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?

Correct Answer: T

Step-by-step Explanation:

Let's determine the order of designations for the eight employees: P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W.

The hierarchy from senior-most to junior-most (1 to 8) is as follows:

1. Managing Director (MD)
2. Executive Director (ED)
3. Director
4. Vice President (VP)
5. Associate
6. Analyst
7. Senior Officer
8. Officer

Now, let's analyze the given conditions step-by-step:

1. "At most one person is junior to W."
This means W can either be at position 7 (Senior Officer) or position 8 (Officer).

2. "There are exactly three designations between U and T, who is just junior to V."
This means V is immediately senior to T (V is right above T), and there are 3 positions between U and T.

3. "P is senior to both Q and U."
4. "S is junior to Q and just senior to R."
This implies the relative order of these employees is P > Q > S > R, where S and R are placed together as a pair (S is directly above R).

Let's evaluate the arrangement:

From the statement in the question: "T, who is just junior to V", it is directly stated that T is the person who is just junior to V.

Hence, the employee just junior to V is T.