Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given…

2024

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a rectangular table in such a way that two persons sit on each of the four sides of the table facing the centre. Persons sitting on opposite sides are exactly opposite to each other. D faces North and sits exactly opposite to H. E; is to the immediate left of H. A and G sit on the same side. G is exactly opposite of B who is to the immediate right of C. A is sitting to the immediate left of D. Question 1: Who is sitting opposite to A?

  1. A.

    G

  2. B.

    D

  3. C.

    E

  4. D.

    A

  5. E.

    C

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Correct answer: E

Concept: In a rectangular-table arrangement where two people sit on each of four sides facing the centre, the person “exactly opposite” you is the one directly across on the paired opposite side (the matching position on that side), while “immediate left/right” follows the clockwise walking order around all eight seats, crossing the corners between adjoining sides.

  1. D faces North, so D sits on the South side; since D is opposite H, H occupies the matching seat on the North side.

  2. E is immediate left of H, so E takes the next seat from H in the clockwise walking order.

  3. A sits immediately left of D, so A takes the next seat from D in the clockwise walking order — this places A on the West side.

  4. Since A and G share a side, G takes the other West-side seat.

  5. G is exactly opposite B, which fixes B’s seat on the East side.

  6. B is immediate right of C, which fixes C’s seat, also on the East side.

  7. The only person left, F, fills the one remaining seat, on the South side alongside D.

  8. Mapping every seat this way places C directly opposite A’s seat.

Cross-check: re-tracing all eight positions satisfies every clue simultaneously — D opposite H, E immediate left of H, A and G on the same (West) side, G opposite B, B immediate right of C — and no other assignment for A’s opposite seat is possible without breaking one of these constraints.

Result: applying all five clues, C ends up directly across the table from A. So the person sitting opposite A is C.

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