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Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting around a circular table. Not all of them are facing the center. P is second to the right of Q who is to the right of V. U is sitting in a position opposite W, who is third to the right of R. S is opposite V and no two persons facing towards the center of the table are adjacent to each other. The number of persons sitting in a position facing away from the center of table is less then five.Which of the following pair of persons are not adjacent to each other?
Answer: Option C
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Given that the number of persons not facing the center of the table is less than five. Also, no two persons are facing the center of the table. So we can conclude that the persons sitting adjacent to each other face different directions.
Case(i)Let V face the center.
Given Q is to the right of V and P is opposite to T. Also W is third to right of R and is opposite U. Implies V is to the left of P.The arrangement is as follows.
Case(ii)Let V face away from the center. From the given clues we can say that V is to the left of P.The final arrangement is as follows.
S and U are not adjacent to each other.
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