Study the following information to answer the questions given below: I. Eight…

2024

Study the following information to answer the questions given below: I. Eight persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L are seated around a square table-two on each side II. There are three lady members and they are not seated next to each other III. J is between L and F. IV. G is between I and F. V. H, a lady member is second to the left of J. VI. F, a male member, is seated opposite to E, a lady member. VII. There is a lady member between F and I. Who among the following is to the immediate left of F?

  1. A.

    I

  2. B.

    can't be determined

  3. C.

    J

  4. D.

    G

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

Concept

In a circular or square-table seating puzzle, 'X is between A and B' fixes X directly next to both A and B, forming a 3-seat chain A-X-B. A directly-opposite seat (across a square table with an equal number of seats on each side) is fixed by the table's geometry, and one directional clue (such as 'second to the left of someone') anchors the overall left-right orientation of the whole arrangement -- without it, the same chain could be read in either direction.

Application

  1. From 'J is between L and F' and 'G is between I and F', F is directly flanked by J on one side and G on the other, giving one continuous chain: I - G - F - J - L.

  2. F, a male member, sits directly opposite E, a lady -- using the square table's opposite-seat geometry, this fixes E's seat relative to the I-G-F-J-L chain.

  3. The lady seated directly between F and I (the last clue) is G, the same seat already placed between F and I by the earlier clue, confirming G is a lady.

  4. H, a lady, must sit second to the left of J. Test both reading directions: one direction would put G in that seat -- but the clue names H, not G, so that reading is ruled out on its own. Only the other direction places H (a genuine remaining member) two seats to the left of J; K then fills the one remaining seat, fixing the whole table's left-right orientation.

  5. This uniquely completes all eight seats and fixes the left-right direction for the whole table.

Cross-check

The reading direction is pinned down by a single hard requirement -- the seat second to the left of J must hold H, not G -- so the opposite reading is impossible and the orientation is unique. Reading the seating in that fixed direction, the seat immediately to F's left is J.

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