SBI Reasoning Questions

Dear Reader,
Below are given seating arrangement questions for your practice.
Question 1
Answer the following questions based on the information provided.
i. Arun, Gokul, Sita, Ram, Anu, Pavi and Prem are sitting in a bench facing west.
ii. Sita is to the immediate left of Prem.

iii. Gokul is at the extreme end and Ram is his neighbour.
iv. Pavi is between Arun and Sita.
v. Anu is sitting third from the North end.
1. Who is sitting to the right of Pavi ?
a) Arun b) Ram c) Sita d) Anu
Answer : c) Sita
Reason :
To Solve these type of questions, first arrange the information.
From the first point, one can observe that there are 7 members and they are facing towards west direction.
In the next point, given that Sita is sitting to the left of Prem. So the arrangement will be,
Sita - Prem
Next, given that Gokul is at the extreme end. This condition is not clear, since there are two ends.
In this point, Pavi is between Arun and Sita. We already have placed Sita. From the condition the arrangement may be,
Arun - Pavi - Sita - Prem
The last point says that Anu is third from the North end i.e. Anu should be placed after Prem because the above arrangements are satisfied one and cannot be changed.
Before that Gokul should be placed at the extreme end so that Anu will be third from North. Ram is the neighbour of Gokul.
Arun - Pavi - Sita - Prem - Anu - Ram - Gokul
2. Who is sitting between Prem and Ram ?
a) Pavi b) Sita c) Arun d) Anu
Answer : d) Anu
3) Who is at the extreme end of South ?
a) Gokul b) Arun c) Prem d) Ram
Answer : b) Arun
4) Who is at the middle of the arrangement ?
a) Pavi b) Anu c) Prem d) Ram
Answer : c) Prem
Question 2
Answer the following 3 questions based on the information provided.
A team of 6 persons namely Alex, John, Anjali, Smith, Rosy and Sneha are sitting in a table facing center.
i. Sneha is sitting immediate right of John.
ii. Rosy is sitting second left to Sneha.
iii. Anjali is sitting third right of John and not neighbour of Rosy.
iv. Alex is sitting between Sneha and Anjali.
1. Who is sitting to the right of Anjali ?
a) Sneha b) Rosy c) Smith d) John
Answer : c) Smith
Reason :
From the above information we can plot as,
direction
2. Who is at the left of Alex ?
a) John b) Sneha c) Anjali d) Rosy
Answer : b) Sneha
3. Who is sitting opposite to John ?
a) John b) Rosy c) Anjali d) Sneha
Answer : d) Sneha