Eight friends, Mahi, Ramesh, Sashi, Rohit, Gaurav, Chanchal, Sonal and Shivani, are sitting one at each corner of an octagonal table, facing the centre. Mahi is diagonally opposite Ramesh, who is on Sashi’s immediate right. Rohit is next to Sashi and opposite Gaurav, who is on Chanchal’s immediate left. Sonal is not on Mahi’s immediate right, and Sonal is opposite Shivani.
Who is on Shivani’s immediate right?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Rohit
Facing the centre, moving to a person’s left means moving clockwise and moving to the right means moving anticlockwise. With eight seats, the person opposite is four seats away.
Ramesh is on Sashi’s immediate right: Ramesh is the seat just anticlockwise of Sashi
Mahi is diagonally opposite Ramesh: Mahi is four seats from Ramesh
Rohit is next to Sashi; the seat on one side of Sashi is Ramesh’s, so Rohit is the seat just clockwise of Sashi
Gaurav is opposite Rohit, and Gaurav is on Chanchal’s immediate left, so Chanchal is the seat just anticlockwise of Gaurav, next to Mahi
Clockwise from Mahi the table now reads Mahi, Chanchal, Gaurav, (empty), Ramesh, Sashi, Rohit, (empty). The two empty seats are opposite each other, so they go to Sonal and Shivani
Mahi’s immediate right is the empty seat between Rohit and Mahi. Sonal is not there, so Shivani sits between Rohit and Mahi and Sonal sits between Gaurav and Ramesh
Shivani’s immediate right is the seat just anticlockwise of her: Rohit
