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Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the question below-
* Numbers are given in the figure considered as their positions.
Eight persons Abhay, Isha, Riya, Rahul, Piya, Diya, Sahil, Sanyam are sitting around the circle having eight vacant chairs. Four of them are facing towards the center while four are facing outside the center.
Only two persons are sitting between Isha and Abhay. Sahil sits second right of Abhay. Rahul and Sahil are immediate neighbours. Riya sits third left of Rahul. Both Abhay and Isha are facing outside the center. Rahul is facing opposite direction of Isha. Piya sits immediate right of Sahil who is facing same direction as Abhay. Sanyam sits second left of Riya. Both Sanyam and Piya are facing same direction.
Now they start playing cards game. They shuffled a pack of cards. 1. Isha draws one card and changes her place according to the given conditions, 2. Abhay draws one card and changes his place according to the given conditions similarly others draw cards given in the condition below-
Conditions:
1. If the card drawn is spade, the person who draws first moves to position 5 facing opposite direction of current direction, then the second person who also draw spade moves to position 6, similarly 7 and 8.
2. If card drawn is heart, person remains on the same position facing same direction.
3. If the card drawn is diamond, the person who draws first moves to corner 1 facing same direction, then the second person, who also draw diamond moves to corner 2, similarly 3 and 4.
4. If card drawn is club, person remains on the same position facing opposite direction of current direction.
Draws:
1. Isha draws queen of Club
2. Abhay draws Jack of Club
3. Piya draws 3 of Spade
4. Rahul draws a King of Diamond
5. Diya draws Ace of Heart
6. Sahil draws 9 of Heart
7. Sanyam draws 7 of Diamond
8. Riya draws 4 of Spade
*Note- All the persons draws card in a serial way as given above.
(ex- First Isha draws then Abhay draws ……..so on…..)
After all persons changed their places based on the above conditions, how many persons are remains in the circle?
- A.
Two
- B.
Four
- C.
One
- D.
Three
- E.
None of these
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Concept
This figure marks three different kinds of spots: the eight numbered chairs that form the circle itself, the side-midpoints labelled 5-8, and the four corners labelled 1-4. A person is "in the circle" only while seated on one of the eight original circle chairs. Any instruction that relocates a person to a midpoint or to a corner takes them off the circle chairs, so they are no longer in the circle.
Because of this, whether a person stays in the circle is decided entirely by the suit they draw — the suit fixes whether they keep their chair or are moved off it:
Heart — stays on the same chair (same direction); remains in the circle.
Club — stays on the same chair (direction flips); remains in the circle.
Spade — moves to a side-midpoint (positions 5-8); leaves the circle chairs.
Diamond — moves to a corner (positions 1-4); leaves the circle chairs.
Application
Tag each of the eight draws by its suit and apply the rule, in the serial draw order:
Person (draw) | Suit | Where they end up | In circle? |
|---|---|---|---|
Isha (Queen of Club) | Club | same chair, direction flipped | Yes |
Abhay (Jack of Club) | Club | same chair, direction flipped | Yes |
Piya (3 of Spade) | Spade | moves to midpoint 5 | No |
Rahul (King of Diamond) | Diamond | moves to corner 1 | No |
Diya (Ace of Heart) | Heart | same chair, same direction | Yes |
Sahil (9 of Heart) | Heart | same chair, same direction | Yes |
Sanyam (7 of Diamond) | Diamond | moves to corner 2 | No |
Riya (4 of Spade) | Spade | moves to midpoint 6 | No |
The people who keep a circle chair are exactly the Heart and Club drawers: Isha, Abhay, Diya and Sahil. The Spade drawers (Piya, Riya) go out to the midpoints and the Diamond drawers (Rahul, Sanyam) go out to the corners.
Cross-check
Count by suit instead of by name: 2 Hearts + 2 Clubs are "stay" draws, and 2 Spades + 2 Diamonds are "move-off" draws. Both routes agree on the same total. The same value also answers "how many are still on their original chair", since only the stay-suits keep their seat.
Therefore, the number of persons who remain in the circle is four.