Ten family members are seated in two parallel rows of five each, with equal spacing between adjacent persons. In row 1, A, B, C, D, and E sit facing n...

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Ten family members are seated in two parallel rows of five each, with equal spacing between adjacent persons. In row 1, A, B, C, D, and E sit facing north. In row 2, P, Q, R, S, and T sit facing south, so each person in one row faces a person in the other row.

Given:

  • P faces the person who is 2nd to the left of his nephew.
  • One person sits between P’s nephew and P’s mother.
  • A is the sister-in-law of D, who is unmarried.
  • S is the granddaughter of B, who sits to the left of P’s mother but not immediately to her left.
  • R is the only brother of D and is the immediate neighbor of B’s wife.
  • Q is the husband of S and sits 2nd to the right of R’s father.
  • A is the daughter of E and faces the person who is 2nd to the right of Q’s wife.
  • P is the brother-in-law of R, who is the father of C.
  • T’s son sits immediately to the right of C’s brother-in-law.
  • A’s father-in-law sits at one of the extreme ends.
  • D and A are of the same gender but opposite to C’s gender.
  • B is not the father of R.

Question: Four of the following five belong to a group based on a certain common characteristic. Who does NOT belong to this group?

Options

A.

(a) P

B.

(b) S

C.

(c) R

D.

(d) B

E.

(e) T

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