Puzzle

Floor
Level-1 6. Who amongst the following lives exactly between Y
Q.1. Directions ( 1-5 ) : Study the following information and W?
carefully and answer the given questions : 1) Only P 2) Only X 3) No one
Eight person A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H live on a sepa- 4) Both P and X 5) Both X and Q
rate floor each of an 8-floor building but not neces- 7. Who amongst the following lives on the floor num-
sarily in the same order. The ground floor is num- bered five?
bered. 1, the first floor is numbered 2 and so on until 1) X 2) Q 3) S
the topmost floor is numbered is eight. 4) R 5) Y
Only two person live below the floor on which G lives. 8. As per the given arrangement, four of the following
Only one person lives between G and A. five are alike in a certain way and so form a group.
H lives on an odd-numbered floor but not on floor 1) Q-Two 2) Y-Seven 3) R-five
no.7. Only two persons live between H and B. 4) P-Six 5) Z-Three
A does not live on the lowermost floor. 9. On which of the following floor numbers does R
D lives immediately below C. Neither C nor E lives live ?
on floor no.6. C lives on even no floor. 1) Seven 2) Six 3) Three
[IBPS (SO)2015] 4) Eight 5) Two
1. How many persons live between the floors on which 10. If X and P interchange their places and so do Z and
A and D live? R, then who will live between P and Z as per the new
1) three 2) More than three 3) None arrangement?
4) Two 5) one 1) Q 2) W 3) R
2. Who lives on the floor immediately below G? 4) Y 5) Other than those given as option
1) F 2) E 3) D
4) B 5) C Q.3. Directions ( 11-15 ) : Read the given information
3. On which of the following floor number does D live? and answer the given questions.
1) Four 2) One 3) Eight Eight People A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H live on sepa-
4) Five 5) Seven rate floors of an 8-floor building. Ground floor is
4. Which of the following is true with respect to F as numbered I, first floor is numbered 2 and so on until
per the given arrangement? the topmost floor is numbered 8.
1) Only three persons live between F and B C lives on floor No. 3. Only one person lives between
2) Only three persons live above F. C and F. only one person lives between C and G.
3) F lives on the floor no. 6 E lives immediately above B.
4) None of the given options is true. H lives immediately above F. H lives on any of the
floors below D.
5) F lives immediately above D.
Only one person lives between D and A. D lives above
5. Who among the following lives on floor no. 5?
A.
1) D 2) C 3) E
[SBI (assistant ) PO – 2014]
4) B 5) A
11. Who lives on the floor immediately below D ?
1) Other than those given as options 2) H
Q.2. Directions ( 6-10 ) Study the following information
3) A 4) G 5) C
carefully and answer the given questions :
12. Which of the following is true with respect to the
Eight people – P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z - live on
given information?
eight different floor of a building but not necessarily
in the same order. The lowermost floor of the build- 1) Only one person lives between E and G.
ing is numbered one, the one above that is numbered 2) A lives on an even-numbered floor.
two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. 3) A lives immediately below C.
P live on an even-numbered floor above the floor 4) F lives on Floor No. 5
numbered three. Y lives immediately below P. Only 5) A lives immediately above H.
three people live between Y and R. Only two people 13. How many people live between the floors on which
live between R and W. there are as many people be- D and C live?
tween W and P as are there between W and Q. only 1) One 2) More than three 3) Three
two people live between Q and Z. S lives immedi- 4) Two 5) None of these
ately above Z. but not on top floor.

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14. Who amongst the following lives between B and G? meeting between L and O. Only one person have
1) No one 2) C 3) E meeting between N and P and three people between
4) H 5) D P and Q. Q has a meeting immediately before M. Q
15. Who amongst the following lives on floor No. 5? does not have a meeting on Saturday or Monday.
1) A 2) G 3) F [SBI Clerk (Pre) 2016]
4) D 5) H 21. Which of the following is true about K ?
1) K has a meeting immediately after P.
Q.4. Directions ( 16-20 ) : Read the given information 2) All the given statements are true.
and answer the given questions. 3) Only one person has a meeting after K.
Eight persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H – live on 4) K has a meeting on one of the days after O.
eight different floors of a building but not necessar- 5) Only three people have a meeting between K and
ily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the build- M
ing is numbered 1, the one above that is numbered 2 22. How many people have meeting(s) between the days
and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 8. on which Q and L have their meetings?
B lives on an odd-numbered floor and only three per- 1) More than three 2) Two 3) Three
sons live between B and D. D lives immediately above 4) None 5) One
the floor on which G lives. A lives on an odd-num- 23. Who amongst the following has a meeting immedi-
bered floor above G. only three persons live between ately after the one who has a meeting on Tuesday?
A and C. H lives on one of the floors above A but not
1) Q 2) K 3) M
on the topmost floor. F lives on one of the floors be-
4) O 5) N
low H.
24. On which of the following days does M have a meet-
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ing?
16. Who among the following lives immediately above
1) Saturday 2) Wednesday 3) Friday
A’s floor?
4) Tuesday 5) Sunday
1) B 2)D 3) F
25. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
4) H 5) E and thus form a group as per the given arrangement.
17. G live on which of the following floor numbers? Which of the following does not belong to that group?
1) Floor number 3 2) Floor number 2 1) P – Saturday 2) O-Friday 3) Q-Wednesday
3) Floor number 7 4) Floor number 8 4) N-Monday 5) L – Tuesday
5) Floor number 6
18. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way Q.6. Directions ( 26-30 ) : Study the following informa-
based on the given arrangement and hence form a tion carefully and answer the given questions :
group. Which of the following does not belong to that
Seven Neighbours S, P, L, Q, R, M and I live on dif-
group?
ferent floors in the same building having seven floors
1) CH 2) BF 3) HD numbered one to seven. ( the first floor is numbered
4) EA 5) AG one, the floor above it, is numbered two and so on till
19. Which of the following statements is true as per the the topmost floor is numbered as seven). Three per-
given arrangement? sons live between I and M. M lives on the on the floor
1) Only three persons live above H’s floor. above S, who live on an odd-numbered floor. P nei-
2) Only two persons live between B and G. ther lives on an odd numbered nor on topmost floor.
3) None of the given statements is true R does not live on the first floor. Two persons live
4) A lives on the floor numbered 7 between I and S. Q lives neither on the first floor nor
5) C lives on an odd-numbered floor. on the third floor.
20. Who among the following lives on floor number 7? [SBI Clerk (Pre) 2016]
1)E 2) A 3) H 26. Who lives on the first floor just above M ?
4) G 5) B 1) I 2) P 3) Q
4) R 5) None of these
27. How many persons live between L and R?
Q.5. Directions ( 21-25 ) : Study the following informa-
tion and answer the questions. 1) None 2) One 3) Two
4) Three 5) Can’t be determined
Seven people, namely K, L, M, N, O, P and Q have
seven different meeting on the seven different days 28. Which of the following pairs live on the first floor
of the same week starting from Monday and ending and the topmost floor respectively?
on Sunday, not necessarily in the same order. 1) L, Q 2) Q, P 3) I, Q
L has a meeting on Thursday. Only two people have a 4) L, I 5) Can’t be determined

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29. Who amongst the following lives on the topmost [ SBI Junior Assistant / Clerk – 2016]
floor? 35. Who lives on the floor just above M?
