Seven persons, Lata, Sneha, Nisha, Rashi, Gori, Madhu and Tisha, are standing in a row facing North, in order of height: the person at the extreme left is the shortest and the person at the extreme right is the tallest. Lata stands third to the left of Rashi, and Sneha stands third to the left of Gori. Only one person stands between Sneha and Rashi. Nisha is shorter than Madhu but is not the shortest in the group. Tisha stands at the extreme right end of the row.
What is the position of Sneha with respect to Rashi?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Second to the left
Since the row goes from shortest to tallest, “shorter than” means “to the left of”. Number the places 1 to 7 from the left; Tisha is in place 7.
Lata is third to the left of Rashi, so Rashi is in place 4, 5 or 6
Sneha is third to the left of Gori, and place 7 is Tisha’s, so Gori is in place 4, 5 or 6 and Sneha in place 1, 2 or 3
Rashi in place 4: Lata is in place 1; Sneha is two places from Rashi, so Sneha is in place 2 and Gori in place 5
Places 3 and 6 are left for Nisha and Madhu; Nisha is shorter, so Nisha is in place 3 and Madhu in place 6
Nisha is not the shortest, so this arrangement fits every condition
Rashi in place 5: Lata is in place 2, Sneha in place 3 and Gori in place 6
Places 1 and 4 are left; Nisha, being shorter than Madhu, would be in place 1, the shortest, which is not allowed
Rashi in place 6: Sneha would have to be in place 4 or 8, but she must be in place 1, 2 or 3, so this fails
The only row is Lata, Sneha, Nisha, Rashi, Gori, Madhu, Tisha. Sneha is in place 2 and Rashi in place 4, so Sneha is second to the left of Rashi
