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Seven persons Meera, Hari, Nita, Ritu, Geeta, Anu, and Som are seated in a row.
Some of them are facing the north direction while some of them are facing the south direction but not necessarily in the same order.
At least two persons are sitting to the right of Som, who is facing north direction. Som and Hari are not sitting at the extreme ends of the row. Two persons are sitting between Som and Hari. Meera is sitting immediately left of Hari and not more than one person sits between Meera and Som.
All the people sitting right side of Nita are facing the North direction. Geeta is sitting at one of the extreme ends and Anu is sitting immediately right of Geeta. Ritu is sitting in the middle of the row and facing the same direction as Hari.
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position. Which of the following does not belongs to that group?
- AOption (a)
Meera
- BOption (b)
Geeta
- COption (c)
Nita
- DOption (d)
Hari
- EOption (e)
Som
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Correct answer
Nita
Why this answer is correct
Person: Meera, Hari, Nita, Ritu, Geeta, Anu, and Som.
Directions: North and South.
- At least two persons are sitting to the right of Som, who is facing north direction. Som and Hari are not sitting at the extreme ends of the row. Two persons are sitting between Som and Hari. Meera is sitting immediately left of Hari and not more than one person sits between Meera and Som
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2) Ritu is sitting in the middle of the row and facing the same direction as Hari. Geeta is sitting at one of the extreme ends and Anu is sitting immediately right of Geeta.
In Case 3, Meera is sitting in the middle of the row which contradicts the given condition that Ritu is sitting in the middle of the row. That is why Case 3 is eliminated.
3) All the people sitting on the right side of Nita face the North. In Case 1, The only possible position for Nita is extreme left. Still, Hari, Ritu, and Geeta are facing the south direction which contradicts the fact that all people sitting right Nita are facing North direction. So, Case 1 is eliminated. In Case 2, the possible position of Nita is the extreme right end. So, Nita will face south and all other persons will face North.
The final arrangement is:
All the given persons are facing North except Nita. Hence, Nita does not belongs to the group.