Answer the question based on the information given below. 6 friends V, W, X,…

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Answer the question based on the information given below. 6 friends V, W, X, Y, U, and Z are sitting in a circle, facing the centre. Y is a neighbour of both X and Z. V is next to X. X is second to the left of Z. X is third to the right of U. Which statement is incorrect?

  1. A.

    V is next to U

  2. B.

    Z is sitting between U and W

  3. C.

    X is immediate to W

  4. D.

    All are incorrect

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Correct answer: D

Concept: In a circular seating puzzle, phrases like "neighbour of", "next to", "second to the left of", and "third to the right of" are relative-position clues. The standard method is to pick one clue as an anchor, place the friends one by one around the circle in the direction stated, and only then read off who is actually adjacent to whom - a direct statement about adjacency can only be judged once the full seat order is fixed.

Application: Building the arrangement step by step:

  1. Fix Z's seat as the reference point on the circle.

  2. "X is second to the left of Z" places X two seats to the left of Z.

  3. "Y is a neighbour of both X and Z" means Y must sit in the one seat that is adjacent to both - directly between Z and X.

  4. "X is third to the right of U" places U three seats to the right of X (equivalently, three seats to the left of X going the other way around the six-seat circle).

  5. "V is next to X" fills the seat on X's other side (opposite the Y side) with V.

  6. The one remaining friend, W, takes the last open seat, which lands beside both U and V.

This gives the clockwise order Z - Y - X - V - W - U (and back to Z), so the neighbour pairs are Z-Y, Y-X, X-V, V-W, W-U, and U-Z.

Cross-check: Testing each statement against this fixed order -

  • "V is next to U": V's neighbours are X and W, not U - false.

  • "Z is sitting between U and W": Z's neighbours are U and Y; W sits next to U on the other side, not next to Z - false.

  • "X is immediate to W": X's neighbours are Y and V, not W - false.

Since all three of those statements are incorrect descriptions of the arrangement, the option that correctly identifies this outcome is "All are incorrect".

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