1) I 2) Q 3) P 1) L 2) P 3) Q
4) L 5) None of these 4) R 5) None of these
30. Which of the following combinations is true? 36. How many persons live between I, and P ?
1) First floor – S 2) Fourth floor – R 1) None 2) One 3) Two
3) Third floor – M 4) Sixth floor – I 4) Three 5) Can’t be determined
5) None of the above 37. Which of the following pairs live on the first floor
and the topmost floor respectively?
Q.7. Directions ( 31-34 ) : Study the following informa- 1) L, Q 2) Q, P 3) I, Q
tion carefully and answer the given questions : 4) L, I 5) Can’t be determined
Eight persons J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight 38. Who among the following lives on the topmost floor?
different floors of a building, but not necessarily in 1) I 2) Q 3) P
the same order. The lowermost floor of the building 4) L 5) None of these
is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two
39. Which of the following combinations is true?
and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight.
1) First floor – S 2) Fourth floor – R
P lives on the floor numbered third. Only one person
3) Third floor – M 4) Sixth floor – I
lives between J and P. Only three persons live be-
tween M and J. O lives immediately above M. There 5) None of these
are as many persons between O and J as there be-
tween P and Q. K lives on an even-numbered floor. Q.9. Directions ( 40-44 ) : Study the following informa-
Only three persons live between K and L. tion carefully and answer the given questions :
[LIC AAO 2016] Eight friends namely P, Q, R, S, t, U, V and W
31. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way live on eight different floors of a building but
and hence form a group. Which of them does not not necessarily in the same order. The ground
belong to the group? floor is numbered 1 and the one above that is
1) PL 2) OK 3) MO numbered 2 and so on till the topmost floor is
numbered 8.
4) KN 5) QN
32. Who among the following lives immediately below S lives on an even numbered floor. Only three
N? people live between S and T. Only one person
lives between T and V. V lives on one of the floors
1) O 2) K 3) P
below T. Only two persons live between V and
4) Q 5) No one
U. W lives on a floor that is immediately below
33. If all the persons are made to live in alphabetical or- U. P and Q does not live on the lowermost floor.
der from bottom to top, the positions of how many
[SBI PO -2016]
persons will remain unchanged?
40. Who amongst the following lives immediately, above Q’s
1) Two 2) None 3) One
floor?
4) Three 5) More than three
1) V 2) S 3) U
34. How many persons live between Q and P ?
4) P 5) CND
1) One 2) Three 3) None
41. Four of the following groups are based on the given
4) Two 5) More than three arrangement. Which is the one that does not belong
to that group?
Q.8. Directions ( 35-39 ) : Study the following informa- 1) RS 2) VW 3) TS
tion carefully and answer the given questions : 4) PU 5) UR
seven neighbor S, P, L, Q, R, M, and I live on differ- 42. Which of the following statements regarding Q is
ent floor in same building having 7 floor number one true?
to seven. ( the first floor is number one, the floor it is 1) Q lives on an even numbered floor ?
number two and so on and the top most floor is num-
2) Q lives on the topmost floor.
ber seven.) Three persons live between I and M. M
lives on the floor above S, who does not live on an 3) Only two persons live above Q’s floor.
odd-numbered floor. P lives neither on an odd-num- 4) Only one person lives between Q and U.
bered floor nor on the topmost floor. I does not live 5) None of these
on the first floor. Two person live between R and S. 43. Who amongst the following lives on the topmost
Q lives neither on the first floor nor on the fourth. Q floor?
lives immediately above R. There lives one person 1) Q 2) T 3) V
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44. On which the following floors does U live? 50. Who among the following lives immediately above
1) 1 2) 3 3) 7 A’s floor?
4) 5 5) 4 1) B 2)D 3) F
4) H 5) E
Q.10. Directions ( 45-49 ) : Study the following informa- 51. G live on which of the following floor numbers?
tion carefully and answer the given questions : 1) Floor number 3 2) Floor number 2
Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W live on sepa- 3) Floor number 7 4) Floor number 8
rate floors of an eight-floor building. 5) Floor number 6
Ground floor is numbered I, first floor is numbered 2 52. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 8. based on the given arrangement and hence form a
• P lives on the floor numbered five. Only two group. Which of the following does not belong to that
people live between P and Q. Q lives above P. group?
1) CH 2) BF 3) HD
• V lives immediately above S. T lives immediately
4) EA 5) AG
above R.
53. Which of the following statements is true as per the
• Only one person lives between T and w. given arrangement?
• T ,lives above W. U lives on an odd-numbered 1) Only three persons live above H’s floor.
floor. [SBI (assistant ) PO – 2014] 2) Only two persons live between B and G.
45. How many people live between the floors on which S 3) None of the given statements is true
and R live? 4) A lives on the floor numbered 7
1) More than four 2) four 3) two 5) C lives on an odd-numbered floor.
4) one 5) three
54. Who among the following lives on floor number 7?
46. Ho lives on the floor immediately above P ?
1)E 2) A 3) H
1) R 2) W 3) S
4) G 5) B
4) U 5) Other than these given as options
47. Which of the following is true with respect to the
Q.12. Directions ( 55-59 ) : Study the following informa-
given information?
tion carefully and answer the given questions :
1) Only one person lives between W and U.
A building has eight floors numbered one to eight, in
2) U lives on floor No. 1 such a way that the ground floor is numbered one.
3) V lives on the topmost floor. The floor above it, numbered two and so on such that
4) Only two people live between T and S. the topmost floor is numbered eight. One out of eight
5) P lives immediately above W. people viz, J, K, L, M, R, S, T and U lives on one of
48. Who amongst the following lives on the floor No. 2? these floors.
1) T 2) S 3) W L lives on an even numbered floor but not on floor
4) R 5) V number 2. Only three people live between L and R. J
49. Which of the following lives between R and U? lives on an odd numbered floor. Only two people live
1) P 2) No one 3) T 4) W between J and M. J lives on a floor above M. U lives
5) V immediately below T. U does not live on any of the
floors above R. K does not live on the lowermost
floor. [IBPS (Office Assistant) 2015]
Q.11. Directions ( 50-54 ) : Study the following informa-
55. Which of the following is true with respect to the
tion carefully and answer the given questions :
given arrangement?
Eight persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H – live on
1) S live on the lowermost floor.
eight different floors of a building but not necessar-
ily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the build- 2) L lives on a floor immediately above M’s floor.
ing is numbered 1, the one above that is numbered 2 3) None of the given option is true.
and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 8. 4) K lives on an even numbered floor.
