Arrangement Puzzles : Set 74
Six peoples J, K, L, M, N, and O live in a 7 floor building ground floor is number one above the floor number two and so on but not necessary in the same order. One of the floors is vacant. K lives one of the odd number floors above the floor number 4. There are three floors between K and N. There are two people lives between N and the vacant floor. L is not the neighbor of K and lives an odd number floor but not on floor number 1. L lives just above the floor on which O lives. J lives an odd numbered floor above the floor number 3.
Q1. Which of the following floor is vacant floor?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 6
(e) None of these.
Q2. On which of the following floor does O live?
(a) 6th
(b) 4th
(c) 2nd
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these.
Q3. How many people live between L and J?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) More than three
(e) None
Q4. Who among the following lives on the ground floor?
(a) O
(b) K
(c) M
(d) L
(e) None of these.
Q5. Who among the following lives immediate below the floor on which J lives?
(a) O
(b) M
(c) L
(d) K
(e) None
Solutions
Step-1:- K lives one of the odd number floors above the floor number 4. There are three people’s lives between K and N. There are two people’s lives between N and the vacant floor. There must be two possibilities:-
Step-2:- L is not the neighbor of K and lives an odd number floor but not on floor number 1. L lives just above the floor on which O lives.
Final Step:- J lives an odd numbered floor above the floor number 3. From this statement case-2 has been eliminated.
- C
- C
- B
- E
- B