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Eight persons, Amjt, Harshit, Karun, Murali, Naman, Pragyan, Rohan and Sanju, went to a restaurant for dinner. They arrived at different times and sat around a circular table. Each of them sat around the table. In such a way that none of them sat adjacent to the person who arrived immediately before him. Further, it rs also known that
(I) Pragyan arrived immediately before Murali and was sitting opposite Harshit, who was not the last to arrive.
(II) Rohan was_sitting adjacent to broth Karun and Sanju and none of the three was the first to arrive.
(III) Naman arrived immediately after Murali.
(IV) Sanju arrived after Amit but immediately before Harshit.
(V) Amit was not the first to arrive, while Rohan was sitting two places to the right of Harshit.
Who was the first person to arrive at the restaurant?
  • a)
    Naman
  • b)
    Pragyan
  • c)
    Harshit
  • d)
    Amit
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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Given Information:
- Eight persons - Amjit, Harshit, Karun, Murali, Naman, Pragyan, Rohan, and Sanju
- They arrived at a restaurant for dinner
- They sat around a circular table
- None of them sat adjacent to the person who arrived immediately before them
- Pragyan arrived immediately before Murali and sat opposite Harshit
- Harshit was not the last to arrive
- Rohan sat adjacent to both Karun and Sanju
- Rohan, Karun, and Sanju were not the first to arrive
- Naman arrived immediately after Murali
- Sanju arrived after Amit but immediately before Harshit
- Amit was not the first to arrive
- Rohan sat two places to the right of Harshit

Solution:
To find out who was the first person to arrive at the restaurant, let's analyze the given information step by step.

Step 1: From the given information, we know that Amit was not the first to arrive. So, Amit cannot be the first person.

Step 2: According to the given information, Rohan sat two places to the right of Harshit. Since they sat around a circular table, there are two possible arrangements for Rohan and Harshit's seating positions:
- Rohan-Harshit-Karun-Sanju-...
- ...-Sanju-Karun-Harshit-Rohan

Step 3: Let's consider the first arrangement: Rohan-Harshit-Karun-Sanju-...
Since Harshit was not the last to arrive, we can conclude that Sanju arrived after Harshit. But Sanju cannot be the first person to arrive because Rohan, Karun, and Sanju were not the first to arrive. Therefore, Sanju cannot be the first person.

Step 4: Now, let's consider the second arrangement: ...-Sanju-Karun-Harshit-Rohan
Here, Karun is sitting adjacent to Rohan, and none of them were the first to arrive. So, Karun cannot be the first person.

Step 5: We are left with the following possibilities for the first person to arrive: Amjit, Naman, Pragyan, and Murali.

Step 6: According to the given information, Pragyan arrived immediately before Murali. Also, Pragyan sat opposite Harshit. Since Harshit was not the last to arrive, we can conclude that Harshit cannot be the first person. Therefore, Pragyan cannot be the first person either.

Step 7: Now, we are left with Amjit and Naman as the possible first persons to arrive. Let's analyze the remaining information to determine who among them arrived first.

Step 8: According to the given information, Naman arrived immediately after Murali. This means Murali cannot be the first person. Therefore, Amjit must be the first person who arrived at the restaurant.

Therefore, the first person to arrive at the restaurant is Amjit (Option D).
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From (I), Praygyan was sitting opposite Harshit. From (II), Rohan was sitting between Karun and Sanju. Hence, all three of them could be to the left of Harshit or to his right. The other three consecutive seats must have been occupied by Murali, Naman, and Amit. Let the following diagram represent the seat numbers of the seats occupied by the eight friends.
Let Pragyan be sitting at 5. Harshit must have been at 1. Sanju cannot be at 8 or 2 since he arrived immediately before Harshit.
Hence, from (II), Sanju must be at 6 or 4.
If Sanju is at 4, Amit must be at 2 or 3. This is not possible from (II).
Hence, Sanju is at 6, Rohan at 7 and Karun at 8.
Murlu, Naman and Amit can be in 2, 3, 4 in any order. But from (III), Murli and Naman cannot be next to each other. Hence, Amit must be between them at 3. From (I), Murali cannot be next to Pragyan as well. Hence, Murli must be at 2 and Naman must be at 4.
The follwoing diagram the seating arrangement (the friends denoted by the first letters of their names).
The order in which they arrived can be found as follows.
From (II), (III), (IV) and (V), Rohan, Karun, Sanju, Naman, Murali, Harshit and Amit could not arrived first. Hence, Pragyan must have been the first to arrive. From (I) and (III), Murali and Naman must have been the second and third to arrive respectively.
After Naman, Amit could not have arrived next (since he is sitting adjacent to Naman). Sanju and Harshit could not have arrived next (from (IV)). Rohan or Karun could have arrived next. If Rohan was the fourth to arrive, fifth could not have been Karun or Sanju. Since Amit arrived before Sanju and Harshit, Amit must have been the fifth to arrive. Sanju and Harshit arrived one after the other and Harshit was not the last to arrive. Hence, Sanju and Harshit was not the last to arrive. Hence, Sanju and Harshit must have been sixth and seventh. Karun must have been the last. This is not possible as it violates condition (I). Hence, Karun could not have been the fourth to arrive.
If Karun was the fourth to arrive, fifth could not be Harshit or Rohan (from the arrangement). Amit must have been the fifth from (IV). Sanju and Harshit arrived one after the other. Since Harshit cannot be the last, Sanju and Harshit must be 6th and 7th. Rohan must have been the last arrive. Hence the order in which they arrived is:
| Pragyan | Murali | Naman | Karun |Amit | Sanju | Harshit |Rohan |
Pragyan was the first person to arrive at the restaurant.
Hence, the correct option is (b).
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