Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Six persons namely – P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a row facing north. Each person was married in a different year viz.- 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. The ages of each person are also different viz.- 29, 31, 32, 36, 39 and 42 years. All the information is not necessary in the same order.

Q is married to any year after S but before U. The eldest one is neither married in 1991 nor sits adjacent to the second youngest one. R is younger than P and T but elder than the one who was married in 1992. Q neither sits at the end nor the youngest. T sits third to the left of the eldest person. R, who was married in 1993, sits three places left of Q. The one who is married in 1991 sits immediate right of the one whose age is 32 years. S neither sits adjacent to R nor eldest. The one whose age is even was married in 1994. The one who was married in 1991 is younger to U but elder than Q and S. Two persons sit between the one who was married in 1991 and S. The second youngest one sits immediate left of the one who was married in 1995.S was not married in an odd-numbered year.

1) In which of the following year S was married?

A.1992

B.1996

C.1991

D.1995

E. None of these

2) Who among the following person married just after the one whose age is 31 years?

A.S

B.Q

C.U

D.P

E. None of these

3) What is the position of P with respect to the one who was married in 1996?

A. Immediate right

B. Third to the left

C. Second to the right

D. Second to the left

E. None of these

4) How many persons sit between the one who was married in 1994 and the one whose age is 32?

A. None

B. One

C. Two

D. Three

E. None of these

5) What is the difference between the age of Q and the one who was married in 1993?

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four

E. None of these

Answers :

Explanation

We have:

• T sits third to the left of the eldest person.
• The eldest one neither married in 1991 nor sits adjacent to the second youngest one.

That means, in case (1) T sits at the left end, in case (2) T sits second from the left end, in case (3) T sits second from the left end.

• R, who was married in 1993, sits three places left of Q.
• Q neither sits at the end nor the youngest.

That means, in case (1) R sits second from the left end, in case (2) R sits at left end, in case (3a) R sits at left end, in case (3b) R sits second from the left end.

Based on the above given information we have:

Again, we have:

• The one who was married in 1991 is younger to U but elder than Q and S.

U > 1991 > Q, S.

That means, neither of Q, S, U and R are married in 1991, thus either T or P married in 1991.

• The one who is married in 1991 sits immediate right of the one whose age is 32 years.
• R is younger than P and T but elder than the one who was married in 1992.

P, T > R > 1992.

• Two persons sit between the one who was married in 1991 and S.
• S neither sits adjacent to R nor eldest.

Since, either T or P must be married in 1991, thus P must be married in 1991.

That means, in case (1) & case (2) P sits third from the left end, in case (3a) P sits second from the left end, case (3b) is not valid.

• S was not married in an odd-numbered year.
• The second youngest one sits immediate left of the one who was married in 1995.

Since, atleast two persons are younger to P (1991) and T, thus P and T can’t be second youngest.

That means, in case (2) age of R must be 31 years, case (1) & case (3a) is not valid.

Based on the above given information we have:

Case (3b) is not valid as the one who is married in 1991 sits immediate right of the one whose age is 32 years,case (1) & case (3a) is not valid as the second youngest one sits immediate left of the one who was married in 1995.

Again, we have:

• The one whose age is even was married in 1994.
• Q is married to any year after S but before U.

S > Q > U

Since, U is the eldest among all and ages of T and R are respectively 32 years and 31 years, thus, ages of Q must be 36 years and was married in 1994.

That means, S must be the youngest and was married in 1992.

Based on theabove given information we have the final arrangement as follows:

1) Answer: A

2) Answer: B

3) Answer: D

4) Answer: B

5) Answer: E