PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

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Direction (Qs.1 to 5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

 

Nine persons- R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting in a straight line facing north. All of them born in different years viz., 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999, but necessarily in the same order.

 

W sits second from the left end of the line and was born in the odd number year. Only one person sits between S and Y. The one who was born in the even number year sits second to the right of W. The one who was born in 1995 sits immediate right of W. S was born neither 1989 nor 1995. Only two persons sit between the one who were born in 1991 and 1998. Only one person sits between R and V. The one who was born in the even number year sits on the extreme right end of the line. S and Y do not sit at any of the extremes ends of the line. R does not sit at any of the extremes ends of the line. R was not born in 1995. The one who sits fourth from the left end of the line was born after U. S sits to the left of Y and Y was born in 1991. T does not sit immediate neighbour of the one who sits at the right end of the line. R was born in one of the years before Y. U sits to the left of V. W was not born in 1999. U was born in the odd number year. Only three persons sits between U and V. X sits to the immediate right of T.

 

Question No : 1

Which of the following combinations is correct?

(1) U-1995       

(2) R-1998       

(3) W-1993      

(4) X-1999       

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

How many persons sit between the one who was born in 1992 and the one who was born in 1994?

(1) One

(2) Two

(3) Three

(4) Four

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Who among the following was born in 1993?

(1) W    

(2) U   

(3) X    

(4) Z    

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

What is the position of U with respect to the one who was born in 1997?

(1) Second to the right

(2) Third to the left

(3) Immediate left

(4) Second to the left 

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

Four of the following five are alike in certain way and thus form a group as per the given arrangement. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

(1) U   

(2) Z    

(3) S    

(4) R    

(5) T