Question 43
MediumOriginal questionSeven neighbours, Mehul, Nirmala, Oinam, Pallavi, Rakesh, Saira and Tushar, sit around a circular table with seven equally spaced seats, all facing the centre.
1. Pallavi sits second to the left of Mehul.
2. Rakesh sits third to the left of Pallavi.
3. Oinam sits next to both Mehul and Rakesh.
4. Saira sits immediately to the right of Pallavi.
5. Nirmala sits immediately to the right of Rakesh.
Going clockwise from Oinam (seen from above), how many people are passed before reaching Tushar?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: C
Explanation
Facing the centre, a person's left neighbour is the next seat clockwise (seen from above) and the right neighbour is the next seat anticlockwise.
Clockwise from Mehul: Mehul, _, Pallavi (second to his left). Rakesh is three seats clockwise from Pallavi: the sixth seat. Oinam, next to both Mehul and Rakesh, is the seventh.
Saira, on Pallavi's right, is the seat anticlockwise of Pallavi: second. Nirmala, on Rakesh's right, is the seat anticlockwise of Rakesh: fifth. Tushar is fourth.
Clockwise from Mehul: Mehul, Saira, Pallavi, Tushar, Nirmala, Rakesh, Oinam.
Clockwise from Oinam: Mehul, Saira, Pallavi, then Tushar. Three people are passed.
Worth noting
2 counts the other way round (Rakesh, Nirmala). The stem fixes the direction.
- Concept
- Counting in a stated direction on a circle
- Typical timeTypical
- 80 s
- Your timeYours
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