Question

Comprehension

Direction: Read the following questions carefully and answer the questions that follows.

There are six persons namely, P, Q, R, S, T, and U. They all belong to different cities namely, Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune but not necessarily in the same order. They have different posts in their respective offices. The posts are Chairman, General Manager, Senior Manager, Manager, Assistant manager, and Clerk in the descending order of seniority. Chairman being the highest post and Clerk being the lowest post.

P belongs to Mumbai and has the lowest post. Two persons have their post between clerk and the person who belongs to Chennai. R is the senior manager and is just senior to T who belongs to Kolkata. The one who belongs to Lucknow is senior to T, but is not the senior most person. U belongs to Delhi and is junior to S. Q is the General Manager.

1. R
2. S
3. Q
4. U
5. P

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Q

Names Given: P, Q, R, S, T, and U

Cities Given: Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune

Posts Given: Chairman (Highest Post), General Manager, Senior Manager, Manager, Assistant manager, and Clerk (Lowest Post)

1) P belongs to Mumbai and has the lowest post.

(As clerk is the lowest post, P is a clerk).

2) Two persons have their post between clerk and the person who belongs to Chennai.

(Hence, the one belonging to Chennai has the post of Senior Manager).

Posts	Names	Cities
Chairman
General Manager
Senior Manager		Chennai
Manager
Assistant Manager
Clerk	P	Mumbai

 

3) R is the senior manager and is just senior to T who belongs to Kolkata.

(Hence, T is the manager).

4) The one who belongs to Lucknow is senior to T, but is not the senior most person.

(Hence, the one who belongs to Lucknow has the post of general manager).

Posts	Names	Cities
Chairman
General Manager		Lucknow
Senior Manager	R	Chennai
Manager	T	Kolkata
Assistant Manager
Clerk	P	Mumbai

 

5) Q is the General Manager.

6) U belongs to Delhi and is junior to S.

(Hence, U will be the assistant manager and S will be the Chairman. The only city left is Pune so S will belong to Pune).

Posts	Names	Cities
Chairman	S	Pune
General Manager	Q	Lucknow
Senior Manager	R	Chennai
Manager	T	Kolkata
Assistant Manager	U	Delhi
Clerk	P	Mumbai

 

Hence, Q belongs to Lucknow.