LOGICAL REASONING HANDOUT

Ref: LRHO1002102
(Circular Arrangement)
Directions for questions 1 to 4: Select the correct Directions for questions 8 to 10: These questions are
alternative from the given choices. based on the following information.

1. Six persons – A through F are sitting around a Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around
circular table such that A is sitting two places away a circular table, facing the centre not necessarily in that
to the left of E, who is not adjacent to either C or F. order. C is sitting third to the left of E. D is not the
D is to the immediate right of E. A is adjacent to both neighbour of either C or E. B is sitting second to the right
B and F. Who is sitting opposite D? of F, who is not adjacent to E. A is not adjacent to D.
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) F
8. Who is sitting to the right of F?
2. Six friends – P through U are sitting at the vertices (A) C (B) A (C) D (D) B
around a hexagonal table. S is sitting adjacent to T
and Q. Q is sitting to the immediate left of U. P is 9. Who is sitting in between D and E?
sitting to the right of R. Who is sitting opposite R? (A) A (B) G (C) F (D) C
(A) T (B) Q (C) S (D) U

3. Six persons – A through F sit around a rectangular 10. Who is sitting to the left of A?
table, not necessarily in the same order. Two (A) B (B) F (C) C (D) E
persons sit along each of the longer sides and one
sits along each of the shorter sides. Further it is Directions for questions 11 to 14: These questions are
known that based on the following information.
(i) B is to the immediate left of D but is not
adjacent to F. B is at one of the shorter ends. Six persons – Anvesh, Dinesh, Suresh, Ganesh, Naresh,
(ii) C sits opposite E but is not adjacent to D. Avinash are sitting around a circular table not
necessarily in the same order. Among them three
Who sits opposite B? persons are facing away from the centre and three
(A) E (B) A (C) F (D) C persons are facing the centre. Ganesh is facing towards
the centre and is sitting second to the left of Dinesh, who
4. Six Persons – A through F are seated around a
is adjacent to Suresh. Anvesh who is facing away from
circular table, but not necessarily in the same order.
the centre, is sitting to the immediate right of Avinash,
(i) A is to the immediate left of D.
who is an immediate neighbour of Dinesh, who is facing
(ii) B is three places away from E but not adjacent
away from the centre.
to A.
(iii) C is to the immediate right of F.
11. Who among the following are facing towards the
Who is two places away to the left of E? centre?
(A) C (B) F (C) B (D) D (A) Suresh, Dinesh (B) Avinash, Naresh
(C) Ganesh, Avinash (D) Suresh, Naresh
Directions for questions 5 to 7: These questions are
based on the following information. 12. Who is sitting to the immediate left of Suresh?
(A) Ganesh (B) Dinesh
Eight persons – Ravi, Ghansyam, Abhijeet, Sohail, (C) Anvesh (D) Avinash
Badrinath, Charan, Harish and Tarun, are sitting around
a circular table. Charan is sitting opposite Sohail. 13. If Anvesh and Avinash interchange their positions,
Abhijeet is sitting two places away from Ghansyam. Ravi then who is sitting to the immediate right of Anvesh?
is sitting to the immediate right of Sohail but not adjacent (A) Ganesh (B) Avinash
to Tarun. Neither Charan nor Tarun is sitting adjacent to (C) Naresh (D) Dinesh
Ghansyam.
14. Who is sitting in the opposite position of Anvesh?
5. Who is sitting opposite Badrinath? (A) Suresh (B) Ganesh
(A) Harish (B) Abhijeet (C) Dinesh (D) Naresh
(C) Ghansyam (D) Cannot be determined
Directions for questions 15 to 18: These questions are
6. Who is sitting opposite Ravi? based on the following information.
(A) Tarun (B) Harish
(C) Badrinath (D) Abhijeet Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting
around a circular table, but not necessarily in the same
7. Who is sitting two places away to the left of Tarun? order. Some of them are facing the centre and some of
(A) Harish (B) Ravi them are facing away from the centre. The following
(C) Sohail (D) Charan information is known about them.

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S is facing the centre and sits second to the left of V. 2. The candidates are seated in such a manner that
P sits to the immediate left of S but is not the neighbour the number of calls received by each person
of V. Q is the neighbour of P and W. R sits third to the increases as we move in anti-clockwise direction
right of Q. T sits second to the left of P. Neighbours of starting from the candidate who received the lowest
R are not facing the same direction. Neighbours of U are number of calls.
facing the same direction, as in which P is facing. 3. P and S are opposite each other and together they
got a call from each of the 20 IIMs. But no IIM sent
15. Who sits second to the left of T? calls to both of them.
(A) P (B) R 4. The person seated to the immediate left of P is Q,
(C) S (D) Either P or R. who received the lowest number of calls.
5. R received nine calls and is opposite T.
16. How many persons are facing away from the 6. The highest number of calls received by a person is
centre? an odd number.
(A) Four (B) Five
(C) Six (D) Cannot be determined Directions for questions 23 to 26: Write your answer in
the box given below each question.
17. Who sits third to the right of W?
(A) S (B) V (C) T (D) R 23. What is the number of calls received by U?

