Q. Ten persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J are living in five floored buildings marked 1 to 5 from bottom to top respectively. There are two flats on each floor viz. Flat I and Flat II in such a way that flat I is west of flat II.
G lives in flat I on an even number floor. H lives three floors above G and lives immediately above B’s flat. A lives two floors above C’s flat, who doesn’t live in the same flat as B. A and E live on the same floor. J lives two floors above D, who lives immediately above I’s flat. J and H are not living on the same floor.
What is the position of F with respect to E?
A. Immediate northeast
B. Two floors above
C. Immediately below
D. Three flats above
E. None of these
Ans: Two floors aboveWe have:
G lives in flat I of an even number floor.
H lives three floors above G and lives
immediately above B’s flat.
That means, in case (1) H lives in flat II of floor
number 5, in case (2) H lives in flat I of floor
number 5.
A lives two floors above C’s flat, who doesn’t
live in the same flat as B.
A and E live on the same floor.
That means, in case (1) A lives on floor 3 of flat
I, in case (2) A lives on floor 3 of flat II.
Based on the above given information we have:
Again, we have:
J lives two floors above D, who lives
immediately above I’s flat.
J and H are not living on the same floor.
That means, in case (1) J lives on floor 4 of flat I,
case (2) is not valid.
Based on the above given information we have:
Case (2) is not valid as J lives two floors above
D, who lives immediately above I’s flat.
Clearly, F lives two floors above E.
Hence, option B is the correct choice.
