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Mrunal [Aptitude] Logical Arrangement : Circular / Round Table Mrunal

[Aptitude] Logical Arrangement : Circular / Round Table

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Introduction
Circular arrangement
Step 1: Draw the diagrams
Step 2: Run the Checklist
Step 3: Proceed with questions

Introduction
There are 4 types of Logical-Arrangement questions
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Circular : Sitting In a Round Table

Linear : Sitting in rectangular table or row
Traits: List of people given, A lives in Hyderabad and prefers T and owns Maruti etc.
Family trees: A is the father of B who is mother Office

These problems are quite easy to solve but can be very time-consuming if you donot proceed in a proper manner.

Circular arrangement
It is the easiest of all arrangement questions.
However one point must be kept in mind: A is sitting adjacent to B= Either A is on left side of B OR A is on
right side of B. In short, youve to consider multiple possible cases during the calculation.
Lets try a question
6 people A to F are sitting in a round table. A is not adjacent to B or C; D is not adjacent to C or E; B and C are
adjacent; F is in the middle of D and C.
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Step 1: Draw the diagrams

It is compulsory to draw diagram. You cant solve the circular-arrangement with drawing diagrams.
Ok, Lot of people are not sitting adjacent to eachother but we cant use those negatives as starting-point to draw a
diagram.
Better take the positive statement B and C are adjacent as our starting point and proceed.
There are two possible cases
Either C is on the right side of B Or
C is on the left side of B.

Now use another positive statement: F is in the middle of D and C. Fill this in given cases
New diagrams look like this

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Now deal with the negative statements:A is not adjacent to B or C

Consider case#1: There are only two seats left: skyblue and orange colored.
But A cannot be seated in skyblue chair, because question statement says A is not adjacent to B or C
Therefore A can be seated only in orange chair for case #1 and
Similarly for case #2, A can be seated only in Red chair.
After A is seated, there is only one seat left and only one man (E) is left so we place him in the remaining seat.

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Alright all seats are now occupied, which means weve to run the checklist. IT serves two purposes
Incase you made any mistake in arrangement, youll find out at this stage OR
In One of the two cases, all checklist will not pass thus we can eliminate one possible case and will be left
with final perfect correct arrangement.

Step 2: Run the Checklist

Checklist

Case 1 Case 2

A is not adjacent to B or C

Pass

Pass

D is not adjacent to C or E

Pass

Pass

B and C are adjacent

Pass

Pass

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F is in the middle of D and C. Pass

Pass

Damn it, both cases are passing the checklist. Time for some questions

Step 3: Proceed with questions

Q1. If one neighbor of A is D, who is the other one?

Both cases are valid and in both cases A is sitting between D and E.
Therefore if one neighbor of A is D, then other is E. We get same neighbor E in both cases.
Ans. E is the other neighbor.

Q2. Who is sitting on the left hand side of A?

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Both case are valid and in first case, D is sitting on the left hand side of A.
But second case, E is sitting on the left hand side of A.
So we are not getting one definite answer. It can be either D or E. So final answer is
Ans. No conclusion. Cannot be determined. Data insufficient. D or E.

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Posted By Mrunal On 30/04/2012 @ 17:31 In the category Aptitude

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