Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven persons - A, B, C, D, E, F and G sit around a circular table and face the centre. Each of them is from different city- Jaipur, Meerut, Pune, Agra, Bhopal, Ranchi and Surat. All the information given below is not necessarily in the same order.
C sits second to the right of the one who is from Jaipur. Three persons sit between the ones who is from Jaipur and Pune. G sits fifth to the left of the one who is from Pune and is an immediate neighbour of the one who is from Agra. E sits second to the left of the one who is from Agra. D sits fourth to the right A who is from Ranchi. F is not from Jaipur. F and the one who is from Meerut are immediate neighbours. G is not from Bhopal.
What is the position of the person who is from Surat with respect to A?
Correct Answer :
Fifth to the right
Solution :
The correct answer is Fifth to the right.
Step-by-step Explanation:
Let us represent the 7 positions on the circular table facing the centre with numbers 1 to 7 in clockwise order. Since all persons face the centre:
Let the person from Jaipur be at position 1.
C sits second to the right of the one from Jaipur. Going counter-clockwise (right): 1 ⇒ 7 ⇒ 6. So, C is at position 6.
Three persons sit between Jaipur (position 1) and Pune. In a circle of 7, having 3 persons between two positions means they are separated by 3 seats on one side and 2 seats on the other.
If we count counter-clockwise: 1 ⇒ 7, 6, 5 (three persons) ⇒ 4. Thus, the person from Pune is at position 4.
G sits fifth to the left of the one from Pune (position 4). Moving clockwise (left) 5 steps from 4:
4 ⇒ 5 ⇒ 6 ⇒ 7 ⇒ 1 ⇒ 2.
So, G is at position 2.
G is an immediate neighbour of the one from Agra. The neighbours of position 2 are 1 and 3. Since position 1 is already Jaipur, the person from Agra must be at position 3.
E sits second to the left of Agra (position 3). Moving clockwise (left) 2 steps from 3:
3 ⇒ 4 ⇒ 5.
So, E is at position 5.
D sits fourth to the right of A, who is from Ranchi.
Let's find a position for A (Ranchi). The remaining positions for A are 7 (since positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 are occupied or assigned to other details).
If A is at position 7 (Ranchi):
Moving counter-clockwise (right) 4 steps from 7: 7 ⇒ 6 ⇒ 5 ⇒ 4 ⇒ 3.
Thus, D is at position 3 (Agra).
F is not from Jaipur (position 1). Therefore, F is at position 4 (Pune), which leaves B at position 1 (Jaipur).
F (position 4) and the one from Meerut are immediate neighbours. Since D at position 3 is from Agra, the neighbour at position 5 (E) must be from Meerut. So, E is from Meerut.
G is not from Bhopal. The remaining cities are Bhopal and Surat. Therefore, G is from Surat and C is from Bhopal.
| Position | Person | City |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Jaipur |
| 2 | G | Surat |
| 3 | D | Agra |
| 4 | F | Pune |
| 5 | E | Meerut |
| 6 | C | Bhopal |
| 7 | A | Ranchi |
We need to find the position of the person from Surat (G at position 2) with respect to A (at position 7).
Starting from A (position 7) and moving counter-clockwise (to the right):
7 ⇒ 6 ⇒ 5 ⇒ 4 ⇒ 3 ⇒ 2 (which is the 5th position to the right).
Therefore, the person from Surat is Fifth to the right of A.
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