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

Eight employees—P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W—work in a corporate firm. Each of them holds a different designation: Managing Director (MD), Executive Director (ED), Director, Vice President (VP), Associate, Analyst, Senior Officer, and Officer, though not necessarily in that order. The hierarchical order of these designations is in decreasing order of seniority, where the Managing Director (MD) is the senior-most position and the Officer is the junior-most position.
There are exactly three designations between U and T, who is just junior to V. At most one person is junior to W. S is junior to Q and just senior to R. P is senior to both Q and U.

Who among the following is just junior to V?

The correct answer/option is T.

Step-by-Step Explanation and Derivation:

1. Understand the Hierarchy:

The firm has eight designations in decreasing order of seniority (from 1 = senior-most to 8 = junior-most):

1. Managing Director (MD)

2. Executive Director (ED)

3. Director

4. Vice President (VP)

5. Associate

6. Analyst

7. Senior Officer

8. Officer

2. Analyze the Given Clues:

• Clue 1: T is just junior to V. This means V is directly above T (V is immediately senior to T).

• Clue 2: There are exactly three designations between U and T.

• Clue 3: At most one person is junior to W. This means W can only be at position 7 (Senior Officer) or position 8 (Officer).

• Clue 4: S is junior to Q and just senior to R. This means S is immediately above R (S-R pair), and Q is somewhere senior to S.

• Clue 5: P is senior to both Q and U.

3. Deduce Positions:

• Since T is just junior to V, V and T form a continuous pair (V, T).

• There are three designations between U and T. So, the distance between U and T is 4 positions.

• P is senior to U, which means U cannot be at position 1 (MD). Thus, U must be lower in seniority than position 1.

• If U is senior to T, U could be at position 2 or 3. If U is at position 2 (ED), T would be at position 6 (Analyst), making V position 5. If U is at position 3 (Director), T would be at position 7 (Senior Officer), making V position 6.

• Alternatively, if T is senior to U, and since V is right above T (V, T), with 3 positions between T and U, the order would be V, T, _, _, _, U.

• Let's test the condition: "P is senior to both Q and U". Also "S is junior to Q and just senior to R" gives the order P ... Q ... S, R.

• Since T is just junior to V, the question directly states: "T, who is just junior to V."

Thus, by direct definition given in the problem statement, T is just junior to V.