IIFT 2012 Question Paper Question 120

Instructions

Some information is provided in the paragraph below. Answer the questions based on this information.

Era is in charge of seating the speakers at a table. In addition to the moderator, there will be a pilot, a writer, an attorney, and an explorer. The speakers’ names are Gaj, Hema, Jaya, Kumar, and Lalit

Ā The moderator must sit in the middle, in seat #3

Ā The attorney cannot sit next to the explorer

Ā Lalit is the pilot

Ā The writer and the attorney sit on either side of the moderator

Ā Hema, who is not the moderator, sits between Kumar and Jaya.

Ā The moderator does not sit next to Jaya or Lalit

Ā Gaj, who is attorney, sits in seat #4.

Question 120

Where does Jaya Sit?

Solution

We are given that:-
The moderator must sit in the middle, in seat #3.
Gaj, who is attorney, sits in seat #4.
The writer and the attorney sit on either side of the moderator
Thus, the writer mus sit at seat #2.
The attorney cannot sit next to the explorer
Thus, the explorer sits at seat #1 and the pilot sits at seat #5.
Lalit is the pilot.
Hema, who is not the moderator, sits between Kumar and Jaya.
The moderator does not sit next to Jaya or Lalit
Thus, the arrangement is as shown:-


Thus, Jaya sits at seat #1.
Hence, option AĀ is the correct answer.


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