Opposite in a circle of six — Aptitude Question
Opposite in a circle of six: Six people sit around a circular table facing the centre. A is opposite D, B is… Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Seating & Puzzles
- Section: Logical Reasoning
- Difficulty: Hard
- Time target: 135 seconds
Question
Six people sit around a circular table facing the centre. A is opposite D, B is immediately to the right of A, and C is opposite B. Who is opposite E if F sits immediately to the left of A?
Options
- A
- B
- C
- F
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: D. F
Worked solution
- Number seats 1–6 clockwise and put A at 1, so D is at 4.
- Facing the centre, A's right is anticlockwise: B = seat 6, and C is opposite B at seat 3.
- A's left is clockwise: F = seat 2.
- The only seat left is 5, so E = 5, and opposite seat 5 is seat 2, which is F.
Answer: F.
The idea
Fix one person, then derive the rest. The orientation rule matters: facing the centre, left is clockwise and right is anticlockwise, and both flip if the group faces outwards.
Shortcut. Six seats form three opposite pairs; A–D and B–C are two of them, so E and F must share the third — E is opposite F with no left–right work at all.
Common trap. "C" — the last person placed by an 'opposite' clue looks like E's partner, but C is already paired with B.