Question 56
EasyOriginal questionSix friends, Jaya, Kabir, Lina, Manoj, Nikhil and Ojas, sit in two rows of three chairs facing each other. One row faces north and the other faces south, and each person faces exactly one person in the other row.
1. Jaya sits in the middle of a row and faces Lina.
2. Kabir faces north and sits immediately to the left of Jaya.
3. Ojas faces Kabir.
4. Nikhil sits in the same row as Kabir.
Who sits immediately to the left of Ojas?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
Row facing north: left is west, right is east. Row facing south: left is east, right is west. Each person faces the one in the same position of the other row.
Kabir faces north and sits next to Jaya, so Jaya is in the north-facing row too, in the middle. Kabir is on her left, the west side; Nikhil, in the same row, is at the east end.
Lina faces Jaya and Ojas faces Kabir, so the south-facing row has Ojas (west end) and Lina (middle); Manoj takes its east end.
West to east: north-facing row Kabir, Jaya, Nikhil; south-facing row Ojas, Lina, Manoj.
Ojas faces south, so his left is east: the next seat east is Lina's.
Worth noting
'No one' treats the west end as Ojas's left end; facing south, it is his right end.
- Concept
- Immediate left in a south-facing row
- Typical timeTypical
- 45 s
- Your timeYours
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