Nine persons - P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X work in the same firm but in three different departments - Finance, Marketing and Sales such that three persons work in each department. The designation in the decreasing order is CEO, Assistant Manager, Operation Manager, Account Executive and Analyst. The CEO is considered as the senior most while the Analyst is considered as the juniormost person. At least one and atmost three persons are ranked at the same designation.
Only V is junior to T.
P and W work in same department.
Neither W nor Q works in Sales department.
Designations | No. of persons | Persons |
CEO | | |
Assistant Manager | | |
Operation Manager | | |
Account Executive | | T |
Analyst | 1 | V |
| Case 1 | Case 2 |
Departments | Persons | Persons |
Finance | P, W | |
Marketing | | P, W |
Sales | | |
S works in Finance department.
As many persons are junior to T as senior to Q.
The one whose designation is Assistant Manager does not works in Finance department.
Neither W nor Q works in Sales department.
Designations | No. of persons | Persons |
CEO | | |
Assistant Manager | | Q |
Operation Manager | | |
Account Executive | | T |
Analyst | 1 | V |
| Case 1 | Case 2 |
Departments | Persons | Persons |
Finance | P, W, S | S |
Marketing | Q | P, W, Q |
Sales | | |
P is junior to R and senior to S.
The designation of P and U is same.
Only three persons are junior to U.
R is not the seniormost person.
Designations | No. of persons | Persons |
CEO | | |
Assistant Manager | | Q, R |
Operation Manager | | P, U |
Account Executive | | T, S |
Analyst | 1 | V |
W is junior to X.
The designation of X is not same as U.
Only three persons are junior to U.
Designations | No. of persons | Persons |
CEO | 1 | X |
Assistant Manager | 3 | Q, R, W |
Operation Manager | 2 | P, U |
Account Executive | 2 | T, S |
Analyst | 1 | V |
The one whose designation is Assistant Manager does not works in Finance department.
So, W and R do not work in Finance department.
Thus, Case 1 gets cancelled.
| Case 2 |
Departments | Persons |
Finance | S |
Marketing | P, W, Q |
Sales | |
R and U work in the same department.
So, W and R do not work in Finance department.
| Case 2 |
Departments | Persons |
Finance | S |
Marketing | P, W, Q |
Sales | R, U |
The juniormost person works in the same department as U.
Departments | Persons |
Finance | S |
Marketing | P, W, Q |
Sales | R, U, V |
The seniormost person and S works in the same department.
Seniormost person = X
Departments | Persons |
Finance | X, S |
Marketing | P, W, Q |
Sales | R, U, V |
The persons who work as account executive work in the same department.
Departments | Persons |
Finance | X, S, T |
Marketing | P, W, Q |
Sales | R, U, V |
Designations | No. of persons | Persons |
CEO | 1 | X |
Assistant Manager | 3 | Q, R, W |
Operation Manager | 2 | P, U |
Account Executive | 2 | T, S |
Analyst | 1 | V |
This is the final arrangement.
I. The one whose designation is CEO works in Finance department.
III.The designation of S is Account Executive.
These statements are TRUE.