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Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U read a magazine one after another. i. S was neither the first nor the last to read it. ii. There were as many readers between P and T as there were between R and P. iii. S read it sometime before Q, who read it sometime after U. iv. The one who read it last had taken it from R. Who were the two persons to have read the magazine first and last, respectively?

Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U read a magazine one after another. i. S was neither the first nor the last to read it. ii. There were as many readers between P and T as there were between R and P. iii. S read it sometime before Q, who read it sometime after U. iv. The one who read it last had taken it from R. Who were the two persons to have read the magazine first and last, respectively? Correct Answer T and Q

Given:

Six persons: P, Q, R, S, U and T.

1. The one who read it last had taken it from R.

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As R read the magazine before the Last one it means R read the magazine.

2. S was neither the first nor the last to read it.

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As S was neither the first nor the last to read the magazine, S was read the magazine on the 2nd or 3rd , or 4th number.so there are three cases.

3. S read it sometime before Q, who read it sometime after U

​There are 4 cases showing the reading number of 'Q' with respect to 'S'.

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There are 7 cases showing the reading number of 'Q' with respect to 'U'.

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4. There were as many readers between P and T as there were between R and P.

​So,​according to this statement, all the above 6 cases are eliminated only one case (case-2) remaining that shows the sequence of reading the magazine by all 6 persons.

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As per the above statement, we can say that number of readers between P and T is equal to the number of readers between R and P. here Between T and P only one reader which is U. similarly, between P and R only one reader which is S.

Thus, T and Q have read the magazine first and last respectively.

Hence, The correct answer is "T and Q".                                                       

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