PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

ONE ROW/LINE ARRANGEMENT

PREPARATORY SET-33 (HARD)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

 

Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing north and some of them are facing south. They are of different professions namely lawyer, doctor, actor, painter, engineer, teacher, tourist guide and swimmer.

 

B, who is a swimmer, is sitting second to the left of the actor and he is facing south. The persons sitting at the extreme ends are facing in the opposite directions. G is not a neighbor of E. There are three people sitting in between E and the actor, who is facing north.

 

E sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. The actor and C are facing opposite directions. A, who is a teacher, is sitting third to the right of E. G was born in 1988 and eldest of all. There are two people sitting between painter and C. D is a doctor and is facing north. Tourist guide is sitting third to the left of the actor. The painter is sitting to the immediate left of the actor. Doctor is sitting to the immediate left of C. The immediate neighbors of the actor are facing south. H is a painter. The actor is sitting third to the right of G, who is facing north.

 

Question No : 1

Who is sitting second to the right of G?

(1) The person who is third to the right of C

(2) The person who is a doctor

(3) The person who is immediate right of swimmer

(4) No one as G is sitting at the extreme right end facing north

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

How many people are sitting in between the painter and the one who is seventh from the left end?

(1) 2   

(2) 6    

(3) 4           

(4) 3    

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

If two new persons sit to the immediate right of the actor, then how many persons are there in between B and the doctor?

(1) 8    

(2) 7    

(3) 5    

(4) 6    

(5) 4

Question No : 4

Whose professions cannot be determined from the given data?

(1) E, the person who is second to the right of painter

(2) C and F

(3) C and the person who is sitting to the immediate right of doctor.

(4) E and G

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

Which of these statements is superfluous to determine the sitting arrangement?

(1) H is a painter

(2) The persons sitting at the extreme ends face opposite directions

(3) G was born in 1988 and eldest of all

(4) The actor and C are facing opposite directions

(5) None of these