Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below:…

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Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

  • P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre.

  • R is next to the left of U, and V is second to the left of R.

  • P is sitting third to the left of T.

  • Q is between S and T.

Which of the following is true?

  1. A.

    R is fourth to the right of T.

  2. B.

    P is to the immediate right of V.

  3. C.

    S is second to the left of T.

  4. D.

    Q is second to the right of V.

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Correct answer: B

Concept: In a circular-seating puzzle where all persons face the centre, moving to a person's LEFT corresponds to moving clockwise around the table (as drawn), and moving to a person's RIGHT corresponds to moving anticlockwise. Solve by fixing one person's seat, using each clue to place the next person clockwise or anticlockwise from a known seat, then check every clue holds in the finished arrangement.

  1. Assign seat 1 to U as a reference point, going clockwise around the table.

  2. Since R is immediately to the left of U, and 'left' means one seat clockwise, R takes seat 2.

  3. V is second to the left of R, i.e., two seats clockwise from R, so V takes seat 4.

  4. The remaining seats 3, 5, 6 and 7 must hold P, Q, S and T. Q must sit between S and T (adjacent to both), so S, Q, T must occupy three consecutive seats among the seats left.

  5. P is third to the left of T (three seats clockwise from T). Testing T at seat 7 works: three seats clockwise from seat 7 is seat 3, so P takes seat 3. That leaves seats 5 and 6 for S and Q — and since seat 7 (T) is adjacent to seat 6, Q must take seat 6 (adjacent to T), leaving S at seat 5 (adjacent to Q), satisfying 'Q is between S and T'.

  6. The complete clockwise order is: U (seat 1), R (seat 2), P (seat 3), V (seat 4), S (seat 5), Q (seat 6), T (seat 7).

Cross-check:

  • R immediately left (one seat clockwise) of U: seat 2 is R — holds.

  • V two seats clockwise (left) of R: seat 2 + 2 = seat 4 is V — holds.

  • P three seats clockwise (left) of T: seat 7 + 3 = seat 3 is P — holds.

  • Q between S and T: seat 6 (Q) is flanked by seat 5 (S) and seat 7 (T) — holds.

Checking each statement against this fixed arrangement: moving one seat anticlockwise (immediate right) from V (seat 4) lands on seat 3, which is P. So the statement that P sits immediately to the right of V holds true, while none of the other statements match this arrangement.

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