Circular arrangement puzzle compilation for bank exams(Part 1)(10 puzzles)

Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

1) Eleven students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order. A sits seconds to the right of E, who is not a neighbour of G. Q is the immediate neighbour of A and B and third to the left of G. D, who is on the immediate left of F, is second to the right of C. S is on the immediate left of D and third to the right of R. 

1. Who among the following is third to the left of P?
1) D
2) C
3) B
4) R
5) None of these 

2. Who among the following is on the immediate left of C?
1) D
2) R
3) S
4) G
5) None of these

 3. Who among the following sits exactly between P and S if counted in clockwise direction from P?

1) A
2) R
3) Q
4) D
5) None of these

 4. How many persons are there between P and S if counted in clockwise direction from P?
1) Three
 2) Four
3) Six
4) Five
5) None of these

5. Who among the following is fourth to the right of G?
1) F
2) C
3) S
4) E
5) None of these

Answers
1-1
2-4
3-5
4-1
5-1

2) P, Q, B, S, T, U and N are sitting around a circle, facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order. Q is not an immediate neighbour of N. P is not second to the right of T. S is not an immediate neighbour of N and P, but is second to the left of T. B is third to the right of P bout not an immediate neighbour of T.
 1.If U is an immediate neighbour of B, then who is third to the right of N?
1) S
2) Q
3) T
4) B
5) Can’t be determined 

2.Who sits on the immediate right of P?
1) N
2) T
3) Either U or N
4) Can’t be determined
5) None of these 

3.Who sits  between Q and P?

1) B
2) S
3) U
4) T
5) N

4.What is the position of B with respect to T?
1) Immediate right of T
 2) Second to the left of T
3) Second to the right of T
4) Can’t be determined
5) None of these 

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong toe that group?
1) BS
2) BQ
3) TP
4) SQ
5) None of these

Answers

1. (1)
2. (1)
3. (5)

5. (4)
4. (3)

3) Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table, not necessarily in the same order. Four of them are facing the centre and four are facing outside. F is second to the left of G. Both the immediate neighbours of F and H face outside. F and H face the centre. G is an immediate neighbour of H. E faces outside. A is an immediate neighbour of F.B is second to left of A. C is second to left of B. 

1. Who amongst the following is sitting exactly between A and B?

(1) E

(2) D

(3) F

(4) H

(5) None of these

2. In which of the following pairs of people, are the people not sitting immediately next to each other?

(1) BD

(2) AG

(3) DE

(4) EC

(5) None of these

3. Who amongst the following is sitting third to the left of G?

(1) C

(2) E

(3) B

(4) H

(5) None of these

4. Who amongst the following is sitting exactly between E and D?

(1) G

(2) C

(3) F

(4) H

(5) None of these

5. Who amongst the following is sitting second to left of E?

(1) G

(2) B

(3) F

(4) H

(5) None of these

Answers

1. (3)

2. (3)
3. (3)
4. (2)
5. (1)

4) P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and X are sitting around a circular table facing the centre.

(i) P sits third to the left of T, who is second right of V.

(ii) V and W are adjacent neighbours of each other.

(iii) R sits third to the left of V.

(iv) Only one person sits between Q and X.

(v) Only one person sits between W and S.

(vi) Neither R nor Q sits opposite to V.

1. Who sits third to the left of X?

1) T 

2) P 

3) V 

4) W 

5) None of these

2. If all the person are made to sit in alphabetical order in clockwise direction starting from P, the positions of how many of them (except P) will remain unchanged as compared to the original seating arrangement?

1) 3 

2) 4 

3) 5 

4) 6 

5) None of these

3. Who sits between Q and V?

1) P 

2) R 

3) S 

4) T 

5) W

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their arrangement positions, and so form a group. Which of the one that does not belong to that group?

1) QX 

2) TV 

3) PR 

4) WQ 

5) None of these

5. What is the position of S with respect to Q?

1) Second to the right 

2) Third to the left 

3) Third to the right

4) Second to the left 

5) Immediately to the left

Answers

1)

 5)  A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight persons sitting in a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. 

B is second to the right of D. G is third to the right of E. C is second to the left of A, who is second to the left of F, who is not an immediate neighbour of B and D.

1.Who among the following sits between F and G?

1)E

2)H

3)A

4)C

5)None of these.

2.Who among the following sits third to the right of C?

1)E 

2)F

3)A

4)H

5)None of these.

3.Who sits on the immediate right of H?

1)B 

2)A

3)G

4)F

5)Can’t be determined.

4.In which of the following combinations is the first person sitting between the second and the third person?

1)ABC

2)EFH

3)FGH

4)BCA

5)None of these.

5.Which of the following statements is true?

1)C is opposite E.

2)E is second to the left of F.

3)B is opposite H.

4)G is on the immediate right of D. 

5)None of these.

6)Brock, Kane, Undertaker, Khali, Johncena, Bigshow, Batista and Mark are eight fighters sitting around a circular table. Four of them are facing towards the centre and four of them are facing away from the centre. All of them like a different movie, viz. Tamasha, Bajirao, Dilwale, Massan, Airlift, Sultan, Dangal and Ready, but not necessarily in the same order.

