Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting
around a circular table facing centre. Out of them 4
are male and 4 are female. They all have different
occupation Doctor, Engineer, Cricketer, Agriculture
officer, Teacher. I.T. officer, Architect and Banker
not necessarily in the same order. Any two males
are not sitting together. Q is sitting third to the right of
cricketer. Banker is not the neighbour of teacher
and architect. W is teacher and sitting second to the
left of Q. Uis the neighbour of cricketer. One who is
I.T. officer is a male and sitting next to Architect. V is
a doctor and sitting in front of cricketer. Architect is
sitting between Rand cricketer. Sis sitting between
W and engineer. T is not the cricketer.
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The seating arrangement is explained step-wise and the corresponding diagrams are shown in the image attached.
Step 1: All the eight friends are facing towards the centre of the circular table, which is shown with 8 arrows pointed towards the circle.
• There are 4 males and 4 females but we do not know who they are. So, let’s skip this step for now and move on to the next point that gives us a little more detail.
Remember, the starting point of such arrangements are based on hit and trial. You have to make some relatable assumptions based on the conditions given in the question. Follow each point given in the question and proceed accordingly.
Step 2: Let's start by considering any one arrow as the cricketer.
Step 3: Q sits third to the right of the cricketer. Now, the right of the cricketer is in the clockwise direction, as he/she is facing towards the centre.
Step 4: W is sitting second to the left of Q and is a teacher. Left of Q is in the clockwise direction as he/she is also facing towards the centre.
Step 5: Banker is not a neighbour of teacher or architect.
Step 6: U is a neighbour of cricketer, means U sits on the left of cricketer as W is already on its right.
Step 7: V is a doctor and is sitting in front of the cricketer, means opposite to the cricketer.
Step 8: S is sitting between W and engineer, means either Q or U is the engineer.
Step 9 : Architect is sitting between R and cricketer, means on either side of the cricketer. So, U has to be the architect as W is already on the right side of the cricketer. From this, it is also understood that Q is the engineer. So, S sits between W and Q.
Step 10: The I.T. officer is a male and is sitting next to the architect, means on the left of U as on its right is the cricketer. From step 9, it is also clear that R is the I.T. officer.
Step 11: Given T is not a cricketer. So, the only position left, i.e, the one between R and V, is T.
Step 12: T is a banker by profession because banker is not a neighbour of teacher.
Step 13: The only designation now left is that of an agriculture officer. So, S is an agriculture officer by occupation.
Step 14: P is the only alphabet left. This implies that P is the cricketer.
Step 15: It was also said in the beginning that there are 4 males and 4 females, and no two males sit together, means males and females will sit alternatively. Given, I.T. officer is a male. Now, arranging males and females alternatively, we have the final seating arrangement as shown in the final step.
