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3 Male and 3 female singers sat around a circular table Alka is a female singer did not sat adjacent to a male singer and Sonu is male singer did not sat adjacent to a female singer, In how many ways this could be done?

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Solution

The correct option is A 4
Sonu can have only male singer as his neighbours which can be mutally arranged in 2! ways.
Similarly Alka can have only female singers as her neighbours which can be arranged in 2! ways.
Hence the required number of arrangements =2!×2!=4

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