PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CIRCULAR SEATING ARRANGEMENT

PREPARATORY PAPER-84 (HARD)

Direction (Qs.1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

 

Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W sitting around a circular table with equal distance between each other but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing the centre while some are facing outside (i.e., away from the centre).They all belong to four different places viz., East Coast, West Coast, North Wellington and South Africa, and two persons belong to each place.

 

Note: Same directions means that if one person facing the centre then the other person also faces the centre and vice versa. Opposite direction means if one person is facing the centre then the other person faces outside and vice versa.

 

R sits third to the left of W, who belongs to South Africa and both are facing the same direction. T sits fourth to the left of V and both are facing opposite directions but they are from same place. R and Q are not facing the same direction but R is an immediate neighbour of T. U sits second to the right of R. S is not facing the centre and belongs to North Wellington. The one who is on the immediate left of U is not facing the centre. The immediate neighbours of T are facing the centre. The persons who belong to East Coast sit adjacent to each other, but face opposite directions. The persons who belong to West Coast sit opposite to each other. S and U are immediate neighbours of W. One of the persons who belong to South Africa is an immediate neighbour of the persons who belong to east coast facing centre.

 

Question No : 1

Who among the following belongs to South Africa?

(1) T, V

(2) R, W

(3) U, P

(4) S, W

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

In the arrangement, how many persons are facing the centre?

(1) Five

(2) Two

(3) Three

(4) Four

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Which of the following statement is true about P?

(1) P is an immediate neighbour of R and the person who belongs to West Coast

(2) Both the immediate neighbours of P are facing the centre

(3) P is third to the right of the person who belongs to North Wellington

(4) None of the given statements is true

(5) P sits opposite W who belongs to South Africa

Question No : 4

Who among the following sits third to the right of W?

(1) V who belongs to South Africa

(2) Q who belongs to East Coast

(3) T who belongs to West Coast

(4) Can’t say

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(1) U, W

(2) T, S

(3) R, P

(4) Q, S

(5) W, Q