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FLOOR ARRANGEMENT PUZZLE TEST
Example Question:
Directions (Questions 1 to 5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
Seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live on separate floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered. 2 and so on until the topmost floor are numbered 7. Each one of these is travelling to a different city, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Lucknow but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which P lives. Only one person lives between P and the one travelling to Bangalore. U lives immediately below the one travelling to Mumbai. The one travelling to Mumbai lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones travelling to Bangalore and Patna. T lives immediately above R. T is not travelling to Patna. Only two people live between Q and the one travelling to Kolkata. The one travelling to Kolkata lives below the floor on which Q lives. The one travelling to Delhi does not live immediately above or immediately below Q. S does not live immediately above or immediately below P. V does not travel to Chennai.
1).Which of the following is true with respect to V as per the given information'?
a) The one who lives immediately below V is travelling to Mumbai
b) V lives on floor no. 7
c) V lives immediately below T
d) V lives on the lowermost floor
e) V is travelling to Bangalore
2).Who among the following lives on floor no. 3?
a) The one travelling to Chennai
b) The one travelling to Kolkata
c) R
d) V
e) T
3).Who lives on the floor immediately above T?
a) P
b) Q
c) S
d) V
e) U
4).To which of the following cities is S travelling?
a) Mumbai
b) Bangalore
c) Patna
d) Kolkata
e) Chennai
5).How many people live between the floors on which S and the one travelling to Mumbai live?
a) None
b) Two
c) One
d) More than three
e) Three
Ø A 7 – storey building, where the Ground Floor = 1st Floor
Ø 7 Persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U and V
Ø 7 Cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Chennai, Bangalore, Lucknow and Kolkata
These types of questions can be best solved by the tabulation method
Ø If persons / days are mentioned in the question then the first column of the table will always be persons/days
Ø Here there are 7 persons, then the 1st column will be persons
Ø Always start filling the Table from the bottom if there are more than one possibilities
CLUE 1: Only three people live above the floor on which P lives
Ø Therefore P lives on the 4th floor (7 – 3 = 4)
CLUE 2: Only one person lives between P and the one travelling to Bangalore
Ø Going by the clue, the person travelling to Bangalore is on alternate floor from P. The person can be in the floor either above or below P
Ø That gives us 2 options
· Above P – 6th Floor
OR
· Below P – 2nd Floor
CLUE 3: The one travelling to Mumbai lives on an even-numbered floor
Ø Therefore the possibility of the person travelling to Mumbai being in 2nd or 4th or 6th floor is correct
CLUE 4: U lives immediately below the one travelling to Mumbai
Ø Now the floor of the person travelling to Mumbai is not yet determined
Ø So as of now U can be either in 1st or 3rd or 5th floor
CLUE 5: Only three people live between the ones travelling to Bangalore and Patna
Ø From the clue 2, it is clear that the person travelling to Bangalore is either in floor 2 or 6
Ø So if person travelling to Bangalore is in floor 2 then the person travelling to Patna will be in floor 6 and vice versa (because only three people live between the ones travelling to Bangalore and Patna)
Ø Therefore, the person travelling to Mumbai cannot be in floor 2 or 6
Ø By Clue 4, U will be in floor 3
Ø Hence, 4th floor = P = Mumbai
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CLUE 6: T lives immediately above R.
· Floors 1 & 2Ø Here the tentative floors where T and R can be are as follows
· Floors 5 & 6
· Floors 6 & 7
CLUE 7: Only two people live between Q and the one travelling to Kolkata. The one travelling to Kolkata lives below the floor on which Q lives
Ø This shows that the person travelling to Kolkata and Q are 2 floors apart, with the person travelling to Kolkata below Q
Ø Now the person travelling to Kolkata cannot be in floor 1, because then Q would be in floor 4 which is not possible as 4th floor = P
Ø If the person travelling to Kolkata is in floor 3, then Q will be in floor 6
Ø The Kolkata person cannot be in floors 5 or 7 as there will be no floor for Q above them
Ø Since Q is confirmed to be in floor 6, T and R combination cannot be available in the floors 5, 6 and 7
Ø Therefore, 3rd Floor = U = Kolkata
6th Floor = Q = Bangalore or Patna
1st Floor = R
2nd Floor = T = Bangalore or Patna
CLUE 8: T is not travelling to Patna
Ø Therefore T will be the one travelling to Bangalore and Q will be travelling to Patna
CLUE 9: The one travelling to Delhi does not live immediately above or immediately below Q
Ø That leaves only floor 1 for the person travelling to Delhi i.e. R
Ø 1st Floor = R = Delhi
CLUE 10: S does not live immediately above or immediately below P
Ø S cannot be on floor 5, which leaves only floor 7
CLUE 11: V does not travel to Chennai
Ø Only floor 5 is left for V and V does not travel to Chennai that means S will travel to Chennai
Ø Among cities only Lucknow is left, therefore V will be the person who travels to Lucknow
QUESTION 1:
The above is the final floor arrangement
From the final table, a) The one who lives immediately below V is travelling to Mumbai
QUESTION 2:
b) The one travelling to Kolkata
QUESTION 3:
QUESTION 4:
e) Chennai
QUESTION 5:
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