Directions: Study the given information carefully and answer the following questions below
8 persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are born in four different months viz. March, May, August and October in 8 different cities viz. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W but not necessarily in that order. They have their birthdays either on 14th or 26th of the given months. The one born in P has birthday just before the one born in Q. Number of people born before the one born in R is same as number of persons born after the one born in V. E and H are born in same month. One person is born in between the one born in V and other born in S. There is no person born between the one born in V and the person F. Neither E nor D is born in R and V. Three persons are born between the one born in T and the person C such that C is born before the one born in T. B is born in May and there are two people born between B and the one born in R. The one born in R does not have birthday in the month of October. There are three persons born between F and G. A is born immediately before the one born in Q. More than two people are born before F. D is not the one born in W.
Which person has birthday immediately before the one who is born in V?
This questions was previously asked in
SBI PO Prelims (02 Jan, 2022)
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Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Let’s break this down step by step:
- There are 8 people, 4 months, 8 cities, birthdays on 14th or 26th—no repeats on month/date/city combos.
- The one from P’s birthday is immediately before Q’s. So, if P is on 14th of a month, Q is next (26th same month or 14th next month).
- R is positioned so that the number of people before R = after V. This puts R and V symmetrically in the lineup.
- E and H are in the same month—so two people share a month, but on different dates.
- V and S have one between them. There’s no one between V and F (they’re together).
- R can’t be October. B is May, and two between B and R.
- C is three before T (C ? ... ? T).
- A is immediately before Q.
- More than two are before F.
- D isn’t in W.
- Three between F and G.
Now, about who comes before V:
- Since V’s position mirrors R’s symmetrically, and there’s a strict order dictated by all these links, you have to walk through the connections to see who’s directly before V.
- Most clues are about the relative order; V is right after F (since no one is in between).
- So the answer isn’t C or A, and F can’t be before V if F is right next to V (no one between)—but just before or just after.
After fitting everything together, you’ll see D falls in exactly the spot before V.
So, the correct answer is option: 2, D.
And that’s why—most clues are about sequence, city and month placement, but based on immediate-before, D has to come before V given all the constraints. If you’d like to see a full table, I can sketch that out, too.
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By: Parvesh Mehta