Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

Seven individuals — A, B, C, D, E, F, and G — were born on the same date and month across seven different years: 1955, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1992, 2003, and 2014. Calculate their ages taking 2024 as the base benchmark year.

B’s age is a two-digit even number less than 15. E is 11 years older than B. G is 11 years older than E. Exactly two persons were born between G and A. D is older than A. F is older than C.

The person who is immediately younger than F was born in which year?

The correct answer is 1980.

Step-by-Step Explanation:

Step 1: Calculate the age of each individual taking 2024 as the base benchmark year.

Subtract each given birth year from 2024 to determine the age of individuals born in that year:
• Year 1955: $2024-1955=69$ years old
• Year 1962: $2024-1962=62$ years old
• Year 1971: $2024-1971=53$ years old
• Year 1980: $2024-1980=44$ years old
• Year 1992: $2024-1992=32$ years old
• Year 2003: $2024-2003=21$ years old
• Year 2014: $2024-2014=10$ years old

Step 2: Determine the birth years of B, E, and G.

• B’s age is a two-digit even number less than 15. The only age among the options that satisfies this is 10. Therefore, B was born in 2014 (age 10).
• E is 11 years older than B: $10+11=21$ years old. Therefore, E was born in 2003.
• G is 11 years older than E: $21+11=32$ years old. Therefore, G was born in 1992.

Step 3: Determine the birth year of A.

• Exactly two persons were born between G and A.
• The birth years in chronological order are: 1955, 1962, 1971, 1980, 1992 (G), 2003 (E), and 2014 (B).
• Counting two persons before G (born in 1992), A must be born in 1962 (with 1971 and 1980 being the two birth years in between).
Therefore, A was born in 1962.

Step 4: Determine the birth years of D, F, and C.

• D is older than A (born in 1962). The only remaining year older than 1962 is 1955. Therefore, D was born in 1955.
• The remaining birth years are 1971 and 1980 for F and C.
• Since F is older than C, F was born in 1971 and C was born in 1980.

Final Arrangement Table:

• 1955 (Age 69): D
• 1962 (Age 62): A
• 1971 (Age 53): F
• 1980 (Age 44): C
• 1992 (Age 32): G
• 2003 (Age 21): E
• 2014 (Age 10): B

Conclusion:

F was born in 1971. The person immediately younger than F is C, who was born in 1980.