B lives on an odd-numbered floor and only three per- 5) L lives on floor numbered 3.
sons live between B and D. D lives immediately above 56. Who lives on floor numbered 3 ?
the floor on which G lives. A lives on an odd-num- 1) U 2) M 3) T
bered floor above G. only three persons live between 4) J 5) K
A and C. H lives on one of the floors above A but not 57. Who lives on the topmost floor ( i.e floor numbered
on the topmost floor. F lives on one of the floors be- 8)?
low H. 1) R 2) T 3) K
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58. Who amongst the following lives on the floor imme- Q.14. Directions ( 65-71 ) : Study the following informa-
diately below the floor on which U lives? tion carefully and answer the given questions :
1) K 2) L Eight Friends – J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight
3) J 4) M different floors of ma building but not necessarily in
the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is
5) No one as U live on the lowermost floor.
numbered one the one above that is numbered two
59. Who live exactly between the floor on which J and M and so on until the topmost floor is numbered eight.
live? J lives on floor numbered four. Only two people live
1) L, S 2) L, T 3) R, U between J and O. only one person lives between O
4) S, T 5) K, L and L. M lives immediately above Q. M lives on an
even numbered floor. Only one person lives between
Q.13. Directions ( 60-64 ) : Study the following informa- Q and N. Only one person lives between M and K. M
tion carefully and answer the given questions : does not below floor N.
Eight friends M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T live on eight [IBPS (Office Assistant) 2015]
different floors of a building but not necessarily in 65. Four of the following five are alike as per the given
the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the fol-
numbered 1, the one above that is numbered two and lowing does not belong to that group?
so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. 1) NQ 2) OJ 3) PN
Q lives on an odd numbered floor but not on the floor 4) KL 5) MN
numbered 7. T lives immediately below Q. 66. What is the position of M?
Only three people live between T and M. O lives on 1) M lives on the fifth floor
an even numbered floor immediately above S. 2) M lives on sixth floor
Only two people live between N and R. N lives on one 3) M lives on second floor
of the floors above R. More than two floors between 4) M lives on topmost floor
O and P. 5) M lives on fourth floor
[IBPS (Office Assistant) 2015] 67. Who amongst the following lives exactly in the middle
60. Who lives exactly between the floors on which T and of the friends who lives fifth from the bottom and
O live? second from the top?
1) Q 2) N 3) L
1) M 2) R 3) P
4) K 5) M
4) Q 5) S
68. Which of the following is true regarding N?
61. Who amongst the following lives on the floor num-
1) N lives on sixth numbered floor
bered 5?
2) Only two persons live between N and L
1) Q 2) N 3) R
4) M 5) S 3) Only two persons live between N and M
4) N lives on fifth from the topmost floor
62. Which of the following is true about N as per the
given arrangement? 5) Q is an immediately neighbour of N
69. If all the given friends are made to sit in an alpha-
1) S lives on one of the floors above N.
betical order from bottom to top, the positions of how
2) Only two people live between N and Q. many of them will remain unchanged?
3) N lives on the topmost floor. 1) Three 2) None 3) Two
4) N lives immediately below P. 4) One 5) Four
5) All the given statements are true. 70. How many persons live between J and L ?
63. If M and S interchange their positions and so do P 1) Three 2) Two 3) None
and T, who amongst the following will live between T 4) Four 5) One
and Q as per the new arrangement? 71. J lives on which floor?
1) No one 2) Both S and P 3) Only N 1) Third 2) Fourth 3) Fifth
4) Both R and M 5) Only M 4) second 5) Sixth
64. Four of the following five are alike as per the given
arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the Q.15. Directions ( 72-74 ) : study the following informa-
following does not belong to that group? tion carefully and answer the given questions :
1) NR 2) QO 3) TP In a seven-story building, having floors numbered one
4) QM 5) TR to seven, P, Q, R, S, T and V each live on a different
floor. ( The Ground Floor is numbered floor No. 1,
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floors in the building is vacant. P lives on the fifth Q.17. Directions ( 81- 85 ) : Study the information care-
floor. No Odd numbered floor is vacant. Only S lives fully and answer the following questions:
between T and V. T does not live on an odd numbered A building has eight floors from 1 to 8 in such a way
floor. T does not live on a floor immediately above or that ground floor is numbered 1, the above floor is
immediately above or immediately below R’s floor. Q numbered 2 and so on. The top most floor is num-
does not live on the bottom most floor. bered 8. Eight persons G, P, M, R, Q, A, D and C are
72. Who lives on the top most floor ? staying each on one of these floors. A is staying on
1) Q 2) S 3) R floor 6. There is a gap of three persons between G and
4) V 5) None R. C is staying on the topmost floor. Neither P nor M
is staying on the floor 5. Q is staying middle of P and
73. On which of the following floors does R Live ?
M. R is staying on the floor 1. M is not an immediate
1) Seventh 2) Sixth 3) Third neighbor of G.
4) second 5) First 81. Who is staying on the floor no. 7 ?
74. Which of the following floors is vacant ? 1)A 2) P 3)D
1) Seventh 2) Sixth 3) Third 4) R 5)M
4) second 5) Fourth 82. How many persons are staying between D and P?
1) Three 2) Four 3) Two
Q.16. Direction ( 75-80 ) : Study the following informa- 4) One 5) None of these
tion carefully and answer the question given below: 83. Who is staying on the second floor?
E, F, G, H, I and J are six friends living on different 1) Q 2) M 3) P
floors of the same building having six floors num- 4) A 5) Q or M
bered (1 to 6), the ground floor is no. 1 and the top 84. If all persons are arranged in alphabetical order such
most floor is no. 6. All of them are sitting in a straight as A occupies floor 1 then who will occupy floor 5?
line. There are two floors between the floors on which 1) G 2) Q 3) R
F and J live. F lives on a floor below J’s floor. The
4) M 5) P
person who lives on the second floor is third to the
right of I, who is second to the right of F. J sits be- 85. Immediate neighbors of the person who is staying in
tween H and G. Neither E nor I lives on a floor imme- floor 3?
diately above or immediately below the floor on which 1) R and P 2) A and P 3) G and M
F lives. E neither lives on an odd numbered floor nor 4) P and M 5) D and G
sits on extreme end of the row. There is only one floor
between the floors on which H and I live. I is not the Q.18. Directions ( 86-88 ) : Study the following informa-
immediate neighbour of G. tion carefully and answer the given questions :
75. The person who lives on the third floor sits between A, B, C, D, E and F live on different floors in the
which of the following persons? same building having six floors numbered one to six
1) I and J 2) G and J 3) E and H (the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it,
4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these number 2 and so on and the topmost floor is num-
76. Who among the following lives on the top most floor? bered 6). A lives on an odd numbered floor. There
1) G 2) E 3) H are two floors between the floors on which A and F
4) I 5) None of these live.C lives immediately above the floors on which E
lives. C does not live on an even numbered floor. Only
77. How many floors are there between the floors on
one person lives between C and B.
which G and I live?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 86. On which of the following floors does E live?
4) Four 5) CND 1) 2nd 2) 4 th 3) 6 th
rd
78. Who among the following pairs sit extreme ends of 4) 3 5) Cannot be determined
the row? 87. Who amongst the following lives on the topmost
1) IG 2) JE 3) FH floor?
4) FG 5) None of these 1) B 2) E 3) F
79. The person who sits extreme left end of the row lives 4) D 5) Cannot be determined
on which of the following floors? 88. Who amongst the following lives on the floor exactly
1) First floor 2) Third floor 3) Sixth floor between the floor on which B and C lives ?
4) Second floor 5) None of these 1) A 2)D 3)E
80. Who among the following sits third to the right of E? 4) F 5)either D and E
1) I 2) J 3) H
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Q.19. Directions ( 89-93 ) : Study the following informa- 98. Which of the following friends are live on even num-
tion carefully and answer the given questions : ber floor ?
