Can be useful for faculties and aspirants of banking competitive exams.

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Reasoning
Presentation By : Saurabh Trivedi
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2. Sitting
Arrangement
questions
involve
arrangement of persons in a circular table, rectangular
table or line arrangement with some given conditions.
In order to solve these type of questions, best
strategy is to develop a rough pictorial diagram. Once
the diagram is complete, questions that follow can be
answered easily.

3. Circular
Row/Column
Rectangular
Square

4. (A) FACING CENTRERight - ANTI-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION
Left - CLOCKWISE DIRECTOIN

5. (A) FACING CENTRERight - ANTI-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION
Left - CLOCKWISE DIRECTOIN

6. (B) FACING OUTSIDE OF CENTRELeft -ANTI-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION
Right -CLOCKWISE DIRECTION

7. Here some Conjunction is also used instead of
name of candidate. In that case:
 If AND/BUT is used then subject of the previous
sentence (name of first candidate) will be used,
 If WHO/WHOM/WHOSE is used then object of the
previous sentence (name of second candidate) will be
used.
 Left or right of any candidate can only be judged if it
is given that towards which direction he is facing
means you have to focus upon the candidate
towards which he is facing.

8. In this type of question some persons (6,7,
8, 9,10 etc.) are made to sit around the circle
facing the centre or facing opposite the center.

9. EXAMPLE
6 Boys are sitting in a circle and facing towards the
center of the circle. Rajeev is sitting to the immediate
right of Mohan, but he is not just to the left of Vijay.
Suresh is between Babu and Vijay. Ajay is sitting to the
immediate left of Vijay.
Rajeev
Mohan
Ajay
Babu
Vijay
Suresh

10. In this type of the question people are made
to sit in a sequential manner in a particular
direction.

11. EXAMPLE
Eleven students A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
and K are sitting in first row facing the teacher. D,
who is just to the left of F, is at second place to
the right of C. A is second to the right of E who is
at one end. J is the nearest neighbor of A and B
and is to the left of G at third place. H is to the
left of D and is at the third place to the right of I.
Teacher
E
K
A
J
B
I
G
C H
D
F

12. In this type of question some persons are
made to sit around a rectangle facing the centre
or facing in four directions.

13. EXAMPLE
Shiva, Satish, Amar and Praveen are playing
cards. Amar is to the right of Satish, who is to the
right of Shiva.
Satish
Shiva
Amar
Praveen

14. In this type of questions people are made to
sit in square form.

15. EXAMPLE
1.
2.
3.
4.
A, B and C are three boys while R, S and T
are three girls. They are sitting such that
the boys are facing the girls.
A and R are diagonally opposite to each
other.
C is not sitting at any of the ends.
T is left to R but opposite to C.
(A) Who is sitting opposite to B ?
(B) Who is sitting diagonally opposite to B?

16. solution
Ist position :
C
A
B
S
R
T
IInd position :
T
R
S
B
A
C
to B.
(A) Hence, R is sitting opposite to B.
(B) Hence, S is sitting diagonally opposite

18. Q.1-2. Study the following information to answer the
given questions :
In a five letter English word (which may or may
not be a meaningful English word), there are two letters
between L and P. S is not placed immediately next to L.
There is only one letter between S and A. S is towards
the right of A. S is not placed immediately next to E.
Q.1.
Which of the following is correct with respect to
the word thus formed ?
(1) E is at one of the extreme ends of the word
(2) P is not placed immediately next to A
(3) There are two letters between A and E in the
word thus formed
(4) P is placed second to the right of E
(5) None is correct

19. Q.1-2. Study the following information to answer the
given questions :
In a five letter English word (which may or may
not be a meaningful English word), there are two letters
between L and P. S is not placed immediately next to L.
There is only one letter between S and A. S is towards
the right of A. S is not placed immediately next to E.
Q.2.
Which of the following words will be formed based
on the given conditions ?
(1) SPAEL
(4) SEPAL
(2) PEALS
(5) LAPSE
(3) LEAPS

20. Q.1-8. Read the following information carefully and answer
the questions which follow :
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H study in different standards
viz. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th. All of them are
seated around a circular table facing the centre.
C sits third to right of H. H studies in std. 8. F sits
second to left of E. E is not an immediate neighbour of C or
H. The one who studies in std. 1 is an immediate neighbour
of E. Three people sit between H and the student of std. 7.
H, C and also their immediate neighbours do not
study in std. 2. Only one person sits between the student of
std. 2 and G. Students of std. 3 and 4 are immediate
neighbours of each other. C is neither in std. 4 nor in std. 3.
Only one person sits between A and the student of std 5. A
does not study in std. 2 or 3. B does not study in std. 2.

