College of Admission Tests Multan

Circular Ordering

Solve the question of and select the option from the choices A through D/E. Check your Answer and view the explanation.

Eight adults—A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H—are seated around the perimeter of a square table.

The following conditions are true about their seating:

An equal number of adults sits on each side of the table.

A woman is always seated next to a man.

Half of the adults are women.

A woman is always seated between two men.

Question: 2

If a man changes places with a woman to his right, which of the following must now be true?

  • One side of the table will seat just men.
  • One side of the table will seat just women.
  • At least two sides of the table will seat a man and a woman.
  • Two sides of the table will seat just men.
  • All sides of the table will seat a man and a woman.

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Correct Answer: C

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Choice E could possibly be true, depending upon which of the original seating plans you use, but choice C is true of the alterations of both original seating charts and hence “must be true.”