Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W were born in different months – January, February, April, May, July, August, October, and November of the same year, but not necessarily in the same order. Q was born in a month which has 30 days, but not in November. Four persons were born between Q and V. Two persons were born between V and T. P was born in the month of January. R was born in the month which has fewer than 30 days. S was born in the month immediately preceding July. W was born in the month immediately preceding U.

Which of the following individuals was born just before P?

To find out which individual was born just before P, let us analyze the given information step-by-step and arrange the eight persons according to their birth months.

Step 1: List the given months in chronological order and note their number of days:

1. January (31 days)

2. February (28/29 days - fewer than 30 days)

3. April (30 days)

4. May (31 days)

5. July (31 days)

6. August (31 days)

7. October (31 days)

8. November (30 days)

Step 2: Place the persons based on direct clues:

• P was born in January. Since January is the very first month listed in the year, P is the first person born among the eight.

• R was born in the month which has fewer than 30 days. The only such month in the list is February. So, R was born in February.

• S was born in the month immediately preceding July. The month immediately before July in our list is May. So, S was born in May.

• Q was born in a month which has 30 days, but not in November. The 30-day months are April and November. Since Q was not born in November, Q must be born in April.

Step 3: Determine the positions of the remaining persons:

• Four persons were born between Q (April, month 3) and V. Counting 4 months after April: May (1), July (2), August (3), October (4), the next month is November (month 8). So, V was born in November.

• Two persons were born between V (November, month 8) and T. Counting 2 months before November: October (1), August (2), the month before that is July (month 5). So, T was born in July.

• W was born in the month immediately preceding U. The remaining vacant months are August and October. Since W comes immediately before U, W was born in August and U was born in October.

Final Arrangement:

1. January: P

2. February: R

3. April: Q

4. May: S

5. July: T

6. August: W

7. October: U

8. November: V

Conclusion:

Since P was born in January (the first month of the given list), there is no person born before P in this group.

Therefore, the correct answer is No one.