Five girls are sitting in a row. Rashi is not adjacent to Sulekha or Abha. Anuradha is not adjacent to Sulekha. Rashi is adjacent to Manika. Manika is in the middle of the row. Then Anuradha is adjacent to whom out of the following?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Rashi
The fixed clue is placed first, and the others are added one by one. Number the seats 1 to 5 from the left:
Manika is in the middle, so she is in seat 3
Rashi is next to Manika, so she is in seat 2 or seat 4; take seat 2 (seat 4 gives the same row reversed)
Rashi’s other neighbour, in seat 1, cannot be Sulekha or Abha, so seat 1 is Anuradha
Sulekha and Abha take seats 4 and 5, and Anuradha is not next to Sulekha, as the question requires
Anuradha sits at the end of the row, so her only neighbour is Rashi.