Question 48
HardOriginal questionSix friends, Gurpreet, Hema, Irfan, Jasmine, Kiran and Lalit, sit around a circular table with equally spaced seats. Some of them face the centre and the others face outward, away from the centre.
1. Gurpreet faces the centre and sits opposite Jasmine.
2. Hema sits immediately to the left of Gurpreet.
3. Irfan faces outward and sits second to the right of Hema.
4. Both immediate neighbours of Jasmine face outward.
5. Lalit sits next to Hema.
6. Kiran sits immediately to the left of Jasmine.
Who sits immediately to the right of Kiran?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Facing the centre, left = next seat clockwise; facing outward, left = next seat anticlockwise (seen from above). Gurpreet faces the centre, so Hema is the next seat clockwise from him; Jasmine is opposite him.
Irfan is second to Hema's right. If Hema faced outward, her right would be clockwise and Irfan would land on Jasmine's seat. So Hema faces the centre and Irfan is two seats anticlockwise of her: the seat just anticlockwise of Gurpreet.
Lalit sits next to Hema: the seat between Hema and Jasmine. Kiran takes the seat after Jasmine. Clockwise from Gurpreet: Gurpreet, Hema, Lalit, Jasmine, Kiran, Irfan.
Lalit and Kiran face outward (clue 4). Kiran is the next seat clockwise from Jasmine and is on her left, so Jasmine faces the centre.
Kiran faces outward, so his right is the next seat clockwise: Irfan.
Worth noting
Jasmine would be Kiran's right-hand neighbour only if he faced the centre.
- Concept
- Right for a person facing outward
- Typical timeTypical
- 120 s
- Your timeYours
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