The puzzle
Kiran, Deepak, Manish, Omkar sit in a single row, all facing north. Seat 1 is the far-left end and seat 4 is the far-right end. Using the clues below, work out the order from left to right.
- Manish sits immediately to the right of Omkar.
- Kiran sits somewhere to the right of Manish.
- Deepak sits somewhere to the right of Kiran.
Question: What is the seating order from far-left to far-right?
Reveal the answer
Answer: Omkar, Manish, Kiran, Deepak (left to right).
Seat 1OmkarSeat 2ManishSeat 3KiranSeat 4Deepak
- Start: 24 possible left-to-right orders of 4 people.
- Clue 1 — "Manish sits immediately to the right of Omkar." leaves 6 possibilities.
- Clue 2 — "Kiran sits somewhere to the right of Manish." leaves 3 possibilities.
- Clue 3 — "Deepak sits somewhere to the right of Kiran." leaves 1 possibility.
- Exactly one order survives every clue — that is the answer.