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 Seven neighbours S, P,L, Q, R, M and
I live on different floors in the same
building having seven floors
numbered one to seven. (The first
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floor is numbered one, the floor

above it is number two and so on
and the topmost floor is numbered
as seven.) Three persons live between
I and M. M lives on the floor above 5,
who does not live on an odd-
numbered floor. P does not live on
the first floor. I does not live on the
first floor. Two persons live between
R and S. Q lives neither on the first
floor nor on the fourth floor. M does
not live on sixth and seventh floor

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 There are eight persons living in a
building where the lowermost floor is
numbered 1 and the floor just above the
lowermost floor is numbered 2 and so on.
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The persons who are living in a building

on different floors are Abhishek, Kiran,
Raju, Dinesh, Riya, Uma, Hema and Bindu.
Only one person lives between the floors
of Raju and Dinesh who lives on any floor
below the floor of Riya. Bindu lives on the
floor immediately above the floor on
which Kiran lives. Raju lives on the third
numbered floor. Only one person lives
between the floors of Riya and Uma. Riya
lives above Uma. Only two persons live
between the floors of Raju and Hema

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 Eight people Aarush, Bindu, Chunnu, Divya,
Binod, Prithvi, Gopal and Harish live in an
eight storey building, but not necessarily in
the same order. The lowermost floor is
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numbered 1 and the topmost floor is

numbered 8. Aarush lives on an
evennumbered floor but not on the floor
numbered second or fourth. Only three
floors are there between Aarush and Bindu.
Only two people live between Chunnu and
Binod. Prithvi lives on a floor above Divya.
There are equal numbers of floors between
the floors on which Binod and Bindu live
and between the floors on which Aarush
and Binod live. Harish lives immediately
below Divya's floor. lives immediately
below Aarush's floor.
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 Seven people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on seven
different floors of a building. 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 seven. Each one of them also has a
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1) As per the given arrangement,
C is related to floor number six
in a certain way. Similarly, A is
related to floor number four. To

which floor amongst the

different amount of money with them- ₹ 4000, ₹
5500, ₹ 7000, ₹ 8000, ₹ 13500, ₹ 16000 and ₹ 16500. following is B related in the
The one who has ₹ 16000 lives on floor number same way?
three. Only one person lives between A and the one A) Floor one
who has ₹ 16000. The one who has ₹ 7000 lives B) Floor two
immediately above A. The number of people living C) Floor seven
between the one who has ₹ 7000 and the one who D) Floor three
has ₹ 16000 is same as the number of people living E) Floor five
between A and B. Only one person lives between B
and G. Only one person lives between G and the one
who has ₹ 13500. A has less money than B but not
the least. D has ₹ 8500 more than A. D does not live
on the top floor. C lives immediately above F. G have
more money than C.
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 Seven people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on seven 2) How many people live between
different floors of a building. The lower most floor of D and the one who has
the building is numbered one, the one above that is ₹ 16000?
numbered two and so on till the top most floor is
A) One B) Two
numbered seven. Each one of them also has a
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different amount of money with them- ₹ 4000, ₹

C) Five D) Three
5500, ₹ 7000, ₹ 8000, ₹ 13500, ₹ 16000 and ₹ 16500. E) None
The one who has ₹ 16000 lives on floor number
three. Only one person lives between A and the one
who has ₹ 16000. The one who has ₹ 7000 lives
immediately above A. The number of people living
between the one who has ₹ 7000 and the one who
has ₹ 16000 is same as the number of people living
between A and B. Only one person lives between B
and G. Only one person lives between G and the one
who has ₹ 13500. A has less money than B but not
the least. D has ₹ 8500 more than A. D does not live
on the top floor. C lives immediately above F. G have
more money than C.

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 Seven people viz. A, B, C, D, E, F and G live on seven 3) Who lives on floor number
different floors of a building. The lower most floor of four?
the building is numbered one, the one above that is A) The one having ₹ 4000
numbered two and so on till the top most floor is B) B
numbered seven. Each one of them also has a
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C) D
different amount of money with them- ₹ 4000, ₹
5500, ₹ 7000, ₹ 8000, ₹ 13500, ₹ 16000 and ₹ 16500. D) The one having ₹ 5500
The one who has ₹ 16000 lives on floor number E) A
three. Only one person lives between A and the one
who has ₹ 16000. The one who has ₹ 7000 lives
immediately above A. The number of people living
between the one who has ₹ 7000 and the one who
has ₹ 16000 is same as the number of people living
between A and B. Only one person lives between B
and G. Only one person lives between G and the one
who has ₹ 13500. A has less money than B but not
the least. D has ₹ 8500 more than A. D does not live
on the top floor. C lives immediately above F. G have
more money than C.

