Six boys are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. M is second to the right of K, and is sitting opposite to R. L and O are sitting opposite to each other. Neither L nor R is sitting beside F. Based on the above information, the following statements are given:
(A) F is sitting between M and O.
(B) R is second to the right of L.
(C) M is third to the left of R.
(D) M is third to the right of R.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) only
For people sitting round a table facing the centre, a person’s right is the anticlockwise direction (seen from above) and the left is clockwise. Six seats make three pairs of opposite seats.
Put K at the bottom. M is second to the right of K, so M is two seats anticlockwise from K.
R is opposite M, so R takes the seat across the table from M.
Three seats are left: the seat opposite K, and two seats opposite each other. L and O sit opposite each other, so they take those two, and F sits opposite K.
F’s neighbours are M and one of the two L–O seats. L is not beside F, so O sits beside F and L takes the other seat, beside K. R’s neighbours, K and O, include no F, as the question says.
(A) F is sitting between M and O. Correct. F’s two neighbours are M and O.
(B) R is second to the right of L. Incorrect. Two seats to L’s right (anticlockwise) is F. R is two seats clockwise from L, so R is second to the left of L.
(C) M is third to the left of R. Correct. M sits opposite R, and with six seats the opposite seat is third in either direction.
(D) M is third to the right of R. Correct. For the same reason, counting three seats either way from R ends at M.