Four of the following five pairs are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group ?

M is sitting third to the left of O and the doctor is to the immediate right of M. The painter is sitting second to the left of M.

T is a teacher and is sitting third to the right of the doctor, => T is sitting opposite M. 

The shopkeeper is sitting second to the left of the teacher, => Shopkeeper is sitting to the immediate right of the doctor. 

R is sitting fourth to the right of P, => R is sitting opposite P.

S the cricketer is sitting exactly between T and P. Neither R nor P is an immediate neighbour of M, => P is the painter who sits second to the left of M, and thus R sits to the immediate left of O.

N is sitting third to the left of T, => The only vacant place, i.e. to the immediate left of M is taken by L.

The accountant is sitting second to the right of the cricketer, => L is the accountant. 

M is not a reporter, => O is the reporter and M is the supervisor.

Apart from Shopkeeper - Doctor, there is a gap of 1 person between other pairs.

=> Ans - (E)