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Tips and Tricks for Seating Arrangements

Best Tip: Employ the cross-checking method when tackling seating arrangement questions. As you deduce positions based on given conditions, cross-check deductions with multiple other conditions.

Terms related to Seating Arrangements:

• Adjacent: Individuals or items next to each other horizontally or vertically.
• Alternate: Placement pattern with individuals or items every other position, skipping one in between.
• Between: An individual or item positioned in the middle of two others.
• Clockwise: Direction following a clock’s hands, commonly used in circular seating arrangements.
• Counter-clockwise: Opposite direction to a clock’s hands, often used in circular seating scenarios.
• Diagonal: Individuals or items placed diagonally across from each other.
• Facing: Individuals or items oriented to look at each other directly, often used in circular arrangements.
• Opposite: Individuals or items positioned directly across from each other, used in circular or linear arrangements.

Tips and Tricks for Seating Arrangements:

1. Take a quick glance at the given information to grasp the situation of individuals.
2. Evaluate the practicality of each piece of information and arrange accordingly.
3. In circular and square/rectangular arrangements, assume individuals are facing the center unless specified otherwise.
4. Distinguish between comparative and definite information for effective solving.
5. If an individual's place is not specified but is in relation to others, consider it as comparative information.
6. Consider yourself among them while solving to enhance understanding.
7. Decode information, draw a pictorial format for clarity, and consider 100% true statements first.
8. Understand statements with negative and indirect information.
9. Create different diagrams for multiple possibilities, eliminating those conflicting with other information.
10. Utilize the grouping and clustering technique to identify relationships.
11. Visualize the arrangement before solving to enhance comprehension.
12. Employ a dynamic elimination process, adjusting placements based on new information.
13. Practice with previous seating arrangement questions to improve skills effectively.

Solved Example:

• Yisha sits second to the left of Sipa’s husband. No female is an immediate neighbour of Yisha.
• Wara’s daughter sits second to the right of Uma. Uma is the sister of Tani. Uma is not an immediate neighbour of Sipa’s husband.
• Only one person sits between Zika and Uma. Zika is father of Tani.
• Sipa’s brother Wara sits on the immediate left of Sipa’s mother.
• Only one person sits between Sipa’s mother and Veta.

Only one person sits between Sipa and Tani. Tani is the mother of Xomi. Tani is not an immediate neighbour of Veta.
Q: What is the position of Zika with respect to his mother-in-law?
(a) Immediate left
(b) Third to the right
(c) Third to the left
(d) Second to the right
Ans: (c)

Q2: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Zika, Yisha, Xomi, Wara, Veta, Uma, Tani and Sipa are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order.

• Yisha sits second to the left of Sipa’s husband. No female is an immediate neighbour of Yisha.
• Wara’s daughter sits second to the right of Uma. Uma is the sister of Tani. Uma is not an immediate neighbour of Sipa’s husband.
• Only one person sits between Zika and Uma. Zika is father of Tani.
• Sipa’s brother Wara sits on the immediate left of Sipa’s mother.
• Only one person sits between Sipa’s mother and Veta.

Only one person sits between Sipa and Tani. Tani is the mother of Xomi. Tani is not an immediate neighbour of Veta.
Q: Who amongst the following is Wara’s daughter?
(a) Yisha
(b) Xomi
(c) Veta
(d) Tani
Ans: (c)

Q3: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Zika, Yisha, Xomi, Wara, Veta, Uma, Tani and Sipa are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order.

• Yisha sits second to the left of Sipa’s husband. No female is an immediate neighbour of Yisha.
• Wara’s daughter sits second to the right of Uma. Uma is the sister of Tani. Uma is not an immediate neighbour of Sipa’s husband.
• Only one person sits between Zika and Uma. Zika is father of Tani.
• Sipa’s brother Wara sits on the immediate left of Sipa’s mother.
• Only one person sits between Sipa’s mother and Veta.

Only one person sits between Sipa and Tani. Tani is the mother of Xomi. Tani is not an immediate neighbour of Veta.
Q: What is the position of Zika with respect to his grandchild?
(a) Immediate right
(b) Third to the right
(c) Third to the left
(d) Second to the left
Ans: (a)