Study the following information carefully and answer the given question.
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting in a straight line facing North (not necessarily in the same order).
A. Only two persons sit between U and V and V sits second to the left of Q.
B. S sits third to the left of R.
C. T sits exactly between V and Q and Q sits at the extreme right end of the row.
Who among the following sits at the extreme left of the line?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → S
All seven face North, so their left is our left. Start from the clue that fixes a seat outright and fill the rest one clue at a time (positions 1 to 7 from the left).
Q sits at the extreme right end: Q is 7th.
V sits second to the left of Q: V is 5th.
T sits between V and Q: T is 6th.
Only two persons sit between U and V; there is no room to the right of V, so U is 2nd.
Seats 1, 3 and 4 are left for P, R and S. S sits third to the left of R, which fits only with S 1st and R 4th; P takes seat 3.
