IBPS PO Reasoning: Seating Arrangement / Ordering and Ranking questions with solutions

Q1. Passage: Eight persons S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z are working in a company in different designations: CEO, CTO, CMO, CFO, Product Manager, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and Trainee, in descending order of seniority. W is three persons senior to Y. At least two persons are junior to Y. One designation is between Y and V. Y is senior to V. S is the CFO. Z is just senior to S. T is senior to X but not the senior-most. Which of the following statements is/are true? 1. Z is the Chief Marketing Officer. 2. T is the junior-most designated person. 3. Only two persons are senior to T. 4. V is the senior-most designated person. 5. W is just senior to U. Four of the following are alike in a certain way as per the arrangement in the question and form a group. Find the one who does not belong to that group.

1. U-Z
2. W-S
3. T-Y
4. Z-Y

Answer: T-Y

The clues fix the seniority order uniquely enough to compare the pairs. Among the given pairs, three follow the same relative pattern in the arrangement, while T-Y does not match that pattern. Hence, T-Y is the odd one out.