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 Seven person A.K.L.M.N.O and P live on seven different
floors of a building. The lowermost floor of the
building is numbered 1. the one above is 2 and so on
till the topmost is numbered 7. Each one of them also
likes a different subject, namely History English,
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Chemistry, Biology, Accounts, Reasoning. Physics but

not necessarily in the same order. A lives on odd
numbered floor but not on the floor numbered 3. The
one who likes accounts live immediately above A. only
two person live between M and the one who likes
Accounts. The one who likes History lives on one of the
odd-numbered floors above M. only three persons live
between L and the one who likes History. The one who
likes Chemistry lives immediately above L. The one
who likes English lives immediately above the one who
likes physics. P lives on an odd-numbered floor. Only
one person lives between K and N. K lives on one of
the floors above N. Neither L nor A likes Biology. N
does not like Chemistry,

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 Seven people P.Q.R.S.T.U and V live on separate floors
of a 7- floor building. The ground floor is numbered
one and the topmost is numbered seven. Each of them
travelling to a different City viz. Delhi, Faridabad,
Meerut, Mathura, Kanpur, Lucknow and Agra but not
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necessarily in the same order. Only three people live

above the floor on which P lives. Only one person lives
between the one travelling to Agra and P.U lives
immediately below the One travelling to Faridabad.
The one travelling to Faridabad lives on an even
numbered floor. Only three persons live between the
one travelling to Agra and Meerut. T lives immediately
above R. T is not travelling to Meerut. Only two person
live between Q and the one travelling to Kanpur the
one travelling to Kanpur 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 Mathura.

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 Q4. Nine boxes - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I are placed
one above the other vertically, not necessarily in the
same order. Only three boxes are placed between B
and F which is not above box B. H is placed three
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places below C but kept immediately above E. Number

of boxes placed between D and G is same as G and F. B
is kept immediately below I which is not the topmost
box. G and H are placed one of the places below B.
Only three boxes are placed between D and C.

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 . Nine boxes - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I
are placed one above the other
vertically, not necessarily in the same
order. Only three boxes are placed
between B and F which is not above box
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B. H is placed three places below C but

kept immediately above E. Number of
boxes placed between D and G is same
as G and F. B is kept immediately below I
which is not the topmost box. G and H
are placed one of the places below B.
Only three boxes are placed between D
and C.

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 10 Cricketers live in a building of 5 floors such
that bottom floor is numbered 1 and floor above
it is 2 and so on up to fifth floor.
Each of the floor consist of 2 flats as flat-1, which
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is in west of flat-2.
Flat-1 of floor-2 is immediately above flat-1 of
floor-1 and immediately below flat-1 of floor-3.
Dhoni live west of Sehwag. Sachin lives above
Ponting. Mahela lives in an odd numbered flat of
even numbered floor. Gayle lives west of Bravis
on one of the floors below Mahela. Kapil Dev life
on odd numbered floor but below Dhoni. Kapil
Dev and ABD lives on different numbered flats.
There are three floors in between floors of Bravis
and Dravid. Only two floors are in between the
floors of Dravid and ABD. Dravid lives Northwest
to ABD.

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 Ten persons Priyanka, Manu, Ravi, Nasir, Tanya, Ankush, Binit, Chetan,
Dipu and Himanshi are living in a five storey building such that ground
floor is numbered as 1, above it is floor 2 then top floor is numbered as
5. Each of the floor has 2 flats in it as flat-1 and flat-2. Flat-1 of floor-2 is
immediately above flat-1 of floor-1 and immediately below flat-1 of
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floor-3 and so on. In the same way flat-2 of floor-2 is immediately

above flat-2 of floor-1 and immediately below flat 2 of floor 3 and so
on. Flat-1 is in west of flat-2. Manu lives in an odd numbered floor. Both
Tanya and Binit lives in the same flat number. Ravi and Ankush live in
the same floor. Chetan does not live in flat number 2 and floor 1. There
is a gap of two floors in which Manu and Priyanka lives. Both Priyanka
and Manu do not live in the same flat number. Tanya lives immediately
above Priyanka in the same flat number. There is a gap of one floor in
which Tanya and Binit lives. Himanshi, who lives on an even numbered
floor, lives below Ankush and both lives in the same flat number. Dipu
lives above Nasir and both live in the same flat number. Chetan and
Nasir neither live in the same flat number nor in the same floor. Dipu
lives below Chetan, who lives in flat 1, and both lives in different flat.

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 Eight people Nakul, Nitya, Nidhi, Nupur, Namita,
Niket, Nilesh, Nipun live in a building with 4 floors
but not necessarily in the same order. Each floor
has two flats i.e. flat 1 and flat 2. Flat 1 is west of
Flat 2. The lowermost building floor is numbered
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1, the floor above it 2 and so on till the topmost

floor is numbered 4. Flat 1 is west of Flat 2. There
is 1 floor between the floors on which Niket and
Namita live and both live on the same flat but not
on even numbered flat. Nipun lives 3 floors below
the person who lives on the top floor. Nidhi lives
on an even numbered floor but he does not live
on the top floor. Nakul lives on the floor
immediately above Namita and both lives on
same flat. Nitya and Namita do not live on the top
floor. Nakul live 2 floors below the floor on which
Nupur lives and both lives on same flat. Nupur
and Nilesh do not live on the floor immediately
next to Nidhi's floor.

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