A, B, C, D, E, F, & G are living in a building having 1) AEF 2) ECA 3)ADC
seven floors but not necessarily in the same order. 4) CND 5) None of these
Each floor has one person living on each floor. Ground
floor is first floor. Seventh floor is top. There are Q.21. Directions ( 99-103 ) Study the following infor-
two floors between C and D in which C lives above mation carefully and answer the questions given
the floor on which A live. A does not lives on 3rd floor. below.
F does not live on any floor below the floor on which
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, H, J and K live on eight
C lives. C does not live on any floor between A and B
floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, and so
who does not live on odd floor. A lives on odd floor
on till topmost floor numbered 8 but not necessarily
below 5 th floor. There are two floors between A and
in the same order. Only one person lives between E
B. C lives on even number floor.
and K. E lives above K. H does not live on odd–num-
89. Who lives on odd floor below the floor on which D bered floor. A lives on the floor numbered five. Only
lives? two people live between A and B. A lives below B. J
1)A 2) B 3) C lives immediately above D. E live immediately above
4) E 5) none of these C. H lives immediately above E. There are two per-
90. Who lives on the top floor? sons live between J and H.
1) D 2) E 3) F 99. Who lives on the floor immediately above A?
4) B 5) None of these 1) C 2) K 3) D
91. How many floors are between F and G 4) H 5 5) Other than given options
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 100. How many people live between the floors on which
4) CND 5) None of these D and C live?
92. Who lives on the ground floor? 1) Two 2) Three 3) More than four
1) D 2) E 3) A 4) One 5) Four
4) B 5) None of these 101. Which of the following is true with respect to the
93. Who lives on the 5th floor? given information?
1) Only one person lives between K and H.
1) D 2) G 3) F
2) H lives on floor number 1.
4) CND 5) None of these
3) J lives on 8th floor.
4) Only two people live between D and E.
Q.20. Directions ( 94-98 ) Study the following arrange- 5) A lives immediately above K
ment carefully and answer the questions given 102. Who among the following lives on floor no. 2?
below- 1) E 2) D 3) K
There are 6 floors in a building starting from ground 4) C 5) J
floor number is 1 and top floor number is 6. Six 103. Which of the following lives between C and H?
friends are living on each floor. A does not live in 1) A 2) K 3) None
odd number floor. B does not live on 1st number floor. 4) E 5) J
There are two floors between D and F. C lives’ on
immediate above of F. E does not live on odd number Q.22. Directions ( 104-108 ) : Study the following infor-
floor. A does not live below B. mation carefully and answer the given questions :
94. Which person is live on 5th floor ? Seven people are living in a building having seven
1) C 2) E 3) D floors from one to Seven. The members are A B C D
4) B 5) None of these E F and G. There are two floors between F and G who
95. How many floors are between E and F ? lives at even no floor. B does not live on 3rd floor.
1) One 2)Two 3) Three There is only one floor between C and F. C does not
4) Four 5) None of these live on any floor between F and G. C does not live on
96. On which floor ‘A’ lives ? 1st floor. A does not live on any floor below the floor
on which F live. E does not live on odd floor.
1) First 2) Second 3) Six
104. Who is living on 4 th floor?
4) CND 5) None of these
1) A 2) F 3) G
97. Which of the following friends are live on odd num-
ber floor ? 4) E 5) None of these
1) EBF 2) DBC 3) FCD 105. Which of the following person is living on top floor?
4) CND 5) None of these 1) F 2) C 3) E
4) B 5) None of these

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106. Who is 3rd to the above of G? numbered one, the one above that is numbered two
1) E 2) A 3) F and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight.
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these J lives on floor numbered 4. Only one person lives
107. Who is to the immediate neighbor of member B? between J and L. O lives on the floor immediately
below L. only one person lives between O and P. P
1) E 2) D 3) G
lives above O. O does not live on floor numbered 5.
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these Only two person live between K and N, M lives on an
108. Who is living on even no floor? even numbered floor but does not live on floor num-
1) C 2) F 3) D bered 8. Q lives immediately above M’s floor. K lives
4) Data inadequate 5) G below Q’s floor.
[IBPS (Office Assistant) 2015]
Q.23. Directions ( 109-113 ) : Study the following infor- 114. Four of the following five are alike as per the given
mation carefully and answer the given questions : arrangement and thus form a group, which of the fol-
Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W live on sepa- lowing does not belong to that group?
rate floors of an eight-floor building. 1) NJ 2) QP 3) OK
Ground floor is numbered I, first floor is numbered 2 4) PO 5) LM
and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 8. 115. Who lives exactly between the floors on which K and
Q live?
• P lives on the floor numbered five. 1) J 2) P 3) O
• Only two people live between P and Q. Q lives 4) N 5) M
above P. 116. Who amongst the following lives on floor numbered
• V lives immediately above S. T lives immediately 5?
above R. 1) K 2) L 3) O
4) Q 5) P
• Only one person lives between T and w. 117. Which of the following is true about M as per given
• T ,lives above W. U lives on an odd-numbered arrangement?
floor. 1) M lives on the lowermost floor.
[ SBI (assistant ) PO – 2014 ] 2) K lives on one of the floors below M.
109. How many people live between the floors on which S 3) All the given statements are true
and R live? 4) Only two on an odd numbered floor.
1) More than four 2) four 3) two 5) M lives on an odd numbered floor.
4) one 5) three 118. If P and Q interchange their places and so do M and
L, who amongst the following will live between the
110. Who lives on the floor immediately above P ?
floors on which J and O live, as per the given arrange-
1) R 2) W 3) S
ment?
4) U 5) Other than these given as options 1) Only Q 2) No one 3) Only L
111. Which of the following is true with respect to the 4) Both P and L 5) Both Q and M
given information?
1) Only one person lives between W and U. Level-2
2) U lives on floor No. 1
3) V lives on the topmost floor. Q.1. Directions ( 1- 5 ) : Study the following information
4) Only two people live between T and S. carefully and answer the questions given below :
5) P lives immediately above W. L, M, P, Q, U and B are six friends living on different
112. Who amongst the following lives on the floor No. 2? floors in the same building having six floors num-
1) T 2) S 3) W bered one to six (the ground floor is numbered one,
4) R 5) V the floor above it is numbered two and so on, and the
113. Which of the following lives between R and U? top most floor is numbered 6). All of them have doors
of different colors viz– Brown, Black, Orange, Green,
1) P 2) No one 3) T
Blue and Red but not necessarily in the same order.L
4) W 5) V
and Q live on the even number floor, and the color of
their doors is Green and Red respectively. Three per-
Q. 24. Directions ( 114-118 ): Study the following infor- sons live on the floor between Q and B. The one who
mation carefully and answer the questions given lives on the first floor has brown color door. The floor
below: which B lives is below the floor on which Q lives. The
Eight friends – J, K, L, M, N, O and P live on eight door of 5th floor is blue color. The color of U’s door is
different floors of a building but not necessarily in Orange. P does not live immediate below of Q’s floor.
the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is 1. Who amongst the following lives on the 4th floor ?

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1) Either L or M 2) P 3) L 2) The one travelling to Kolkata.
