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Reasoning Ability Puzzle

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Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in a circular table in such a way that some of them are facing the centre of the table and some of them are facing outside the table but not necessarily in the same order. All of them are born in different years viz., 1972, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1997 and 2000 but not necessarily in the same order. They are seated in equidistance with each other. The age of the person is calculated as in the year 2017 and assumes that all the persons are born on the same date of the same month of given years

P sits second to the right of the one who born in 1981. There is one person sits between T and the one who born in 1994. W is not the youngest or eldest among the group and faces the opposite direction as U faces. Q sits third to the right of R and both are facing the same direction. V sits second to the right of the one who born in 1975, who is not an immediate neighbour of Q. S and the one who youngest in the group are sitting opposite to each other. There are only two persons sit between R and the one who born in 1981. The difference between the ages of T and P is half the age of W, who born after 1990. The one who born in 1985 and the one whose age is 20 are seated adjacent to each other. S sits second to the left of R and both are facing the opposite direction to each other. The age of R is 26. T is not an immediate neighbour of Q and there are two persons sit between T and S. The immediate neighbours of W face the opposite direction to W. The one whose age is prime number sits third to the left of V. The second eldest person in the group doesn’t face the centre of the table.

1) Who among the following person sits third to the right of the one whose age is divisible by 7?

A.V

B.W

C.Q

D.S

E.P

2) How many persons sit between U and the one who born in 1985, when counted from the right of U?

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. More than three

E. No one

3) What is the average age of Q and R?

A.33

B.30

C.31

D.23

E.34

4) Four of the following alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which of the following one that does not belong to the group?

A.T-1994

B.Q-1975

C.W-1972

D.R-1972

E.S-1991

5) If ‘T’ is related to ‘P’ and ‘U’ is related to ‘S’ in a certain way. Then ‘R’ is related to which of the following?

A.U

B. The one who born in 1975

C.V

D.Q

E. The one who born in 1997

Explanation :

Q sits third to the right of R and both are facing the same direction.

We will take Case – 1 first.

There are only two persons sit between R and the one who born in 1981. P sits second to the right of the one who born in 1981. S sits second to the left of R and both are facing the opposite direction to each other. S and the one who youngest in the group are sitting opposite to each other. The age of R is 26.

T is not an immediate neighbour of Q and there are two persons sit between T and S. There is one person sits between T and the one who born in 1994.

Because of the statement, The difference between the ages of T and P is half the age of W, who born after 1990. The age of W is definitely 20. So, the age of T and P must be 42 and 32 but not in the same order.

The one who born in 1985 and the one whose age is 20 are seated adjacent to each other. The immediate neighbours of W face the opposite direction to W.

Here Case – 1(b) will be dropped, because of the year 1985 is the birth year of only either T or P.

The second eldest person in the group doesn’t face the centre of the table. V sits second to the right of the one who born in 1975, who is not an immediate neighbour of Q.

Case – 1(a) will be dropped because V sits second to the right of the one who born in 1975, who is not an immediate neighbour of Q.

We will take Case – 2 here.

There are only two persons sits between R and the one who born in 1981. P sits second to the right of the one who born in 1981. S sits second to the left of R and both are facing the opposite direction to each other. S and the one who youngest in the group are sitting opposite to each other. The age of R is 26.

T is not an immediate neighbour of Q and there are two persons sits between T and S. There is one person sits between T and the one who born in 1994.

Because of the statement, The difference between the ages of T and P is half the age of W, who born after 1990. The age of W is definitely 20.So, the age of T and P must be 42 and 32 but not in the same order.

The one who born in 1985 and the one whose age is 20 are seated adjacent to each other.

Case – 2(b) will be dropped because of the year 1985 is the birth year of only either T or P.

The immediate neighbours of W face the opposite direction to W. The second eldest person in the group doesn’t face the centre of the table. W is not the youngest or eldest among the group and faces the opposite direction as U faces. V sits second to the right of the one who born in 1975, who is not an immediate neighbour of Q. The one whose age is prime number sits third to the left of V.

1) Answer: D

2) Answer: B

3) Answer: C

4) Answer: A

5) Answer: E