Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the following…
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Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the following questions.
Twelve persons were born on two dates either 7th or 16th of six different months of a year viz. January, March, June, July, September, and October but not necessarily in the same order. The persons whose name starts with a letter before the letter ’M’ were born in the first half of the year and the persons whose name starts with a letter after the letter ’M’ were born in the second half of the year. All letters are according to the English alphabet series. Example- If a person name is Rajesh then he will be born in the second half of the year. The person whose name consists of even number of letters after counting the number of letters is born on an odd numbered date and Vice-Versa. Example- If a person name is ‘Ramesh’ then he will be born on an odd number date (i.e 7) because the sum of number of letters is 6.
Only two persons were born between Pranav and Kumar. The number of persons born before Gaurav is same as born after Yaati. Only four persons were born between Kunal and Gaurav. The number of persons born between Kunal and Sriti is one more than the persons born between Puja and Ram. Ayush was born before Kishan and Gopi. Puja was born in the month of having 31 days. Not more than two persons were born between Kishan and Ram. Swathi is one of the persons.
The number of persons born between Yaati and Sriti is same as persons born between ____ and ____?
- A.
Kunal and Swathi
- B.
Kumar and Puja
- C.
Pranav and Kishan
- D.
Kumar and Gaurav
- E.
None of these
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Correct answer: C
Concept
This is a chronological-ordering puzzle. Twelve people occupy six months (January, March, June, July, September, October) on two fixed dates (7th, then 16th), giving twelve ordered birth positions from earliest to latest. Two naming rules fix each person's half-of-year and date: a name beginning with a letter BEFORE 'M' falls in the first half (Jan/Mar/Jun) and a name beginning AFTER 'M' in the second half (Jul/Sep/Oct); a name with an EVEN letter-count is born on the odd date (7th) and an ODD letter-count on the even date (16th). 'Persons born between X and Y' means those strictly between their two positions.
Step 1 - Fix each person's half and date from the naming rules
First half (initial before M): Gaurav, Ayush, Gopi, Kumar, Kishan, Kunal. Second half (initial after M): Pranav, Ram, Swathi, Sriti, Puja, Yaati. Dates by letter-count: even-length names take the 7th (Gaurav, Gopi, Kishan, Pranav, Puja, Swathi); odd-length names take the 16th (Ayush, Kumar, Kunal, Ram, Sriti, Yaati).
Person | Half / Months | Date |
|---|---|---|
Gaurav | First (Jan/Mar/Jun) | 7th |
Ayush | First | 16th |
Gopi | First | 7th |
Kumar | First | 16th |
Kishan | First | 7th |
Kunal | First | 16th |
Pranav | Second (Jul/Sep/Oct) | 7th |
Ram | Second | 16th |
Swathi | Second | 7th |
Sriti | Second | 16th |
Puja | Second | 7th |
Yaati | Second | 16th |
Step 2 - Apply the positional clues
Combine the equal-count clue (as many before Gaurav as after Yaati) with the four-between-Kunal-and-Gaurav clue: since Gaurav is in the first half and Yaati in the second, the only assignment that satisfies BOTH puts Gaurav at position 1, Kunal at position 6, and Yaati at position 12 (then 0 precede Gaurav and 0 follow Yaati).
Now apply the two-between-Pranav-and-Kumar clue against the fixed half/date slots: Kumar (first half, 16th) lands at March 16th and Pranav (second half, 7th) at July 7th, the first second-half slot.
Treat the remaining clues as one system: Ayush precedes both Kishan and Gopi, Puja must be in a 31-day month (Jan/Mar/Jul/Oct), the Kunal-Sriti gap is one more than the Puja-Ram gap, and at most two lie between Kishan and Ram.
Solving that system against the open date-slots gives a single consistent fit: Ayush=Jan 16th, Gopi=Mar 7th, Kishan=Jun 7th on the first-half side, and Ram=Jul 16th, Swathi=Sep 7th, Sriti=Sep 16th, Puja=Oct 7th on the second-half side.
Every clue is now satisfied with no remaining freedom, so the order below is the unique arrangement.
Step 3 - Final order (earliest to latest)
Pos | Person | Month / Date |
|---|---|---|
1 | Gaurav | Jan 7 |
2 | Ayush | Jan 16 |
3 | Gopi | Mar 7 |
4 | Kumar | Mar 16 |
5 | Kishan | Jun 7 |
6 | Kunal | Jun 16 |
7 | Pranav | Jul 7 |
8 | Ram | Jul 16 |
9 | Swathi | Sep 7 |
10 | Sriti | Sep 16 |
11 | Puja | Oct 7 |
12 | Yaati | Oct 16 |
Step 4 - Answer the asked gap
Yaati is at position 12 and Sriti at position 10, so exactly one person (Puja, position 11) lies between them.
We need the pair with the same count of one person strictly between them.
Pranav is at position 7 and Kishan at position 5, with exactly one person (Kunal, position 6) between them — a match.
Hence the required pair is Pranav and Kishan.
Cross-check
Kunal and Swathi: two people between - does not match a gap of one.
Kumar and Puja: six people between - far too many.
Kumar and Gaurav: two people between - does not match.
Only Pranav and Kishan reproduce the single-person gap seen between Yaati and Sriti, so 'None of these' is ruled out.