Directions (91-95) : Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W (but not necessarily in the same order) were born on the 21st of eight different months i.e., January,February, March, April, May, June, July and August of the same year. Four persons were born between R and W who was born just after S. R and T were born in the adjacent month having 31 days. P was born three months before V. U was neither born in May nor in June.
Q was born in _________ month.
Correct Answer :
May
Solution :
Correct Option: May
Let's analyze the given information step-by-step to determine the birth month of each person.
1. Months and their number of days:
- January (31 days)
- February (28/29 days)
- March (31 days)
- April (30 days)
- May (31 days)
- June (30 days)
- July (31 days)
- August (31 days)
2. Analyzing the clues:
- W was born just after S (i.e., S and W are born in consecutive months in the order S, W).
- Four persons were born between R and W.
- R and T were born in adjacent months having 31 days each. The adjacent months having 31 days are July and August. Therefore, R and T must be born in July and August in some order.
- Since four persons were born between R and W, let's consider the possible months for R:
Case 1: R was born in July.
If R is born in July (month 7), then counting four months back: June (6), May (5), April (4), March (3), W must be born in February (month 2).
If W is in February, then S (who is just before W) must be born in January.
Since R is in July, T must be in the adjacent 31-day month, which is August.
Now let's place P, V, and U:
- "P was born three months before V." This means the month number of V minus the month number of P is 3 (e.g., March to June, or April to July, etc.).
Available months remaining in Case 1 are: March (3), April (4), May (5), June (6).
If P is born in March (3), then V is born in June (6), which fits the 3-month gap.
Now the remaining empty months are April (4) and May (5).
We are given that "U was neither born in May nor in June."
So U must be born in April.
Then the only remaining person, Q, must be born in May.
Let's verify Case 1 month by month:
- January: S
- February: W (S is just before W)
- March: P
- April: U
- May: Q
- June: V (P is born three months before V: March to June)
- July: R (4 persons between R and W: March, April, May, June)
- August: T (R and T are in adjacent 31-day months: July and August)
All conditions are completely satisfied in this arrangement!
Therefore, Q was born in the month of May.
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