Question 107
Directions: Read the instructions carefully and answer the question below. Eight people, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H, are sitting around a table which is in the shape of concentric circles. Four of them are sitting around the smaller circle facing outward and four are sitting around the larger circle facing outward direction such that each person sitting around smaller circle sit exactly behind the person who is sitting around the outer circle. These people belong to eight different states viz. Karnataka, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Telangana, Sikkim, Punjab, and Assam, but not necessarily in the same order. E is sitting behind the person who is sitting to the immediate left of the person who is from Telangana. B is sitting in front of D. B is either of Bihar or Sikkim. The person from Bihar and Assam are sitting in the same circle. The student from Karnataka is sitting in front of the student who is sitting to the immediate right of the student from Assam. The person from Assam is sitting to the immediate right of A who is not an immediate neighbour of E. H is either from Punjab or Goa and he is sitting behind F. The person from Punjab is sitting to the immediate right of F. The person from Delhi is sitting behind G. A is not from Bihar. Who belongs to Assam?
Answer
D
Why?
1) E is sitting behind the person who is sitting to the immediate left of the person who is from Telangana. (As it is a circular arrangement, we can randomly pick a seat for the student from Telangana and then we can place E accordingly.) 2) The student from Karnataka is sitting in front of the student who is sitting to the immediate right of the student from Assam. 3) The person from Assam is sitting to the immediate right of A, who is not an immediate neighbour of E. (Implies, the student from Assam is sitting in the inner circle. A is also sitting in the inner circle. Also, A is sitting opposite E in the inner circle and the student from Assam is sitting to the immediate left of E. The student from Karnataka is sitting in front of E.) 4) B is sitting in front of D. 5) B is either of Bihar or Sikkim. 6) The person from Bihar and Assam are sitting in the same circle. (It is only possible if D is from Assam. It also means that B is from Sikkim.) 7) H is either from Punjab or Goa and he is sitting behind F. (H is sitting in the inner circle and F is from Telangana.) 8) The person from Punjab is sitting to the immediate right of F. (Implies, the person from Punjab is sitting in front of A. This further implies that H is from Goa.) 9) The person from Delhi is sitting behind G. 10) A is not from Bihar. (E must be from Bihar as the person from Bihar is sitting in the smaller circle. Implies, A is from Delhi and G is from Punjab. Also, now that only C is left to be placed, we can safely say that C is from Karnataka.) Clearly, D belongs to Assam.
