Puzzle of the Day : 51
Five people – Amar, Vineet, Chintu, Dimple and Etika – are standing in a row facing East. It is also known that:
(i) Amar is standing adjacent to neither Vineet nor Etika.
(ii) Chintu is standing to the immediate left of Amar.
(iii) Either Vineet or Etika, but not both, is standing at one of the ends.
(iv) Etika is standing to the right of Chintu.
Who among the five is standing in the middle of the row?
(a) Amar (b) Chintu (c) Dimple (d) Either Vineet or Etika
In the arrangements given below, the people are
represented by the first letter of their names.
From statement (ii), possible positions for A and C are:
I. ___ ___ ___ _C_ _A_
II.___ ___ _C_ _A_ ___
III. ___ _C_ _A_ ___ ___
IV._C_ _A_ ___ ___ ___
Cases I, II and III are not consistent with statements (i) and (iv).
The two possible arrangements are:
_C_ _A_ _D_ _V_ _E_
or
_C_ _A_ _D_ _E_ _V_
In both the cases, Dimple is standing in the middle of the row.
Dimple (c)
Correct!
Dimple
Correct order is
C
A
D
V/E
E/V