Question 24
HardOriginal questionSix passengers, Harpreet, Imran, Jyoti, Kunal, Lavanya and Manav, sit in a row on a railway platform bench, all facing south towards the tracks.
1. Kunal sits at the western end of the bench.
2. Jyoti sits second to the left of Kunal.
3. Only one person sits between Jyoti and Manav.
4. Harpreet sits immediately to the left of Manav.
5. Imran does not sit next to Kunal.
Which passenger has the seat at the eastern end of the platform bench?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: C
Explanation
Facing south, a person's left hand points east and right hand points west. So the western end is the sitters' right end: Kunal is at the right end.
Jyoti is second to Kunal's left: fourth from the left end. One person between Jyoti and Manav puts Manav second (the other choice is Kunal's seat).
Harpreet is immediately left of Manav: the left end. Imran is not next to Kunal, so Imran is third and Lavanya fifth.
As they sit, left to right (east to west): Harpreet, Manav, Imran, Jyoti, Lavanya, Kunal.
The sitters' left end is the eastern end: Harpreet.
Worth noting
Anyone who takes 'left = west' out of habit puts Kunal at the left end and cannot place Jyoti second to his left at all; that dead end is the signal that the facing was ignored.
- Concept
- Left and right for a row facing south
- Typical timeTypical
- 120 s
- Your timeYours
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