Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions :
Eight persons J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table facing the centre, but not necessarily in the same order.
• P is third to the left of M.
• O is second to the left of P.
• Only one person sits between M and L.
• 28 year old is neighbour of both O and P.
• K is third to the left of 28 years old.
• Q is second to the right of J.
• 39 year old is second to the left of N.
• 13 year old is second to the right of K.
• K is elder to N but younger than L. J is not 28 years old.
• M is 16 year old.
• 16 year old and 9 year old are not immediate neighbours.
• Ages are as 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 28, 33, and 39.
Starting from J, if all all the persons are made to sit in the alphabetical order in clockwise direction, the positions of how many (excluding J) will remain unchanged?
P is third to the left of M and O is second to the left of P. 28 year old is neighbour of both O and P, => 28 year old sit between O and P.
Only one person sits between M and L, => Let he sits second to the left of M.
K is third to the left of 28 years old, => K sits to the immediate right of M.
Q is second to the right of J and J is not 28 years old, => Q is 28 years old and sits between O and P, while J sits between O and K.
Now, the only vacant spot, i.e. to the immediate left of M is taken by N.
39 year old is second to the left of N, => P is 39 years old.
13 year old is second to the right of K, => O is 13 years old. Also, M is 16 year old.
K is elder to N but younger than L, => L > K > N
16 year old and 9 year old are not immediate neighbours, => From above statement L can't be 9 years old, hence J is 9 years old.
Starting from J, if all all the persons are made to sit in the alphabetical order in clockwise direction, the position of only K will remain unchanged.
=> Ans - (B)
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