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    Question

    Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: A certain number of persons are sitting around the circular table. All of them are facing towards the center. P sits third to the left of M who sits an immediate neighbour of O. Three persons sit between J and O who sits second to the left of K. L sits to the immediate left of N who sits second to the left of P. Both L and J sit adjacent to each other. The number of persons sits between N and O is one less than the number of persons sits between O and L when counted from the right of both N and O respectively. At least one person sits between K and L when counted from the right of K.

    How many seats are there around the

    table?
    A 10 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 14 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 12 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 18 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of These Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    STEP I: P sits third to the left of M who sits an immediate neighbour of O. Three persons sit between J and O who sits second to the left of K. As per these statements, we can say that there are three possible cases and the arrangement will look like this: STEP II: L sits to the immediate left of N who sits second to the left of P. Both L and J sit adjacent to each other. The number of persons sits between N and O is one less than the number of persons sits between O and L when counted from the right of both N and O respectively. At least one person sits between K and L when counted from the right of K. As per these statements, CASE I and CASE III get eliminated and we continue with CASE II and the final arrangement will look like this:

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