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    Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as

    per the given arrangement and hence form a group, which one of the following does not belong to that group? Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Seven persons J, K, L, M, N, O and P are sitting in a row facing towards the north but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them likes different cities i.e., Jaipur, Pune, Dehradun, Delhi, Punjab, Noida and Lucknow but not necessarily in the same order. The one who sits immediate right of M likes Lucknow. M sits 2nd from one of the extreme ends. Only one person sits between M and L. J sits 4th to the left of P, who sits adjacent to L. Only one person sits between O and P, who likes Dehradun. More than three persons sit between J and O. More than two persons sit between the one who likes Dehradun and the one who likes Delhi. K sits to the left of N. K is not an immediate neighbor of J. Neither M nor L likes Noida. The one who likes Jaipur sits 3rd to the left of the one who likes Noida. N does not like Pune.
    A M- Pune Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B P- Dehradun Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C O- Noida Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D K- Jaipur Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E J- Delhi Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    As per the given information, the one who sits immediate right of M likes Lucknow. M sits 2ndfrom one of the extreme ends. Only one person sits between M and L. Here we have two possible cases i.e. J sits 4th to the left of P, who sits adjacent to L. Only one person sits between O and P, who likes dehradun. More than three persons sit between J and O. K sits to the left of N. More than two persons sit between the one who likes dehradun and the one who likes Delhi. K is not an immediate neighbor of J. Here Case 1 gets eliminated. Neither M nor L likes noida. The one who likes Jaipur sits 3rd to the left of the one who likes noida. N does not like Pune. So the final arrangement will be,

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