Six colleagues are seated around a round table for a team discussion, all facing the centre. Anjali is seated between Rakesh and Tarun. Meena sits between Suresh and Amit. Rakesh and Suresh are directly opposite each other and Rakesh is on the right side of Anjali.

Who are the neighbours of Suresh?
(a) Rakesh and Anjali
(b) Anjali and Meena
(c) Meena and Tarun
(d) Amit and Meena

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Six colleagues are seated around a round table for a team discussion, all facing the centre. Anjali is seated between Rakesh and Tarun. Meena sits between Suresh and Amit. Rakesh and Suresh are directly opposite each other and Rakesh is on the right side of Anjali.

Who are the neighbours of Suresh?
(a) Rakesh and Anjali
(b) Anjali and Meena
(c) Meena and Tarun
(d) Amit and Meena

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

From the above information:
Rakesh &rarr; Anjali &rarr; Tarun &rarr; Suresh &rarr; Meena &rarr; Amit &rarr; (back to Rakesh in clockwise direction.)
All are facing the centre.
Amit is sitting to the right of Rakesh. Suresh is in between Meena and Tarun, so they are his immediate neighbours.
Hence, option c is correct.

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Six colleagues are seated around a round table for a team discussion, all facing the centre. Anjali is seated between Rakesh and Tarun. Meena sits between Suresh and Amit. Rakesh and Suresh are directly opposite each other and Rakesh is on the right side of Anjali. Who are the neighbours of Suresh? (a) Rakesh and Anjali (b) Anjali and Meena (c) Meena and Tarun (d) Amit and Meena