Twenty-one individuals hold different designations in a bank: CEO, MD, DGM, AGM, Manager, and Clerk. The hierarchy from highest to lowest is CEO > ...
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Twenty-one individuals hold different designations in a bank: CEO, MD, DGM, AGM, Manager, and Clerk. The hierarchy from highest to lowest is CEO > MD > DGM > AGM > Manager > Clerk. The number of persons at any designation is exactly one more than the number at the immediate senior designation. For example, if there are 3 AGMs, then there are 4 Managers, and so on.
Given:
- P, T, and W share the same designation.
- S is senior to W.
- X is senior to U, who is not an AGM.
- R and V share the same designation.
- Neither B nor H is a Manager, but both share the same designation.
- D, E, and H share the same designation, which is junior to Q and T.
- Q is junior to U.
- The number of persons senior to Q and T is the same.
- X is junior to N but senior to R.
- A, L, and M share the same designation.
- W is not a Manager.
- R is neither Manager nor Clerk.
- Z and Y are senior to G and O.
After transfer to departments HR, Marketing, and Legal, the following rules apply:
I. No transfer for the top two posts; they become leaders of HR, Marketing, and Legal respectively in alphabetical order.
II. Persons whose names start with a consonant before 'M' alphabetically transfer to HR.
III. Persons whose names start with a consonant after 'M' alphabetically transfer to Marketing.
IV. The rest go to Legal.
Question: Who among the following persons are designated as Managers?