P, Q, R, S, T are sitting around a circular table and all are facing the centre of table. R is to the right of P and second to the left of S. T is not between P and S. Who is second to the left of R?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Q
When people sit round a table facing the centre, each person’s left is the clockwise direction and the right is anticlockwise.
Start with S. R is second to the left of S, so R is two seats clockwise from S, with one seat between them.
R is to the right of P, that is, R is P’s anticlockwise neighbour, so P sits in the seat just clockwise of R.
The seats left are the one between S and R, and the one between P and S. T is not between P and S, so T sits between S and R, and Q takes the seat between P and S.
Going clockwise from R: first P, then Q. So Q is second to the left of R.
