Seating Arrangements with Shortcut tricks Set B

[New Type 2: Double-Round Table ]

Eight people (P–W) sit in two concentric circular tables with four on the inner circle facing outward and four on the outer circle facing inward. They belong to four different cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata – two from each.

Clues:
1. P and Q sit in the outer circle and face each other.
2. R, from Delhi, sits to the immediate left of the person facing P.
3. W, from Kolkata, faces the person who is from Chennai.
4. The two people from Mumbai are in the same circle.
5. S is in the inner circle and is not from Mumbai or Kolkata.
6. T, who faces inward, is from Mumbai and sits two places away from Q.
7. U sits opposite the person from Delhi.
8. V sits next to someone from the same city.

Question: Who is opposite S and what is their city?
A) Q – Mumbai
B) R – Delhi
C) T – Chennai
D) U – Kolkata
Answer: c

Question: Which two people are from Mumbai?
A) T and V
B) P and T
C) Q and W
D) U and R
Answer: b

Question: Which circle contains both people from Kolkata?
A) Inner circle
B) Outer circle
C) One in each
D) Only W is from Kolkata
Answer: c

[New Type 3: Floor + Time-Based Arrangement ]

Eight friends live on eight different floors (1 to 8) and wake up at different times (6:00 AM to 1:00 PM). No two wake at the same time.

Clues:
1. The person on floor 7 wakes up at 8:00 AM.
2. The one who wakes at 6:00 AM lives just below the one who wakes at 11:00 AM.
3. B lives on floor 1 and wakes after D.
4. H wakes at 9:00 AM and lives above C.
5. A lives on floor 6 and wakes earlier than G.
6. F wakes up latest and lives just above the person who wakes at 12:00 PM.

Question: Who lives on floor 4 and when do they wake up?
A) C – 6:00 AM
B) D – 11:00 AM
C) F – 1:00 PM
D) A – 10:00 AM
Answer: a

Question: Who wakes at 12:00 PM?
A) G
B) E
C) D
D) H
Answer: a

Question: What time does person D wake up?
Answer: 7:00 AM

Question:: Who lives on the top floor and what’s their wake-up time?
Answer: F – 1:00 PM

[New Type 4: Group-Based Row Arrangement ]

12 people are seated in two rows of 6 each: Row 1 faces south, Row 2 faces north, such that each person faces another.
They belong to 3 teams (A, B, C) – 4 members each, such that no two from same team sit in same row or face each other.

Clues:
1. R1: A, B, C, D, E, F; R2: G, H, I, J, K, L
2. A faces H, who is not in team A.
3. Team C includes D, J, G, and one other.
4. No one from team B sits at corners.
5. L faces F and is from team A.
6. B and K are in the same team.
7. E is not in team C.
8. G sits at a corner.

Question: Who is opposite E and in which team?
A) K – Team A
B) I – Team B
C) J – Team C
D) H – Team B
Answer: b

Question: Which team is person A in?
Answer: Team B

Question: Which two people sit at corners and are in team C?
Answer: G and D

Question: Which team does person L belong to?
Answer: Team A

[New Type 5: Hexagonal Seating Arrangement ]

Six people – A, B, C, D, E, and F – are seated at the corners of a regular hexagon facing the center. Each person belongs to a different profession: Doctor, Engineer, Architect, Lawyer, Pilot, and Teacher.

Clues:
1. A is second to the left of the Teacher.
2. B, the Engineer, sits opposite E.
3. D is not adjacent to the Doctor.
4. The Lawyer sits immediately to the left of the Pilot.
5. F is not a Teacher or Doctor.
6. C is a Doctor and sits to the immediate right of A.

