Directions: Few persons were seated in 3 different rows facing the north. The rows were numbered 1-3 such that the last row was numbered 1, the row exactly in front of it was numbered 2 and so on. The seats were numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on in ascending order from left to right. All rows did not necessarily have the same number of seats. The information about only few persons is known.
(i) S’s seat number was one less than as that his row number.
(ii) S was 2nd to the left of K. Nobody was seated to the right of N.
(iii) Row-1 had 6 seats.
(iv) T was seated at one of the extreme ends but not adjacent to R .
(v) Row 3 had one seats more than that in row 2.
(vi) M was 3rd to the left of P. M and P was not seated any extreme end of the row.
(vii) R was seated behind M, they had the same seat number but they were not in consecutive rows.
(viii) M not seated with N and T.
(ix) The maximum number of seats was six in any row.

Q:

How many persons could be there in the rows?

• 1
  15
• 2
  17
• 3
  21
• 4
  19
• 5
  23