PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

SQUARE SEATING ARRANGEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-101 (MODERATE)

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

 

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a square table. Each one of them is in different age (in years) 23, 67, 19, 25, 16, 34, 27 and 31. Four of them sit at four corners and four of them sit at middle of each side. The persons who sit at corner faces outside and the persons sitting in the middle faces inside the square. All the above information is not necessarily in the same order. Persons’ names start with consecutive alphabets does not sit next to each other.

 

P is not the third youngest. Two persons sit between U and P. Q sits third to the left of V. V sits immediate right of the one whose age is a square number. Two persons sit between S and T. S and U are not immediate neighbours. R is the eldest. R and W are not immediate neighbours. P is not facing away from the centre. There are as many persons sit between the one who is the second youngest and the one who is the third youngest as between the one who is the third youngest and the one who is fifth youngest. T is younger to W. Q is the youngest. S is 3 years elder than V.

 

Question No : 1

What is the age of P (in years)?

(1) 34

(2) 27

(3) 19

(4) 25

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

Which of the following person sits third to the left of fourth to the right of R?

(1) U

(2) The one whose age is 34

(3) V

(4) W

(5) The one whose age is 19

Question No : 3

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

(1) T

(2) S

(3) W

(4) U

(5) V

Question No : 4

Which of the following combination is true?

(1) P is older than V

(2) W sits immediate left of S

(3) V is younger than both U and S

(4) Q faces the one whose age is perfect square

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

How many persons sit between S and the one whose age is 23, when counted from right of S?

(1) Two

(2) Three

(3) None

(4) Four

(5) None of these