Question

If each person is placed directly opposite her spouse, which of the following pairs must be married?

• A. Ratan and Monisha
• B. Madhuri and Dhirubhai
• C. Urmila and Jackie
• D. Ratan and Madhuri

Hint:

For “must be married” questions based on opposite seating, use the original fixed opposites and gender rules — only those consistently aligned across all valid seating diagrams are certain.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

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.