Discussion

Answer: B

Correct answer: W, X

The dancers face different ways, so each one’s own left and right must be used: a north-facing dancer’s right runs towards seat 9, a south-facing dancer’s right runs back towards seat 1.

Q sits in the middle, seat 5, and W - Jhumur, facing north - is third from the right end, seat 7. The Bihu dancer faces opposite to X, so north, has south-facing neighbours on both sides, sits two places to the Kathak dancer’s right and next to neither the Jhumur nor the Odissi dancer; with Odissi and Kathak together, facing alike and one of them at an end, that forces Odissi to seat 1 and Kathak to seat 2, both facing north, and Bihu to seat 4. Garba sits immediately left of Q, which puts it in seat 6 - so Q faces south. T dances Chhau beside the Giddha dancer with R four places to T’s right, giving T seat 8 facing south and R seat 4. S is neither Kathak nor Giddha and Bhangra lies three to S’s right, settling S in seat 6 and Bhangra in seat 3. V and P sit two apart facing opposite ways and V did not dance Bhangra, so V takes seat 1 and P seat 3, leaving U and X for seats 2 and 9:

1 V Odissi (N) · 2 U Kathak (N) · 3 P Bhangra (S) · 4 R Bihu (N) · 5 Q Lavani (S) · 6 S Garba (S) · 7 W Jhumur (N) · 8 T Chhau (S) · 9 X Giddha (S)

T dances Chhau from seat 8, so the dancers on either side are seat 7 and seat 9 - W and X.