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Select the correct answerSix people appeared for an interview and were seated in a linear row facing north. Each of them had the interview in different time slots which was of either 30 minutes or one hour duration. There is no gap between any two consecutive slots. The duration of U's slot is 30 minutes. The slot of S ended 2 hours after R's slot ending time but not at 11:30am. R's slot started two hours before the ending time of U's slot. Q was seated third from the right end of the row and his slot ended at 8:30 am. S was seated adjacent to T. The slot of the person seated second to the left of Q started one hour before Q's slot started. P was seated to the immediate right of R and had a slot of onehour duration. U was seated at the leftmost end and his slot started 3 hours later than the starting time of his neighbour.Who among the following was seated adjacent to the person whose slot started at 9 : 00 am?OptionsTPMore than oneRS

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Select the correct answerSix people appeared for an interview and were seated in a linear row facing north. Each of them had the interview in different time slots which was of either 30 minutes or one hour duration. There is no gap between any two consecutive slots. The duration of U's slot is 30 minutes. The slot of S ended 2 hours after R's slot ending time but not at 11:30am. R's slot started two hours before the ending time of U's slot. Q was seated third from the right end of the row and his slot ended at 8:30 am. S was seated adjacent to T. The slot of the person seated second to the left of Q started one hour before Q's slot started. P was seated to the immediate right of R and had a slot of onehour duration. U was seated at the leftmost end and his slot started 3 hours later than the starting time of his neighbour.Who among the following was seated adjacent to the person whose slot started at 9 : 00 am?OptionsTPMore than oneRS

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The question is a complex puzzle that requires a step-by-step approach to solve. Here's how to solve it:

  1. Start with the information that U's slot is 30 minutes and he is seated at the leftmost end. His slot started 3 hours later than his neighbor's. Since U is at the leftmost end, his neighbor can only be to his right.

  2. R's slot started two hours before the ending time of U's slot. Since U's slot is 30 minutes, R's slot must have started at least 2.5 hours before U's slot ended. This means R cannot be U's neighbor because U's neighbor's slot started only 3 hours before U's slot.

  3. Q was seated third from the right end of the row and his slot ended at 8:30 am. The slot of the person seated second to the left of Q started one hour before Q's slot started. This means Q's slot started at 7:30 am and the person to his left started at 6:30 am.

  4. S's slot ended 2 hours after R's slot ending time but not at 11:30 am. Since R's slot cannot end at 9:30 am (because that would mean it started at the same time as Q's slot), R's slot must have ended earlier. This means R cannot be the person to the left of Q.

  5. P was seated to the immediate right of R and had a slot of one hour duration. Since R cannot be to the left of Q, P cannot be Q. Therefore, the only place left for R and P is to the right of Q.

  6. S was seated adjacent to T. Since the only places left are to the left of Q and U, S and T must be seated there.

From this, we can conclude that the person whose slot started at 9:00 am is either S or T. Therefore, the person seated adjacent to the person whose slot started at 9:00 am is either S, T, or U. However, since U is not an option in the choices given, the answer must be either S or T. But since the question does not provide enough information to determine whether S or T had the 9:00 am slot, the answer is "More than one".

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