Question

Eight friends Kriti, Durga, Manasi, Surya, Tahira, Vritti, Ahana and Yoshita are sitting around an square table in such a way that four friends are sitting on the corners of the table while the other four are sitting at the exact centre of sides of the table. All are facing the centre of the table. Surya is sitting at the third place to right of Durga. Only Tahira is between Kriti and Durga. Manasi is second to left of Durga. Only Vritti is sitting between Surya and Yoshita. Yoshita is second to left of Ahana. Vritti is second to left of Manasi. Who is sitting third to left of Tahira?

• A. Surya
• B. Ahana
• C. Yoshita
• D. Manasi

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Manasi

Manasi is sitting third to the left of Tahira.

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Since everyone is facing the center of the table, "Right" means moving counter-clockwise and "Left" means moving clockwise. Let's arrange them in a circle/square of 8 positions numbered 1 to 8 in a counter-clockwise direction:

1. Position Durga: Let's place Durga at position 1.

2. Position Surya: Surya is third to the right of Durga, so Surya is at position 4 (1 + 3).

3. Position Manasi: Manasi is second to the left of Durga, which means moving 2 spots clockwise. Manasi is at position 7.

4. Position Tahira & Kriti: Only Tahira is between Kriti and Durga. Since position 7 is taken by Manasi, Tahira must be at position 2 and Kriti at position 3.

5. Position Vritti & Yoshita: Only Vritti is between Surya (position 4) and Yoshita. Since position 3 is occupied by Kriti, Vritti must be at position 5 and Yoshita at position 6.

6. Position Ahana: The only remaining spot is position 8, which goes to Ahana.

Final Seating Chart (Counter-Clockwise Order):

• Position 1: Durga

• Position 2: Tahira

• Position 3: Kriti

• Position 4: Surya

• Position 5: Vritti

• Position 6: Yoshita

• Position 7: Manasi

• Position 8: Ahana

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Finding the Answer

We need to find who is third to the left of Tahira (Position 2).
Moving 3 spots clockwise (to the left) from position 2 takes us to position 7, which belongs to Manasi.