Who lives in Flat-Q of Floor 2?
Read the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Six persons – A, B, C, D, E and F – live on three different floors of a three-storeyed building. The lowermost floor is numbered 1, the one above it is numbered 2, and the topmost floor is numbered 3. Each person belongs to a different city, viz., Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur, and Pune, but not necessarily in the same order.
Note-I: Each floor has two flats – Flat-P and Flat-Q, where Flat-P is to the west of Flat-Q.
Note-II: Flat-Q of Floor 2 is immediately above Flat-Q of Floor 1, and Flat-Q of Floor 3 is immediately above Flat-Q of Floor 2. Similarly, Flat-P follows the same pattern.
Note-III: Only two persons live on each floor, and only one person lives in each flat.
The one who belongs from Pune lives immediately above the person who lives to the west of D. E lives two floors above the person who belongs from Delhi. The one who belongs from Jaipur lives to the east of the one who belongs from Delhi. E and D lives in the different named flat. F lives below E and belongs from Kolkata. The one who belongs from Chennai lives to the north-east of the one who belongs from Kolkata. A and C live in the same named flat. A doesn’t belong from Chennai. C and the one who belongs from Mumbai doesn’t live on the same floor.
Who lives in Flat-Q of Floor 2?
A
The one who belongs to Mumbai
C
The one who belongs to Pune
The one who belongs to Kolkata
The one who belongs to Mumbai
Answer: B
Final Arrangement is here:
| Floors | Flat P | Flat Q |
|---|---|---|
| E - Pune | C - Chennai | |
| F - Kolkata | D - Mumbai | |
| B - Delhi | A - Jaipur |
Clues: The one who belongs from Pune lives immediately above the person who lives to the west of D. E lives two floors above the person who belongs from Delhi. The one who belongs from Jaipur lives to the east of the one who belongs from Delhi. E and D lives in the different named flat.
Inference: Here we get two possible cases:
| Floors | Flat P | Flat Q | Flat P | Flat Q |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case 1 | Case 2 | |||
| 3 | E | Pune/E | Pune/ | |
| 2 | Pune/ | Pune/ | D | |
| 1 | Delhi | D - Jaipur | Delhi | Jaipur |
Clues: F lives below E and belongs from Kolkata. The one who belongs from Chennai lives to the north-east of the one who belongs from Kolkata.
Inference:
| Floors | Case 1 | Case 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat P | Flat Q | Flat P | Flat Q | |
| 3 | E | Chennai | E - Pune | Chennai |
| 2 | F - Kolkata | Pune | F - Kolkata | D |
| 1 | Delhi | D - Jaipur | Delhi | Jaipur |
Clues: A and C live in the same named flat. A doesn’t belong from Chennai. C and the one who belongs from Mumbai doesn’t live on the same floor.
Inference: Case 1 gets cancelled here as there is no place for Mumbai:
| Floors | Case 1 | Case 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat P | Flat Q | Flat P | Flat Q | |
| 3 | E | C - Chennai | E - Pune | C - Chennai |
| 2 | F - Kolkata | A - Pune | F - Kolkata | D - Mumbai |
| 1 | Delhi | D - Jaipur | Delhi | A - Jaipur |
Inference: Only place for B is left. Now, the final arrangement is here:
| Floors | Flat P | Flat Q |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | E - Pune | C - Chennai |
| 2 | F - Kolkata | D - Mumbai |
| 1 | B - Delhi | A - Jaipur |
The one who belongs to Mumbai