Read the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow.…

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Read the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Eleven friends X, Y, Z, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting in the first row of the stadium watching a cricket match.

E is to the immediate left of A and third to the right of F.

G is the immediate neighbour of X and Y and third to the left of D.

X is the second to the right of B, who is at one of the ends.

C is sitting next to the right of A and A is second to the right of Z.

Who are the immediate neighbours of E?

  1. A.

    Z, A

  2. B.

    Z,C

  3. C.

    Y, F

  4. D.

    G, F

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Correct answer: A

Concept: In a linear seating-arrangement puzzle, positions are fixed one clue at a time - start from anchors like "at one end" or "second/third to the right/left of X", place immediate-neighbour clues (X next to Y) as adjacent blocks, then solve the remaining positions using the relative-distance clues among the leftover people. Cross-verify every original clue once the full order is fixed.

Application

  1. B is at one end and X is second to the right of B, so fix B at seat 1 and X at seat 3.

  2. G is the immediate neighbour of both X and Y, so G must sit between them: X-G-Y gives G at seat 4 and Y at seat 5.

  3. G is third to the left of D, so D is at seat 4 + 3 = seat 7.

  4. The remaining seats 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 hold Z, A, C, E, F and H. Using E third to the right of F (E = F + 3), E immediately left of A (A = E + 1), C immediately right of A (C = A + 1), and A second to the right of Z (Z = A - 2), placing F at seat 6 gives E = 9, A = 10, C = 11 and Z = 8 - all within the six remaining seats, with H taking the one seat left over, seat 2.

  5. Final seat order: B, H, X, G, Y, F, D, Z, E, A, C (seats 1 to 11).

Cross-check

  • X is second to the right of B (seat 3 - seat 1 = 2) - holds.

  • G neighbours X and Y, and is third to the left of D (seat 7 - seat 4 = 3) - holds.

  • E is third to the right of F (seat 9 - seat 6 = 3) and immediately left of A - holds.

  • A is second to the right of Z (seat 10 - seat 8 = 2), and C sits immediately right of A - holds.

  • B must occupy the left end for "second to the right of B" to make sense, so this arrangement is the unique solution.

Since E occupies seat 9, its immediate neighbours are the people at seat 8 (Z) and seat 10 (A).

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