4) Either M or P 5) None of these 3) R
2. Which of the following combination is true ? 4) V
1) Q – Fourth – Green 2) U – Third – Orange 5) T
3) P – Fifth – Brown 4) L – Fourth – Black 8. Who lives on the floor immediately above T?
5) None of these 1) P 2) Q 3) S
3. Which color door(s) is/are between blue door and 4) V 5) U
black door ? 9. How many people live between the floors on which S
1) Red and Orange 2) Brown and Green and the one travelling to Mumbai live?
3) Red 4) Brown 1) None 2) Two 3) One
4) More than three 5) Three
5) Green and Orange
4. On which of the following floor does M live ?
Q.3. Directions ( 10-14 ) : Study the following informa-
1) Second 2) Third 3) Fourth tion carefully and answer the given questions :
4) Fifth 5) Sixth J, K, L, M,N, O and P live on seven different floors of
5. Which of the following statement is true with respect a building but not necessarily in the same order. The
to P ? lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1, the
1)P lives on first floor one above that is numbered 2 and so on till the top-
2) P lives on even no. floor most floor is numbered 7. Each one of them also likes
3)The color of P’s door is black a different subject, namely English, History, Com-
4) P lives immediate below of M merce, Biology, Accounts, Geography and computer
5) All are true ( but not necessarily in the same order).
• J lives on an odd-numbered floor but not on the
Q.2. Directions ( 6-9) : Study the following information floor numbered 3. The one who likes Accounts
carefully and answer the given questions : lives immediately above J. Only two persons live
between M and who likes Accounts.
Seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live on separate
floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered • The one who likes History lives on one of the
I, first floor is numbered 2 and so on until the topmost odd-numbered floors above M. only three per-
floor is numbered 7. Each one of these is travelling to sons live between L and the one who likes His-
a different city, viz Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Chennai, tory. The one who likes Commerce lives immedi-
Kolkata, Bangaluru and Lucknow but not necessarily ately above L.
in the same order. Only three people live above the • The one who likes English lives immediately
floor on which P lives. Only one person lives between above the one who likes Computer. P lives on an
P and the one travelling to Bengaluru. U live immedi- odd- numbered floor.
ately below the one travelling to Mumbai. The one
• Only one person lives between K and N. K lives
travelling to Mumbai lives on an even- numbered floor.
on one of the floors above N. Neither L nor J likes
Only three people live between the ones travellinhg
Biology N does not like Commerce.
to Benguluru and Patna. T lives immediately above R.
T is not travelling to Patna. Only two people live be- [ SBI PO – 2015 ]
tween Q and the one travelling to Kolkata. The one 10. Which of the following subjects does J like?
travelling to Kolkata lives below the floor on which Q 1) Geography 2) Computer 3) Commerce
lives. The one travelling to Delhi does not live imme- 4) History 5) English
diately above or immediately below Q. S does not live 11. Which of the following combinations is True with re-
immediately above or immediately below P. V does spect to the given arrangement?
not travel to Chennai. 1) Geography - L 2) History - O 3) Computer – P
[ RRB Officers – (2014)] 4) Accounts - M 5) Biology - K
6. Which of the following is true with respect to V as 12. If all the persons are made to sit in alphabetical order
per the given information? from top to bottom, the positions of how many per-
1) The one who lives immediately below V is travel- sons will remain uncharged?
ling to Mumbai
1) Four 2) None 3) Two
2) V lives on floor no. 7.
4) One 5) Three
3) V lives immediately below T.
13. Which of the following statement is t/rue with respect
4) V lives on the lowermost floor.
to the given arrangement?
5) V is travelling to Lucknow
7. Who among the following lives on floor no. 3? 1) The one who likes Computer lives immediately
1) The one travelling to Chennai below J.

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2) O likes History
3) None of the given options is true
4) Only four persons live between M and P.
5) P lives immediately below N.
14. Who among the following lives on the floor numbered 2? 18.
1)K
2) The one who likes English
3) The one who likes Computer
4) M 19.
5) O
Q.4. Directions ( 15-20 ) : Study the following informa- 20.
tion carefully and answer the given questions :
K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R live on eight different floors
of a building but not necessarily in the same order.
The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one,
the one above that is numbered two and so on til1 the
topmost floor is numbered eight. Each of the also likes
Q.5.
a different superhero, namely Batman, Superman, Cap-
tain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Nova and
Ironman, but not necessarily in the same order.
[RRB Officers 12-09-2015]
• The one who likes Thor lives on an even-num-
bered floor. Only three people live between the
one who likes Thor and M.
• Only two people live between M and N. N does
not live on the lowermost floor. Only three people
live between N and the one who likes Hulk.
• O lives immediately above K. O lives on an even
number floor. K does not like Hulk. K lives nither
on the floor number three nor on five.
• Only two people live between K and the one who
likes Nova. Only one person between the one who
likes Nova and ironman. The one who likes
ironman lives below the one who likes Nova.
• L lives immediately above Q. only one person lives
between Q and the one who likes Captain America.
• The one who likes Wolverine lives immediately
above the one who likes Batman.
• P Does not like Thor. K does not like Superman.
15. Which of the following pairs represent those who live
immediately above and immediately below N ? 21.
1) R, L 2) Other than those given as option
3) L, M 4) K, Q
5) R, Q
16. Four of the following five are a like in certain way as 22.
per the given arrangement and so form a group. Which
of the following does not belong to that group?
1) K – Floor number five 2) Q - floor number 6
23.
3) L - floor number two 4) N – floor number seven
5) R – floor number eight
17. Which of the following super hero does R like
1) Other than those given as option
Puzzle
2) super man
3) Nova
4) Thor
5) Batman
Which of the following superheroes does P like?
1) Ironman 2) Wolverine
3) Batman 4) Captain America
5) Other than those given as a option
N lives on which of the following floor number ?
1) five 2) Three 3) seven
4) one 5) Other than those given as a option
As per the given arrangement, P is related to Nova
and N is related to wolverine in a certain way.to which
of the following is M related to in the same way?
1) Superman 2) Batman
3) Captain America 4) Thor 5) Hulk
Directions ( 21-25 ): Read the given information and
answer the given questions.
Eight people viz. L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting
on eight different steps of the same flight of stairs,
but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost
step is numbered one, the one above that is num-
bered two, the one above that is numberd three and
so on till the topmost step is numbered eight. Each
one of them has different years of experience in the
field of banking viz. 10 years, 13 years, 15 years, 18
years, 20 years, 23 years, 24 years and 25 years but
not necessarily in the same order. R is the most expe-
rienced and is sitting on an even number step but not
on step numbered 2. The one who has least experi-
ence than only R is sitting on the lowermost step. P is
sitting on a step which is immediately below the step
on which R is sitting. L is the least experienced. L is
the sitting on a step which is immediately below the
step on which N is sitting. Only three people sit be-
tween L and S. S has 20 years of experience. Q has
more experience than only L. Q is sitting on a step
which is immediately below O’s step. The one who
has 23 years of experience is sitting on a step which
is immediately above the step on which S is sitting. N
has more experience than O.
[Bank of Maharashtra PO 26/10/2016 ]
How many people are sitting between the one who
has 15 years of experience and M?
