Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Eight persons - A, B, C, D, P, Q, R, and S are sitting around a circle table, but not necessarily in the same order. Four of them is facing inside the center and four of them is facing outside the center.

Both the immediate neighbors of A face away from the center. Q faces towards the center and sits to the immediate left of B. A and B face towards the center and sit opposite to each other. Three people sit between Q and R. C and B are the immediate neighbors of D who faces away from the center. C faces away from the center. S is not an immediate neighbor of A.

Who of the following person is sitting between B and S when counted from the left of B?

The correct answer is Option Q.

Let us carefully work through all the clues to build the circular seating arrangement of eight persons — A, B, C, D, P, Q, R, and S — around a circular table, where 4 face the center (inward) and 4 face away (outward).

Step 1: Establish the A–B relationship

From the clue: "A and B face towards the center and sit opposite to each other."
So A and B are directly across from each other, both facing inward (toward center).
Let us fix A at position 1 (top) and B at position 5 (bottom) facing inward.

Step 2: Place Q relative to B

From the clue: "Q faces towards the center and sits to the immediate left of B."
Since B is at position 5, Q is at position 4 (immediate left of B in a circular arrangement), facing inward.

Step 3: Identify A's neighbors

From the clue: "Both the immediate neighbors of A face away from the center."
A is at position 1. So positions 2 and 8 (neighbors of A) both face outward.

Step 4: Place D, C, and B's neighbors

From the clue: "C and B are the immediate neighbors of D who faces away from the center."
So D is between C and B, and D faces outward. B is at position 5, so D must be at position 6 (immediate right of B).
Then C must be at position 7 (the other immediate neighbor of D).
Also: "C faces away from the center." — confirmed, C faces outward.

Step 5: Apply the "three people sit between Q and R" clue

Q is at position 4. Three people between Q and R means R is at position 8 (counting positions 5, 6, 7 between them going clockwise) — or position 1 going the other way, but position 1 is A.
So R is at position 8.

Step 6: Place S and P in remaining positions

Positions filled so far: 1=A, 4=Q, 5=B, 6=D, 7=C, 8=R.
Remaining positions: 2 and 3 for S and P.
Clue: "S is not an immediate neighbor of A."
A's neighbors are positions 2 and 8. Position 8 = R. So S must NOT be at position 2.
Therefore: S = position 3, P = position 2.

Step 7: Determine facing directions for remaining persons

Inward (center-facing): A (pos 1), Q (pos 4), B (pos 5) → we need one more inward-facing person.
Outward: positions 2 (P), 8 (R) — neighbors of A, confirmed outward. Also D (pos 6) and C (pos 7) face outward.
That gives 4 outward: P, R, D, C ✓
And 4 inward: A, Q, B, S ✓

Final Circular Arrangement (clockwise):

Pos 1 = A (inward)
Pos 2 = P (outward)
Pos 3 = S (inward)
Pos 4 = Q (inward)
Pos 5 = B (inward)
Pos 6 = D (outward)
Pos 7 = C (outward)
Pos 8 = R (outward)

Step 8: Answer the question

"Who is sitting between B and S when counted from the left of B?"
B is at position 5. Moving to the left of B (i.e., counterclockwise: 5 → 4 → 3):
— Position 4 = Q
— Position 3 = S
So the person sitting between B and S, counted from the left of B, is Q.

✅ The answer is Q.