Reasoning Circular Seating Arrangements - Practice Set 1

Directions (Q. 1 - 5) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

          8 persons – Ekam, Ford, Gabbar, Himmat, Inpreet, Johny, Karma and loveleen - are sitting around a circle at equidistance but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing towards the centre while some others are facing outside the centre. Loveeleen is sitting 3^rd to the left of Karma. Both Karma and Loveleen are facing towards the outside. Himmat is not an immediate neighbour of Karma or Loveleen. Johny faces the just opposite direction of Himmat. (It implies that if Himmat is facing towards the centre, Johny would face outside the centre).  Johny is sitting 2^nd to the left of Himmat.  Both the immediate neighbours of Gabbar face just opposite direction of Gabbar. Ekam is an immediate neighbour of Karma. Both the immediate neighbour of Himmat face just opposite direction of Himmat. Ekam faces towards the centre and he is an immediate neighbour of both Karma and Inpreet. Inpreet faces towards the centre.

Q1. Who amongst the following are not facing towards the centre?

           a) Ekam, Ford and Inpreet    

           b) Ford, Gabbar and Johny      

           c) Himmat, Karma and Loveleen

           d) Gabbar, Inpreet and Johny                              

           e) None of these

Q2. What is the position of Gabbar with respect to Ekam?

          a) 2^nd to the left

          b) 3^rd to the right

          c) 4^th to the left

          d) 2^nd to the right

          e) 5^th to the right

Q3. Who among the following is sitting exactly between Ford and Karma?

                       a) Johny                              b) Inpreet                               c) Ekam

                       d) Gabbar                            e) None of these

Q4.  How many persons are sitting between Himmat and Karma if we move clockwise starting from Himmat?

                       a) Three                             b) Four                                      c) Five

                       d) Two                               e) One

Q5. Which of the following statements is not true regarding the given sitting arrangement?

               a) Loveleen is sitting exactly between Gabbar and Inpreet

               b) Himmat is sitting 3^rd to the right of Karma

               c) Ford and Inpreet are sitting just opposite to each other

               d) Ekam is sitting 3^rd to the left of Gabbar

               e) All are true

Solutions

(Note - Arrows shows the face directions of 8 persons)

Answer 1 (Option C)
Answer 2 (Option B)
Answer 3 (Option A)
Answer 4 (Option B)
Answer 5 (Option E)