1) Two 2) None 3) Three
4) One 5) Four
Who amongst the follo9wing is sitting on step num-
bered 3?
1) Q 2) L 3)M
4) N 5) S
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
based on the given arrangement and hence form a
group. Which is the one that does not belong to that
group?
1) Q-step numbered 5 2) R- Step numbered 7
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3) N-step numbered 2 4) L- step numbered 1
5) O-step numbered 3
24. Which of the following is true with respect to O?
1) S sits immediately below O
2) Only two persons sit between O and S
3) None of the given statements is true
4) R lives below O
5) O is sitting on step number 5
25. How much experience does M has?
1) 13 years 2) 23 years 3) 15 years
4) 18 years 5) 24 years
Q.6. Directions ( 26- 31 ) : study the given information
carefully and answer the given questions.
Seven athletes – M, N, O, P, Q, R and S live on seven
different floors of building but not necessarily in the
same order. The lower most floor of the building is
numbered 1, the one above that is number 2 and so
on till the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of
them runs for a different distance in a marathon -750,
1200m, 2200m, 2900m, 3600m, 4300 m and 5000 m, but
not necessarily in the same order.
The one who runs for 4300 m lives on floor numbered
4. Only one person lives between M and the one who
runs for 4300 m. Only two people live between M and
S. The one who runs for 1200 m lives on one of the
even numbered floors above R. only two people live
between the one who runs for 1200 m and the one
who runs for 2900m. N lives on one of the floors above
M. N runs for 2100 m more than the one who lives on
floor numbered 3. The number of people living be-
tween the one who runs for 5000 m and S is same as
the number of people living between M and R. only
one person lives between R and Q. The one who runs
for the shortest distance lives immediately below Q.
Only one person lives between P and the one who
runs for 3600 m.
[IBPS PO Prelim – 23/10/2016]
26. Which of the following live (s) between O and the
one who runs for 2900 m?
1) Only the one who runs for 2200 m
2) Both M and R
3) Both M and the one who runs for 3600m 4) Both P
and the one who runs for 2200m
5) Only R
27. As per the given arrangement, four of the following
five are alike in a certain way and so form a group.
Which one of the following does not belong to the
group?
1) M-4300m 2) Floor numbered 7-S
3) Floor numbered 4-N 4) P – 3600m
5) Floor numbered 5-5000m
28. How many people live between S and O?
1) five 2) One 3) None
4) Four 5) three
29. Who amongst the following runs for 2900m?
1) S 2) M 3) N 4) P 5) Q
Puzzle
30. If the total distance covered by B and M is 4800m,
then how much did B run alone ?
1) 4050 m 2) 2600m 3) 1200m
4) 3600 m 5) 1900m
31. Which of the following statement is true with respect
to the given arrangement?
1) None of the given options is true
2) Only two people live between P and R.
3) M lives one floor numbered 2.
4) The one who runs for 750 m lives immediately
above S.
5) Q runs for 3600 m.
Q.7. Directions ( 32-37 ): Study the given information
carefully to answer the given question.
M, N, O, P, Q, R and Sare seven people live on seven
different floors of a building but not necessarily in
the same order. The lower most floor of the building
is numbered 1, the one above that is numbered 2 and
so on till the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one
of them have different income i.e. 3500, 15000, 7500,
9000, 11000, 13500 and 5000. (But not necessarily in
the same order.)
M lives on an odd numbered floor but not on the
floor numbered 3. The one who has income of 11000
lives immediately above M. Only two people live be-
tween M and the one who has income of 5000.
The one who has income of 15000 lives on one of the
odd numbered floors above P. Only three people live
between O and the one who has income of 15000. The
one who has income of 7500 livesimmediately above
O. The one who has income of 3500 lives immediately
above the one who has income of 5000.S lives on an
odd numbered floor. Only one person lives between
N and Q. N lives on one of the floors above Q. Neither
O nor Mhas income of 9000. Q does not has income of
7500. S does not live on topmost floor.
32. How much income M has?
1) 13500 2) 5000 3) 7500
4) 15000 5) 3500
33. Which of the following combinations is true with re-
spect to the given arrangement?
1) 13500 - O 2) 15000 - R 3) 5000 - S
4) 11000 - Q 5) 9000 - N
34. If all the people are made to sit in alphabetical order
from top to bottom, the positions of how many people
will remain unchanged?
1) Four 2) None 3) Two
4) One 5) Three
35. Which of the following statements is false with re-
spect to the given arrangement ?
1) The one who has income of 5000 lives immedi
ately below M.
2) Rhas income of 15000.
3) None of the given options is true.
4) Only four people live between P and S.
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5) S lives immediately below Q. 42. Who amongst the following lives on the floor num-
36. Who amongst the following lives on the floor num- bered-2 ?
bered 2? 1) B
1) N 2) The one who got 70 marks.
2) The one who has income of 3500 3) The one who got 100 marks.
3) The one who has income of 5000 4) D
4) P
5) F
5) R
37. How much income R has?
Q.9. Direction ( 43-48) : Study the given information care-
1) 13500 2) 5000 3) 7500
fully to answer the given questions.
4) 15000 5) 3500
Seven athletes M, N, O, P, Q, R and S live on seven
Q.8. Directions ( 38-42 ) : Study the following informa- different floors of a building but not necessarily in
tion carefully and answer the questions given be- the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is
low: numbered 1, the one above that is numbered 2 and so
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven students of a college on till the topmost floor is numbered 7. Each one of
and live on seven different floors of the college hos- them runs for a different distance in marathon-850m,
tel but not necessarily in the same order. The lower 1300 m, 2200 m, 2800 m, 3300 m, 4000 m, and 4700 m,
most floor of the hostel is numbered-1, the one above but not necessarily in the same order. The one who
that is numbered-2 and so on till the topmost floor is runs for 2200m lives on floor numbered 3, Only one
numbered-7. Each one of them got different marks in person lives between O and the one who runs for
an examination viz— 70, 300, 150, 180, 210, 270 and 2200 m, the one who runs for 4000 m lives immediately
100 but not necessarily in the same order. E did not above O.
get 150 marks. Neither C nor A got 180 marks. B lives Only one person lives between the one who runs for
above the floors of E. Only one person lives between 4000 m and the one who runs for 1300 m, The number
B and E. The one who got 70 marks lives immediately of people living between O and the one who runs for
above the one who got 100 marks. The one who got 1300 m is same as the between the one who runs for
150 marks lives immediately above C. F got 80 more 4000 m and R, N lives on add numbered floor, N ran
marks than E. Only three students live between C and for 2000 m more than the one who lives on floor num-
the one who got 300 marks. The one who got 300 ber 4. Only two people live between Q and the one
marks lives on the odd numbered floors above D. A who runs for 3300 m. The one who runs for 2800 m
lives on an odd numbered floors but not on the floor lives on one of the floor below Q but not on the floor
numbered-3. The one who got 210 marks lives imme- number 2, only two people live between M and S. The
diately above A. Only two students live between A one who runs for 850 m lives immediately below M.
and the one who got 150 marks. [IBPS PO 2017]
38. How much marks did A get ? 43. How many people live between S and N ?
1) Three 2) One 3) Five
1) 270 2) 100 3) 150
4) Four 5) Two
4) 300 5) 70
44. Who amongst the following live(s) between P and
39. Which of the following combinations is true with re- the one who runs for 1300 m ?
spect to the given arrangement ? 1) Both Q and R
1) 270 – C 2) 300 – F 3) 100 – G 2) Only S
4) 210 – D 5) 180 – B 3) Both R and the one who runs for 850 m
40. If all the students are made to live in alphabetical 4) Only the one who runs for 4000 m
order from top to bottom, the positions of how many 5) Both R and the one who runs for 2200 m
students will remain unchanged ? 45. AS per the given arrangement, four of the following
1) Four 2) Two 3) None 4) One five are alike in a certain way and so form a group.
