Seating Arrangement For SBI PO Set – 29

( 1- 5) tudy the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight people E, F, G, H, J, K, L and M are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each of them is of a different profession Chartered Accountant, Columnist, Doctor, Engineer, Financial Analyst, Lawyer, Professor and Scientist but not necessarily in the same order. F is sitting second to the left of K. The Scientist is an immediate neighbour of K. There are only three people between the Scientist and E. Only one person sits between the Engineer and E. The Columnist is to the immediate right of the Engineer. M is second to the right of K, H is the Scientist. G and J are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither G nor J is an Engineer. The Financial Analyst is to the immediate left of F. The lawyer is second to the right of the Columnist. The Professor is an immediate neighbour of the Engineer. G is second to the right of the Chartered Accountant.

1) Which of the following statements is true according to the given arrangement?

a) The Lawyer is second to the left of the Doctor

b) E is an immediate neighbour of the Financial Analyst

c) H sits exactly between F and the Financial Analyst

d) Only four people sit between the Columnist and F

e) All of the given statements are true

2) What is the position of L with respect to the Scientist?

a) Third to the left

b) Second to the right

c) Second to the left

d) Third to the right

e) Immediate right

3) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and hence form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

a) Chartered Accountant – H

b) Doctor – M

c) Engineer – J

d) Financial Analyst – L

e) Lawyer- K

4) Who amongst the following is the professor?

a) F

b) L

c) M

d) K

e) J

5) Who is sitting second to the right of E?

a) Lawyer

b) G

c) Engineer

d) F

e) K

 Answer


1 a
2 b
3 a
4 d
5 a

6 -10) Read the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Y are sitting around a square table. Out of eight, four persons are sitting at the corners of the table and the other four are sitting at the mid-points of each side of the table. Persons at the corners are facing the centre while the persons at the mid-points of the sides are facing outside. S is third to the right of P.

P is facing the centre. Y is not sitting beside P or S. T is third to the right of R. R is not sitting at the mid-point of any side of the table. R is also not beside Y. There is only one person between P and V. Q is not sitting beside V.

6) Four out of the following five are somehow same and therefore they form a group. Which one of the following does not come into this group?

a) Y

b) W

c) V

d) R

e) P

7 ) What is the position of Q in respect of R?

a) Immediate left

b) Second to the left

c) Third to the left

d) Third to the right

e) Immediate right

8) Who is fourth of the left of V?

a) Y

b) R

c) T

d) Q

e) W

9)Which of the following is true regarding Y?

a) T is not sitting beside Y

b) Y is sitting at the mid-point of a side

c) R is second to the left of Y

d) P and V are beside Y

e) None of the above

10) If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order in clockwise direction starting from P, then the position of how many persons remains the same (excluding P)?

a) None

b) One

c) Twod) Three

e) Four

Answer :


6 b
7 e
8 a
9 c
10 c