Ten persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing five persons each, such that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons.
Line 1: Five men (A-E) are seated and all of them are facing South.
Line 2: Five women (M-Q) are seated and all of them are facing North.
Based on the arrangement, answer the question:
D is opposite to M.
M is at one of the extreme ends of Line 2.
O is at the center position of Line 2.
Who is second to the right of M in Line 2 (facing North)?
Correct Answer :
O
Solution :
The correct option is O.
Let's analyze the given clues step-by-step to find the position of each person in Line 2.
Step 1: Understand the orientation
Line 2 consists of five women (M-Q) facing North.
For a row facing North:
- Left corresponds to the West (towards the left end of the row).
- Right corresponds to the East (towards the right end of the row).
Step 2: Determine the positions in Line 2
1. The clue states: "O is at the center position of Line 2."
Since there are 5 positions in Line 2 (positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 from left to right), the center position is position 3.
Therefore, O is at position 3.
2. The clue states: "M is at one of the extreme ends of Line 2."
The question asks for the person sitting "second to the right of M". For a person to have someone sitting two places to their right in a 5-person row, that person must be at the extreme left end (position 1).
If M were at the extreme right end (position 5), there would be no one to the right of M.
Thus, M is placed at the extreme left end (position 1).
Step 3: Find the person second to the right of M
- M is at position 1 (Extreme Left).
- First to the right of M is position 2.
- Second to the right of M is position 3, which is occupied by O.
Hence, the person sitting second to the right of M in Line 2 is O.
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