RRB NTPC · Question 34
Read the statements given below and answer the questions that follow: (i) There are five friends. (ii) They are standing in a row facing North. (iii) Jai is to the immediate right of Ashok. (iv) Pranesh is the only one between Bala and Subhash. (v) Subhash is between Jai and Pranesh. Who is in the middle?
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Answer: (B) Subhash
Explanation
Bala, Pranesh and Subhash stand together with Pranesh in the middle, and Jai stands immediately right of Ashok. The arrangement used in the official key, left to right, is Bala, Pranesh, Subhash, Ashok, Jai. (Ashok, Jai, Subhash, Pranesh, Bala also fits.) In both, Subhash is in the middle.