Linear Arrangement


Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.
Eight people, viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North. Each of them has passed a recruitment exam and must join the office in different months, viz January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order.

  • G sits third to the right of the person who joins in May. The person who joins in August sits second to the right of G. A and E are immediate neighbors of each other. Neither A nor E has joining dates in either May or August. Neither A nor E is an immediate neighbor of G.

  • H sits third to the right of the person whose joining date is in January. Neither A nor E has joining dates in January. H’s joining date is not in August

  • Only two people sit between E and the person whose joining date is in July. The person whose joining date is in February sits on the immediate left of D.

  • Only one person sits between E and B. C joins before July. E joins after April. G joins after A.

  1. Who among the following are sitting at extreme ends of the line?











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    As per the given above question , we have
    Eight people, viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North. Each of them has passed a recruitment exam and must join the office in different months, viz January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order.

    Correct Option: A

    As per the given above question , we have
    Eight people, viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North. Each of them has passed a recruitment exam and must join the office in different months, viz January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order.
    Clearly , A and the person whose joining date is in August are sitting at extreme ends of the line .



  1. How many people sit between C and the person whose joining date is in April?











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    From the information given in the question, we can have the following table:
    Eight people, viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North. Each of them has passed a recruitment exam and must join the office in different months, viz January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order.

    Correct Option: C

    From the information given in the question, we can have the following table:
    Eight people, viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North. Each of them has passed a recruitment exam and must join the office in different months, viz January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order.
    From figure we can see that two people sit between C and the person whose joining date is in April .




  1. Who among the following has joining date in June?











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    As per the given above question , we have
    Eight people, viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North. Each of them has passed a recruitment exam and must join the office in different months, viz January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order.

    Correct Option: B

    As per the given above question , we have
    Eight people, viz A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing North. Each of them has passed a recruitment exam and must join the office in different months, viz January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August but not necessarily in the same order.
    From given figure it is clear that E has joining date in June .



Direction: Read the following information and choose the right alternative in the questions that follow.
During the cultural week of an institute six competitions were conducted. The cultural week was inaugurated in the morning of 19th October, Wednesday and continued till 26th October. In the span of 8 days six competitions namely debate, folk dance, Fash-p, street play, rock band, and group song, were organized along with various other cultural programs. The information available from the institute is:
i. Only one competition was held in a day.
ii. Rock band competition was not conducted on the closing day.
iii. Fash-p was conducted on the day prior to debate competition.
iv. Group song competition was conducted neither on Wednesday nor on Saturday.
v. None of the competition was conducted on Thursday and Sunday.
vi. Street Play competition was held on Monday.
vii. There was gap of two days between debate competition and group song competition.

  1. The cultural week started with which competition?









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    From the given information: Date for competition from 19th October to 26th October (From Wednesday to Wednesday)
    From (v), no competition was held on 20th and 23rd (i.e on Thursday & Sunday) From (vi), Street play was held on 24th.
    From (iii) and (vii), Debate must have been held on 22nd, Flash-P on 21st and Group song on 25th.

    Correct Option: D

    From the given information: Date for competition from 19th October to 26th October (From Wednesday to Wednesday)
    From (v), no competition was held on 20th and 23rd (i.e on Thursday & Sunday) From (vi), Street play was held on 24th.
    From (iii) and (vii), Debate must have been held on 22nd, Flash-P on 21st and Group song on 25th.
    From (ii), Rock-band was held on 19th. Hence from this we can draw following result:




Direction: Study the following information to answer the given questions:

  1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?











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    As per the given above question , we have
    P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting in a straight line facing north. Each one of them lives on a different floor in the same building which is numbered from one to seven. Q sits fourth to the left of the person living on the 6th floor. Either Q or the person living on the 6th floor sits at the extreme ends of the line.

    Correct Option: E

    As per the given above question , we have
    P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are sitting in a straight line facing north. Each one of them lives on a different floor in the same building which is numbered from one to seven. Q sits fourth to the left of the person living on the 6th floor. Either Q or the person living on the 6th floor sits at the extreme ends of the line.
    From above it is clear that Q person live on the 6th floor .