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There are 8 people next to each other in a row in positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 who have the following characteristics.
Everyone likes a different physical activity: weight lifting, running, swimming, snorkeling, paragliding, scuba diving, hiking, biking.
Everyone likes a different favorite animal: crocodiles, black bears, kangaroos, phoenixes, kudus, cows, ants, dolphins.
Everyone supports a different NBA team: Suns, Warriors, Hawks, Bulls, Lakers, Knicks, Cavaliers, Mavericks.
Everyone plays a different musical instrument: piano, saxophone, guitar, drums, harmonica, flute, cello, violin.
Everyone has a different name: Charlie, Drew, Bob, Joseph, Margaret, Mallika, Karan, Rose.
Everyone smokes a different cigarette: Blue Master, Newport, Blends, Salem, Pall Mall, Dunhill, Davidoff, Marlboro.
Everyone drives a different motorbike: Ducati, Kawasaki, Buell, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Piaggio, Suzuki, Yamaha.
Everyone is a different nationality: Canadian, Israeli, Belarusian, Brit, Italian, Serbian, Pakistani, Spanish.
Using the clues provided below, answer the question at the end.
Clue 1: The person who likes biking is somewhere in between the person who likes black bears and the flute player in that order.
Clue 2: The person at the 5th position is the person who smokes Pall Mall.
Clue 3: The person who likes phoenixes is somewhere in between the saxophone player and the person who likes black bears in that order.
Clue 4: The person who supports the Lakers is the person who drives the Suzuki.
Clue 5: The person who likes kudus is next to the person who supports the Lakers.
Clue 6: Mallika is somewhere in between the harmonica player and the person who smokes Blue Master in that order.
Clue 7: Margaret is somewhere in between the person who smokes Blue Master and the person who likes dolphins in that order.
Clue 8: The person who likes paragliding is the person who likes ants.
Clue 9: The person who likes snorkeling is immediately to the left of the guitar player.
Clue 10: The person who drives the Yamaha is immediately to the left of the person who likes hiking.
Clue 11: The person who supports the Suns is at one of the ends.
Clue 12: The person who likes weight lifting is immediately to the left of the person who likes phoenixes.
Clue 13: The person who smokes Newport is immediately to the left of the person who likes kudus.
Clue 14: The violin player is the Canadian.
Clue 15: The piano player is somewhere to the left of the person who likes black bears.
Clue 16: The Israeli is immediately to the left of the person who likes hiking.
Clue 17: The person who likes scuba diving is immediately to the left of the violin player.
Clue 18: The person who supports the Suns is somewhere to the left of the person who smokes Dunhill.
Clue 19: The person who likes swimming is Karan.
Clue 20: The person who likes kangaroos is somewhere in between Bob and the person who likes paragliding in that order.
Clue 21: Joseph is at one of the ends.
Clue 22: The piano player is at one of the ends.
Clue 23: The person who drives the Harley-Davidson is the person who likes running.
Clue 24: The person who smokes Dunhill is immediately to the left of the person who likes running.
Clue 25: The person at the 1st position is the Israeli.
Clue 26: The Spanish is somewhere in between the Italian and the person who likes ants in that order.
Clue 27: The person who supports the Cavaliers is somewhere in between the person who likes kudus and Mallika in that order.
Clue 28: The person who supports the Warriors is next to the person who drives the Buell.
Clue 29: The person who drives the Suzuki is immediately to the left of the person who drives the Buell.
Clue 30: The person who smokes Salem is next to the person who drives the Kawasaki.
Clue 31: The person who supports the Bulls is the Spanish.
Clue 32: The harmonica player is the person who supports the Cavaliers.
Clue 33: The Belarusian is next to the harmonica player.
Clue 34: The person at the 7th position is somewhere to the left of the person who likes swimming.
Clue 35: The person who drives the Piaggio is immediately to the left of the flute player.
Clue 36: The violin player is next to the piano player.
Clue 37: The person who drives the Buell is next to Rose.
Clue 38: The Serbian is the person who likes dolphins.
Clue 39: The drums player is the person who drives the Honda.
Clue 40: The drums player is the person who supports the Hawks.
Clue 41: The Israeli is the person who smokes Newport.
Clue 42: The person who supports the Knicks is immediately to the left of Karan.
Clue 43: The person who drives the Piaggio is next to the person who smokes Marlboro.
Clue 44: The person at the 5th position is immediately to the left of Drew.
Clue 45: Mallika is the Brit.
Clue 46: The person at the 1st position is immediately to the left of Charlie.
Clue 47: The person who smokes Davidoff is at one of the ends.
Clue 48: The person who likes crocodiles is immediately to the left of the violin player.
Clue 49: The person who drives the Harley-Davidson is immediately to the left of the person who likes biking.
Clue 50: The person who supports the Bulls is next to the person who likes paragliding.

Question: What position is Mallika at?

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