Six friends—David, Bhanu, Minto, Krita, John and Nisan—are sitting in a circle…
2023
Six friends—David, Bhanu, Minto, Krita, John and Nisan—are sitting in a circle with their backs towards the centre. David and Minto are sitting immediately to the left and right of Bhanu, respectively. John is not sitting immediately to the left of David. Nisan is sitting third to the right of Bhanu. Who is sitting second to the left of Bhanu?
Answer: B. Krita — ConceptWhen people face away from the centre of a circle, their left is in the clockwise direction and their right is in the anticlockwise direction. Fixing…
- A.
John
- B.
Krita
- C.
Nisan
- D.
Minto
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Correct answer: B
Concept
When people face away from the centre of a circle, their left is in the clockwise direction and their right is in the anticlockwise direction. Fixing one person as a reference removes the effect of rotating the whole circle.
Application
Place Bhanu at a reference seat. Since everyone faces outward, place David immediately clockwise from Bhanu and Minto immediately anticlockwise from Bhanu.
Place Nisan third to Bhanu's right, which is the seat opposite Bhanu.
Two seats remain. The seat immediately to David's left is the clockwise seat next to David. Since John cannot occupy it, Krita occupies that seat and John occupies the other remaining seat.
Moving two seats to Bhanu's left means moving two seats clockwise. That seat is occupied by Krita.
Cross-check
Reading the completed circle in the opposite direction confirms that John is second to Bhanu's right, while Krita is second to Bhanu's left; all four clues remain satisfied.
Result
Krita is sitting second to the left of Bhanu.