Explanation:

Absolutely, let's break everything down, make sense of the clues, and sort out your options:

- There are eight friends sitting around a round table, everyone facing the center.

- Each is from a different city: Mumbai, Chennai, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Kolkata, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi.

- S is from Chennai and sits opposite the person from Lucknow.

- O is NOT from Gorakhpur or Kolkata.

- R sits third to the right of N (N is from Delhi).

- P is immediately left of the person from Kolkata.

- N is immediately left of Q, and Q is from Lucknow.

- R is NOT from Bangalore or Gorakhpur; M is from Mumbai, and M and R are neighbors.

- Person from Bangalore and T sit opposite each other.

Let’s piece this together and focus on the original question:

How many people are sitting between T and P *in the anticlockwise direction from T*?

Direct to the answer:

1. Once you seat everyone per the clues (this is a classic seating puzzle), what you find is this: Count anticlockwise from T to P.

2. When you count anticlockwise seats, you get 3 people sitting between them.

So, option 3 (“3”) is the *correct* answer.

The right answer is option 3 – 3.

Quick rundown of the options:

- Option 1 (1): Not enough people between T and P.

- Option 2 (2): Still doesn’t fit; another position off.

- Option 3 (3): The one that matches the seating arrangement you get after working through all the clues.

- Option 4 (4): Too many people.

- Option 5 (5): Not possible—only 8 at the table.

You'll notice, the immediate trick is visualizing the arrangement, and once the puzzle clicks, the rest is just counting seats. Nice job!