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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below it:8 person P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W were born in…

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below it:
8 person P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W were born in different years viz. 1945, 1956, 1961, 1973, 1978, 1989, 1996 and 2007 but not necessarily in the same order.
S was born in an odd number year. The difference between the present age of S and V is 5. Only 3 people were born between V and T. The present age of W is twice the present age of Q. As many people were born between T and Q as between T and P. R was born in one of the years before P.
(Calculate all ages with respect to the year 2018).
In which year was R born?
  • A1945
  • B1961
  • C1973
  • D1989
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8 persons: P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W

Year (age): 1945 (73), 1956 (62), 1961 (57), 1973 (45), 1978 (40), 1989 (29), 1996 (22) and 2007 (11)

1. S was born in an odd number year.

2. The difference between the present age of S and V is 5.

(There are two possibilities)

3. The present age of W is twice the present age of Q.

(Therefore Q was born in 2007 and W in 1996)

Case 1:

Year

Age

Person

1945

73

1956

62

1961

57

1973

45

S

1978

40

V

1989

29

1996

22

W

2007

11

Q

Case 2:

Year

Age

Person

1945

73

1956

62

V

1961

57

S

1973

45

1978

40

1989

29

1996

22

W

2007

11

Q

4. Only 3 people were born between V and T.

Case 1:

Year

Age

Person

1945

73

T

1956

62

1961

57

1973

45

S

1978

40

V

1989

29

1996

22

W

2007

11

Q

Case 2:

Year

Age

Person

1945

73

1956

62

V

1961

57

S

1973

45

1978

40

1989

29

T

1996

22

W

2007

11

Q

5. As many people were born between T and Q as between T and P.

(Therefore case 1 will be eliminated as in case 1, there were 6 people born between T and Q and hence the above condition can not be fulfilled)

6. R was born in one of the years before P.

Case 2:

Year

Age

Person

1945

73

R

1956

62

V

1961

57

S

1973

45

P

1978

40

U

1989

29

T

1996

22

W

2007

11

Q

Hence, R was born in 1945.