Reasoning Ability Puzzle
Oct 01 2020
Here we are providing new series of Reasoning Questions for upcoming exams, so the aspirants can practice it on a daily basis.
Directions (1-5): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
There are 12 people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L who stay on 6 floors (numbered 1 to 6) of a building but not necessarily in the same order. There are two flats on each of the six floors. The flats are numbered as 1 and 2 on each of the floors and are from left to right. Flat no. 1 of the floor no. 2 is exactly above the flat no. 1 of the floor no. 1 and so on.
E and H stay on the same floor above the floor on which C stays, but not immediately above. There are only three floors between H and J, both stay on flat no. 2. C stays on flat no. 1 just below K. C does not stay on even numbered floor. B stays on immediately above D. D stays on even numbered floor. G stays on the topmost floor. Only three floors between G and A, both stays on a different flat number. L stays below F, both stay in different flat number. There is more than one floor between L and F.
1) How many people live above the floor on which B lives?
a) Four
b) Five
c) Seven
d) Six
e) None of these
2) Which among the following pair of people stays on same floor?
a) K, F
b) C, D
c) A, B
d) L, G
e) None of these
3) Who among the following person stays on flat no. 2 of floor no. 5?
a) E
b) H
c) B
d) F
e) None of these
4) Who among the following person stays on the floor immediate above the floor on which H stays?
a) G
b) L
c) I
d) Both a and b
e) Both a and c
5) Who among the following person doesn’t form a group?
a) G
b) K
c) C
d) A
e) D
Explanation :
E and H stay on the same floor above the floor on which C stays, but not immediately above. G stays on the topmost floor.
There are only three floors between H and J, both stay on flat no. 2.
C stays on flat no. 1 just below K. C does not stay on even numbered floor.
B stays on immediately above D.
D stays on even numbered floor.
Only three floors between G and A, both stays on a different flat number. From this condition case 2 is cancelled.
L stays below F, both stay in different flat number.
There is more than one floor between L and F.
Case (1) is the final arrangement.
1) Answer: D
2) Answer: A
3) Answer: B
4) Answer: E
5) Answer: C