Johncena faces towards the centre and likes Tamasha. Both the immediate neighbours of Johncena face away from the centre and like Dilwale or Masan. Khali faces away from the centre. Both the immediate neighbours of Khali do not face away from the centre. Johncena sits third to the right of Bigshow, who likes Airlift and faces away from the centre. Undertaker sits third to the left of Bigshow. 

The one who likes Dilwale sits opposits of  Bigshow. The one who likes Bajirao is not the immediate neighbour of Bigshow and faces away from the centre. Brock sits second to the left of Undertaker and does not like Dangal or Ready. The one who likes Dangal sits between Mark and Bigshow. Kane faces away from the centre and does not like Bajirao.

1. Who among the following sits third to the right of Batista?

1) Brock

2) Kane

3) Undertaker

4) Khali

5) Bigshow

2. Which of the following combinations is true?

1) Brock-Airlift

2) Kane-Massan

3) Batista-Dangal

4) Bigshow-Dilwale

5) None of these

3. Who among the following sits second to the left of Undertaker?

1) Khali

2) Brock

3) Kane

4) Mark

5) Batista

4. Who among the following likes Sultan?

1) Mark

2) Brock

3) Undertaker

4) Khali

5) None of these

5. Which of the following statements is true about Mark?

1) He sits second to the left of Bigshow.

2) He sits third to the left of kane.

3) He likes either Bajirao or Dilwale. 

4) Batista and Bigshow are his immediate neighbours.

5) His neighbours like Tamasha and Dangal.

Answer

7)Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W from two families are taking breakfast around a round table. Three members are from one family and five belong to other family. Four of them are male members.

T, a male member is sitting second to right of V, a male member. In all cases R has same position with respect to S, who is second to left of Q, a female member. S is wife of W and is sitting adjacent to her husband. U is sister of W and is not sitting exactly between V and T. Q is immediate left of V. W is sitting immediate right of P.

1. Which of the given statement is wrong?

(1) U is immediate right of S

(2) T is immediate left of P

(3) Q is sitting between U and V

(4) R is second to left of W

(5) V is second to right of U

2. Who is second to the left of P?

(1) Q

(2) V

(3) R

(4) S

(5) U

3. How many persons are sitting between P and Q when we count anticlockwise?

(1) 2

(2) 3

(3) 4

(4) None 

(5) Cannot be determined

4. How many members are there in W’s family?

(1) 2

(3) 3

(3) 5

(4) can’t be determined

(5) None of these

5. One out of five groups does not match on the basis of sitting arrangement. Find that group-

(1) USQ

(2) RVT

(3) TRP

(4) WPS

(5) None of these

8)Eight friends-A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H-are sitting around a circular table not necessarily in the same order. Three of them are facing outward while five are facing towards the centre. There are equal number of males and females in the group. C is facing the centre. E is sitting third to the right of C. F is sitting third to the left of E. Three persons are sitting between F and B. The immediate neighbours of B are females. G is sitting third to the right of F. D is sitting third to the right of A. A is not an immediate neighbour of E. The immediate neighbours of E are males and are facing the centre. The immediate neighbours of D are females and face outside. The one sitting third to the left of B is a male. No female is an immediate neighbour of G.

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9) Study the following information and answer the questions given below:

Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a circle, but not necessarily in the same order. Four of them are facing outside and four of them are facing the centre.

• E faces outside, both the immediate neighbours of E face the centre. H sits second to the right of E. B sits third to the left of E.

• D faces the centre. Both the immediate neighbours of D face outside.

• G sits second to the left of A B sits third to the right of H

• F is an immediate neighbour of D. C is an immediate neighbour of G.

• D is not an immediate neighbour of B

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10)Germany, France, UK, Italy, Japan, US, Canada and Russia are the members of G-8 committee sitting around a circular table facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order. All the member countries have different cars at the venue. These cars are Porsche, McLaren, Hennessey Venom, Zenvo, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Maruti and Bugalti, but not necessarily in the same order. 

The President of Germany is sitting third to the right of the President of France. The President whose car is Porsche is sitting second to the right of Japan's President. The President who used Ferrari is sitting fourth to the right of the person coming in Hennessey Venom, which is owned by the Canadian President. The President of Italy is sitting a opposite the President who is comming in Bugalti. The UK and Canadian presidents are the neighbours of the Italian president. The President of Russia is sitting fifth to the left and third to the right of the Italian President. 

There are two persons sitting between the US President and the Canadian President. The President coming in Lamborghini is sitting second to the left of the US President and the President coming in McLaren is sitting second to the right of the US president. The President of a UK is coming in Zenvo.

1. The President of which country is coming in Porsche? 

1) Russia 

2) US 

3) France 

4) Italy 

5) Canada 

2. The President of which country is sitting to the right of the Italian President and the President of which country is sitting to the left of the President who is coming in Ferrari, respectively? 

1) Japan and Canada 

2) USA and Canada 

3) UK and Canada 

4) Japan and UK 

5) UK and France 

3. Which president has come in Zenvo? 

1)UK 

2) Canada 

3) France 

4) Germany 

5) Can't be determined 

4. Which of the following pairs is correct? 

1) Russia — Zenvo 

2) France — Ferrari 

3) Italy— McLaren 

4) Japan — Porsche 

5) USA — Bugalti 

5. How many presidents are sitting between the President of Canada and the President of US if we count in anticlockwise direction, starting from the Canadian President? 

1) Four 

2) Two 

3) Three 

4) Five 

5) Can't be determined 

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