Question 26

Five persons are standing in one line facing North. One of the two persons at extreme end is a painter and the other is a basketball player. A lawyer is to right of a student. A dancer is to the immediate left of the basketball player. What is the position of the lawyer from the left?

Solution

One of the two persons at extreme end is a painter and the other is a basketball player.

Case (i) painter _ _ _ basketball player

Case (ii) basketball player _ _ _ painter

A dancer is to the immediate left of the basketball player. A lawyer is to right of a student.

In Case (ii), dancer is not possible. So this case is eliminated.

painter, student, lawyer, dancer, basketball player

According to the above arrangement, the position of the lawyer from the left is third.


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