Read the information carefully and answer the questions given below: Fourteen…
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Read the information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Fourteen persons are sitting in two parallel rows containing seven persons each. In row 1 - A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seated and all of them are facing north. While P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting in row-2 and facing south direction but not necessarily in the same order. Persons of row 1 face the persons of row 2. Q sits two places away from the one who faces E. E is the only immediate neighbour of D. U faces the one who sits third to the right of C. The number of persons sit to the right of Q is same as the number of persons sit to the left of G. B sits second to the left of G. One person sits between R and V and both of them do not sit at the extreme ends. S sits right of T but not sit at the extreme ends. A faces the one who sits second to the right of R.
Who among the following faces R?
- A.
G
- B.
D
- C.
B
- D.
C
- E.
A
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Correct answer: D
Concept
In a two-parallel-rows arrangement, the two rows face each other, so a person in one row is fixed directly opposite exactly one person in the other row. To answer a "who faces X" question you must first fully fix BOTH rows using the clues, then read off the facing pairs seat by seat. "Right" and "left" are taken from each person's own facing direction, and the two facing rows have mirror-image left/right because they look in opposite directions.
Setting up the rows
Number the seats 1 to 7. Row 1 (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) faces north; Row 2 (P, Q, R, S, T, U, V) faces south; seat i of Row 1 faces seat i of Row 2. Because the two rows are linked by this facing relation, the Row 1 and Row 2 clues must be applied together — neither row is fully fixed on its own.
E is the only immediate neighbour of D: a person with a single neighbour must sit at an end, so D takes an extreme seat with E directly beside it (one of two end blocks).
B sits second to the left of G: this fixes the B-G gap inside Row 1 but does not yet pin every name — several Row 1 orders still survive these two clues alone.
The number of persons to the right of Q equals the number to the left of G: this links a Row 1 count (left of G) to a Row 2 count (right of Q), so once one row is constrained the other is too.
Q sits two places from the person who faces E, and U faces the person third to the right of C: these tie specific Row 2 seats to Row 1 seats through the facing relation, cutting the surviving cases sharply.
One person sits between R and V (neither at an end) and S is right of T (not at an end): these spacing rules narrow R, V, S and T to a few candidate seats within Row 2.
A faces the person second to the right of R: this last hook fixes A opposite a definite Row 2 seat, and together with all the above it pins R, V, S, T and leaves exactly ONE layout — Row 1 = A, B, C, G, F, E, D and Row 2 = P, S, R, Q, V, U, T (both read left to right).
Final facing pairs
Row 1 (north) | Faces | Row 2 (south) |
|---|---|---|
A | ↔ | P |
B | ↔ | S |
C | ↔ | R |
G | ↔ | Q |
F | ↔ | V |
E | ↔ | U |
D | ↔ | T |
Reading off the answer
In the final layout R sits at the third seat of Row 2 (with Q at the centre seat), and the person seated directly opposite R, in Row 1, is C. Therefore C faces R.
Cross-check
Verify every clue against the final layout: D sits at an end with only E beside it; B is two seats left of G; G has three people on its left and Q has three on its right; the gaps for R-V and the position of S relative to T all hold; and A is opposite the person two seats to R's right. Every condition is satisfied, and no other layout survives all the clues, so the arrangement is unique.