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Arrangement
(Analytical
Reasoning)
Presented by
Ramanathan, M.Sc., MBA.,
CAIIB
Competition Coach and Employability
Skills Trainer
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Seating Arrangement
Seating arrangement problems are
an analytical reasoning exercise
for making a group of people to
sit (or stand), or objects to place,
as per a pre-fixed manner,
following some conditions and
sub conditions.
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Seating Arrangement
It can be in
One row sequence
Two rows sequence
Circular sequence*
* Also square / rectangular / oval sequence
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Guidelines to solve
Before attempting,
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Definite information
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Definite information
Examples are
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Comparative information
When the place of any person
or object is not mentioned
definitely, but mentioned
only in comparison of
(an)other person/s or
object/s, then we say it is a
comparative information
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Comparative information
Examples are
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Comparative information
Before placing Divakar, we
should know where Earnest is
sitting.
And before placing Francis we
should know where Govind is.
Similarly, to place Hima, we
should know where Indu and
Jayesh are placed.
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Negative Information
A negative information does
not tell us anything
definitely about where one
is to be placed, but it
gives an idea to
eliminate a possibility.
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Negative Information
Examples are
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Negative Information
Negative information help
us to find the exact place
by elimination of the
(many) other possibility /
possibilities.
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CAUTION! Be
alert!!!
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CAUTION! Be alert!!!
Right and left in
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CAUTION! Be alert!!!
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CAUTION! Be alert!!!
In the middle
Of the row
Of A and B
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CAUTION! Be alert!!!
Opposite
Diagonally
opposite
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Advantage of problems on
Seating Arrangement
You may get five related questions on
these kind of problems fetching you
easily five marks in the test.
And very often this kind of problems are
asked as a matter of routine.
So, if you study thoroughly the concepts
and practice adequate number of
problems, you can correctly attempt
such problems.
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LEFT?
RIGHT?
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RIGHT?
LEFT?
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XXXXXGFEXXXX
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XXXXXGFEXXXXX
XAXXXGFEXXXXX
XAXXXGFEX
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XAXXXGFEX
ACXXGFEH
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ACXXGFEH
ACBXGFEH
ACBDGFEH
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4 Left
Row-2
Left
5
6
7
8 Right
Row-1
(Row-1 faces North and Row-2 faces South)
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Row-1 X
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Row-1 X
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G is in position 8 and D in
position 2, and H is at
position 4 and A is at
position 6 and C is in
position 7, we get E can not
in position 5, but only in
position 3.
Obviously, then, F can be only
in position 5.
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1. B
2. D
3. E
4. H
5. F
6. A
7. C
and
8. G
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Seating Arrangement
Now you re thorough with the concepts.
You can sole the problems with accuracy.
But you have to practice as many problems,
including tricky ones, to gain speed and
confidence.
And your solving the seating arrangement problem
will depend on the practice you do.
To be successful, you need both, speed and
accuracy.
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in your
efforts!!
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