MAH MBA CET Sample Paper 2026

Given that there are 7 chairs numbered 1 to 7 east to west

Statement 3 states Fatima's seat number has the highest number of factors

From seat number 1 to 7, the number with the highest number of factors is 6, with four factors, i.e. 1, 2, 3 and 6.

So Fatima sits at seat number 6.

Similarly, the number with the second highest number of factors is 4, with three factors, i.e. 1, 2 and 4.

Hence, Binny sits at seat number 4.

Given Binny and Divya sit adjacent to each other with Divya's seat number being higher than Binny's

So, Divya sits at seat number 5.

As Charu sits second to the left of Girish, there is only two seats where they can be i.e. Seat 1 and 3

Hence, Charu sits at Seat 1 and Girish sits at Seat 3.

There are only two seats left, and given Abhay does not sit at the end seats.

So, Abhay sits at Seat 2 and Eshan sits at Seat 7.

So, the final arrangement is 

Hence, Fatima sits to the immediate left of Eshan.

Given that there are 7 chairs numbered 1 to 7 east to west

Statement 3 states Fatima's seat number has the highest number of factors

From seat number 1 to 7, the number with the highest number of factors is 6, with four factors, i.e. 1, 2, 3 and 6.

So Fatima sits at seat number 6.

Similarly, the number with the second highest number of factors is 4, with three factors, i.e. 1, 2 and 4.

Hence, Binny sits at seat number 4.

Given Binny and Divya sit adjacent to each other with Divya's seat number being higher than Binny's

So, Divya sits at seat number 5.

As Charu sits second to the left of Girish, there is only two seats where they can be i.e. Seat 1 and 3

Hence, Charu sits at Seat 1 and Girish sits at Seat 3.

There are only two seats left, and given Abhay does not sit at the end seats.

So, Abhay sits at Seat 2 and Eshan sits at Seat 7.

So, the final arrangement is

Hence, Girish sits on seat number 3.

Given that there are 7 chairs numbered 1 to 7 east to west

Statement 3 states Fatima's seat number has the highest number of factors

From seat number 1 to 7, the number with the highest number of factors is 6, with four factors, i.e. 1, 2, 3 and 6.

So Fatima sits at seat number 6.

Similarly, the number with the second highest number of factors is 4, with three factors, i.e. 1, 2 and 4.

Hence, Binny sits at seat number 4.

Given Binny and Divya sit adjacent to each other with Divya's seat number being higher than Binny's

So, Divya sits at seat number 5.

As Charu sits second to the left of Girish, there is only two seats where they can be i.e. Seat 1 and 3

Hence, Charu sits at Seat 1 and Girish sits at Seat 3.

There are only two seats left, and given Abhay does not sit at the end seats.

So, Abhay sits at Seat 2 and Eshan sits at Seat 7.

So, the final arrangement is

The sum of the seat numbers of Binny and Fatima is 4+6 = 10.

Given that there are 7 chairs numbered 1 to 7 east to west

Statement 3 states Fatima's seat number has the highest number of factors

From seat number 1 to 7, the number with the highest number of factors is 6, with four factors, i.e. 1, 2, 3 and 6.

So Fatima sits at seat number 6.

Similarly, the number with the second highest number of factors is 4, with three factors, i.e. 1, 2 and 4.

Hence, Binny sits at seat number 4.

Given Binny and Divya sit adjacent to each other with Divya's seat number being higher than Binny's

So, Divya sits at seat number 5.

As Charu sits second to the left of Girish, there is only two seats where they can be i.e. Seat 1 and 3

Hence, Charu sits at Seat 1 and Girish sits at Seat 3.

There are only two seats left, and given Abhay does not sit at the end seats.

So, Abhay sits at Seat 2 and Eshan sits at Seat 7.

So, the final arrangement is

So, 4 people sit between Abhay and Eshan.

From the clue given that a player who faces the table does not sit adjacent to someone who also faces the table, we understand that the directions alternate for the players around the round table. The configuration would look like, 

Now we are given that only European players face the table, and that seed 1 and 2 are facing each other. That means seed 1 and 2 are European. It is also given that pairs sitting opposite to each other, have their sum of seeds add up to a prime number. 

Before doing trial and error, we look at the next clue that says that seeds 3 and 8 sit on either side of seed 1, so that means seed 3 and 8 are not Europeans and 3 and 8 are not sitting opposite to each other. 

Now that 3 and 8 cannot be a prime number sum pair, we look at the only other possible option of pairs. 
1 and 2 (given)
3 and 4
5 and 8
6 and 7

We have the following arrangement using the clues thus far, 

Now we look at the clue that says that the player to the right of the second seed is not a top 4 seed. So, we see the possible configurations, we observe that either 4 or 5 can be placed adjacent to seed 2, that means seed 5 is to the right of seed 2. And the second part of that clue says, the player to the left of that player is not bottom 2. To the left of the 5th seed (considering the fact the player is facing away from the table) is either 6 or 7, since it is said not bottom 2, it is 6th seed. And using the prime number configuration we can find the remaining two players as well. 

The final configuration using all the clues is as follows. 

We see that 6 does not sit adjacent to 4. 

