Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions

A certain number of persons are living in a storey building. The lowermost floor is numbered as one and immediately above it is numbered as two and so on.

Three persons live between P and M. Only one person lives between N and L. Q lives on an even numbered floor when counting from the top of the building. R lives three floors above P. Not more than one person lives between L and Q. Not more than twelve persons are in the building. The number of persons lives above R is same as the number of persons lives below Q. N lives immediately below M.

1) Who among the following person lives three floors below M?

a) N

b) The one who lives two floors below N.

c) R

d) The one who lives three floors above P.

e) None of those given as an option

2) How many persons live between N and the one who live three

floors above P?

a) Same as the number of persons lives above M.

b) Four

c) Same as the number of persons lives below P.

d) None

e) Five

3) Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

a) P lives on an odd-numbered floor.

b) Only three persons live between P and M.

c) Q lives immediately below L.

d) Two floors are between M and L.

e) All are true

4) How many floors are there in the building?

a) 13

b) 14

c) 12

d) 11

e) None of those given as an option

5) What is the position of R as per the final arrangement?

a) Lives on the top most floor

b) Lives on the lowermost floor

c) Lives on the second floor from the top

d) Lives on the third floor from the top

e) None of these

Explanation :

Three persons live between P and M.

N lives immediately below M.

From the above condition, there are two possibilities.

Only one person lives between N and L.

From the above condition, there are four possibilities.

R lives three floors above P.

From the above condition, case2 and case2a were dropped.

Q lives on an even numbered floor when counting from the top of the building.

The number of persons lives above R is same as the number of persons lives below Q.Not more than twelve persons are in the building.

Not more than one person lives between L and Q. From the above condition, case1 was dropped. Case1a shows the final arrangement.

1) Answer: B

2) Answer: A

3) Answer: E

4) Answer: C

5) Answer: A