Five students are standing in a circle and all are facing the centre of the circle. Abhinav is between Alok and Ankur. Apurva is on the left of Abhishek. Alok is on the left of Apurva. Who is standing next to Abhinav on his right?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Alok
When people stand in a circle facing the centre, a person’s left neighbour is the next one clockwise (seen from above) and the right neighbour the next one anticlockwise.
“Apurva is on the left of Abhishek”: going clockwise, Abhishek is followed by Apurva.
“Alok is on the left of Apurva”: Apurva is followed by Alok, giving Abhishek, Apurva, Alok clockwise.
“Abhinav is between Alok and Ankur”: the two places left are filled as Alok, Abhinav, Ankur, and Ankur stands next to Abhishek to close the circle.
Going clockwise from Abhinav comes Ankur, his left neighbour, so the person on Abhinav’s right is Alok.