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SSC Selection Post 2025 PYQ — Question 98

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level - 29th August 2025 - Shift 2 • Reasoning • Q98

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In a circle, eight persons are sitting facing the centre. X is sitting to the immediate left of Y. Z is sitting second to the right of X. If W is sitting directly opposite Z, then what is the position of Y with respect to W?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

For a person facing the centre:

  • Left → Clockwise
  • Right → Anticlockwise

Let us fix X at any position.

  1. X is immediately to the left of Y.
    Therefore, Y will be one place to the right of X.
  2. Z is second to the right of X.
    So, starting from X and moving right:
    1st → Y's position, 2nd → Z
  3. W is directly opposite Z.
    Since there are 8 persons, the opposite position is 4 places away.

The arrangement can be represented as:

X → Y → [ ] → [ ] → W → [ ] → Z → [ ]

Now, starting from W and moving towards the right:

1st → [ ]
2nd → [ ]
3rd → Y

Therefore, Y is third to the right of W.

Correct Answer: c) Third to the right