Amartya Sen, Liu Xiaobo, Gerhard Domagk, Albert Fert, Andre Geim and Hideki Yukaw are six
Nobel laureates, who belong to six different countries viz–India, China, Germany, France, Russia
and Japan but not necessarily in the same order, each one has won the prize in different fields,
viz Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Medicine, Peace and Literature but not necessarily in the
same order.
They are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. The persons who have won the prize
for Medicine, Economics and Peace are neither from Japan nor from India.
The persons who are from France and China have won the prizes neither for Medicine nor for
Literature. Amartya Sen is neither from Japan nor sits on the immediate left of the person who
won the prize for Chemistry. The only person who is between Andre Geim and Hideki Yukaw, has
won the prize for Physics. The person who is on the left side of the person from Japan has not
won the prize for Literature. Albert Fert has won the prize for Chemistry and is from China. He is
facing the person who has won the prize for Physics.
One who has won the prize for Medicine is sitting opposite the person from Russia, while the
person from China is on the left of the person who has won the prize for peace.
One who has won the prize for Literature is on the immediate right of the person from Japan but
on the left of the person who has won the prize for Economics. Gerhard Domagk has not won
the prize for Economics and Hideki Yukaw has not won the prize for Medicine.