Question: Who is the Pilot?
A) D
B) E
C) A
D) F
Answer: b

Question: Who sits opposite to C and what is their profession?
A) B – Engineer
B) D – Lawyer
C) E – Pilot
D) F – Architect
Answer: a

Question: What is F’s profession?
A) Lawyer
B) Architect
C) Teacher
D) Doctor
Answer: b

[New Type 6: 3x3 Grid with 3 Attributes ]

Nine people (A to I) are placed in a 3x3 grid. Each person has a unique favorite fruit, a color of dress, and a city of origin.
- Fruits: Apple, Banana, Grapes, Orange, Mango, Pineapple, Papaya, Guava, Watermelon
- Colors: Red, Blue, Green, Black, Yellow, White, Pink, Grey, Brown
- Cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Jaipur, Lucknow, Indore

Clues:
1. The person in the center wears Yellow and likes Mango.
2. B is in the top-left and is from Pune.
3. The person who likes Grapes is diagonally opposite to the one from Lucknow.
4. G wears Red and is not in the top row.
5. A wears Blue and likes Guava.
6. F is in the middle of the bottom row and wears Grey.
7. The one who likes Apple is next to the one who likes Papaya.
8. H is from Chennai and is in the rightmost column.

Question: Which fruit does person D like?
Answer: Papaya

Question: Who is from Indore and where are they seated?
Answer: C – Center cell (2,2)

Question: Which color does person I wear and what is their city?
Answer: White, Kolkata

[New Type 7: Circular + Blood Relations + Attributes ]

Eight family members (A–H) are sitting in a circle, all facing the center. They have different professions and belong to different generations.

Clues:
1. A is the father of C and sits third to the right of E.
2. B, a Doctor, is the wife of G.
3. H is the son of F and is an Engineer.
4. C is not adjacent to their parent.
5. D is the daughter-in-law of E and sits opposite to the Lawyer.
6. F, the mother of C, sits exactly between A and B.
7. G is a Scientist and is to the immediate left of H.

Question: What is the relationship between D and H?
A) Mother
B) Sister
C) Sister-in-law
D) Wife
Answer: c

Question: What is the profession of person G and their relation to A?
Answer: Scientist, Son-in-law

[New Type 8: Set with People + Color + Fruit ]

Five people – P, Q, R, S, and T – are seated in a straight line (not necessarily in order). Each of them likes a different fruit and is wearing a different color.
- Fruits: Apple, Banana, Cherry, Grape, Orange
- Colors: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black

Clues:
1. P does not sit at any end and wears Green.
2. The one who likes Banana sits at the extreme left.
3. The person who wears Red is to the immediate right of the one who wears Blue.
4. T, who likes Cherry, sits next to the person wearing Black.
5. Q likes Apple and sits at one of the ends.
6. S is wearing Blue.

Question: Who likes Orange and where do they sit?
Answer: R – Second from right

Question: What is the color worn by the person sitting in the middle?
Answer: Green (P)

Matrix-Based Circular Arrangement – Set 1 )

Eight people – A to H – sit around a circular table. The table is placed inside a 3x3 matrix (grid), such that each corner and center cell has one seat. One cell is empty. Everyone faces the center. Each person likes a different subject.
Subjects: Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Civics, English.

Clues:
1. A sits at a corner and likes Biology.
2. The center cell is occupied by the one who likes Physics.
3. The one who likes History sits second to the right of A.
4. D is to the immediate left of the one who likes Civics.
5. F sits opposite the one who likes Math.
6. G does not sit adjacent to H.
7. B sits in the middle of one side and likes Chemistry.
8. E sits at a corner and is not adjacent to A.

Question: Who likes English?
A) D
B) H
C) C
D) E
Answer: B) H

Question: Who is sitting opposite B?
Answer: G

Question: What subject does C like?
Answer: Math

Question: Which cell of the matrix is empty?
Answer: Top-center

Question:. Who sits to the immediate left of the person who likes Civics?
Answer: D

Set 2 – Matrix + Circular (Color + Profession) )

Nine people (P1 to P9) sit around a circular table positioned over a 3x3 matrix. One cell (center) is empty. Each person wears a different color and has a unique profession.
Colors: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black, White, Grey, Purple, Pink Professions: Doctor, Engineer, Pilot, Lawyer, Chef, Scientist, Professor, Artist, Banker

Clues:
1. The Doctor wears Green and sits diagonally opposite to the Artist.
2. The Banker wears Purple and is between the Lawyer and the Chef.
3. P3 wears Blue and is not adjacent to P6.
4. The person in the top-left wears Red and is a Scientist.
5. The center is vacant.
6. P5 is a Professor and sits in a corner.
7. The person in the bottom-right is P8 and wears Yellow.
8. P2, who is an Engineer, sits between P4 and P6.

