GATE CS 2017 Set 1 — Question 58
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Rahul, Murali, Srinivas and Arul are seated around a square table. Rahul is sitting to the left of Murali. Srinivas is sitting to the right of Arul. Which of the following pairs are seated opposite each other?
Correct answer
(C) Srinivas and Murali
Solution
Let the positions around the square table be 1, 2, 3, 4 in clockwise order.
1.Rahul is sitting to the left of Murali.
- If Murali is at position 1, Rahul is at position 2 (assuming facing the center, left is clockwise).
- Sequence: Murali Rahul.
- Right is anti-clockwise. If Arul is at position , Srinivas is at position .
- In clockwise terms, this means Arul is to the left of Srinivas, or Srinivas Arul.
- Position 1: Murali
- Position 2: Rahul
- Position 3: Srinivas
- Position 4: Arul
- Rahul (2) is left of Murali (1)? Yes.
- Srinivas (3) is right of Arul (4)? Yes (4's right is 3).
- Murali and Srinivas are opposite.
- Rahul and Arul are opposite.
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