Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow: c o Seven persons are sitting in a straight line. Four of them are facing south and remaining of them are facing north. They also like different hobbies Painting, Dancing, Sketching, Reading, Writing, Cooking and Singing but not necessarily in the same e e order. Those seven people are also sitting in alphabetical order from left end. The person who likes Sketching sits second to the left of U. Two persons sit between the one who likes Sketching and the one who likes Dancing. The immediate neighbours of the one, who likes Dancing faces opposite directions (i.e. if one faces to north then the other faces to south vice versa). V likes Writing. The one who likes Cooking sits second to the right to V. Only one person sits between W and the one, who likes Reading. The persons who like Dancing and Painting are immediate neighbours. The one, who likes Singing sits third to the right of the person who likes Cooking. V and W face opposite directions (i.e. If one faces north then the other faces south vice versa). The one who likes Dancing faces south. The person who likes Reading faces north. Which of the following hobby does W like?

Explanation

The person who likes Sketching sits second to the left of U. We will have four cases as U can face either north or south direction. If U sits at place no. 3 and faces north direction, then the person who likes Sketching sits at place no. 1. Two persons sit between the one who likes Sketching and the one who likes Dancing. So, the one who likes Dancing sits at place no. 4. e e The immediate neighbours of the one, who likes Dancing faces opposite directions (i.e. if one faces to north then the other faces to south vice versa). The person sitting at place no. 5 faces south direction. This case will get discarded as V will be sitting at place no. 4 as those seven people are also sitting in alphabetical order from left end and V likes Writing. w w If U sits at place no. 5 and faces south direction, then the person who likes Sketching sits at place no. 7. Two persons sit between the one who likes Sketching and the one who likes Dancing. So, the one who likes Dancing sits at place no. 4. The immediate neighbours of the one, who likes Dancing faces opposite directions (i.e. if one faces to north then the other faces to south vice versa). The person sitting at place no. 3 faces north direction. It is given that the one who likes Dancing faces south. V likes Writing. The one who likes Cooking sits second to the right to V. V will sit at place no. 6 but we cannot place the one who likes Cooking. So, this case will also get discarded. If U sits at place no. 4 and faces south direction, then the person who likes Sketching sits at place no. 6. Two persons sit between the one who likes Sketching and the one who likes Dancing. So, the one who likes Dancing sits at place no. 3. The immediate neighbours of the one, who likes Dancing faces opposite directions (i.e. if one faces to north then the other