Question

The eighth person present, Jackie, must be:
I. the host
II. Seated to Shobha’s right
III. Seated opposite Urmila

• A. I only
• B. III only
• C. I and II only
• D. II and III only
• A. Maqbool
• B. Madhuri
• C. Jackie
• D. Shobha
• A. I only
• B. II only
• C. I and II only
• D. II and III only
• A. Ratan and Monisha
• B. Madhuri and Dhirubhai
• C. Urmila and Jackie
• D. Ratan and Madhuri

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Let us break down the seating arrangement step-by-step using the information from the passage:
1. There are 8 people: Host, Hostess, Maqbool, Ratan, Dhirubhai, Jackie, Madhuri, Urmila, Shobha, Monisha. Men: Maqbool, Ratan, Dhirubhai, Jackie. Women: Madhuri, Urmila, Shobha, Monisha.
2. Host and hostess sit at opposite ends of the rectangular table, with three seats on each long side.
3. Maqbool is opposite Shobha — this fixes two opposite seats. Since Shobha is not the hostess, Maqbool is not the host either.
4. Monisha is to the hostess’s right, next to Dhirubhai — this fixes part of one side.
5. Ratan has a woman on his right and is opposite a woman — this further constrains placement.
6. One person is between Madhuri and Urmila (Urmila not hostess) — adds another constraint.
7. Since the table is rectangular with host/hostess at the ends, and given that Jackie is the only person not yet fixed by the earlier clues, we check each condition:
- I. Jackie is the host — This cannot be confirmed; no direct evidence links Jackie to the host seat.
- II. Jackie seated to Shobha’s right — Not necessarily true; Shobha’s seating is not fully mapped yet.
- III. Jackie seated opposite Urmila — This can be deduced because after placing others according to the constraints, Jackie falls into the seat opposite Urmila to maintain gender alternation and fulfill all seating clues.
Therefore, only statement III is certainly correct.

Answer 2

The problem states that each person must be seated such that at least on one side there is a person of the opposite sex. This does not mean that every person is guaranteed two neighbours of opposite sex — only at least one.
We analyze each option based on the derived seating arrangement:
1. Maqbool — Sits opposite Shobha. Depending on placements, he could have one male and one female neighbour, so we cannot say for sure he is not seated next to a same-sex person.
2. Madhuri — Her position ensures that on both sides she has men as neighbours, due to the gender alternation rule in her specific row. Therefore, she is definitely not next to a same-sex person.
3. Jackie — Could have one male neighbour depending on arrangement, so not definite.
4. Shobha — Same reasoning as Jackie; cannot be confirmed without ambiguity.
Thus, Madhuri is the only one who can be confirmed to have no neighbour of the same sex.

Answer 3

Let us reconstruct the logic step-by-step:
1. In the original arrangement, seating was made so that each person had at least one neighbour of the opposite sex, ensuring a gender mix along both sides of the table.
2. Moving a person four seats to the left around a rectangular table changes their side and may also change their position relative to the host or hostess.
3. In this scenario, when Ratan moves four places to his left, the seat swap causes **one full side of the table** to now have all persons of the same sex — this satisfies statement II.
4. Because the change involves such a significant shift in seating, either the host or the hostess ends up changing seats to maintain the basic alternating gender requirement in other spots — satisfying statement III.
5. However, statement I is no longer valid after the exchange. The swap disrupts the original careful arrangement and now some individuals are seated between two people of the opposite sex, breaking the original alternation pattern.
Thus, statements II and III remain true after the exchange, making the correct answer (d).

Answer 4

From the given seating arrangement:
1. Maqbool is opposite Shobha. Since Shobha is not the hostess and no spouse pairing is indicated here, they are likely not a couple in this scenario.
2. Monisha is seated to the hostess’s right and next to Dhirubhai. This makes it unlikely for Monisha to be opposite Ratan, ruling out option (a).
3. Urmila is not the hostess and is positioned with one person between her and Madhuri. Given the placement constraints, Urmila cannot be opposite Jackie unless the arrangement is altered beyond the original — making option (c) incorrect.
4. The gender alternation rule means that opposite pairs are always male-female. In the mapped arrangement, Dhirubhai ends up directly opposite Madhuri, and the question specifies that in the “opposite spouse” scenario, these two must be married — making option (b) correct.
5. Option (d) is impossible because in the original constraints, Ratan and Madhuri’s positions do not align opposite each other in the marriage arrangement.
Therefore, (b) Madhuri and Dhirubhai is the pair that must be married under the given condition.