Question

Five friends are standing in a line: John, James, Robert, Mary and Lucy.
(i) One of the two persons at the extreme ends is John and other is Lucy.
(ii) Robert is to the left of Lucy.
(iii) Mary is standing between John and James.
Find the position of James.

• A. $1^{st}$
• B. $2^{nd}$
• C. $4^{th}$
• D. $3^{rd}$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $3^{rd}$

From the first statement, we know that John and Lucy stand at the extreme ends.
So, there could be two possible cases.

Now, we know that Robert is to the left of Lucy. So, John will stand at the first end and Lucy at the other end.

From the last statement, we can conclude that Mary stands between John and James.

Thus, James stands at the $3^{rd}$ position.