Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below: There are eight people – G, H, I, J, K, L, M and N – each of them belongs to different states viz., Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Bihar, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan. But not necessarily in the same order. They live in an eight story building. Having floors numbered one to eight – each of them on different floor. (The Ground Floor is numbered Floor No. 1, the Floor above it Floor No. 2 and so on). G lives on even numbered floor. Three people live between J and the person from Kerala. Three persons live between L and G. The person from Kerala live immediately below G’s floor. N lives immediately above G’s floor and immediately below K’s floor. G is from Punjab. There are five floors between the floors on which J and the person from Tamil Nadu lives. The person from Rajasthan lives on the floor immediately below the floor on which the person from Kerala lives. H lives on the even numbered floor. I does not belong to Kerala. Three persons live between the persons from Assam and Rajasthan. Four persons live between the persons from Assam and Karnataka. L does not belong to Maharashtra. On which of the following floors, does the person from Assam live?

Start with those statements that give us fixed positions of certain variables. 1) G lives on even numbered floor. 2) G is from Punjab. 3) Three persons live between L and G. 4) The person from Kerala lives immediately below G’s floor. 5) The person from Rajasthan lives on the floor immediately below the floor on which the person from Kerala lives. 6) N lives immediately above G’s floor and immediately below K’s floor. From all this information we get two possibilities, Case I Floors States Persons 8 L 7 6 K 5 N 4 Punjab G 3 Kerala 2 Rajasthan 1 Case II Floors States Persons 8 K 7 N 6 Punjab G 5 Kerala 4 Rajasthan 3 2 L 1 7) Three people live between J and the person from Kerala. Case I Floors States Persons 8 L 7 J 6 K 5 N 4 Punjab G 3 Kerala 2 Rajasthan 1 Case II Floors States Persons 8 K 7 N 6 Punjab G 5 Kerala 4 Rajasthan 3 2 L 1 J 8) Three persons live between the persons from Assam and Rajasthan. 9) Four persons live between the persons from Assam and Karnataka. Case I Floors States Persons 8 L 7 J 6 Assam K 5 N 4 Punjab G 3 Kerala 2 Rajasthan 1 Karnataka Case II Floors States Persons 8 Assam K 7 N 6 Punjab G 5 Kerala 4 Rajasthan 3 Karnataka 2 L 1 J 10) There are five floors between the floors on which J and the person from Tamil Nadu live. So case I get discarded. Case II Floors States Persons 8 Assam K 7 Tamil Nadu N 6 Punjab G 5 Kerala 4 Rajasthan 3 Karnataka 2 L 1 J 11) H lives on the even numbered floor. 12) I does not belong to Kerala. 13) L does not belong to Maharashtra. Case II Floors States Persons 8 Assam K 7 Tamil Nadu N 6 Punjab G 5 Kerala M 4 Rajasthan H 3 Karnataka I 2 Bihar L 1 Maharashtra J Hence, the person from Assam lives in the 8th floor.