5) Three Which one of the following does not belong to the
41. Which of the following statements is true with re- group?
spect to the given arrangement ? 1) Q-3300 m 2) Q-1300 m,
1) The one who got 100 marks lives immediately 3) Floor number 4-S 4) Floor number 2-R
above A. 5) Floor number 7 – 1300 m
2) F got 300 marks. 46. Which of the following statements is true with re-
spect to the given arrangement ?
3) Only four people live between D and G.
1) Only two people live between P and O.
4) G lives immediately below E.
2) Q runs for 4000 m.
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4) The one who runs for 850 m lives immediately above
P.
5) None of the above
47. If the total distance covered by B and M is 5300 m,
then how much did B run alone?
1) 2000 m 2) 4000 m 3) 3100 m
4) 1300 m 5) 600 m
48. Who amongst the following runs for 2200 m?
1) P 2) N 3) Q
4) R 5) S
Q.10. Directions ( 49-53 ) : Study the following informa-
tion carefully and answer the questions given be-
low:
Andy, Roger, Nadal, Murray, Federer, Rafael, Novak
and Djokovic live on eight different floors of a build-
ing but not necessarily in the same order. The lower-
most floor of the building is numbered one, the one
above that is numbered two and so on till the top-
most floor is numbered eight. Each of them also likes
a different superhero, namely Batman, Superman, Cap-
tain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Nova and
Ironman, but not necessarily in the same order.
• The one who likes Thor lives on an even-num-
bered floor. Only three people live between the
one who likes Thor and Nadal.
• Only two people live between Nadal and Murray.
Murray does not live on the lowermost floor. Only
three people live between Murray and one who
likes Hulk.
• Federer lives immediately above Andy. Federer
lives on an even-numbered floor. Andy does not
like Hulk. Andy lives neither on the floor num-
bered three nor five.
• Only two people live between Andy and the one
who likes Nova.
• Only one person lives between the one who likes
Nova and Ironman. The one who likes Ironman
lives below the one who likes Nova.
• Roger lives immediately above Novak. Only one
person lives between Novak and the one who
likes Captain America.
• The one who likes Wolverine lives immediately
above the one who likes Batman.
• Rafael does not like Thor. Andy does not like su-
perman.
49. Which of the following pairs represent those who live
immediately above and immediately below Murray?
1) Djokovic, Roger
2) Other than those given as options
3) Roger, Nadal
4) Andy, Novak
5) Djokovic, Novak
50. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as
per the given arrangement and so form a group. Which
of the following does not belong to that group?
Puzzle
1) Andy – Floor numbered five
2) Novak – Floor numbered six
3) Roger – Floor numbered two
4) Murray – Floor numbered seven
5) Djokovic – Floor numbered eight
51. Which of the following superheroes does Djokovic
like?
1) Other than those given as options
2) Superman
3) Nova
4) Thor
5) Batman
52. Which of the following superheroes does Rafael like?
1) Iron man 2) Wolverine
3) Batman 4) Captain America
5) Other than those given as options
53. Murray lives on which of the following floor num-
bers?
1) Five 2) Three
3) Seven 4) One
5) Other than those given as options
Q.11. Directions ( 54-58 ) : Study the following informa-
tion carefully and answer the questions given be-
low:
M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are eight persons, live eight
on eight different floors of a building. The ground
floor is numbered one and the topmost floor is num-
bered eight. Each floor is known as eight different
river of India viz— Ganga, Godavri, Krishna, Kaveri,
Narmada, Tapti, Punpun and Ravi but not necessar-
ily in the same order.
Only two persons live between the floor which is
known as Kaveri and the floor which is known as
Krishna. There are two floors between the floor on
which T lives and the floor on which Q lives. S doesn’t
live on the floor which is known as Godavri. The floor
which is known as Krishna is not an odd numbered
floor. P lives neither on the floor which is known as
Narmada nor on the floor which is known Ravi. R
lives immediately below the floor which is known as
Narmada. Only two persons live between the person
who lives on the floor which is known as Tapti and
M. N lives on the fourth floor. M lives on an odd
numbered floor and Q lives immediately above M.
Only one person lives between the floor which is
known as Punpun and P. Neither P nor T lives on the
Ist floor. The floor which is known as Tapit, is an
even numbered floor but not the 8th floor. The floor
which is known as Ganga is an even numbered floor
and is immediately above the floor which is known as
Narmada. P lives immediately below N. The person
who lives on the floor which is known as Ravi, doesn’t
live on floor number 1. There is only one floor be-
tween M and the floor on which is known as Ravi.
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54. Who among the following lives on the floor which is 61. How many floors are there between the floor on which
known as Godavri ? I stays and the floor on which C stays?
1) P 2) O 3) R 1) One 2) Two 3) Three
4) Q 5) None of these 4) None 5) More than three
55. How many persons are living between Q and N ?
62. Which of the following is true as per the given infor-
1) One 2) Two 3) Three mation?
4) Four 5) None of these
1) B stays on a floor immediately below the floor on
56. Who among the following lives on the topmost floor which H stays.
?
2) G stays on a floor immediately above the floor on
1) P 2) Q 3) T
which A stays.
4) S 5) None of these
57. Which of the following combinations is/are true ? 3) F stays on the eighth floor.
1) Floor number- 2 –P – Kaveri 4) D belongs to England.
2) Floor number-5 – R – Ravi 5) None of these
3) Floor number-1 – O – Godavri
4) Floor numbere-8 – Q – Ganga Q.13. Directions ( 63 - 68) : Study the following informa-
5) None of the above tion carefully and answer the questions given be-
58. M lives on the floor which is known as— low:
1) Ganga 2) Ravi 3) Tapti Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are living in an
4) Narmada 5) None of the above eight–storey building. All the persons are preparing
for different examinations, viz. UPSC, CA, CDS, SCRA,
Q.12. Directions ( 59-62 ) : Study the following informa- RBI, SBI, IBPS and SSC. The lower most floor is num-
tion carefully and answer the questions given be- bered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 8. There
low: are three floors between the one who is preparing for
RBI and B. There •are two floors between the one who
Nine people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I stay in a build- is preparing for SSC and H. G lives on the 7th floor. A
ing, but not necessarily in the same order. All of them does not live below the one who is preparing for CA. D
belong to a different country of the world viz- India, lives just above the one who is preparing for CDS. There
Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, En- is a floor gap between E and
gland, Sri Lanka and France. The building has nine
floors and only one person stays on one floor. The the one who is preparing for CDS. There are two floors
ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is num- etween the one who is preparing for UPSC and the
bered 2 and so on, and the topmost floor is numbered one who is preparing for IBPS. The one who is pre-
9. H belongs to Bangladesh and stays on an even paring for CA lives between D and H. The one who is
numbered floor. A stays on any even numbered floor preparing for SSC lives between F and the one who is
below the floor on which H stays. The one who be- preparing for SBI. The one who is preparing for UPSC
longs to England stays on the fourth floor. E stays on lives two floors below H.
the second floor and belongs to Australia. The one 63. Who among the following is preparing for SBI?
who belongs to France stays on the third floor. A 1) B 2) F 3) H
does not belong to Nepal. There are two floors be- 4) D 5) Other than given options
tween the floor on which the people who belong to 64. How many persons are there between the persons
China and Bangladesh stay. C belongs to Pakistan. who is preparing for SCRA and RBI?
