The question given below can be answered using one of the statements given in the options. Find the correct answer which can answer the question: Seven persons D, E, F, G, H, I and J are sitting in a straight row facing north but not necessarily in the same order. Who sits 2nd to the left of E?

From data in option (a) we get G sits 2nd to the left of E. Case I: D sits to the right of G. _____  ____  _____ G _____ E  D Case II: D sits to the left of G: D _____  ____    G ____  E _____ From data in option (b), D sits 2nd to the left or 2nd to the right of F. Case I: D sits 2nd to the left of F: H _____ D   G  F   _____  ____  Case II: D sits 2nd to the right of F: H _____  ____    G F  ____ D From data in option (c), H sits immediate left of D. I ___ G ___  H D Data in option (d), D sits to the left or to the right of G. Case I: D sits to the left of G: D  ___ J   G _____  ____    _____ Case II: D sits to the right of G: _____  ____    J  G   _____  ____   D