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Double Row Seating Questions with Solutions

Two rows face each other, and every clue about one row has a mirror effect on the other — the method is still Seating Arrangement’s clue-by-clue elimination, just tracking two rows and the "faces" relationship between them. Here’s the approach, one shared puzzle with four fully worked questions, and a few more to try yourself.

The approach, quickly

  • Draw two parallel rows of blank slots. Unless stated otherwise, the person in a given position in one row faces the person in the SAME position (counted from the same side) in the other row.
  • Place the most restrictive clues first — an exact end position ("sits at the extreme left of Row 1") — exactly as in single-row Seating Arrangement.
  • A "faces" clue links one slot in Row 1 directly to one slot in Row 2 — use it to transfer information you’ve already fixed in one row across to the other.
  • Fill in whatever is forced directly by the clues first; the last remaining person for the last remaining slot in each row is then fixed by elimination.

Worked examples

1. Four people — A, B, C and D — sit in Row 1, facing South. Four people — P, Q, R and S — sit in Row 2, facing North, each directly facing one person in Row 1. A sits at the extreme left end of Row 1. D sits at the extreme right end of Row 1. B sits second from the left in Row 1. Q faces A. P sits immediately to the right of Q in Row 2. R faces D. Who sits at the extreme right end of Row 1?

Solution

  1. Row 1: A is at position 1 (extreme left), D is at position 4 (extreme right), B is at position 2 — by elimination, C is at position 3.
  2. Row 2: Q faces A, so Q is at position 1. P is immediately right of Q, so P is at position 2. R faces D, so R is at position 4 — by elimination, S is at position 3.
  3. Full arrangement — Row 1: A, B, C, D. Row 2: Q, P, S, R.

Answer: D

2. Using the same puzzle and clues, who faces B?

Solution

  1. From the full arrangement, B is at position 2 in Row 1, and the person at position 2 in Row 2 is P.

Answer: P

3. Using the same puzzle and clues, who sits immediately to the left of C in Row 1?

Solution

  1. From the full arrangement — A, B, C, D — the person immediately to the left of C (position 3) is B (position 2).

Answer: B

4. Using the same puzzle and clues, who faces the person sitting second from the left in Row 1?

Solution

  1. The person second from the left in Row 1 is B (position 2), and the person facing position 2 in Row 2 is P.

Answer: P

Try these yourself

Using the same puzzle and clues above, answer these, then check against the answer.

1. Using the same puzzle and clues, who sits at the extreme left end of Row 1?

Answer: A

2. Using the same puzzle and clues, who faces D?

Answer: R

3. Using the same puzzle and clues, who sits between Q and S in Row 2?

Answer: P

Where this comes up

Double Row Seating is a regular topic in the Reasoning/General Intelligence section of every exam Pariksha Saathi covers — SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI PO and SBI Clerk.

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