Five friends L, M, N, O and P read a newspaper. The one who reads first gives it to N. The one who reads last had taken it from L. P was not the first or last to read it. There were two readers between M and L. Who read the newspaper last?

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PGCIL Diploma Trainee EE Official Paper held on 14 November 2018

Answer 1

The logic is:

Given: Five friends L, M, N, O and P read a newspaper.

1) The one who reads first gives it to N, that indicates N reads at second.

2) The one who reads last had taken it from L, that indicates L reads the second last i.e. at 4th position.

3) P was not the first or last to read it that means P reads the newspaper exactly in between among all.

Order of reading newspaper	1	2	3	4	5
Name of the persons	M/O	N	P	L	M/O

4) There were two readers between M and L that means M reads the first.

Order of reading news paper	1	2	3	4	5
Name of the persons	M	N	P	L	O

Hence, O is the correct answer.