Eight friends, Amrit, Bobby, Tara, Usha, Vimal, Waseem, Yogita and Zoya, are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Vimal sits fourth to the right of Tara. Zoya sits third to the left of Tara, and Usha sits second to the left of Zoya. Amrit sits to the immediate right of Bobby. Yogita is not a neighbour of Tara. Waseem sits to the immediate left of Yogita.
Who sits second to the left of Amrit?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Zoya
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 right (or left) sits directly opposite. Number the seats 1 to 8 clockwise.
Put Tara in seat 1. Vimal is fourth to her right: seat 5, opposite Tara
Zoya is third to the left of Tara: seat 4. Usha is second to the left of Zoya: seat 6
Seats 2, 3, 7 and 8 are left for Amrit, Bobby, Waseem and Yogita
Amrit is one seat anticlockwise from Bobby, so (Amrit, Bobby) is (2, 3) or (7, 8)
Yogita is not next to Tara (not in seat 2 or 8), and Waseem is one seat clockwise from Yogita:
(Amrit, Bobby) = (7, 8): Yogita and Waseem take seats 2 and 3; Yogita cannot be in seat 2, and Yogita in seat 3 puts Waseem in seat 4 (Zoya’s): fails
(Amrit, Bobby) = (2, 3): Yogita in seat 7 and Waseem in seat 8, which fits
Clockwise: Tara, Amrit, Bobby, Zoya, Vimal, Usha, Yogita, Waseem
Second to the left of Amrit is two seats clockwise from seat 2, seat 4: Zoya
