Question:

Ten friends, Matt, Sam, Pat, Tom, Sid, Alex, Kat, Jim, Jane and John, are having dinner at a rectangular table. Eight of them sit facing each other along the two long sides of the table, four on each side. The other two sit facing each other along the two short sides. Pat sits diagonally opposite Kat. Alex faces Jim. John sits to the right of Jane. Tom sits between Sam and Jim. Pat sits at the extreme left and Jane sits at the extreme right along the long side of the table. Sid faces Tom. Matt sits to the right of Sam.

Who is sitting to the immediate right of Jim?

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People facing across the table have their own right and left reversed compared to how the row reads on paper; use the Matt-Sam clue to fix that direction first.
Updated On: Jul 16, 2026
  • Sam
  • Jane
  • Alex
  • Tom
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: Recall Jim's row.
Using the between and diagonal clues, Jim's row (as drawn, left to right) reads Sam, Tom, Jim, Kat.

Step 2: Remember which way Jim is facing.
Jim sits on the row that faces inward, across the table towards Alex, not towards the reader. This means Jim's own right hand does not point the same way the row is written left to right.

Step 3: Work out Jim's own right side.
Since Jim faces the opposite row, his right hand points towards the seat drawn to the left of him on the page, which is Tom, not Kat. This same rule places Matt, and not someone else, to the right of Sam earlier in the arrangement.

Step 4: Confirm using the given clue.
Matt sits to the right of Sam only if Sam's own right also points toward the row's left end, so the same left facing convention applies to every seat on this row, including Jim.

Final Answer:
Jim's own right hand points to Tom. \[ \boxed{\text{Tom}} \]
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