Reasoning Seating Arrangement Question Set from previous paper

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

Eight people  are sitting in two parallel rows containing four people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons.

In row 1 - Prithviraj, Queen, Rathore and Sheikh are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing South.

In row 2 - Abdullah, Birbal, Chandargupt and Daulat are seated (but not necessarily in the same order) 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.

• Rathore sits second to the right of Prithviraj. Abdullah is an immediate neighbor of the person who faces Rathore.
• Queen sits second to the left of the person who faces Abdullah.
• Only one person sits between Birbal and Chandargupt. Chandargupt does not face Prithviraj.
• Chandargupt does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line.

Q1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

a) Abdullah

b) Prithviraj
c) Rathore

d) Birbal

e) Sheikh 

Q2. Who amongst the following faces Birbal?

a) Prithviraj

b) Queen

c) Rathore

d) Sheikh

e)  Can't Determined 

Q3. Which of the following is true regarding Sheikh?

a) Sheikh sits exactly between Rathore and Prithviraj

b) Sheikh sits second to left of Queen

c) Prithviraj is an immediate neighbor of Sheikh

d) Daulat is an immediate neighbor of the person who faces Sheikh 

e) None of The Above is True 

Q4. Who amongst the following faces Queen?

a) Abdullah 

b) Birbal 

c) Chandargupt
d) Daulat

e) Can't be Determined 

Q5. Who amongst the following face the person who sits exactly between Birbal and Chandargupt?

a) Prithviraj 

b) Queen

c) Rathore

d) Sheikh
e) Can't be Determined 

Solution

Answer 1 (Option C)

Except Rathore, all others are seated at extreme ends of the line.

Answer 2 (Option A)

Prithviraj faces Birbal.

Answer 3 (Option E)

None of the options is True.

Answer 4 (Option D)

Daulat faces Queen

Answer 5 (Option B)

Queen faces the Daulat who sits between Birbal and Chandargupt.