18. How many persons are sitting between P and V,

counting from the right side of P?
(A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four 24. What is the difference between the highest and the
lowest number of calls received in the group?
Directions for questions 19 to 22: These questions are
based on the following information.

Six friends – Durgesh, Dileep, Devi, Deepa, Divya and

25. What is the number of calls received by the person
David are sitting around a rectangular table, not
necessarily in the same order. Two persons sit along who sits two places away to the right of T?
each of the longer sides of the table and one person sits
along each of the shorter sides. It is known that Durgesh
is sitting to the immediate right of Dileep. David is sitting
opposite Divya and Deepa is to the immediate right of 26. The ratio of number of aspirants with even number
Divya. Devi is sitting opposite the person who is adjacent of calls to that of with odd number of calls is?
to Divya. (Give ratio as decimal number)

19. Who is sitting to the immediate right of Durgesh?

(A) Divya (B) David
(C) Devi (D) Deepa Directions for questions 27 to 30: These questions are
based on the following information.
20. Who is sitting second to the left of Divya?
(A) David (B) Durgesh Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W – are sitting
(C) Dileep (D) Deepa around a circular table, facing the center, not necessarily
in the same order. Each of them is learning a different
21. Who is sitting opposite Deepa? language among – Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese,
(A) Durgesh (B) Dileep Dutch, French, Greek and Hindi. The following
(C) Devi (D) David information is known about them.
22. Three out of the following four pairs are alike in P sits third to the left of the person who is learning Greek.
a certain way based on the given information and so Only two persons sit between R and the person who is
form a group. Find the one which does not belong to learning Greek. The person who is learning Dutch is a
that group. neighbour of either P or R but not both. W is second to the left
(A) David, Devi (B) Durgesh, Divya of the person who is learning Hindi, who is also adjacent
(C) Dileep, Devi (D) Devi, Durgesh to P.
Directions for questions 23 to 26: These questions are Q, who speaks Bengali, is two places away from the one
based on the following information. who speaks French. Neither P nor W is learning French
Six MBA aspirants P, Q, R, S, T and U arrived in or Chinese. The persons who are learning French and
Hyderabad to participate in a group discussion (GD) for Chinese sit adjacent to each other. S sits second to the
the twenty IIMs spread across India. The number of calls right of the person who is learning Spanish. Neither T
received by each of them is a multiple of either 3, 4 or 5. nor V is learning Hindi. V is not learning Chinese.
They are to be seated around a circular table during the
GD. Further, the following is known about them. 27. Who sits second to the right of P?
(A) The person who is learning Chinese
1. No two of them received the same number of calls. (B) The person who is learning Arabic
The lowest number of calls that a candidate among (C) U
them received is 5, while none of them received a (D) S
call from all the twenty IIMs.
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28. How many persons sit between T and the person who 29. Which languages is T learning?
is learning Arabic, when counted from the right of T? (A) Spanish (B) Chinese
(A) Four (C) Greek (D) Dutch
(B) Three
(C) Two 30. Who is learning Dutch?
(D) One (A) R (B) V (C) W (D) S

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE

Directions for questions 1 to 3: These questions are Directions for questions 4 to 7: These questions are
based on the following information. based on the following information.

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a square
around a circular table. Not all of them are facing the table, facing the centre. One person is sitting at each of
centre of the table. Some are facing the centre and some the four corners and one person is sitting along each
are facing away from the centre. It is known that, H is
side of the table.
third to the right of A, who is third to the left of D. E is
(i) B sits diagonally opposite D.
third to the right of C. F, who is facing the centre, is to
(ii) D sits third to the right of A.
the immediate right of H. B is sitting to the immediate left
(iii) C sits second to the right of G.
of H and immediate right of D. C is to the immediate left
(iv) E sits adjacent to neither G nor C, but sits at
of F. C and G are facing the same direction.
a corner.
(v) H is not adjacent to D.
1. Who is sitting second to the right of F?
(A) A (B) G
4. Who is opposite C?
(C) B (D) F
(A) E (B) G (C) A (D) F
2. Which direction is G facing and who is to the right
5. Who sits second to the left of F?
of G?
(A) G (B) E (C) H (D) A
(A) Centre, B
(B) Away from the centre, E
6. Who sits third to the right of G?
(C) Centre, E
(A) F (B) A (C) B (D) D
(D) Cannot be determined
7. Which of the following is true?
3. Which direction is E facing?
(A) F sits at the corner.
(A) Centre
(B) H faces C.
(B) Away from the centre
(C) Same as C is facing (C) C sits second to the right of A.
(D) Cannot be determined (D) E sits diagonally opposite H.

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