Instructions

Seven children, Aarav, Bina, Chirag, Diya, Eshan, Farhan, and Gaurav, are sitting in a circle facing inside (not necessarily in the same order) and playing a game of 'Passing the Buck'.

The game is played over 10 rounds. In each round, the child holding the Buck must pass it directly to a child sitting in one of the following positions:

• Immediately to the left;

• Immediate to the right;

• Second to the left; or

• Second to the right.

The game starts with Bina passing the Buck and ends with Chirag receiving the Buck. The table below provides some information about the pass types and the child receiving the Buck. Some information is missing and labelled as ‘?’.

Question 15.

Who is sitting third to the left of Eshan?

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Let us place Bina at position 1 and arrange the numbers in a clockwise direction for better understanding, and then position the rest of the people on the table.
Round 1:
The holder of the buck is Bina. The buck is passed immediately to the left, which means it is given to position 2 from 1, and it is received by Aarav. So, Aarav's position is 2.
Round 2:
The holder of the buck is Aarav. The buck is passed second to the right, which means it is given to the position 7 from 2, and the person receiving it is unknown.
Round 3:
The holder of the buck is unknown, but it is at position 7. The buck is passed immediately to the right, which means it is given to the position 6 from 7, and the person receiving it is Diya. Therefore, Diya's position is 6.
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Round 4 and 5:
The buck is at position 6 at the start of round 4 with Diya, and the pass types of rounds 4 and 5 are not provided to us. The only information known to us is that after round 5, the buck is with Aarav, who is at position 2.
The possible ways for Aarav to receive the buck after rounds 4 and 5 are:
1) Passing the buck second to the right in round 4 and second to the right in round 5.
2) Passing the buck second to the left in round 4 and to the left in round 5.
3) Passing the buck to the left in round 4 and second to the left in round 5.
These are the only possible ways for the buck to reach Aarav after round 6.
Round 6:
The holder of the buck is Aarav. The buck is passed second to the left, which means it is given to the position 4 from 2, and the person receiving it is unknown.
Round 7:
The holder of the buck is unknown, but it is at position 4. The buck is passed immediately to the left, which means it is given to position 5 from 4, and the person receiving it is Gaurav. Therefore, Gaurav's position is 5.
image Round 8:
The holder of the buck is Gaurav. The buck is passed immediately to the left, which means it is given to position 6 from 5, and the person receiving it is unknown. But we know that the person in position 6 is Diya. So, the buck is currently at position 6 with Diya.
Round 9 and 10:
The pass types of rounds 9 and 10 are unknown to us, but we are told that the buck is passed to Farhan in round 9 and to Chirag in round 10. The positions of Farhan and Chirag are currently not assigned, and they are out of 3, 4, and 7. From position 6, the only positions that Buck can reach out of the three are 4 or 7.
If the buck is passed to position 7 in round 9, then it has to reach either 3 or 4 in round 10 to get to Chirag, but it is not possible to pass the buck from 7 to 3 or 4 in a single round. So, we can eliminate the case of Buck going to 7 in round 9.
The only case left is for the buck to go to position 4 in round 9 and to position 3 in round 10, as from 4, the buck can only be passed to 3 out of 3 and 7 in one round. Hence, we can conclude that Farhan is placed at position 4 and Chirag is placed at position 3. This leaves out only position 7, and the only person left to be assigned is Eshan, making the person at position 7 Eshan.
image This is the final arrangement.
The person third to the left of Eshan is Chirag.
Hence, the correct answer is option C.
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