Seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live on separate floors of a 7-floor building. Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered. 2 and so on until the topmost floor are numbered 7. Each one of
these is travelling to a different city, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Lucknow but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which P lives. Only one person lives
between P and the one travelling to Bangalore. U lives immediately below the one travelling to Mumbai. The one travelling to Mumbai lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones travelling to
Bangalore and Patna. T lives immediately above R. T is not travelling to Patna.
Only two people live between Q and the one travelling to Kolkata. The one travelling to Kolkata lives below the floor on which Q lives. The one travelling to Delhi does not live immediately above or immediately below Q. S
does not live immediately above or immediately below P. V does not travel to Chennai.
1).Which of the following is true with respect
to V as per the given information’?
a)
The one who lives immediately
below V is travelling to Mumbai
b)
V lives on floor no. 7
c)
V lives immediately below T
d)
V lives on the lowermost floor
e)
V is travelling to Bangalore
2).Who among the following lives on floor no.
3?
a)
The
one travelling to Chennai
b)
The
one travelling to Kolkata
c)
R
d)
V
e)
T
3).Who lives on the floor immediately above T?
a)
P
b)
Q
c)
S
d)
V
e)
U
4).To which of the following cities is S
travelling?
a)
Mumbai
b)
Bangalore
c)
Patna
d)
Kolkata
e)
Chennai
5).How many people live between the floors on
which S and the one travelling to Mumbai live?
a)
None
b)
Two
c)
One
d)
More than three
e)
Three
GIVEN:
Ø A 7 – storey building,
where the Ground Floor = 1st Floor
Ø 7
Persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U and V
Ø 7 Cities
– Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Chennai, Bangalore, Lucknow and Kolkata
SOLUTION:
These types of questions can be best solved by
the tabulation method
Ø If
persons / days are mentioned in the question then the first column of the table
will always be persons/days
Ø Here
there are 7 persons, then the 1st
column will be persons
Ø Always
start filling the Table from the bottom
if there are more than one possibilities
|
FLOOR |
PERSON |
CITY |
|
7 |
||
|
6 |
||
|
5 |
||
|
4 |
P |