From the clue given that a player who faces the table does not sit adjacent to someone who also faces the table, we understand that the directions alternate for the players around the round table. The configuration would look like,

Now we are given that only European players face the table, and that seed 1 and 2 are facing each other. That means seed 1 and 2 are European. It is also given that pairs sitting opposite to each other, have their sum of seeds add up to a prime number.

Before doing trial and error, we look at the next clue that says that seeds 3 and 8 sit on either side of seed 1, so that means seed 3 and 8 are not Europeans and 3 and 8 are not sitting opposite to each other.

Now that 3 and 8 cannot be a prime number sum pair, we look at the only other possible option of pairs.
1 and 2 (given)
3 and 4
5 and 8
6 and 7

We have the following arrangement using the clues thus far,

Now we look at the clue that says that the player to the right of the second seed is not a top 4 seed. So, we see the possible configurations, we observe that either 4 or 5 can be placed adjacent to seed 2, that means seed 5 is to the right of seed 2. And the second part of that clue says, the player to the left of that player is not bottom 2. To the left of the 5th seed (considering the fact the player is facing away from the table) is either 6 or 7, since it is said not bottom 2, it is 6th seed. And using the prime number configuration we can find the remaining two players as well.

The final configuration using all the clues is as follows.

We see that Seed 5 is not European. 

From the clue given that a player who faces the table does not sit adjacent to someone who also faces the table, we understand that the directions alternate for the players around the round table. The configuration would look like,

Now we are given that only European players face the table, and that seed 1 and 2 are facing each other. That means seed 1 and 2 are European. It is also given that pairs sitting opposite to each other, have their sum of seeds add up to a prime number.

Before doing trial and error, we look at the next clue that says that seeds 3 and 8 sit on either side of seed 1, so that means seed 3 and 8 are not Europeans and 3 and 8 are not sitting opposite to each other.

Now that 3 and 8 cannot be a prime number sum pair, we look at the only other possible option of pairs.
1 and 2 (given)
3 and 4
5 and 8
6 and 7

We have the following arrangement using the clues thus far,

Now we look at the clue that says that the player to the right of the second seed is not a top 4 seed. So, we see the possible configurations, we observe that either 4 or 5 can be placed adjacent to seed 2, that means seed 5 is to the right of seed 2. And the second part of that clue says, the player to the left of that player is not bottom 2. To the left of the 5th seed (considering the fact the player is facing away from the table) is either 6 or 7, since it is said not bottom 2, it is 6th seed. And using the prime number configuration we can find the remaining two players as well.

The final configuration using all the clues is as follows.

We see that Option E is not a pair that is sitting adjacent to each other. 

We have the following table to fill according to the arrangement:

According to the statement 2, T attended the conference on Friday but not in New York and Q attended the conference in Paris

Further, statement 3 says that the person who attended the Tokyo conference did so on Wednesday.

Now, according to statement 4, S and Q attended the conference on consecutive days and none of them attended the conference on Tokyo. Therefore, none of them would have attended the conference on Wednesday. Hence, they attended the conference on Monday and Tuesday or they attended on Thursday and Friday.

However, T attended the conference on Thursday and Friday. Hence, S and Q must have attended the conference on Monday and Tuesday.

According to statement 1, P attended the conference in Sydney, he must have attended the conference on Thursday. Hence, R is left so he/she must have attended the conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.

Now, we are left with S and T to uniquely identify the locations. The remaining locations are London or New York so they must have attended at one of the location.

With this, we have the following table:

We have the following table to fill according to the arrangement:

According to the statement 2, T attended the conference on Friday but not in New York and Q attended the conference in Paris

Further, statement 3 says that the person who attended the Tokyo conference did so on Wednesday.

Now, according to statement 4, S and Q attended the conference on consecutive days and none of them attended the conference on Tokyo. Therefore, none of them would have attended the conference on Wednesday. Hence, they attended the conference on Monday and Tuesday or they attended on Thursday and Friday.

However, T attended the conference on Thursday and Friday. Hence, S and Q must have attended the conference on Monday and Tuesday.

According to statement 1, P attended the conference in Sydney, he must have attended the conference on Thursday. Hence, R is left so he/she must have attended the conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.

Now, we are left with S and T to uniquely identify the locations. The remaining locations are London or New York so they must have attended at one of the location.

With this, we have the following table:

We have the following table to fill according to the arrangement:

According to the statement 2, T attended the conference on Friday but not in New York and Q attended the conference in Paris

Further, statement 3 says that the person who attended the Tokyo conference did so on Wednesday.

Now, according to statement 4, S and Q attended the conference on consecutive days and none of them attended the conference on Tokyo. Therefore, none of them would have attended the conference on Wednesday. Hence, they attended the conference on Monday and Tuesday or they attended on Thursday and Friday.

However, T attended the conference on Thursday and Friday. Hence, S and Q must have attended the conference on Monday and Tuesday.

According to statement 1, P attended the conference in Sydney, he must have attended the conference on Thursday. Hence, R is left so he/she must have attended the conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.

Now, we are left with S and T to uniquely identify the locations. The remaining locations are London or New York so they must have attended at one of the location.

With this, we have the following table: