Eight friends Sunil, Ravi, Jayant, Kapil, Naren, Shivam, Paresh, and Lakshya are seated in a straight line facing north, but not necessarily in the same order.

Ravi sits second to the right of Shivam. Shivam sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. What is the position of Kapil?

I. Paresh is not an immediate neighbor of Naren or Jayant, and sits third to the left of Kapil.

II. Only two persons sit between Kapil and Sunil.

Based on the above statements, choose the correct option:

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Eight friends Sunil, Ravi, Jayant, Kapil, Naren, Shivam, Paresh, and Lakshya are seated in a straight line facing north, but not necessarily in the same order.

Ravi sits second to the right of Shivam. Shivam sits at one of the extreme ends of the line. What is the position of Kapil?

I. Paresh is not an immediate neighbor of Naren or Jayant, and sits third to the left of Kapil.

II. Only two persons sit between Kapil and Sunil.

Based on the above statements, choose the correct option:

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**Solution:**

1. Since Shivam sits at one extreme end and Ravi sits second to the right of Shivam, we can fix Shivam at the leftmost end (position 1) and Ravi at position 3.

2. Statement I says Paresh is not an immediate neighbor of Naren or Jayant and sits third to the left of Kapil. This gives a relative position between Paresh and Kapil but does not fix their exact seats.

3. Statement II says only two persons sit between Kapil and Sunil, which gives a distance relation but not exact positions.

4. Using both statements together, we can place Paresh third to the left of Kapil, and with the distance between Kapil and Sunil known, we can deduce the exact positions of Kapil and others.

5. Therefore, both statements combined provide sufficient information to determine Kapil's position.

**Answer:** If both statements I and II taken together are sufficient to answer the question.

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