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Blood relation with seating arrangement

These are type of dicult sitting arrangement questions
being asked latest in SBI-PO 2015 Mains & IBPS PO Mains
2015 Exam. An example is shown below:
A,B,C,D,E,F,GandHaresittingaroundacirculartable.
AllareAsrelativesas:Brother,Brotherinlaw,Sister,
Sisterinlaw,Mother,Father&Wife.
1.NeitherAnorDsitwithwifeormother.
2.Assisterinlaw&sistersitoppositetoeachother.
3.HisntbloodrelativeofA.
4.Fsits3rdtorightofB.
5.NeitherFnorH,whosits2ndtoleftofA,isthewifeofA.
6.E,thefathersits3rdtorightofbrotherinlaw.
7.DsitsoppositetoG,afirstgenerationfemale,whoisnot
Asneighbor.

What Exactly Goes Wrong?

Such questions become critical as they are
really scoring if solved with correct strategy.
But many people dont attempt such seating
arrangement as they cant find the starting
points and connecting dots for such
questions.
Due to constraint of time, candidates opt to
not to attempt question as they can be really
time consuming if not attempted with
correct strategy.

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What Is Starting Point & How To Find It?

Starting point is important information in the question
which, primarily, tells about the position of specic
persons. Usually, the question starts with negative
information which doesnt tell the exact position.
Remember, Negative information such as Neither/Nor..
can only give relative positions so it can never be a starting
point.
For example, in the example above, the starting point can
be:
1. F sits 3rd to right of B.
2. H, who sits 2nd to left of A
Here, we will start with position of B. This gives us 4
possibilities:

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3. E, the father sits 3rd to right of brother-in-law. this

creates 2 additional possibilities for 1st and 2nd:

So far, weve got 6 possibilities using Starting Points.

Lets solve using Connecting Dots.
What are Connecting Dots?
Connecting dots are the little pieces of information in the
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question that tends to provide further arrangement based

on the position of people already seated. Connecting dots
in the question above:
1. D sits opposite to G, a rst generation female, who is not
As neighbor.
G is Mother as she belongs to 1st generation. This will
eliminate 2a) & 4) possibility and the remaining space is
allotted to C.

3. No we know the position of Mother, so well use the info

connected with Mother.
Neither F nor H is the wife of A. Neither A nor D sit with
wife or mother. this eliminates possibility 2b)

4. As sister-in-law & sister sit opposite to each other.

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This eliminates 1a) & 1b) possibilities as only 3) possibility

has space for two people opposite to each other without
any relation tag.
H isnt blood relative of A. H is sister-in-law & F is sister
while B is brother(only relation left).

Now we have got the sitting arrangement with properly

using Starting Points and Connecting the dots.
Caution:
This can be a bit of time consuming with respect to amount
of time we invest in drawing all the possibilities.
1. But if we practice enough and get the hang of how
possibilities are made then such questions can easily
solved within 7-10 minutes.
2. Always remember to make as many possibilities as
possible because accuracy of such questions depends on
your ability to imagine the possible positions of various
people & striking the correct one in the end after all the
conditions have been met.
3. Just keep practicing the possibilities diagram & when
youll get hang of it, such passages will become easier to
solve.
4. Also, try to solve such complicated passages in the last
10-15 minutes after youve done all the easy & less-timeconsuming part as these passages require un-divided
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attention which can only be given when were not under

pressure.
We hope the above post would have cleared all your
doubts related to the topic Circular Seating Arrangement.
You can now take the quiz on SBI Clerk 2016 Circular
Seating Arrangement.

Circular Seating Arrangement Quiz for Bank Exam

Thanks
GradeUp Team

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