Question: Who is the Chef?
Answer: P9

Question: Which color does P6 wear and what is their profession?
Answer: White – Lawyer

Question: What is the profession of P1 and where is he seated?
Answer: Doctor – Bottom-left corner

Question: Which two people sit opposite each other and wear Grey and Pink?
Answer: P7 and P4

Question: Who is sitting to the immediate left of the Artist?
Answer: P3

Set 3 – Multi-Circle + Matrix Logic )

Twelve people (A–L) sit in two concentric circular tables with six in each. The outer circle faces inward, the inner circle faces outward. The setup is part of a 3x4 matrix. Each person also belongs to a department: HR, IT, Finance, Sales, Ops, Admin. Two from each department.

Clues:
1. A, from Sales, sits in the inner circle opposite D, who is from IT.
2. C is to the immediate left of the one from HR and is from Admin.
3. G is in the outer circle and does not face his teammate.
4. L, from Ops, sits adjacent to E.
5. J is in the inner circle and is not from HR or Finance.
6. K sits opposite B, who is from Finance.
7. H and I are from the same department but sit in different circles.

Question: Who faces A and what is their department?
Answer: D – IT

Question: Which two people are from Admin?
Answer: C and F

Question: What is the department of person J?
Answer: Sales

Question: Who sits directly opposite G?
Answer: K

Question: Which department does B belong to and who is their circle partner?
Answer: Finance – K

Set 4 – 4x4 Matrix + Circular Zones )

Sixteen people are seated in a 4x4 matrix where four circular zones are embedded (each quadrant forms a circle). Each person likes a unique hobby and city.

Clues:
1. Top-left zone includes people who like Cricket, Chess, and Reading.
2. Bottom-right zone has Singing, Dancing, and Painting.
3. Person who likes Reading is from Bhopal and sits diagonally from the Painter.
4. The one who likes Dancing is from Mumbai and sits between two males.
5. F and J are in opposite corners and like Chess and Singing.
6. A, who likes Cooking, is adjacent to the person from Kolkata.
7. L is from Pune and likes Cycling.
8. The center of the matrix is unoccupied.

Question: Who likes Painting?
Answer: M

Question: What is the city of person who likes Cooking?
Answer: Delhi

Question: Which person is from Bhopal?
Answer: C

Question: Who is seated at the top-right corner and what is their hobby?
Answer: N – Cricket

Question:. What is the position of person L in the grid?
Answer: (Row 4, Column 2)

Set 5 – 5x5 Matrix with Circular Embedding )

25 people (A–Y) are placed in a 5x5 matrix. Inside this, five circular groups (C1 to C5) are formed in distinct 3x3 zones. Each circle has 5 members seated around a circle (facing center). Each person is from a unique country.

Clues:
1. Circle C3 is centered at cell (3,3), and includes A, D, G, J, and M.
2. A is from Japan and sits opposite G, who is from France.
3. Person from Brazil is seated next to someone from Egypt.
4. M is not from India but sits next to D.
5. G is not adjacent to the one from Italy.
6. The person from Russia is in circle C2 and sits diagonally across from the one from Germany.

Question: Who is from Japan?
Answer: A

Question: What is the country of person M?
Answer: Canada

Question: Who sits opposite the person from Brazil?
Answer: H

Question: Who is from Russia and which circle are they in?
Answer: P – Circle C2

Question: Which country does person G belong to?
Answer: France

Set 6 – Final Matrix-Circle Hybrid )

16 people (A–P) are seated on a circular arrangement placed over a 4x4 matrix grid. Each has a profession and a favorite number.

Clues:
1. A sits in the second row, likes number 7, and is a Statistician.
2. B, a Biologist, is seated to the right of the person who likes 13.
3. C, from bottom-left corner, is a Data Scientist.
4. D sits across from the person who likes 9.
5. G is a Psychologist and sits at top-right.
6. The person who likes 15 is adjacent to the Economist.
7. H sits at (3,3) and is a Mathematician.

Question: Who is the Psychologist?
Answer: G

Question: What is the favorite number of the Economist?
Answer: 11

Question: What is C’s profession and where is he seated?
Answer: Data Scientist – Bottom-left (4,1)

Question: Who likes number 9 and what is their profession?
Answer: J – Historian

Question: Who is seated opposite D and what is their favorite number?
Answer: L – 15