Eight girls, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W, are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. P and T are sitting opposite each other. R is sitting second to the left of P. V is sitting second to the left of T. Q and W are sitting opposite each other, but W is not an immediate neighbour of P. S is sitting between T and V.
How many girls are sitting between U and T, counted from the right of U?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → 4
Facing the centre, a person’s left is clockwise and the right is anticlockwise. Fix P’s seat and place the others around her.
T sits opposite P
R is second to the left of P, and V is second to the left of T (two seats clockwise from each)
Counting clockwise from T, V is two seats away; S sits between T and V, so S is the seat right after T clockwise
Three seats are left: the seat between P and R, the seat between R and T, and the seat between V and P
Q and W sit opposite each other; the only pair of opposite seats among these three is the seat between R and T and the seat between V and P
W is not next to P, so W sits between R and T and Q between V and P; U takes the seat between P and R
Clockwise from P the order is P, U, R, W, T, S, V, Q
Moving to the right of U (anticlockwise): P, Q, V, S, then T, so 4 girls (P, Q, V and S) sit between U and T
