Question 62
MediumOriginal 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.
Which three of the six friends in the two rows of chairs face south?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
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.
Lina, Manoj and Ojas make up the south-facing row.
Worth noting
Without the words 'Kabir faces north' the puzzle would have two answers, one the other turned round by 180 degrees; that clue decides which row is which.
- Concept
- Deciding row membership from a facing clue
- Typical timeTypical
- 80 s
- Your timeYours
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