Linear Seating Arrangement Reasoning Questions

Want to score maximum marks in the Reasoning section of IBPS Clerk Prelims and Mains 2021 which is scheduled to be conducted on December 12th, 18th, and 19th, 2021? A careful analysis of the previous year’s questions of all major and minor Bank Exams tells that the seating arrangement questions form a major part of the questions from the Reasoning section.

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Linear Seating Arrangements questions are part of the Seating Arrangements questions that form the Reasoning Ability Section, which is one of the most crucial sections of all the major Bank exams. These can prove to be very scoring and are usually asked in both Prelims and Mains examinations of all the major Bank exams like SBI PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS PO, etc. You must prepare this topic well to score maximum marks in this section.

In this article, we’ll focus on different types of Linear seating arrangement questions that pop up in the IBPS Clerk Prelims exam. Read on to know how you should answer them well and the best IBPS Clerk Mock Test to check your speed and accuracy in solving them.

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Linear seating arrangement questions for Prelims Exam

Directions: Answer the questions based on the information given below.

A certain number of persons are sitting in a row facing north direction. No seat is vacant.

Three persons sit between R and Q. P sits adjacent to R. Two persons sit between V and R. V and Q are not adjacent to each other. T sits third to the right of Q. One person sits between T and U, who is not adjacent to Q. Three persons sit to the right of U. The number of persons to the left of V is equal to the number of persons to the right of U. One person sits between V and S. At least 4 persons sit between S and P.

Common Solution:

Now, three persons sit between R and Q. P sits adjacent to R. Two persons sit between V and R. V and Q are not adjacent to each other. So, we have four cases,

Case 1(a):

V

R

P

Q

Case 1(b):

V

P

R

Q

Case 2(a):

Q

P

R

V

Case 2(b):

Q

R

P

V

Now, T sits third to the right of Q. One person sit between T and U, who is not adjacent to Q. So, case 2(a) is rejected. Three persons sit to the right of U. The number of persons to the left of V is equal to number of persons to the right of U. One person sits between V and S. At least 4 persons sit between S and P. So, case 1(b) and 2(b) are rejected. The final arrangement is shown below,

S

V

R

P

Q

T

U

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Question 1: How many persons sit in the row?

a) 18

b) 19

c) 20

d) 24

e) None of these

Answer: b)

Solution: 19 persons sit in the row.

Hence, option b.

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Question 2: Who sits second to the left of U?

a) R

b) P

c) S

d) T

e) None of these

Answer: d)

Solution: T sits second to the left of U.

Hence, option d.

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Question 3: How many persons sit between S and R?

a) Five

b) Three

c) Four

d) Six

e) None of these

Answer: c)

Solution: Four persons sit between S and R.

Hence, option c.

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Question 4: Who sits to the immediate right of the person, who sits in the middle of the row?

a) P

b) Q

c) R

d) V

e) None of these

Answer: b)

Solution: Q sits to the immediate right of one, who sits in the middle of the row.

Hence, option b.

Question 5: Who sits to the immediate left of P?

a) V

b) R

c) Q

d) T

e) None of these

Answer: b)

Solution: R sits to the immediate left of P.

Hence, option b.

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Linear seating arrangement questions for Mains Exam

Directions: Answer the questions based on the information given below.

Eight cars, A through H are parked in a straight row in a parking lot. Each of them arrived at different time (in am), 8:15, 8:30, 9:00, 9:15, 10:15, 10:30, 11:15 and 11:45. All of them will be facing north.

A is parked 3^rd to the left of the car which arrived 45mins after A. Two cars are parked between A and D. E, which is not parked adjacent to A, arrived one hour after D. Two cars are parked between E and H. F arrived after E, and is parked to the immediate right of D. Two cars are parked between F and C. Neither B nor G is parked at the left end. If a car is parked to the immediate left of D, then it must have arrived before 9. G arrived after B and D. Car which is parked at the right end arrived before at least one car but not immediately after E. Three cars are not parked between C and E. C is not parked at the right end. The car which arrived at 11:45 am is not parked to the immediate left of H. If B is parked at the right end, then the car parked to the immediate left of G didn’t arrive at 9:15 am.

Common Solution: A is parked 3^rd to the left of the car which arrived 45mins after A. Two cars are parked between A and D.

Now car A can be to the left or right of D.

Case 1: If car A is to the left of car D. In this case, A arrived at 8:30 am and D arrived at 9:15 am. If a car is parked to the immediate left of D, then it must have arrived before 9. The car to the immediate left of D arrived at 8:15 am. F arrived after E, and is parked to the immediate right of D. Two cars are parked between F and C. C is not at the right end

A

C

D

F

E, which is not parked adjacent to A, arrived one hour after D. Two cars are parked between E and H.

A

C

H

D

F

E

But three cars are not parked between C and E. So, this case gets rejected.

Case 2: If car A is to the right of car D. If a car is parked to the immediate left of D, then it must have arrived before 9. F arrived after E, and is parked to the immediate right of D. Two cars are parked between F and C. As neither B nor G is parked at the left end,

E	D	F	H	A	C	B/G	G/B
D	F	H	A	C	E	B/G	G/B

But in table 1, E arrived after D.

Now, the possible cases of the timings are:

Time	Case 1 (a)	Case 2	Case 3 (a)	Case 1 (b)	Case 3 (b)
8:15	A		D	A
8:30		A
9:00	B			B
9:15	D	B	E		D
10:15	E	D	F	D	E
10:30	F	G	A	G	A
11:15	G	E	B/G	E	G
11:45		F		F	F

The car which arrived at 11:45 am is not parked to the immediate left of H. F didn’t arrive at 11:45 am. In case 3(a), If B is parked at the right end, then the car parked to the immediate left of G didn’t arrive at 9:15 am. So, G is at the right end. The car which is parked at the right end arrived before at least one car but not immediately after E. So, the final case is case 1 (a).

D(9:15)

F(10:30)

H(8:30/11:45)

A(8:15)

C(11:45/8:30)

E(10:15)

B(9:00)

G(11:15)

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Question 6: If car H didn’t arrive before the car which is parked at the left end, then at what time did the car fourth from the right end arrive?

a. 10:30 am

b. 08:30 am

c. 11:45 am

d. 10:15 am

e. None of these

Answer: b)

Solution: So, C arrived at 8:30 am.

Hence, option b.

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Question 7: The question consists of two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.

How many cars arrived after C?

Statement I: H arrived after F.

Statement II: Three cars are parked between C and D.

a. The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question

b. The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question

c. The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question

d. The data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question

e. The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

Answer: a)

Solution: From statement I alone, H arrived after F.

So, six cars arrived after C.

So, Statement I alone is sufficient.

From statement II alone, insufficient information is given.

So, statement II alone is not sufficient.

Hence, option a.

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Question 8: ______ cars are parked between the cars which arrived at 9:00 am and 9:15 am.

a. 4

b. 13

c. 2

d. 5

e. Cannot be determined

Answer: d)

Solution: 5 cars are parked between the cars which arrived at 9 am and 9:15 am.

Hence, option d.

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Question 9: How many cars are parked between D and H?

a. 1

b. 3

c. 4

d. Cannot be determined

e. 2

Answer: a)

Solution: One car is parked between D and H.

Hence, option a.

Question 10: How many cars arrived after G?

a. 2

b. 1

c. Either (a) or (b)

d. 4

e. None of these

Answer: b)

Solution: 1 car arrived after G.

Hence, option b.

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