Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

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1. Index seats left to right as columns 1..5. Row1 (facing south) contains B, C, D, E, F; Row2 (facing north) contains R, S, T, U, V. Each column pairs one from Row1 with one from Row2.

2. From clues: Google is not at an extreme and F is second to the left of Google (for Row1, left = +). So Google must occupy column $3$ and $F$ column $5$, or Google column $2$ and $F$ column $4$. The arrangement that satisfies all constraints is Google at column $3$ and hence $F$ at column $5$.

3. Using "only two between F and D" gives $D$ at column $2$. "B sits second to the left of C" (Row1 left = +) forces $C$ at column $1$ and $B$ at column $3$. Thus Row1 order (col1..col5): C, D, B, E, F.

4. Place R and Apple at the ends of Row2 (three between). The consistent placement (with remaining clues) is Row2 (col1..col5): V(Apple), S, T(Samsung), U, R(Microsoft). From other clues we derive companies: C = Bata (col1), D = Reliance (col2), B = Google (col3), E = ITC (col4), F = Vodafone (col5); U = HCL (col4), T = Samsung (col3), R = Microsoft (col5), V = Apple (col1), S = Airtel (col2).

5. Final seating (col1→col5):
   - Row1: C(Bata), D(Reliance), B(Google), E(ITC), F(Vodafone)
   - Row2: V(Apple), S(Airtel), T(Samsung), U(HCL), R(Microsoft)

6. Now check the options: R, V, C and F are all seated at extreme ends of the rows (columns $1$ or $5$): V at row2 col1, C at row1 col1, F at row1 col5, R at row2 col5. B is at column $3$ (the middle), so B does not belong to the group of extremes.

Therefore the odd one out is B.

FINAL_ANSWER: e

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