Read the following information and answer the questions that follow: Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have joined Indian Army at different ranks i.e. Naik, Subedar, Major, Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel and Brigadier on a different days of the week from Monday to Sunday, in same order and they belong to different cities- Noida, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Rohtak. The order of persons, ranks, and cities not necessarily in the same order. R joins at rank of Naik but not on Tuesday. V joins on Monday but not at rank of Major and Brigadier. U joins at rank of Captain on Friday. The one who joins at rank of Naik belongs to Ahmedabad. Q joins at rank of Lieutenant on Wednesday. Two people join on the days between the days on which one joins who belongs to Ahmedabad and the one who belongs to Hyderabad. S, who belongs to Hyderabad does not join at rank of Naik or Major and joins on the next day of the day on which T joins, who joins at rank of Colonel. The one who belongs to Bengaluru joins on the day just before the day on which R joins and three people join between the days on which the one who belongs to Noida and the one who belongs to Rohtak join. The one who belongs to Delhi joins just before the day on which the one who belongs to Noida joins the Indian Army. The one who belongs to Mumbai joins after the day on which the person who belongs to Noida joins.

Four of the following five are similar in a certain way and thus form a group. Identify the one that does not belong to this group:

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Read the following information and answer the questions that follow: Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V have joined Indian Army at different ranks i.e. Naik, Subedar, Major, Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel and Brigadier on a different days of the week from Monday to Sunday, in same order and they belong to different cities- Noida, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Rohtak. The order of persons, ranks, and cities not necessarily in the same order. R joins at rank of Naik but not on Tuesday. V joins on Monday but not at rank of Major and Brigadier. U joins at rank of Captain on Friday. The one who joins at rank of Naik belongs to Ahmedabad. Q joins at rank of Lieutenant on Wednesday. Two people join on the days between the days on which one joins who belongs to Ahmedabad and the one who belongs to Hyderabad. S, who belongs to Hyderabad does not join at rank of Naik or Major and joins on the next day of the day on which T joins, who joins at rank of Colonel. The one who belongs to Bengaluru joins on the day just before the day on which R joins and three people join between the days on which the one who belongs to Noida and the one who belongs to Rohtak join. The one who belongs to Delhi joins just before the day on which the one who belongs to Noida joins the Indian Army. The one who belongs to Mumbai joins after the day on which the person who belongs to Noida joins.

Four of the following five are similar in a certain way and thus form a group. Identify the one that does not belong to this group:

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**Solution:**

1. The question asks to find the odd one out among the given options.

2. Options (b) Captain, (c) Subedar, and (e) Major are ranks held by persons in the Indian Army.

3. Options (a) V and (d) U are names of persons.

4. Thus, the group can be divided into two categories: persons (V, U) and ranks (Captain, Subedar, Major).

5. Since the question states four of the five form a group, and given that two options are persons and three are ranks, the odd one out must be one that does not fit the majority group.

6. Among the options, (a) V and (d) U are persons, while (b), (c), and (e) are ranks.

7. Therefore, either V or U is the odd one out if the group is ranks, or vice versa.

8. However, the question states four form a group, so the group is likely ranks plus one person or persons plus ranks.

9. Since there are two persons and three ranks, the group of four must be the ranks plus one person or persons plus one rank.

10. But logically, ranks form a natural group, and persons form another.

11. Hence, the odd one out is either V or U (a person), while the rest are ranks or vice versa.

12. Since both V and U are persons, and only one option can be odd, the odd one out is (a) V because U is specifically mentioned as holding the rank of Captain (a rank), linking U to ranks indirectly.

13. Therefore, V does not belong to the group of ranks or persons linked to ranks.

**Answer:** (a) V

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