Study the given information carefully and answer the given questions. Asha,…
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Study the given information carefully and answer the given questions. Asha, Bina, Chitra, Deena, Ena, Fita, Gita, and Hema are sitting around a circular table, facing the center. Gita is sitting third to the right of Fita. Hema is not an immediate neighbor of Fita and Gita. Asha is sitting second to the right of Hema. Bina is sitting third to the right of Chitra and Chitra is not an immediate neighbor of Gita. Deena is not an immediate neighbor of Hema or Chitra. Three options out of the four given below are alike in a certain way based on their seating positions in the above arrangement. Which one does not belong to that group?
- A.
Fita - Gita
- B.
Hema - Gita
- C.
Fita - Chitra
- D.
Ena - Asha
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Correct answer: D
When everyone sits facing the centre of a circular table, clockwise (as seen from above) is each person's LEFT and anticlockwise is their RIGHT, so 'n-th to the right' means moving n seats anticlockwise. This particular arrangement question isn't graded by raw seat-distance -- two of the four pairs sit 3 seats apart and the other two sit 2 seats apart, so distance alone splits them 2-and-2. The feature that actually separates three of the pairs from the fourth is which people the five given clues name directly.
Fix Fita's seat as a reference point (seat 1). Since Gita sits third to the right (anticlockwise) of Fita, Gita occupies seat 6 (moving 3 seats anticlockwise from seat 1).
Hema cannot be an immediate neighbour of Fita (seats 2 and 8) or of Gita (seats 5 and 7). Combined with 'Asha is second to the right of Hema' needing an empty seat two places anticlockwise, only seat 4 works for Hema, which places Asha at seat 2.
Chitra cannot be an immediate neighbour of Gita (seats 5 and 7). Testing the remaining seats for Chitra so that 'Bina is third to the right of Chitra' also lands on an empty seat gives Chitra at seat 3 and Bina at seat 8.
Of the two seats left (5 and 7), Deena cannot be an immediate neighbour of Hema (seat 4's neighbours are 3 and 5) or of Chitra (seat 3's neighbours are 2 and 4). Seat 5 is a neighbour of Hema, so Deena must take seat 7, leaving Ena at seat 5.
This gives the clockwise order: Fita(1) - Asha(2) - Chitra(3) - Hema(4) - Ena(5) - Gita(6) - Deena(7) - Bina(8), which matches the arrangement shown in the diagram.
Checking every clue against this order confirms it: Gita is 3 seats anticlockwise of Fita; Hema is not adjacent to Fita or Gita; Asha is 2 seats anticlockwise of Hema; Bina is 3 seats anticlockwise of Chitra and Chitra is not adjacent to Gita; Deena is not adjacent to Hema or Chitra. The five clues, read together, name seven of the eight people by name: Fita, Gita, Hema, Asha, Bina, Chitra, and Deena. Only Ena is never named in any clue -- her seat is simply whatever is left once the other seven are placed. Checking the four given pairs against this fact: Fita-Gita, Hema-Gita, and Fita-Chitra each pair two people who are both named somewhere in the clues, while Ena-Asha is the only pair that includes the one person the clues never name. That is what makes Ena-Asha the pair that does not belong with the rest.