Five girls sitting in a row. Raashi is not adjacent to Grace or Adhya. Anu is not adjacent to Grace. Raashi is adjacent to Venus. Venus is at the middle in the row. Then Anu is adjacent to whom?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Raashi
In a row of five, the middle seat is the 3rd, and the girls at the two ends have only one neighbour each. The clues are placed one by one:
Venus is in the middle, so Venus is 3rd.
Raashi is next to Venus, so Raashi is 2nd or 4th. Take her as 2nd (the other case is the same row read from the other end).
Raashi’s other neighbour, in seat 1, cannot be Grace or Adhya, so Anu is 1st.
Grace and Adhya take seats 4 and 5 in either order. Anu is then far from Grace, which agrees with the clue that Anu is not next to Grace.
Anu sits at an end, so her only neighbour is Raashi.