Reasoning Questions : Seating Arrangement Set 10

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I. Study the following information to answer the given questions:

             A, B, C ,D , E, F and H live on eight different floors , Ground floor is no 1, 1^st floor is no 2 and so on. There are 2 floors between the floor on which B and H live. D lives on an odd – numbered floor and he does not live  immediate below or above F’s floor. F lives below H’s floor.

             D does not live immediately below or above B’s floor. A does not live on an even numbered floor. C does not live on the topmost floor. G lives on 6^th floor. E does not live below H and B lives on floor no  5.

1. How many floors are there between  the floors on which D and H live ?
   A)One
   B)Two
   C)Three
   D)Four
   
   Answer

   D)Four
   Explanation:
   
   
2. Who among the following lives on the floor no 3?
   A)A
   B)B
   C)C
   D)F
   
   Answer

   A)A
   
   
   
3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which  does not belong to that group ?
   A)ED
   B)BC
   C)HF
   D)BA
   
   Answer

   D)BA
   
   
   
4. E lives on which of the following floor ?
   A)4^th floor
   B)8^th floor
   C)3^rd floor
   D)8^th floor
   
   Answer

   B)8^th floor
   
   
   
5. Who lives between A and F ?
   A)C
   B)G
   C)B
   D)H
   
   Answer

   D)H
   
   
   

II. Study the following information to answer the given questions:

           Eight friends – M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting around  a circular table with equal distance between each other, facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them belongs to a different profession such as Mechanic, Electrician, Journalist, Editor, Advocate, Doctor, Architect and teacher but not necessarily in the same order.
             S sits second to the right of the mechanic. The Editor and the Electrician are the immediate neighbours of S. O sits second to the right of Q who is Advocate. Q is an immediate neighbour of the Editor. Only one person sits between T and R. P sits third to the left of Q. S sits exactly between N and P. The Architect sits second to the left of M. The Journalist and the Teacher are immediate neighbours of the Architect. T is not a Teacher.

1. Who among the following is Journalist ?
   A)S
   B)T
   C)O
   D)M
   
   Answer

   B)T
   Explanation:
   
   
2. Who sits second to the left of S ? 
   A)Editor
   B) Doctor
   C)Teacher
   D) Mechanic
   
   Answer

   D) Mechanic
   
   
   
3. Which of the following does not belong to that group ?
   A)RO
   B)TQ
   C)SP
   D)MP
   
   Answer

   D)MP
   
   
   
4. If all the persons are made to sit in the alphabetical order  in clockwise direction from M, the position of how many of them will remain unchanged(excluding M) ?
   A)One
   B)Two
   C)Three
   D)None
   
   Answer

   C)Three
   
   
   
5. Who among the following is an Electrician ?
   A)O
   B)M
   C)P
   D)T
   
   Answer

   C)P