Study the information given below and answer the questions that follow:
Eight persons named L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table facing the center.
Each of them likes a particular city amongst Agra, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Patna, Pune and Surat. No two persons like the same city
R does not like Delhi. The one who likes Mumbai is an immediate neighbor of N. The one who likes Delhi sits to the immediate left of M. P and L are not adjacent to each other. R, who is not an immediate neighbor of N, sits second to the left of S, who likes Mumbai. P likes Agra and sits opposite to L. O is an immediate neighbor of L. N sits second to the left of L. Q likes Pune. M likes Kolkata and sits opposite to the one who likes Jaipur. L sits two places away from M. The one who likes Kolkata sit adjacent to the one who likes Patna. O likes Delhi.
Who among the following likes Patna?
This questions was previously asked in
SEBI Grade A (Ph 1 Paper 1 2022)
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Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
- Let's start by arranging the information logically. Eight people are around a circle.
- S likes Mumbai and is adjacent to N.
- M sits such that the person who loves Jaipur sits directly across from them.
- M loves Kolkata and is beside the person who enjoys Patna.
- P loves Agra and is sitting opposite to L.
- R sits second to the left of S and is not beside N.
- L is placed two spots away from M.
- Q loves Pune.
- O loves Delhi which is to M's immediate left.
- The person who loves Delhi isn't R.
Given the conditions and after placing all in line with these, R is found to love Patna.
- Correct Answer: Option: 2, R "".
- Your other deductions seem to line up correctly with personal likes and their respective placements.
Thus, given the conditions, your solution fits.
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