PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SQUARE SEATING ARRANGEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-54 (HARD)

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

 

Seven friends – P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have seated in a square table having 8 seats. Some of them are seated at the corner of the table while some of them have seated at the centre of the table. One seat is vacant. Some of them face towards the centre and some faces away from the centre. The friends are from different states viz., Jaipur, Rajasthan, Chennai, Pune, Punjab, Delhi and Hyderabad and have different hobbies viz., Singing, Reading, Dancing, Writing, Painting, Colouring and Cooking but not necessarily in the same order.

 

The persons from Chennai and Jaipur sit together and U does not belong to any of these states. The one from Rajasthan sits second to the left of U who likes Reading. Q sits immediate left of R but does not sit on any of the corner. S faces the direction similar to that of V but opposite to that of P. R is from either Hyderabad or Punjab. The one who likes Singing sits immediate right of the one who likes Reading. Neither V nor P is from Chennai. The one from Punjab sits third to the left of Q. U and V sit opposite to each other and faces away from each other. The one who is from Chennai likes Colouring. The one who likes Cooking sits fourth to the right of the one who likes Dancing. T is from Delhi and faces towards the centre and is the only one sitting between P and S on a side. The one who likes Dancing sits immediate left of S. V does not like Painting. The person from Punjab sits diagonally opposite to the one who likes painting.

 

Question No : 1

How many persons sit between T and V when counted anti-clockwise?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) Four

Question No : 2

S belongs to which state?

(1) Punjab

(2) Hyderabad

(3) Chennai

(4) Pune

(5) Rajasthan

Question No : 3

Which of the following combination is correct?

(1) T–Delhi–Singing

(2) R–Pune–Painting

(3) P–Rajasthan–Singing

(4) Q–Rajasthan–Cooking

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

How many friends face away from the centre?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) Can’t say

Question No : 5

Who among the following likes Writing?

(1) Q

(2) V

(3) R

(4) P

(5) S