There are three floors between the floor on which C
1) None 2) One 3) Two
and G stay. D stays on a floor immediately above I’s
floor. There is one floor between the floors on which 4) Three 5) Other than given options
F and G stay. F does not belong to France. The one 65. Who among the following lives on floor number 1?
who belongs to India stays on the topmost floor. F 1) E 2) B 3) C
does not stay on the ground floor. 4) H 5) Other than given options
59. Who among the following belongs to Nepal? 66. Who among the following lives between H and C?
1) A 2) C 3) D 1) The persons who preparing for CA and UPSC
4) F 5) None of these 2) The one who is preparing for IBPS
60. A belongs to which of the following countries? 3) Only A and F
1) England 2) France 3) Sri Lanka 4) No person lives
4) India 5) None of these
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67. Who among the following live on lower most floor 72. How many persons live between the floor on which Z
and topmost floor respectively? and P live?
1) FH 2) CD 3) CB 1) One 2) Two 3) Three
4) Cannot be determined 5) Other than given op- 4) Four 5) None
tions
73. How many floors are there in building A, B and C
68. Which of the following combination is True? respectively?
1) H – RBI – 3 2) D – SBI – 6 1) 10, 10, 10 2) 10, 8, 8 3) 11, 8, 8
3) F – SCRA – 8 4) A – IBPS – 5 4) 12, 7, 9 5) 12, 9, 7
5) Other than given options
Q.15. Direction (74-77): Study the following information
Q.14. Direction (69-73): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
carefully and answer the questions given below: Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W lives on ten
Ten people live in three buildings namely A, B and C. floors building starting from ground floor number one
Building A is to the immediate left of building B to top floor number ten. There were two vacant floors
whereas building C is to the second right of building in the building. There are eight fruits Apple, Mango,
A. A maximum of four people live in a building. Banana, Papaya, Orange, Cherry, strawberry and
Note: Immediately above or below implies that the Guava in which only one person likes one fruit, but
person is not in the same building. not necessarily in the same order. The one who likes
guava lives below the one who likes Papaya but does
As many floors are there below the floor, in which T
not lives below the one who likes strawberry. There
lives, as it is above the floor in which Y lives. There
are three floors between P and Q. The person who
are four floors above the floor in which S lives. S
likes mango lives below to both P and Q. There are
doesn’t live in building B but lives at floor number 5.
only three floors gap between U and the one who
Z lives in that floor number, which is the sum of the
likes Banana. U lives one of the floors below to the
floor number in which R and S live. The sum of the
one who likes Banana. There are only three floors
floor number in which P and T lives is 3 and both
between U and S. V lives immediately below the one
lives in different building. R lives in building B and
who likes Cherry. The number of person lives between
lives at the topmost floor. T and Y live in same build-
U and the one who likes Banana is same as the num-
ing but they do not live in building A. The sum of the
ber of floors between U and the person who likes
number of the floor in which T and V lives is equal to
Orange. S does not like Banana. The one who likes
the floor number in which Y live. T lives in the even
Cherry does not lives on the topmost floor. There are
numbered floor. Equal number of floors are there be-
two floors between W and R. The one who likes Apple
low the floor in which Q lives and above the floor in
lives immediately between P and W. W likes Mango
which W lives. There are two floors between W and
and lives on bottom most floor. Q lives above P.
Q. U lives on that floor number which is immediately
below the floor number in which V lives. Only Two 74. Who among the following likes Papaya?
people live in Building C. S and U live in same build- 1) P 2) V 3) Q
ing. R lives immediately two floor above the floor in 4) S 5) R
which S lives.
75. Who among the following lives immediately above
69. Who among the following lives on the second floor the vacant floor?
of building A?
1) S 2) T
1) Z 2) W 3) Q 3) The one who likes Papaya 4) R
4) P 5) None of these 5) The one who likes Mango
70. How many people live in building C? 76. Which of the following is a vacant floor?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three 1) 2 2) 7 3) 6
4) Four 5) Five 4) 9 5) 4
71. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? 77. How many persons live between T and the one who
1) Q lives on the 5th floor. likes Guava?
2) W lives on the 8th floor. 1) Two 2) Three 3) Four
3) T lives immediately below Y’s floor. 4) One 5) Five
4) All are correct.
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Q.16. Direction (78-82) : Study the information given be- 78. Which of the following is true regarding Fatima?
low and answer the questions based on it. 1) Fatima Visits to Punjab.
Arun, Bhavna, Chetan, Diksha, Elena, Fatima, Gauri 2) Diksha and Gauri are immediate neighbours of
and Hemant lives in an eight storey building and are Fatima.
going to different places. 3) One person lives between Fatima and the one who
(i) Hemant lives on the 5th floor and there are two visits to Lucknow.
people living between Hemant and Chetan. 4) There is one floor between Fatima and Arun
Hemant is going to Chennai. 5) None is true
(ii) Elena lives on an odd numbered floor but not the 79. Who among the following visits to Kolkata?
first floor and is not an immediate neighbour of 1) Chetan 2) Fatima 3)Arun
Chetan or Hemant. Fatima lives second to the floor 4) Bhavna 5) Cannot be determined
of Elena. The one who visits to Delhi is an imme- 80. How many persons live between Diksha and the one
diate neighbour of Elena. who visits to Lucknow?
(iii) Three people lives between Hemant and the one 1) One 2) Two 3) Three
who visits to Pune. Hemant, Chetan and also the 4) Four 5) Five
immediate neighbours do not visit to Mumbai. 81. Which of the following is true?
(iv) Only one person lives between the one who vis- 1) Only one person lives between Bhavna and Elena?
its to Mumbai and Gauri. The one who visits to 2) Diksha visits to Mumbai.
Kolkata and Lucknow are immediate neighbours 3) The one who visits to Kolkata is an immediate
of each other. neighbour of Gauri
(v) Chetan neither visits to Kolkata nor to Lucknow. 4) One person lives between Hemant and Diksha
Only one person lives between Arun and the one 5) None of these
who visits to Punjab. Two people lives between 82. Who are the immediate neighbours of Gauri?
the one from Rajasthan and Arun. 1) Arun, Bhavna
(vi) Arun neither visits to Mumbai nor to Kolkata. 2) Elena and the one who visits to Mumbai
Bhavna does not visit to Mumbai. 3) Hemant and the one who visits to Rajasthan
4) Elena and Fatima
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