Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below:
(i) P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting around a circle and are facing the center (not necessarily in the same order).
(ii) V is second to the left of R, who is to the immediate left of U.
(iii) P is the third to the left of T.
(iv) Q is between S and T.
Which of the following is the position of U?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Fourth to the right of S
For people sitting round a circle and facing the centre, a person’s left is the clockwise direction and the right is anticlockwise. The clues are placed one by one, going clockwise from R:
R is to the immediate left of U, so R is the next seat clockwise from U.
V is second to the left of R, so V is two seats clockwise from R, with one empty seat between them.
Three seats are now left after V (going clockwise) and one between R and V. P is third to the left of T:
T in the first or second free seat after V would put P on U’s or R’s seat, so neither works.
T in the seat between R and V would have R and V as neighbours, leaving Q no seat next to T, so this fails too.
So T takes the last free seat before U, and P, three seats on, takes the seat between R and V.
Q is between S and T, so Q sits next to T and S next to Q, after V.
Going clockwise the order is R, P, V, S, Q, T, U. Counting from S to the right (anticlockwise): V is 1st, P 2nd, R 3rd and U 4th.
