Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V participate in and finish all the events of a series of swimming races. There are no ties at the finish of any of the events. V always finishes somewhere ahead of P. P always finishes somewhere ahead of Q. Either R fin

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Q: 142 (IAS/1997)
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V participate in and finish all the events of a series of swimming races. There are no ties at the finish of any of the events. V always finishes somewhere ahead of P. P always finishes somewhere ahead of Q. Either R finishes first and T finishes last or S finishes first and U or Q finishes last. If in a particular race V finished fifth, then which one of the following would be true ?
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Logic/Reasoning

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'swimming races': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'finish': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'events': [8, 7, 11, 18], 'ties': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'series': [0, 1, 1, 0]}