Direction(1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the following questions:
Eight people Zaheera, Zabeel, Zanjeer, Zaro, Zalia, Zoly, Zart and Zarim are sitting in a straight line but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing north and some of them are facing south. They are of different professions namely lawyer, doctor, actor, painter, engineer, teacher, tourist guide and swimmer.
Zabeel, who is a swimmer, is sitting second to the left of the actor and he is facing south. The persons sitting at the extreme ends are facing in the opposite directions. Zart is not a neighbor of Zalia. There are three people sitting in between Zalia and the actor, who is facing north.
Zalia sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. The actor and Zanjeer are facing opposite directions. Zaheera, who is a teacher, is sitting third to the right of Zalia. Zart was born in 1988 and eldest of all. There are two people sitting between painter and Zanjeer. Zaro is a doctor and is facing north. Tourist guide is sitting third to the left of the actor. The painter is sitting to the immediate left of the actor. Doctor is sitting to the immediate left of Zanjeer. The immediate neighbors of the actor are facing south. Zarim is a painter. The actor is sitting third to the right of Zart, who is facing north.
1. Who is sitting second to the right of Zart?
A. The person who is third to the right of Zanjeer
B. The person who is a doctor
C. The person who is immediate right of swimmer
D. No one as Zart is sitting at the extreme right end facing north
E. None of these
2. How many people are sitting in between the painter and the one who is seventh from the left end?
A. 2
B. 6
C. 4
D. 3
E. None of these
3. If two new persons sit to the immediate right of the actor, then how many persons are there in between Zabeel and the doctor?
4. Whose professions cannot be determined from the given data?
A. Zalia, the person who is second to the right of painter
B. Zanjeer and Zoly
C. Zanjeer and the person who is sitting to the immediate right of doctor.
D. Zalia and Zart
E. None of these
5. Which of these statements is superuous to determine the sitting arrangement?
A. Zarim is a painter
B. The persons sitting at the extreme ends face opposite directions
C. Zart was born in 1988 and eldest of all
D. The actor and zanjeer are facing opposite directions
E. None of these
Answers
1. Answer - Option A
Explanation [1-5]-
In this puzzle, we have to make 8 people sit in a row in which some face north and some face south. We have to fix Zalia first as her position is exactly defined (extreme end of the row), but we don’t know whether she sits at right extreme or left extreme.
So, two possibilities occur for Zalia's position.
Then we have to see whether any information connecting to Zalia is given or not. As it is given three people are sitting between Zalia and the actor, we can fix the actor 4th to Zalia (either right or left) and it is given that actor is facing north. So as actors position is fixed check any statement connecting to actor is given or not.
As it is stated that Zabeel is sitting second to the left of the actor his position is defined and he is facing south. Another link connecting to Zalia is given i.e. zaheera (teacher) is sitting third to the right of Zalia and so zaheera's position is fixed. Then coming to the next thread, some definite information is given (Zaro is a doctor and facing north, zarim is a painter, Zart is not a neighbor of Zalia).
Make a note of them beside your workspace so that you need not go back to them. Then make the arrangements using this definite information.
Finally, you will be able to get the arrangement satisfying all the conditions.
2. Answer - Option D
3. Answer - Option D
4. Answer - Option C
5. Answer - Option C