujata was three

places to the right of Kamal's original position?

1. 22

2. 26

3. 25

4. 23

5. None of these

Answer: 4( Need to confirm it)

Akshay is 16th from the left end in the row of boys

and Vijay is 18th from the right end. Avinash is 11th

from Akshay towards the right end and 3rd from

Vijay towards the right end. How many boys are

there in the row?

1. Data inadequate

2. 42

3. 40

4. 485. None of these

Answer: 5( Answer is 41)

In a row of thirty boys, R is fourth from the right end

and W is tenth from the left end. How many boys are

there between R and W?

1. 15

2. 16

3. 17

4. Data inadequate

5. None of these

Answer: 2

Study the following five numbers and answer the

questions given below:

517 325 639 841 792

1. What will be last digit of the third number from

top when they are arranged in descending order

after reversing the position of the digits within eachnumber?

a. 7

b. 3

c. 5

d. 2

e. None of these

2. What will be the middle digit of the second lowest

number after the position of only the first and the

second digits within each number are interchanged?

a. 5

b. 2

c. 7

d. 3

e. None of these

3. What will be the first digit of the second highest

number after the position of only the second and the

third digits within each number are interchanged?

a. 7


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b. 2

c. 8

d. 9

e. None of these

Answers: 1-b, 2-d, 3-a

Among P, Q, R, S, T and U, P is taller than R and S,

but not shorter than T and U; and Q is taller than R,

S,T and U but not as tall as P. Who is amongest them

is the tallest?

a. Data inadequate

b. T

c. Q

d. P

e. None of these

Answer: d

Corporation Bank PO Exam (09.07.2006)

Which of the following will be the middle digit of

second highest number among the following five

numbers if the positions of the first and the third

digits in each number are interchanged?

432 851 719 643 287

a. 8

b. 3

c. 5

d. 1e. 4

Answer: a

Study the number series given below and answer the

questions which follow:

6 7 8 9 9 8 7 9 7 7 8 9 7 8 7 6 9 6 8 9 7 7 9 8 9 7 6 8 8

7

1. How many such numbers are there in the given

series each of which when subtracted from the

following number, has a difference of 2?

1. Three

2. Four

3. Five

4. Nine

5. None of these

2. Which of the following numbers is obtained when

18th number from the left of the number series is

added to 19th from the right?

1. 15

2. 20

3. 104. 17

3. How many nines are there in the given series each

of which is immediately preceded by an odd

number?

1. One

2. Two

3. Three

4. Four

5. More than four

4. How many such even numbers are there in the

given series each of which is immediately followed

by an even number?

1. None

2. One

3. Two

4. Three

5. More than these

5. How many such odd numbers are there in the

given series each of which is immediately preceded

by an even number?

1. Five

2. Seven3. Nine

4. Eleven

5. None of these

6. How many such Sevens are there in the given

series each of which is immediately preceded by 9

and also immediately followed by 8?

1. None

2. One

3. Two

4. Three

5. More than three

Answers: 1-2, 2-1,3-3, 4-4, 5-3, 6-2

Among P, Q, R, S and T each having different weight,

R is heavier than only P. S is lighter than Q and

heavier than T. Who among them is the heaviest?


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1. Q

2. P

3. S

4. Data inadequate

5. None of these

Answers: 1

Following questions are based on the five three-digit

numbers given below:

519 378 436 624 893

1. If the positions of the first and the third digits

within each number are interchanged, which of the

following will be the second smallest number?

1. 519

2. 378

3. 436

4. 624

5. 893

2. If '1'is subtracted from the first digit in each

number and '1' is added to the second digit in each

number, which of the will be the third digit of the

second highest number?

1. 9

2. 8

3. 6

4. 4

5. 3

3. If the positions of the first and the second digits

within each number are interchanged, Which of the

following will be the highest number?

1. 519

2. 378

3. 436

4. 624

5. 893

Answers: 1-4, 2-4, 3-5

Among M, N, P, R and T each one has secured

different marks in an examination. R secured more

marks than M and T. N secured less marks than P.

Who among them secured third highest marks?

1. N

2. R

3. M

4. T

5. Data inadequate

Answers: 5

Following questions are based on the five three-digitnumbers given below:

519 368 437 246 175

1. Which of the following is the sum of the middle

digits of the highest and the lowest numbers?

1. 6

2. 9

3. 8

4. 5

5. None of these

2. Which of the following is the third digit of the

second highest number?

1. 9

2. 8

3. 7

4. 6

5. 5

Answers: 1-3, 2-3

These questions are based on the following set of

numbers.

386 752 961 573 839

1. If 1 is added to the middle digit of each number

and then the first and the second digits are

interchanged, which of the following will be the third

digit of the smallest number?

a. 6

b. 2

c. 1

d. 3

e. 9

2. If in each number the first and the third digits are

interchanged, which number will be the second

largest?

a. 386

b. 752

c. 961

d. 573

e. 839


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3. If in each number the second and the third digits

are interchanged, what will be the sum of the first

and third digits of the largest number?

a. 12

b. 17

c. 15d. 11

e. None of these

Answers: 1-e, 2-a, 3-c

Among A, B, C, D and E each having a different

weight, D is heavier than A and E and B is lighter

than C. Who among them is the heaviest?

a. D

b. B

c. C

d. Data inadequate

e. None of these

Answers: d

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