sitting arrangement

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

Eight people - E, F, G, H, J, K, L and M - are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Each of them is of a different profession - Chartered Accountant, Columnist, Doctor, Engineer, Financial Analyst, Lawyer, Professor and Scientist, but not necessarily in the same order. F is sitting second to the left of K. The Scientist is an immediate neighbour of K. There are only three people between the Scientist and E. Only one person sits between the Engineer and E. The Columnist is on the immediate right of the Engineer. M is second to the right of K. H is the Scientist. G and J are immediate neighbours of each other. Neither G nor J is an Engineer. The Financial Analyst is on the immediate left of F. The Lawyer is second to the right of the Columnist. The Professor is an immediate neighbour of the Engineer. G is second to the right of the Chartered Accountant.

1. Who is sitting second to the right of E?
   1) The Lawyer 2) G 3) The Engineer 4) F 5) K

2. Who among the following is the Professor?
      1) F 2) L 3) M 4) K 5) J

3. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement
and hence form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
      1) Chartered Accountant - H 2) M – Doctor 3) J - Engineer 4) Financial Analyst – L 5) Lawyer - K

4. What is the position of L with respect to the Scientist?
      1) Third to the left 2) Second to the right 3) Second to the left 
      4) Third to the right  5) Immediate right

5. Which of the following statements is true according to the given arrangement?
    1) The Lawyer is second to the left of the Doctor.
    2) E is an immediate neighbour of the Financial Analyst.
    3) H sits exactly between F and the Financial Analyst.
    4) Only four people sit between the Columnist and F.
    5) All of the given statements are true.

Answer: 1-2; 2-4; 3-3; 4-2; 5-1

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order.
*C is an immediate neighbour of both G and A. E sits second to the left of C.
*Two people sit betwen E and H
*B is an immediate neighbour of G. Only one person sits between B and F.

6. What is the position of D with respect to H in the above arrangement?
    1) Third to the left 2) Immediate left 3) Fifth to the right
    4) Immediate right 5) Second to the right

7. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that         does not belong to that group?
      1) CH    2) FE    3) AB   4) GF    5) DC

8. Who sits second to the left of A?
      1) F     2) B    3) D    4) H      5) Cannot be determined

9. Who among the following is an immediate neighbour of both B and F?
      1) G       2) C      3) D      4) A      5) H

10. B is related to E in a certain way based on the given seating arrangement. In the same way A is            related to H. To whom amongst the following is D related to, following the same pattern?
     1) B        2) C      3) A      4) G       5) F

Answer 6–5; 7–2; 8–3; 9–5; 10–4