**Direction:** Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Ten employees Ava, Brooke, Charles, Daniel, Emma, Fraklin, Gloria, Harper, Ivan, and Jacob sit at two rectangular tables X and Y. Three of them like action novels, three like drama novels and the remaining like comedy novels. Four employees sit at table X and the remaining sit at table Y. The person sitting in the middle faces outside the center and the person sitting in the corner faces inside the center. People sitting at Table X sit in the middle of the table and at Table Y four persons sit in the middle and four sit in the corner. Two seats are vacant in Table Y. Daniel sits at table X. Jacob does not sit at table Y. Gloria sits immediately left of Jacob and neither of them like drama. The one who likes comedy does not sit in the middle of table Y. Daniel likes comedy and sits opposite Gloria. Emma likes comedy and sits at table Y. Both the immediate neighbors of Emma like drama. Ava sits immediately left of the one who likes drama. Fraklin sits third to the right of Ava. Charles sits at table X. Brooke does not like drama and comedy. Two persons sit between Daniel and the one who likes drama. Ivan sits 2nd to the right of a vacant seat. Both the vacant seats are not adjacent to each other. One of the persons who likes action sits the immediate right of the one who likes comedy. After the arrangement: I. Ivan, Jacob and Harper change their novels. II. Fraklin and Gloria change their novels. III. Daniel changes his novel with the one who sits immediately left of Ava. IV. Brooke and Emma change their place but not the novels. Note: The final arrangement is obtained after the I, II, III, and IV changes are done. The person who is sitting third to the right of person who is sitting immediately right of Fraklin likes _____ novels.

Verbal Reasoning Seating Arrangement Difficulty: Hard
Choose an option
  • A
    Drama
  • B
    Either Action or Comedy
  • C
    Action
  • D
    Comedy
  • E
    Either Drama or Action

Answer

Correct Answer: Either Action or Comedy

Explanation

### Concept & Logic Determine the final positions after all seating changes, then trace the relative seating based on the specified directions (facing inside vs. outside). ### Step-by-Step Solution 1. **Locate Fraklin:** Based on the initial arrangement, Fraklin sits at the bottom-middle seat (M3) of Table Y, facing outside (South). 2. **Immediate Right of Fraklin:** Facing South, right is West. The seat to the West is the bottom-left corner (C3). Before Change IV, Brooke was here. After Change IV, Emma is at C3. 3. **Third to the Right of C3:** The person at C3 (Emma) faces inside the center. Their right is towards the bottom edge. * 1st right: Bottom-middle (M3, Fraklin) * 2nd right: Bottom-right corner (C2, Vacant) * 3rd right: Right-middle (M2, Harper) 4. **Determine Novel:** The person at M2 is Harper. Originally, Harper liked Drama. According to Change I, Harper changes his novel. Since he must pick a new one from the available types and cannot keep Drama, he now likes either Action or Comedy. ### Exam Strategy & Shortcut Once you have the full spatial map drawn, trace the movements step-by-step with your finger on the paper. Do not try to hold multiple relative directional changes (like "third to the right of the person immediately right") in your head. ### Common Pitfall Forgetting to account for Change IV before evaluating the final seating arrangement, which swaps the positions of Brooke and Emma. ### Final Answer Therefore, the correct answer is **Either Action or Comedy**.
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