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Study the information carefully and answer the question given below. Seven friends — P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V — went to attend a cooking class for a week from Monday to Sunday, not necessarily in the same order. Each person prepared a different number of dishes during these classes. Q prepared the most dishes. The person who prepared the least dishes attended immediately after R. S prepared the second-most dishes and attended on Sunday. T and the person who prepared the second-most dishes attended on consecutive days. Q prepared 5 dishes more than T, who prepared 6 dishes more than P. P attended the classes immediately after the person who prepared 9 dishes. The person who prepared 10 dishes attended immediately before the person who prepared 8 dishes. Q attended on Wednesday, while V attended on Friday. There were 2 people between R and the person who prepared 6 dishes. Only one person prepared half the number of dishes as another person. Q25. Who attended the cooking class on Thursday?

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

Correct answer: U

Solution

The clues create a unique day-wise arrangement of the seven friends. After placing Q on Wednesday, V on Friday, and S on Sunday, the remaining constraints force U to be on Thursday.

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