Direction : Study the following information carefully and answer the question…
2017
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, then who among the following is sitting at the position 6 of the square?
- A.
Sahil
- B.
Riya
- C.
Piya
- D.
Sanyam
- E.
None of these
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Concept
In a circular arrangement, the side a person faces fixes their left and right: someone facing the centre has their right hand toward the anticlockwise neighbour and left toward the clockwise neighbour, while someone facing outside has these reversed. Solve such a puzzle in two stages — first fix the seating from the directional clues, then apply each transformation rule strictly in the stated draw order, because position-based rules (spade and diamond) assign destinations sequentially to successive drawers.
Step 1 - Fix the seating
Place the eight people clockwise and apply the clues. Abhay, Isha, Sahil and Diya face outside; Rahul, Piya, Riya and Sanyam face the centre (Rahul is opposite Isha, Sahil matches Abhay, Sanyam matches Piya, and exactly four face each way). The unique clockwise order that satisfies every clue is:
Abhay - facing out
Rahul - facing in
Sahil - facing out
Piya - facing in
Riya - facing in
Isha - facing out
Sanyam - facing in
Diya - facing out
Quick checks: Sahil is the second seat to Abhay's right; Rahul and Sahil are neighbours; Riya is the third to Rahul's left; Piya is immediately to Sahil's right; Sanyam is the second to Riya's left; and two people sit between Isha and Abhay. All clues hold, so the seating is uniquely determined.
Step 2 - Apply the card rules in draw order
Read the four rules carefully. Heart and club keep a person on their current seat (club only flips facing). Spade sends drawers to the mid-edge positions 5, 6, 7, 8 in the order they draw a spade; diamond sends drawers to the corners 1, 2, 3, 4 in the order they draw a diamond. So only the suit and the draw order decide who lands on a numbered position.
Go through the draws in the given sequence and record only the movers:
Piya draws the first spade -> moves to position 5.
Rahul draws the first diamond -> moves to corner 1.
Sanyam draws the second diamond -> moves to corner 2.
Riya draws the second spade -> moves to position 6.
Isha, Abhay (club) and Diya, Sahil (heart) stay on their own seats.
Cross-check
Position 6 is a mid-edge slot, so it can only be reached by a spade drawer. The spade rule fills 5 then 6 in draw order: Piya (first spade) takes 5, and Riya (second spade) takes 6. No diamond or stay-rule can place anyone on a mid-edge, so position 6 is Riya - and the answer is Riya.