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Seven individuals — A, B, C, D, E, F, and G — are seated around a circular table facing the centre. Each person hails from a different city: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Patna, though not necessarily in that order.
G sits third to the left of B, who is from Delhi. G belongs to Chennai. D, who is from Patna, sits third to the left of G. A, who is from Hyderabad, sits second to the right of D. E sits to the immediate left of A. The person from Bengaluru sits to the immediate left of A. F sits to the immediate left of B. The person from Mumbai is an immediate neighbour of C.
Which of the following statements is true?
Correct Answer :
The person from Kolkata sits second to the right of A.
Solution :
Correct Answer: The person from Kolkata sits second to the right of A.
Step-by-step Explanation:
Let us step-by-step deduce the seating arrangement of the seven individuals (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) around the circular table facing the centre. When individuals face the centre, moving clockwise corresponds to their left, and moving counter-clockwise corresponds to their right.
1. Placing B, G, and D:
- B is from Delhi. Let us place B at Position 1.
- G is from Chennai and sits 3rd to the left of B. Moving 3 positions clockwise from Position 1 places G at Position 4.
- D is from Patna and sits 3rd to the left of G. Moving 3 positions clockwise from Position 4 places D at Position 7.
2. Placing A, E, and F:
- A is from Hyderabad and sits 2nd to the right of D (Position 7). Moving 2 positions counter-clockwise from Position 7 places A at Position 5.
- E sits to the immediate left of A (Position 5), which places E at Position 6.
- The clue states that the person from Bengaluru sits to the immediate left of A, so E is from Bengaluru.
- F sits to the immediate left of B (Position 1), which places F at Position 2.
3. Placing C and determining cities for F and C:
- The only remaining position for C is Position 3.
- The immediate neighbours of C (Position 3) are Position 2 (F) and Position 4 (G, Chennai). Since the person from Mumbai is an immediate neighbour of C, F must be from Mumbai.
- The only remaining city, Kolkata, must belong to C.
Final Seating Summary (Positions 1 to 7 clockwise):
- Position 1: B (Delhi)
- Position 2: F (Mumbai)
- Position 3: C (Kolkata)
- Position 4: G (Chennai)
- Position 5: A (Hyderabad)
- Position 6: E (Bengaluru)
- Position 7: D (Patna)
Evaluating the Statements:
- Statement 1: The person from Hyderabad (A) sits to the immediate left of B. (False, F is to the immediate left of B).
- Statement 2: E is an immediate neighbour of B. (False, B's neighbours are D and F).
- Statement 3: C sits second to the left of D. (False, F sits second to the left of D).
- Statement 4: The person from Kolkata sits second to the right of A. (True, C is from Kolkata and sits at Position 3, which is 2 positions to the right of A at Position 5).
- Statement 5: F sits second to the right of E. (False, G sits second to the right of E).
Hence, the correct statement is "The person from Kolkata sits second to the right of A."
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