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Reasoning Ability Puzzle

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