Read the information given below carefully and answer the questions.

Five boys are standing in a row facing east. Pavan is to the left of Tavan, vipin, chavan. Tavan vipin, chavan are to the left of Nakul. Chavan is between Tavan and vipin. If vipin is fourth from the left, then how far is Tavan from the right?

Correct Answer: The correct option is Fourth.

Step-by-step Explanation:

Let's analyze the given information step by step to determine the linear order of the five boys standing in a row facing East.

1. Determine Direction/Orientations:

When five boys are standing in a row facing East:

• The Left end corresponds to the North side (top end of the row from left to right).

• The Right end corresponds to the South side (bottom end of the row from left to right).

• Left-to-Right order from position 1 to 5 corresponds to: Position 1 (Leftmost / 1st from Left) to Position 5 (Rightmost / 5th from Left / 1st from Right).

2. Analyze the given clues:

• Clue 1: "Pavan is to the left of Tavan, Vipin, Chavan."
This means Pavan is positioned to the left of all three of them. Since there are 5 boys in total and Nakul is also mentioned, Pavan must be at the extreme left end.

$\text{Position 1 (Extreme Left) = Pavan}$

• Clue 2: "Tavan, Vipin, Chavan are to the left of Nakul."
This means Nakul is to the right of Tavan, Vipin, and Chavan. Since Pavan is already at the extreme left (Position 1), Nakul must be at the extreme right end.

$\text{Position 5 (Extreme Right) = Nakul}$

• Clue 3: "If Vipin is fourth from the left..."
Positioning from Left to Right: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.
Therefore, Vipin is at Position 4.

$\text{Position 4 = Vipin}$

• Clue 4: "Chavan is between Tavan and Vipin."
Since Pavan is at Position 1 and Vipin is at Position 4, Chavan must be at Position 3 (between Tavan at Position 2 and Vipin at Position 4).

$\text{Position 2 = Tavan}$
$\text{Position 3 = Chavan}$

3. Complete Seating Arrangement (Left to Right):

1st from Left: Pavan
2nd from Left: Tavan
3rd from Left: Chavan
4th from Left: Vipin
5th from Left: Nakul

4. Find Tavan's position from the right end:

Counting positions from the Right (starting from Nakul at position 5):

• 1st from Right = Nakul (Position 5)
• 2nd from Right = Vipin (Position 4)
• 3rd from Right = Chavan (Position 3)
• 4th from Right = Tavan (Position 2)

Thus, Tavan is Fourth from the right end.