Question

    Answer the questions based on the information given below. Nine person J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R are sitting in the straight line. Some of them are facing north and some of them are facing south. All of them like different fruits such as Apple, Banana, Orange, Papaya, Grapes, Guava, Mango, Watermelon, Kiwi and live in the different places Kerala, Assam, Goa, Sikkim, Punjab, Haryana, Odisha, Delhi and J&K. Not more than two person of immediate neighbour are facing same direction. All the information are not necessarily in the same order. Note: Immediate neighbour are opposite direction means one person is facing north while another person is facing south. If same direction means one person is facing north while another is also facing north. L, who likes Mango sits fifth to the right of one who likes Guava, who lives in Haryana. One person sits between Q, who likes Watermelon and N, who likes Guava. N and O are facing same direction and both are not sitting in the extreme end. N sits second from one of the extreme end. One who likes Papaya and one who lives in Punjab are immediate neighbours. N is not the immediate neighbor of K, who lives in Odisha. J, who likes papaya is two places away from one who likes Mango and who does not sit at the extreme end. L is not the immediate neighbor of the one who lives in Punjab and one who lives in Odisha. Number of person sit to the left of N is as same as number of person sits to the right of O, who likes Apple and faces South. One who likes Banana is third to the left of M, who lives in Delhi. Neither K nor Q likes Kiwi and Banana and both are facing the same direction. K and J are facing opposite direction to each other. P, one who lives in Goa sits third to the right of one who lives in Odisha. K does not sit on the middle seat. One who lives in Kerala and one who lives in Sikkim do not sit in the extreme end but both are facing same direction. Neither L nor J lives in Kerala and Assam. One who lives in J&K sits two place away from the one who likes Papaya. One who likes mango is facing same direction as the who lives in Sikkim. One who likes Grapes and one who likes watermelon do not sit in the extreme end. Both extreme end persons are facing the same direction.

    Who lives in

    Assam?
    A One who likes apple Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B One who likes Kiwi Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C One who likes Banana Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D J Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    L, who likes Mango, sits fifth to the right of one who likes Guava, who lives in Haryana.   N sits second from one of the extreme end. One person sit between Q, who likes watermelon and N, who likes guava. J, who likes papaya is two places away from one who likes mango and who is not sit at the extreme end. One who likes papaya and one who lives in Punjab are immediate neighbours. L is not the immediate neighbour of one who lives in Punjab and one who lives in Odisha. Case 2 is not valid, because  N and O are facing same directions and both are not sitting in the extreme end.  Number of person sit to the left of N is as same as number of person sits to the right of O, who likes apple and faces South. K and J are facing opposite direction.  K is not sitting on the middle seat.  N is not the immediate neighbour of K, who lives in Odisha. P, who lives in Goa sits third to the right of one who in Odisha. One who likes Banana is third to the left of M, who lives in Delhi. One who lives in J&K sits two place away from one who likes Papaya. One who lives in kerala and one who lives in Sikkim do not sit in the extreme end but both are facing the same direction.  Neither L nor J lives in Kerala and Assam. Neither K nor Q likes Kiwi and Banana and both are facing the same direction.  One who likes mango is facing same direction as the who lives in Sikkim. One who likes Grapes and one who likes watermelon not sit in the extreme end. Both extreme end persons are facing same direction. Hence, Final arrangements as follows

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