PassEveryTest
English

Logical Reasoning Test Practice Course: Ordering and seating puzzles

Untimed topic quiz: 16 questions on Ordering and seating puzzles, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.

  • Course
  • Canada
  • 99 questions
  • Checked October 13, 2026
  • Fact-checked October 13, 2026
Start with the lessonsLogical Reasoning Course: Lessons: about 180 minutes of reading. Every test question is covered in the lessons.

Topic quiz 4: Ordering and seating puzzles

  1. Question 1 of 16

    Ana is taller than Ben. Ben is taller than Cal. Who is the shortest?
    Show answer

    Answer: D. Cal

    Put them in order from tallest: Ana, Ben, Cal. Cal is shortest.

  2. Question 2 of 16

    Pat is older than Quinn. Rae is older than Quinn. Sol is younger than Quinn. No two are the same age. Who is the oldest?
    Show answer

    Answer: A. Cannot be determined

    Pat and Rae are both older than Quinn, but nothing compares Pat with Rae. Either could be oldest.

  3. Question 3 of 16

    Four parcels sit in a row on a shelf. The red parcel is at the far left. The green parcel is right next to the red one. The blue parcel is not at the far right. Where is the yellow parcel?
    Show answer

    Answer: C. Far right

    Red is 1st and green must be 2nd. Blue cannot be 4th, so blue is 3rd and yellow is at the far right.

  4. Question 4 of 16

    Five staff arrived at work one after another. Gus arrived first and Hal arrived last. Dee arrived after Fay but before Eli. Who arrived third?
    Show answer

    Answer: D. Dee

    Gus is 1st and Hal is 5th. Places 2 to 4 go to Fay, Dee and Eli in that order, so Dee is 3rd.

  5. Question 5 of 16

    Ravi, Sue, Tom and Uma sit at a square table, one on each side, all facing the centre. Ravi sits opposite Sue. Tom sits immediately to Ravi's left. Who sits immediately to Ravi's right?
    Show answer

    Answer: A. Uma

    Sue is opposite Ravi and Tom is on his left, so the only seat left, on Ravi's right, belongs to Uma.

  6. Question 6 of 16

    In a sales contest, Max scored higher than Kim, and Kim scored higher than Lou. Ned scored higher than Max. Ola scored lower than Ned but higher than Max. No two scores were the same. Who came second?
    Show answer

    Answer: B. Ola

    The order from highest is Ned, Ola, Max, Kim, Lou. Ola is second.

  7. Question 7 of 16

    Five training sessions run from Monday to Friday, one each day: first aid, fire safety, WHMIS, customer service and driving. First aid is on Wednesday. Fire safety is the day before first aid. Driving is not on Monday. Customer service is later in the week than driving. Which session is on Monday?
    Show answer

    Answer: C. WHMIS

    First aid is Wednesday and fire safety Tuesday. Driving cannot be Monday and must come before customer service, so driving is Thursday, customer service Friday, and WHMIS Monday.

  8. Question 8 of 16

    Six customers, P, Q, R, S, T and U, stand in a line. R is first. P is third. Q stands directly behind P. U is last. S is ahead of T. How many people stand between R and T?
    Show answer

    Answer: A. 3

    The line is R, S, P, Q, T, U. Between R (1st) and T (5th) are S, P and Q: 3 people.

  9. Question 9 of 16

    Five companies share a five-floor building, one per floor. Cove is on floor 1. Delta is on the floor directly above Cove. Apex is on a higher floor than Birch. Echo is not on the top floor (floor 5). Which company must be on floor 5?
    Show answer

    Answer: B. Apex

    Cove is on 1 and Delta on 2. Floor 5 must go to Apex or Birch (Echo is ruled out), and Apex is above Birch, so Apex is on 5.

  10. Question 10 of 16

    Three meetings (budget, hiring and safety) are held at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., one each hour, in Rooms 1, 2 and 3, one meeting per room. The budget meeting is at 10. The safety meeting is earlier than the hiring meeting. The meeting in Room 3 is at 11. The budget meeting is not in Room 1. Which room is the safety meeting in?
    Show answer

    Answer: A. Room 1

    Budget is at 10, so safety is at 9 and hiring at 11, in Room 3. Budget is not in Room 1, so it is in Room 2 and safety is in Room 1.

  11. Question 11 of 16

    Six people, Ali, Bea, Cy, Dan, Eve and Flo, sit evenly around a round table, all facing the centre. Ali sits directly opposite Dan. Bea sits immediately to Ali's left. Eve sits immediately to Dan's left. Cy does not sit next to Bea. Who sits immediately to Dan's right?
    Show answer

    Answer: D. Flo

    Place Ali, then Dan opposite. Bea and Eve take the seats to their left. Cy cannot sit beside Bea, so Cy is on Ali's right and Flo is on Dan's right.

  12. Question 12 of 16

    A driver makes five stops: a bakery, a clinic, the depot, a florist and a garage. The depot is the first stop. The clinic comes immediately after the bakery. The garage comes before the florist. The florist is not the last stop. Which stop is fourth?
    Show answer

    Answer: D. The bakery

    Test where the bakery-clinic pair can go. Only depot, garage, florist, bakery, clinic keeps the florist off the last stop, so the bakery is fourth.

  13. Question 13 of 16

    Six teams have offices numbered 1 to 6 in a row: HR, IT, Legal, Payroll, Sales and Training. IT is in office 2. Payroll is next to IT, in the higher-numbered office. HR is in an end office. Sales is next to HR. Legal is not in office 1. Which team is in office 4?
    Show answer

    Answer: D. Legal

    IT is 2 and Payroll 3. HR cannot be in 1, because Sales would need office 2, so HR is 6 and Sales 5. Legal is not 1, so Legal is 4 and Training 1.

  14. Question 14 of 16

    Five vehicles park in spaces 1 to 5 in a row: a van, a truck, a sedan, a coupe and an SUV. The truck is in space 5. The van is next to the truck. The sedan is not next to the van. The coupe is in a lower-numbered space than the SUV. Which statement must be true?
    Show answer

    Answer: B. The SUV is in space 3

    The van is in 4, so the sedan must be in 1 or 2. Either way the coupe takes the other low space and the SUV is in 3.

  15. Question 15 of 16

    Five runners finished a race with no ties. Leo finished ahead of Ivy, and Ivy finished ahead of Jay. Kit finished behind Leo. Mae finished last. Which statement must be true?
    Show answer

    Answer: B. Leo finished first

    Leo is ahead of Ivy, Jay and Kit, and Mae is last, so Leo is first. The order of the others can change, so the other options are only possible.

  16. Question 16 of 16

    Jo, Kai, Liv and Mo each use one of four desks numbered 1 to 4 in a row. Kai's desk number is higher than Jo's. Liv is not at desk 1. Mo sits next to Liv. Which statement could be true?
    Show answer

    Answer: B. Jo sits at desk 3

    Jo at desk 3 works: Mo 1, Liv 2, Jo 3, Kai 4. Each of the others breaks a clue in every arrangement.

Related tests