Seating Arrangement Part04
Problem: 01
Eight people G, H, I, J, K, L, M
and N are sitting around a
circular table facing the centre,
each of them is of different
profession,
Doctor,
Engineer,
Lecturer,
Professor,
Lawyer,
President, Vice President and
Manager, but not necessarily in
the same order.
J sits third to the right of K.
Lawyer is an immediate left of K.
N is a professor sits between J
and G. There are only three
people sits between K and Engg.
Manager
is
an
immediate
neighbour of Engineer. M is a vice
President sits between manager
and lawyer. Lecturer is third to
the right of Doctor. H is second to
the right of Lecturer. I is an
immediate left of doctor.
Step 1:
J sits third to the right of K
Step 2:
Lawyer is an immediate left of K
Step 4:
N is a professor sits between J and G
Step 7:
Lecture is third to the right of
Doctor
Step 5:
Manager
is
an
immediate
neighbour of Engineer
Step 8:
Case (i)
H is second to the right of
Lecturer
Case (ii)
Step 9:
I is an immediate left of Doctor.
Step 6:
M is a Vice president sits between
Step 3:
There are only three people sits Manager and Lawyer. Case(i) not
valid
Between K and Engineer.
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Step 10:
Thats all about the information
given in the question. we only
complete the other information. L
and president does not have any
information, but we able to solve
that from step 9.
L is an Engineer, G is the
President
Problem: 02
E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L are eight
family members, sitting around a
circular table facing center, but
not necessarily in the same order.
Each of them likes different sports
viz, Hockey, Football, Cricket,
Tennis, Badminton, Volleyball,
LawnTennis, Basketball.
I sits second to the left of her
husband G. G has two sons and
both of them married. E is the
father of H and J. J sits opposite
to her grandmother. H is the
sister J, who likes basketball. J
sits second to the left of her
mother L, who likes lawn tennis.
K sits between who likes
basketball and cricket. K sits
opposite to his wife F. One of the
G's
grand
children
likes
volleyball. H is not an immediate
neighbour of grandparents. No
females like football. L's husband
likes Hockey. K's wife not like
Badmintion.
Profession, and gender. First read
the question carefully and analysis
what type of information you get
more clues, like bloodrelation, or
their Profession etc.. Solve that
based on the information.
For this problem you will get all
information about the blood
relation so first draw the family
tree.
Step 1:
•I sits second to the left of her
husband G. G has two sons both of
them married.
(From the above statement what
do you understand?)
I and G are couples, they has two
sons and two daughterinlaws.
now draw the family tree based on
this information
(from this statement H is a
female)
So E and L are couples, H and J
are their childrens.
Step 4:
• K sits opposite to his wife F.
(from this statement k and F are
couples, K is male and F is
female)
Family Tree :
Step 2:
Step 1:
•E is the father of H and J.
I sits second to the left of her
(from this statement E is male,
husband G.
and don't know the gender of H
and J. )
•J
sits
opposite
to
her
grandmother
(from this statement we got clue, J
is a female)
Now we clearly understand G and
I are parents of E, and
grandparents of H and J
Step 2:
J
sits
opposite
to
her
grandmother.
( J's grandmother is I check family
Tree)
Step 3:
•J sits second to the left of her
Solution:
mother L
For this type of problems we need
• H is the sister J
to find blood relation, their
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Step 3:
J sits second to the left of her
mother, who likes LawnTennis.
Step 10:
No females like Football.
(means any one of the male like
football, from step9 K is the male,
he likes football.)
Step 7:
K sits opposite to his wife F.
Step 4:
H is not an immediate neighbour
of grandparents.
(G, and I are grandparents of H)
Step 11:
K's wife not like Badminton.
(K's wife is F, if she not likes
badminton means the remaining
person is I, she likes the
Badminton.)
Step 8:
One of the G's grandchildren likes
VolleyBall.
(H and J are grandchildrens, so H
likes VolleyBall.)
Step 12:
Finally the remaining one is
Tennis, from step11 F likes Tennis.
Step 5:
H is the sister of J who likes
Basketball.
Step 9:
L's Husband likes Hockey.
(L's Husband is E, check family
tree)
Step 6:
K sits between who
Basketball and cricket.
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