Direction: Study the information given below and answer the questions that…
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Direction: Study the information given below and answer the questions that follow:
Eight people – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a square table. Four of them (P, Q, R and S) are sitting at the four corners of the table, while the other four (T, U, V and W) are seated along the sides of the table, one on each side.
All of them are facing the center of the table and all are equidistant to each other. The following information is given:
P is sitting second to the right of S
W is sitting immediately to the left of Q (Note: The image text has a typo "G", which contextually refers to Q)
R is sitting at a corner which is directly opposite to the side on which U sits.
V is to the immediate right of S
T is sitting to the immediate left of R
Question: How many people sit between U and R when counted from the clockwise direction of U?
- A.
2
- B.
1
- C.
3
- D.
0
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Correct answer: A
Approach:
Start by placing one corner person and use relative positions to place others.
Key placements from the clues:
V is immediately to the right of S, and P is second to the right of S. These three relative positions fix S, V and P in that order around the table.
T sits immediately to the left of R, so T is the neighbor on R’s left side.
W is immediately to the left of Q, so W and Q are adjacent with W on Q’s left.
R is at a corner directly opposite the side on which U sits; this fixes the relative diagonal relationship between R and U.
Putting these placements together results in a complete seating order (one consistent arrangement that satisfies every clue).
From that arrangement, when you start at U and move in the clockwise direction, you pass two people before reaching R.
Answer: 2 people.
Tip: In seating arrangement problems, place the persons with most constrained relative positions first (here S, V and P), then place pairs of adjacent people given by other clues, and finally use the 'opposite' relation to place the remaining person. After the full arrangement is fixed, count only the people strictly between the two named persons along the requested direction.