Eight friends, Ishan, Jaya, Kamal, Leena, Mohit, Naveen, Parul and Rekha, are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Kamal sits second to the left of Ishan, and Leena sits fourth to the left of Ishan. Naveen sits third to the right of Leena. Parul sits to the immediate left of Mohit. Rekha is not a neighbour of Ishan, and Jaya is not a neighbour of Leena.
Who sits second to the right of Mohit?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Rekha
Facing the centre, a person’s left is the next seat clockwise and the right is the next seat anticlockwise. With 8 seats, the person fourth to the left (or right) sits directly opposite. Number the seats 1 to 8 clockwise.
Put Ishan in seat 1. Kamal is second to his left: seat 3. Leena is fourth to his left: seat 5, opposite Ishan
Naveen is third to the right of Leena, three seats anticlockwise from seat 5: seat 2
Seats 4, 6, 7 and 8 are left for Jaya, Mohit, Parul and Rekha
Jaya is not next to Leena, so Jaya is not in seat 4 or 6; Rekha is not next to Ishan, so Rekha is not in seat 8
Parul is one seat clockwise from Mohit, so (Mohit, Parul) is (6, 7) or (7, 8):
(7, 8): seats 4 and 6 are left for Jaya and Rekha, but Jaya can be in neither, so this fails
(6, 7): seats 4 and 8 are left; Jaya cannot be in seat 4, so Jaya is in seat 8 and Rekha in seat 4
Clockwise: Ishan, Naveen, Kamal, Rekha, Leena, Mohit, Parul, Jaya
Second to the right of Mohit is two seats anticlockwise from seat 6, seat 4: Rekha
