Read the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Eight professionals—A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H—hold different positions in an organization: Intern, Analyst, Specialist, Manager, Director, VP, SVP, and CEO, listed in increasing order of seniority where Intern is the lowest rank and CEO is the highest rank. Each person works in a different department: IT, Finance, HR, Legal, Sales, Marketing, Audit, and R&D, though not necessarily in the same order.

Exactly three persons are senior to A. The person who works in HR is two posts junior to A. Three designations exist between the person who works in HR and F. G is immediately senior to the person who works in Legal, but is junior to A. H is senior to G but junior to F, and does not work in HR. The number of persons senior to H is equal to the number of persons junior to the one who works in IT. E is three posts senior to C. The person who works in Finance is immediately senior to B. The person who works in Sales is two posts senior to E. H does not work in R&D, and the person who works in Marketing is senior to the person who works in Audit.

What is the designation of H?

The correct answer is Manager.

Step-by-Step Explanation:

1. Understand the Hierarchy of Positions:
The eight designations listed in increasing order of seniority (from 1 = lowest to 8 = highest) are:
1. Intern
2. Analyst
3. Specialist
4. Manager
5. Director
6. VP
7. SVP
8. CEO

2. Determine the Position of A and HR:
• "Exactly three persons are senior to A."
The three posts senior to A are CEO (8), SVP (7), and VP (6). Therefore, A is at rank 5, which is Director.
• "The person who works in HR is two posts junior to A."
Two posts junior to Director (rank 5) is rank 3 (5 - 2 = 3), which corresponds to Specialist. Thus, the person in HR is a Specialist (rank 3).

3. Determine the Position of F:
• "Three designations exist between the person who works in HR and F."
Since HR is at rank 3, counting 3 designations above it (ranks 4, 5, and 6) places F at rank 7, which is SVP.

4. Determine the Positions of H, G, Legal, and IT:
• "G is immediately senior to the person who works in Legal, but is junior to A."
• "H is senior to G but junior to F, and does not work in HR."
• "The number of persons senior to H is equal to the number of persons junior to the one who works in IT."

Since F is rank 7, HR is rank 3, and A is rank 5, H must be at rank 4 (Manager):
• If H is at rank 4 (Manager), there are 4 persons senior to H (ranks 5, 6, 7, and 8).
• Consequently, 4 persons must be junior to the person in IT, which places IT at rank 5 (A is Director/IT).
• Since G is junior to H (rank 4) and cannot be rank 3 (HR), G must be at rank 2 (Analyst).
• Since G is immediately senior to Legal, the person working in Legal is at rank 1 (Intern).

5. Complete the Remaining Ranks:
• "E is three posts senior to C."
With rank 3 (Specialist) and rank 6 (VP) available, C is at rank 3 (Specialist/HR) and E is at rank 6 (VP).
• "The person who works in Sales is two posts senior to E."
Sales is at rank 8 (CEO).
• "The person who works in Finance is immediately senior to B."
Since B is at rank 1 (Intern/Legal), Finance is at rank 2 (Analyst/G).
• D occupies the remaining rank 8 (CEO).

Conclusion:
H holds the position at rank 4, which is Manager.