21. Q.1.
Which of the following is true regarding F ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Q.2.
F studies in std. 5
D and G are immediate neighbours of F
One person sits between F and the student
of std. 4
F sits second to right of A
None is true
Who amongst the following studies in std. 3 ?
(1) C
(4) B
(2) F
(3) G
(5) Cannot be determined

22. Q.3.
How many persons sit between D and the student
of std. 4, when counted from the left hand side of
student of std. 4?
(1) None
(4) Three
Q.4.
(2) One
(5) Four
(3) Two
Which of the following is true ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Only one person is sitting between student
of std 4 and std.6
D studies in std.2
The one studying in std. 3 is an immediate
neighbour of H
One person sits between H and the student
of std. 2
None is true

23. Q.5.
Who amongst the following represent immediate
neighbours of G ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Q.6.
A, B
E and the student of std. 2
H and the student of std. 6
E, F
A, D
What will come in the place of the question mark ?
G
(1) E
(4) H
D
B
A
(2) F
(5) A
?
(3) C

24. Q.7-8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and so form a group. Which is the one that does
not belong to that group ?
Q.7.
(1) BAH
(4) HGA
(2) EDG
(5) DFE
(3) CBF
Q.8.
(1) ED
(4) EG
(2) FC
(5) CB
(3)AH

26. V, U and T are seated in a circle, facing centre. A,B
and C are also seated in the same circle but two
of them are not facing the centre. V is second to
the left of C. U is second to the right of A. B is
third to the left of T. C is second to the right of T.
A is seated to the next of V.
Question-which of the following are not facing the
centre?
1)BA
2)CA
3)BC
4)Cannot be determined 5)none of these

27. Q.1-6.Study the following information to answer the given
questions :
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows
containing six people each, in such a way that there is an
equal distance between adjacent persons. In row - 1 A, B, C,
D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing south. In
row - 2 P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are
facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement
each member seated in a row faces another member of the
other row.
V sits third to right of S. S faces F and F does not sit
at any of the extreme ends of the line. D sits third to right of
C. R faces C. The one facing E sits third to right of P. B and P
do not sit at the extreme ends of the line. T is not an
immediate neighbour of V and A is not an immediate
neighbour of C.

28. Q.1.
Who amongst the following faces D ?
(1) T
(4) R
Q.2.
(2) P
(5) None of these
(3) Q
Who amongst the following represent the people
sitting at extreme ends of the rows ?
(1) R, F
(4) C, Q
(2) T,A
(5) S,A
(3) D, R

29. Q.3.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and thus form a group. Which is the one that does
not belong to that group ?
(1) B-T
(4) F - P
Q.4.
(2) A-Q
(5) D – R
(3) C-S
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and thus form a group. Which is the one that does
not belong to that group ?
(1) D
(4) T
(2) S
(5) A
(3) V

30. Q.5.
How many persons are seated between R and T ?
(1) One
(4) Four
Q.6.
(2) Two
(5) None
(3) Three
Who amongst the following faces Q ?
(1) D
(4) A
(2) B
(5) None of these
(3) E

31. Q.7.
Which of the following is true regarding B ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
B sits to the immediate left of C
B faces Q
B sits fourth from the extreme left end of
the line
D and F are immediate neighbours of B
None is true

32. Q.6-10.Study the following information to answer the given
questions :
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing
six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance
between adjacent persons. In row-1 P, Q, R, S, T and V are
seated and all of them are facing South. In row-2 A, B, C, D, E
and F are seated and all of them are facing North. Therefore, in
the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row
faces another member of the other row.
P sits third to the left of T. Neither P nor T sits at an
extreme end of the line. A sits second to the right of E. Neither
A nor E faces T or P. A does not sit at an extreme end. R does
not face A and R does not sit at an extreme end of the line.
Only one person sits between F and C. Neither F nor C faces T.
C does not sit at the extreme end. Only one person sits
between V and Q. F is not an immediate neighbour of B and A
does not face V.

33. Q.6.
How many persons are seated between B and D ?
(1) One
(4) Four
Q.7.
(2) Two
(5) None
(3) Three
V is related to B in the same way as Q is related to
C. To which of the following is P related to,
following the same pattern ?
(1) F
(4) E
(2) A
(3) D
(5) None of these

34. Q.8.
Which of the following is true regarding V ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
V faces A
T is not an immediate neighbour of V
C faces the one who is second to left of V
V sits at one of the extreme ends of the line
R sits third to the right of V

35. Q.9.
Who amongst the following sit at extreme ends of
the rows ?
(1) D,F
(4) B, D
(2) V, S
(5) None of these
(3) Q, S
Q.10. Who amongst the following faces B ?
(1) V
(4) R
(2) S
(5) T
(3) Q