Question 49
HardOriginal questionEight people, Ankit, Bela, Chandan, Dimple, Eshwar, Fiza, Gautam and Hiral, sit around a round table at eight equally spaced seats numbered 1 to 8 in clockwise order (as seen from above). All eight face outward, away from the centre.
1. Ankit sits in seat 1, and Dimple sits opposite him.
2. Bela sits immediately to the left of Ankit.
3. Chandan sits immediately to the right of Dimple.
4. Fiza sits between Chandan and Bela.
5. Eshwar sits second to the right of Ankit.
6. Hiral sits immediately to the left of Dimple.
Who occupies seat 4?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Facing outward, left and right swap compared with facing the centre: a person's left neighbour is the next seat anticlockwise (the lower seat number) and the right neighbour is the next seat clockwise (the higher number).
Ankit is in seat 1 and Dimple opposite in seat 5. Bela, on Ankit's left, is in seat 8. Eshwar, second to Ankit's right, is in seat 3.
Chandan, on Dimple's right, is in seat 6; Hiral, on Dimple's left, is in seat 4. Fiza is between Chandan and Bela: seat 7. Gautam takes seat 2.
Seats 1 to 8: Ankit, Gautam, Eshwar, Hiral, Dimple, Chandan, Fiza, Bela.
Seat 4 is Hiral's.
Worth noting
Chandan is the answer a solver gets by using the facing-the-centre rule (left = clockwise). The whole arrangement then comes out mirrored.
- Concept
- Numbered seats with everyone facing outward
- Typical timeTypical
- 120 s
- Your timeYours
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