Seating Arrangement Questions with Answers [MCQ Quiz]

Seating Arrangement Questions With Answers

We all know that Seating Arrangement Questions are regularly asked in the following competitive examinations:

  • IBPS (Clerk, PO, SO)
  • SBI (Clerk, PO, SO)
  • Entrance Examination Such As CAT, CSAT, CLAT
  • RBI (Grade B)
  • SSC and RRB (Office Assistant)

Here we shared the Linear and Circular Seating Arrangement Questions Quiz with solutions. And, also here you can download the Seating Arrangement Questions PDF.

Let’s start with Seating Arrangement Puzzles:

Seating Arrangement Questions

Linear Seating Arrangement Questions Set 1

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given beside.

Nine persons Anu, Bablu, Cheenu, Dona, Esha, Faria, Gaurav, Harish and Ishita are sitting in a row and all are facing north. It is known that Cheenu sits exactly in the middle and there is no person to the right of Ishita. Dona is fourth to the right of Faria. Gaurav and Harish are sitting next to each other. Esha is the neighbour of Dona but not of Cheenu.

Harish doesn’t sit at any extreme corner. Dona is not sitting adjacent to either Cheenu or Ishita. Anu is second to the right of Harish.

Question 1. Who is sitting to the immediate left of Cheenu?

(A) Faria

(B) Anu

(C) Harish

(D) Dona

View Answer
(B) Anu

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Question 2. Who is sitting between Bablu and Esha?

(A) Dona

(B) Faria

(C) Gaurav

(D) Cheenu

View Answer
(A) Dona

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Question 3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

(A) Gaurav and Harish

(B) Cheenu and Bablu

(C) Faria and Gaurav

(D) Dona and Esha E. Esha and Ishita

View Answer
(C) Faria and Gaurav

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Question 4. Who is sitting third to the right of Harish?

(A) Bablu

(B) Dona

(C) Faria

(D) Cheenu

View Answer
(D) Cheenu

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Question 5. Who is sitting at the left most seat of the row?

(A) Faria

(B) Bablu

(C) Gaurav

(D) Dona

View Answer
(C) Gaurav

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Linear Seating Arrangement Questions Set 2

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

  1. P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting on a wall and all of them are facing West.
  2. S is on the immediate left of R.
  3. T is at an extreme end and has Q as his neighbour.
  4. V is between Q and U.
  5. S is sitting third from the north end.

Question 1. Who is sitting to the left of S?

(A) Q

(B) U

(C) T

(D) R

View Answer
(B) U

Explanation:

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Question 2. Which of the following pairs of people are sitting at the extreme ends?

(A) QV

(B) PR

(C) TP

(D) ST

View Answer
(C) TP

Explanation:

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Question 3. Name the person who should change places with R such that he gets the fourth place from the south end.

(A) P

(B) S

(C) Q

(D) U

View Answer
(D) U

Explanation:

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Question 4. Immediately between which of the following pairs of people S is sitting?

(A) UR

(B) PQ

(C) VP

(D) TU

View Answer
(A) UR

Explanation:

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Question 5. Which of the conditions given above are not required to find out the place in which P is sitting?

(A) I

(B) II

(C) IV

(D) All required

View Answer
(D) All required

Explanation:

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Now we added here new seating arrangement questions with answers for various competitive examinations like IBPS, SBI, RBI, Insurance, SSC CGL etc. So, let’s practise Circular Seating Arrangement Questions.

Circular Seating Arrangement Set 3

Directions (1-5): Study the following information to answer the given questions.

JobsCaptain students Varun, Udit and Tarun are seated in a circle facing the centre. Akash, Bharti and Charu are also seated in the same circle but two of them are not facing the centre (facing the opposite direction of the centre.) Varun is second to the left of Charu. Udit is second to the right of Akash. Bharti is third to the left of Tarun. Charu is second to the right of Tarun. Akash is seated next to Varun.

Question 1. Which of the following are not facing the centre?

(A) Bharti-Akash

(B) Charu-Akash

(C) Bharti-Charu

(D) Cannot be determined

View Answer
(C) Bharti-Charu

Question 2. Which of the following is Tarun’s Position with respect to Bharti?

(A) Third to the right

(B) Second to the right

(C) Third to the left

(D) Third either to the right or to the left

View Answer
(D) Third either to the right or to the left

Question 3. Which of the following is Varun’s position with respect to Charu?

(A) Second to the right

(B) Third to the left

(C) Fourth to the right

(D) Fourth to the left

View Answer
(C) Fourth to the right

Question 4. Which of the following is true regarding the seating arrangement?

(A) Akash, Bharti and Charu are seated adjacent

(B) Varun, Udit and Tarun are seated adjacent

(C) There are two persons whose seating arrangement cannot be ascertained

(D) Those not facing the centre are seated adjacent

View Answer
(D) Those not facing the centre are seated adjacent

Question 5. Which of the following is Akash’s position with respect to Udit?

(A) Second to the left

(B) Second to the right

(C) Third to the right

(D) Cannot be determined

View Answer
(A) Second to the left

Circular Seating Arrangement Set 4

Directions (Q. 6-10) Study the following information to answer the given questions.

  1. There are 9 friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H seated in a circle facing the centre.
  2. AC, DG, HE and FB are seated adjacent to each other. A is also seated adjacent to H.
  3. B is 2nd to the right of H.
  4. E is 3rd to the right of C.

Question 6. Who is 2nd to the left of A?

(A) D

(B) G

(C) F

(D) Cannot be determined

View Answer
(D) Cannot be determined

Question 7. Who is 3rd to the left of C?

(A) G

(B) D

(C) B

(D) None of these

View Answer
D) None of these

Question 8. What is C’s position with reference to E?

(A) 5th to the right

(B) 4th to the left

(C) 4th to the right

(D) 3rd to the right

View Answer
(A) 5th to the right

Question 9. Who is 2nd to the right of A?

(A) B

(B) E

(C) F

(D) Cannot be determined

View Answer
(B) E

Question 10. Who among the following pairs may not be seated adjacent to each other?

(A) AH

(B) DC

(C) EB

(D) Cannot be determined

View Answer
(B) DC

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