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Directions (Q 11–15): Ten persons sit in two parallel rows of five each. A, B, C, D and E sit in Row 1 facing South; P, Q, R, S and T sit in Row 2 facing North, so each person in one row faces a person in the other row. (In both rows, "to the right" means the person's own right hand.) E sits in the middle of Row 1. P faces E. Q sits at an extreme end of Row 2. C faces Q. Only one person sits between R and P. A sits immediately to the right of E. S is not an immediate neighbour of R. B faces S.

Who faces A?

Correct Answer: E [T]

Explanation:

Row 1 (W→E, facing South): D A E B C; Row 2 (W→E, facing North): R T P S Q; A is in column 2 from the West, facing T.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 11–15)
Who sit at the two ends of Row 1?

Correct Answer: B [D and C]

Explanation:

Row 1 (W→E, facing South): D A E B C; Row 2 (W→E, facing North): R T P S Q.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 11–15)
Who sits second to the right of T?

Correct Answer: D [S]

Explanation:

Row 1 (W→E, facing South): D A E B C; Row 2 (W→E, facing North): R T P S Q; T faces North, so right is East: two places East of T is S.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 11–15)
Who sits immediately to the left of B?

Correct Answer: C [C]

Explanation:

Row 1 (W→E, facing South): D A E B C; Row 2 (W→E, facing North): R T P S Q; B faces South, so B's left is East – C.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 11–15)
Which of the following is true?

Correct Answer: A [R faces D.]

Explanation:

Row 1 (W→E, facing South): D A E B C; Row 2 (W→E, facing North): R T P S Q; R and D are both at the West end.

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Directions (Q 16–20): Seven persons – Anil, Bhavya, Charan, Divya, Eswar, Farida and Gopi – live on the seven floors of a building, one on each floor. The lowest floor is numbered 1 and the top floor 7. Each likes a different colour: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, White, Black and Pink. Eswar lives on the top floor. Divya lives on the lowest floor and likes Green. Gopi lives immediately above Divya and does not like Blue. Anil lives on an odd-numbered floor somewhere below Farida. Only one person lives between Anil and the person who likes Pink. The person who likes Pink lives immediately below Bhavya. Farida likes Blue. The person who likes Yellow lives immediately below the person who likes Black. Eswar likes Black. Anil does not like Red.

Who likes Pink?

Correct Answer: B [Charan]

Explanation:

Floors 7→1: Eswar (Black), Bhavya (Yellow), Charan (Pink), Farida (Blue), Anil (White), Gopi (Red), Divya (Green).

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 16–20)
On which floor does Anil live?

Correct Answer: D [3]

Explanation:

Floors 7→1: Eswar (Black), Bhavya (Yellow), Charan (Pink), Farida (Blue), Anil (White), Gopi (Red), Divya (Green); Anil – floor 3.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 16–20)
How many persons live between Gopi and Bhavya?

Correct Answer: A [3]

Explanation:

Floors 7→1: Eswar (Black), Bhavya (Yellow), Charan (Pink), Farida (Blue), Anil (White), Gopi (Red), Divya (Green); floors 3, 4 and 5 lie between floors 2 and 6.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 16–20)
Which colour does the person living immediately above Farida like?

Correct Answer: C [Pink]

Explanation:

Floors 7→1: Eswar (Black), Bhavya (Yellow), Charan (Pink), Farida (Blue), Anil (White), Gopi (Red), Divya (Green); above Farida (4) is Charan (5), who likes Pink.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 16–20)
Which combination is correct?

Correct Answer: E [Gopi – floor 2 – Red]

Explanation:

Floors 7→1: Eswar (Black), Bhavya (Yellow), Charan (Pink), Farida (Blue), Anil (White), Gopi (Red), Divya (Green).

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Directions (Q 21–25): Eight persons K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R sit around a circular table. Some face the centre and some face outside. K faces the centre and sits opposite L. M sits second to the left of K. O sits between K and M and faces outside. P sits immediately to the right of N. Q sits second to the right of P. R sits immediately to the right of L. Exactly three persons face outside. The immediate neighbours of Q face opposite directions. M and P face the same direction. Q and K face the same direction.

Who sits second to the left of R?

Correct Answer: B [O]

Explanation:

Clockwise from K: K(in), O(out), M(in), R(out), L(in), Q(in), N(out), P(in); R faces outside, so its left is anticlockwise: M, then O.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 21–25)
Who sits immediately to the right of Q?

Correct Answer: D [L]

Explanation:

Clockwise from K: K(in), O(out), M(in), R(out), L(in), Q(in), N(out), P(in); Q faces the centre, so right is anticlockwise – L.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 21–25)
Which of the following persons faces outside?

Correct Answer: A [R]

Explanation:

Clockwise from K: K(in), O(out), M(in), R(out), L(in), Q(in), N(out), P(in); besides O, the persons facing outside are R and N.

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 21–25)
Four of the following five pairs are alike in a certain way. Which pair does not belong to the group?

Correct Answer: C [R – L]

Explanation:

Clockwise from K: K(in), O(out), M(in), R(out), L(in), Q(in), N(out), P(in); in the other four pairs the second person sits second to the left of the first (each person's own left).

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(Use the directions above – Puzzles & Seating Arrangement, Q 21–25)
Counting clockwise from M, how many persons sit between M and N?

Correct Answer: E [3]

Explanation:

Clockwise from K: K(in), O(out), M(in), R(out), L(in), Q(in), N(out), P(in); R, L and Q sit between them.

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