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There are twelve people sitting in two parallel rows. Six persons A, B, C, D, E, and F are facing south and other six P, Q, R, S, T, and U are facing north. Each person from one row faces exactly one person from the other row but not necessarily in the same order.

Only two people are sitting between C and F, none of them are sitting at the extreme ends. Three persons are sitting between Q and the person who is an immediate neighbor of the person who faces C. Three persons are sitting between P and U. U does not sit at the extreme end. A and D are immediate neighbors of each other. There are more than one person sitting between A and E. The numbers of persons sitting to the left of T is one more than that of the right of T. R and B are diagonally opposite to each other. A does not sit opposite to S.

What is the position of B with respect to A?

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  1. Immediate right
  2. Second to the right
  3. Third to the left
  4. Second to the left
  5. Cannot determine

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Option 4 : Second to the left

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1) Only two people are sitting between C and F, none of them are sitting at extreme ends.

2) Three persons are sitting between Q and the person who is an immediate neighbor of the person who faces C.

3) Three persons are sitting between P and U. U does not sit at the extreme end.

4) A and D are immediate neighbors of each other.

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5) The number of persons sitting to the left of T is one more than that of the right of T.

6) R and B are diagonally opposite to each other.

7) There are more than one person sitting between A and E.

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8) A does not sit opposite to S. (This eliminate case 2) 

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Hence, B is second to the left of A.
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