Which of the following is true regarding E?

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1. Label positions from left to right as $1$ to $5$ in each row. Row1 (faces south) contains B, C, D, E, F; Row2 (faces north) contains R, S, T, U, V. Facing pairs are same index positions.

2. From "F sits second to the left of the person from Google" and "Google not at an extreme", Google must be at row1 position $3$ and hence F at row1 position $5$. Thus row1: pos2 = D, pos3 = (Google), pos5 = F. "Only two people sit between F and D" confirms D at pos2.

3. "B sits second to the left of C" (both in row1) gives C at pos1 and B at pos3. So row1 becomes: pos1 = C, pos2 = D, pos3 = B(Google), pos4 = E, pos5 = F.

4. "Three people sit between R and the person from Apple" forces Apple and R to occupy row2 positions $1$ and $5$. Testing placements and other clues (notably the Bata and T/V relations) leads to Apple at row2 pos1 and hence R at row2 pos5. Then V (person) is at row2 pos1 (Apple) and T at row2 pos3.

5. "The person from Bata sits second to the right of the one who faces T" implies Bata is at row1 pos1, so C = Bata. "Samsung faces an immediate neighbour of D" places Samsung at row2 pos3 (facing row1 pos3 which is adjacent to D). So T at row2 pos3 is Samsung.

6. Placing remaining people in row2 as S and U at pos2 and pos4 respectively (so that "U is an immediate neighbour of the person from Microsoft") forces Microsoft to be at row2 pos5 (R = Microsoft).

7. Assign remaining companies so all conditions are met: row1 pos1 C = Bata, pos2 D = Reliance, pos3 B = Google, pos4 E = ITC, pos5 F = Vodafone; row2 pos1 V = Apple, pos2 S = Airtel, pos3 T = Samsung, pos4 U = HCL, pos5 R = Microsoft. This satisfies "The person from ITC is an immediate neighbour of the person from Vodafone", "The person from ITC faces the person from HCL", and all other given constraints.

8. From the final arrangement, E (row1 position 4) is assigned the company ITC.

FINAL_ANSWER: a

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