Read the following information to answer the question that follows:
(I) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a circle facing the center and playing a game of cards.
(II) E is an immediate neighbour of A and D.
(III) C is not between F and G;
(IV) G is second to the right of F.
(V) F is to the immediate right of A.
Who are the immediate neighbours of B?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → F and G
Let's solve this step by step.
We have 7 people (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) sitting in a circle facing center.
Step 1: Analyze the given information
- E is an immediate neighbor of A and D
→ Sequence: A – E – D (order clockwise or counterclockwise) - C is not between F and G
→ C is somewhere else - G is second to the right of F
- Since everyone faces the center, second to the right → skip one person clockwise from F → G
- F is to the immediate right of A
→ Sequence clockwise: A – F
Step 2: Combine sequences
- From (1) A – E – D
- From (4) A – F
→ This means F is to the immediate right of A, E is to the other side of A: A sits between E and F
So clockwise order: E – A – F
- From (3) G is second to the right of F → skip one person clockwise from F → G
- So if clockwise: F → ? → G
- Remaining persons: B and C
- Since C is not between F and G, B must be between F and G
Step 3: Complete the circle (clockwise order)
One possible arrangement:
E – A – F – B – G – D – C – (back to E)
Step 4: Find immediate neighbors of B
- B sits between F and G
Answer: F and G