Verbal Reasoning - Seating Arrangement - Discussion

Jack is not the neighbour Siman S_J_S.

Harry is just next to the left of Larry. H L.

There is at least one to the left of Larry. - - H L.

Paul lives in one of the two houses in the middle. - - - P P - - -.

Mike lives in between Paul and Larry. H L M P P J - S.

If at least one lives to the right of Robert H L M P - J R S.

And Harry is not between Taud and Larry H L M P T J R S.

I got the same answer.

JHLMPTRS is the arrangement.
1. J and S are not neighbors, so just assume that they are in the ends J-------S.

2. Harry is just next to the left of Larry so somewhere in between J and S we have HL.

3. There is at least one to the left of Larry. --HL.

4. Paul lives in one of the two houses in the middle. So J--P---S or J---P--S.

5. Mike lives in between Paul and Larry. So HLMP somewhere in the arrangement.

6. at least one lives to the right of Robert and Harry is not between Taud and Larry So, combining all the 6,

J---P--S
JHLMP--S
JHLMPT-S
JHLMPTRS

So the arrangement is,

* * * * * * * *
J H L M P T R S.

THIS IS ORDER.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
H L M J P T R S

Other possible arrangement is :

Taud Robert larry mike paul jack harry simon

Answer is C only.

Confusion may arise between the correctness of B/C, but B can be true or false depending upon the two arrangements that I have posted. But C can never hold true if we satisfy all conditions given in the question.

Left to right: Jack-Harry-Larry-Mike-Paul-Taud-Robert-Simon.

I think the arrangement should be
H L M P T S R J.....so we can say that
taud is betwn paul & jack...

@Bhanupriya is right from all aspects.

According to me the order is
harry taud larry mike paul jack robert simon

Banupriya has given the best solution to understand this problem.