Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question…
2019
Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below it.
Eight persons R@, R#, R$, R&, R%, R*, R© and RΩ are sitting around a hollow circular table such that R&, R$, R# and RΩ sit on the inner side of the table and the rest sit on the outer side, and all of them face away from the centre. The persons sitting on the inner side sit just behind the persons sitting on the outer side, and all are graduated from different universities, i.e. HTS, UGI, LPU, HNB, KPJ, UPI, NIT and FPT. All the information is not necessarily in the same order. The one graduated from KPJ sits just behind the one who sits second to the left of the one graduated from UPI. RΩ sits just behind R*. R%, who is graduated from UGI, sits opposite the one who sits at the immediate left of R©. R& is not graduated from FPT. The one graduated from HTS sits at the immediate left of the one graduated from LPU. The one graduated from KPJ sits just behind R©. RΩ sits at the immediate right of R&. The persons graduated from FPT and HNB sit on the same table and sit opposite each other. R& sits just behind the one graduated from UGI. R$ is not graduated from FPT.
Which among the following statements is not true?
- A.
RΩ is graduated from NIT
- B.
R$ sits just behind the one graduated from LPU
- C.
R# is graduated from FPT
- D.
R% sits at the outer circular table
- E.
All are true
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: E
Concept
In a hollow-circle, two-row arrangement, each outer seat has exactly one person seated directly behind it on the inner row, and everyone faces away from the centre. Because all faces point outward, every person's left/right is the mirror image of the usual centre-facing case. Solve such puzzles by first fixing the rare "behind / opposite" links between the two rows, then layering the university clues on top until one consistent layout remains.
Building the arrangement
UGI is held by R%, and R& sits directly behind the UGI holder, so R& is on the inner row exactly behind R%.
RΩ sits directly behind R*, and RΩ is at the immediate right of R& on the inner row; this fixes the inner row order around R& and RΩ.
The UGI holder (R%) sits opposite the person at the immediate left of R©, which pins the outer row's relative spacing.
KPJ sits directly behind R© and also directly behind the person two seats to the left of the UPI holder; both conditions point to the same inner seat, identifying R$ as the KPJ holder.
HTS sits at the immediate left of LPU (same row), and FPT and HNB sit on the same row opposite each other; with R& and R$ barred from FPT, the remaining universities slot in uniquely.
Final layout (outer and the person directly behind on the inner row)
Outer seat | University | Inner seat (directly behind) | University |
|---|---|---|---|
R@ | HTS | R# | FPT |
R© | LPU | R$ | KPJ |
R% | UGI | R& | HNB |
R* | UPI | RΩ | NIT |
Testing each statement
"RΩ is graduated from NIT" — RΩ is on the inner row with NIT, so this is TRUE.
"R$ sits just behind the LPU graduate" — LPU is R© on the outer row, and R$ is exactly behind R©, so this is TRUE.
"R# is graduated from FPT" — R# is the inner person paired with FPT, so this is TRUE.
"R% sits at the outer table" — R% (UGI) is an outer-row person, so this is TRUE.
Conclusion
Every one of the four listed statements holds in the only valid arrangement. Since the question asks which statement is NOT true and none of them fails, the statement that all of them are true is the correct response.