Seating Arrangement Exercise for CLAT Exam
CLAT Reasoning Quiz 13
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given beside.
Eight family members Anuj, Amit, Anu, Ajay, Ayush, Aarti, Anita, and Anupam are sitting around
a circular table, facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order.
Aarti, the wife of Ajay is sitting third to the right of Anu. Anuj is the son of Anupam. Anuj is
sitting second to the left of Ajay. Ajay is not an immediate neighbour to neither Aarti nor Anu.
No male is an immediate neighbour to Ajay. Anita sits second to the left of Ajay’s son. Only two
persons sit between Anupam and Anuj’s brother. Neither Anu nor Ajay is the brother of Anuj.
Ajay ‘s son and the wife of Ajay’s son are immediate neighbours to each other. Aarti is the
mother of Anupam. Aarti is not an immediate neighbours to Amit and Anita. Anita is the sister of
Ayush.
1. Who sits second to the left of Anita?
A. Anuj’s brother B. Anita’s mother
C. Ajay D. Amit’s father
2. Who among the following is Ajay’s son?
A. Ayush B. Anupam
C. Anuj D. Amit
3. How many people sit between Anuj and his brother?
A. None B. One
C. Two D. Three
4. Who among the following sits exactly between Anupam and Aarti?
A. Ajay’s wife B. Ajay’s son
C. Anu D. Anuj
5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and so
form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
A. Amit B. Anu
C. Anupam D. Anita
Correct Answers:
1 2 3 4 5
B D B D A
Common Explanations
Step 1: –
References:
... Aarti, the wife of Ajay is sitting third to the right of Anu. Anuj is sitting second to the
left of Ajay...
... Ajay is not an immediate neighbour of neither Aarti or Anu. No male is an immediate
neighbour of Ajay...
... Aarti is the mother of Anupam. Aarti is not an immediate neighbours of Amit and
Anita...
Step 2: –
References:
...Anuj is the son of Anupam. Anita sits second to the left of Ajay’s son...
...Ajay ‘s son and the wife of Ajay’s son are immediate neighbours of each other...
Step 3 : –
References:
...Only two persons sit between Anupam and Anuj’s brother. Neither Anu nor Ajay is the
brother of Anuj...
...Anita is the sister of Ayush...
Answers:
1. By referring to the final seating arrangement chart,
We can clearly observe from the figure that Anita's mother Anupam is sitting
second to the left of Anita.
Hence, option B is correct.
2. By referring to the final seating arrangement chart,
We can clearly observe from the figure that Amit is the son of Ajay.
Hence, option D is correct.
3. By referring to the final seating arrangement chart,
We can clearly observe from the figure that only one person (i.e. Aarti) is sitting
beween Anuj and his brother Ayush.
Hence, option B is correct.
4. By referring to the final seating arrangement chart,
We can clearly observe from the figure that Anuj is sitting between Anupam and
Aarti.
Hence, option D is correct.
5. By referring to the final seating arrangement chart,
We can clearly observe from the figure that except Amit, all are females.
Hence, option A is correct.
