50+ Puzzle and Seating Arrangement Questions For Bank Exams

Puzzle and Seating Arrangement is the most important topic of the Reasoning Ability in bank exams as it consists of most weightage in the exam, if we discuss about any bank prelims exam, Seating arrangement, and puzzle section consist of 15-20 questions out of 35 so you can imagine how important this topic is. If you ace this topic then you can score very well on the exam. There are various types  of seating arrangements and puzzles given as follows:

Types of Seating Arrangements and Puzzles

• Circular Seating Arrangement
• Square Seating Arrangement
• Rectangular Seating Arrangement
• Triangular Seating Arrangement
• Single Row/ Double Row/ Uncertain Seating Arrangement
• Date/ Date & Month / Year Based Puzzle
• Floor / Floor & Flat Based Puzzle
• Box Based Puzzle
• Designation Based Puzzle
• Category Based Puzzle

Why You Should Practice Puzzle and Seating Arrangement Questions?

Puzzle and Seating Arrangement questions are always asked in IBPS RRB, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Grade B, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS SO, LIC Assistant, LIC AAO, RBI Assistant, and many other bank and insurance exams. So Puzzle and Seating Arrangement

Puzzle and Arrangement Questions For Bank Exams

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

A certain number of persons are sitting in a single row. Two persons are facing north and the remaining persons are facing South direction.

P sits 3^rd to the left of R, who is 4^th from the right end. There are three persons sit between P and Q who is an immediate neighbour of S. T is an immediate neighbour of U and sits 4^th from the left end. There are as many persons sit between U and P as between P and S. V sits 4^th to the right of T.

Q1. Who among the following sits 2^nd to the left of V?

(a) P

(b) Q

(c) S

(d) R

(e) Can’t be determined

Q2. How many persons are sitting in a row?

(a) 14

(b) 15

(c) 16

(d) 17

(e) Can’t be determined

Q3. How many persons sit between U and Q?

(a) Six

(b) Five

(c) Seven

(d) Eight

(e) None of these

Q4. Which among the following is true regarding S?

(a) S sits 2^nd to the left of R

(b) S faces North

(c) S sits 3^rd from an extreme end

(d) One person sits between R and S

(e) All are false

Q5. Four of the following five are alike in certain way based from a group, find the one which does not belong to that group?

(a) Q

(b) S

(c) T

(d) U

(e) V

Directions (6-10): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six vaccine boxes are placed one above the other i.e AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sputnik, Moderna, Covishield, Covaxin, but not necessarily in the same order.

At most two boxes are placed above the Covishield. Two boxes are placed between Covishield and Covaxin. The box of Pfizer vaccine is placed below the Covaxin vaccine box. The box of Sputnik vaccine is placed three places above the Moderna vaccine box. No box is placed between Covishield and AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca vaccine box is placed below the Sputnik vaccine box.

Q6. Which of the following vaccine box is placed just above AstraZeneca?

(a) Sputnik

(b) Moderna

(c)  Pfizer

(d) Covishield

(e) None of these

Q7. How many boxes are placed between Sputnik and Covishield?

(a) One

(b) None

(c) Three

(d) Two

(e) None of these

Q8. If Moderna and Pfizer boxes are interchanged then, which of the following box is placed just above of Pfizer box?

(a) Sputnik

(b) Moderna

(c) AstraZeneca

(d) Covishield

(e) Covaxin

Q9. Three boxes are placed between ___ and ___?

(a) Covishield, Pfizer

(b) Sputnik, Covaxin

(c) Moderna, Covaxin

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) All I, II and III

Q10. Which of the following box is placed just below the Covishield box?

(a) Sputnik

(b) Covaxin

(c) AstraZeneca

(d) Moderna

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the information carefully and answer the question given below.

Eight persons live in an eight-floor building. The ground floor is numbered as 1 and topmost floor is numbered as 8. D lives on an even number floor below 5^th floor. There is only one person lives between D and C. G lives on one of the even number floors but not on the top floor. There are two persons live between C and A who lives below E. H lives on a floor immediate above the B’s floor. The number of persons live between F and B is same as the number of persons live between F and E.

Q11. Who among the following lives just below C?

(a) G

(b) E

(c) A

(d) D

(e) None of these

Q12. How many persons live between H and F?

(a) Four

(b) Three

(c) Two

(d) One

(e) None

Q13. Who among the following lives on an even numbered floor below G?

(a) A

(b) D

(c) E

(d) C

(e) Both (b) and (d)

Q14. The number of persons live above ____ is same as the number of persons live below _____ respectively?

(a) C, G

(b) F, D

(c) B, C

(d) G, E

(e) None of these

Q15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way so form a group, which of the following does not belong to that group?

(a) H

(b) F

(c) G

(d) C

(e) D

Directions (16-20): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Eight persons sit around a circular table, in such a way that some are facing inside while some are facing outside the table. No two adjacent neighbours face the same direction.

W sits second to the left of V. Only two persons sit between V and U. P is an immediate neighbour of U and sits second to the left of W. T sits second to the left of R but not an immediate neighbour of U and P. U is not an immediate neighbour of W. Q sits third to the right of S who does not sit opposite to W nor faces T.

Q16. Who among the following sits second to the left of S?

(a) U

(b) T

(c) V

(d) R

(e) None of these

Q17. Who among the following is an immediate neighbour of Q?

(a) R

(b) V

(c) T

(d) P

(e) S

Q18. Which of the following statement is true about S?

(a) S sits opposite to V

(b) U sits second to the right of S

(c) S is an immediate neighbour of T

(d) W is not an immediate neighbour of S

(e) None is true

Q19. Who among the following sits second to the left of the one who sits second to the left of P?

(a) V

(b) W

(c) S

(d) Q

(e) None of these

Q20. How many persons sit between U and R?

(a) None

(b) More than three

(c) One

(d) Two

(e) Three

Solutions of Above Puzzle and Seating Arrangement Questions:

Solutions (1-5):

S1. Ans. (a)

S2. Ans. (c)

S3. Ans. (d)

S4. Ans. (d)

S5. Ans. (c)

Solutions (6-10):

Boxes

Sputnik

Covishield

AstraZeneca

Moderna

Covaxin

Pfizer

S6. Ans. (d)

S7. Ans. (b)

S8. Ans. (c)

S9. Ans. (d)

S10. Ans. (c)

Solutions (11-15):

S11. Ans.(b)

S12. Ans.(c)

S13. Ans.(e)

S14. Ans.(d)

S15. Ans.(b)

Solutions (16-20):

S16. Ans.(d)

S17. Ans.(c)

S18. Ans.(b)

S19. Ans.(a)

S20. Ans.(e)

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