Question 2814

Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered one and the floor above it is numbered two and so on. The top most floor is numbered eight. Each of them belongs to different state viz Gujarat, MP, Delhi, Assam, UP, Maharashtra, Kerala and Haryana but not necessarily in the same order. The one who belongs toMP lives on an even numbered floor but not on floor number 8. Only two persons live between U and the one who belongs toMP. Only one person live between U and the one who belongs toUP. Only one person lives between R and S, who belongs toDelhi. P lives immediately above U, who lives on an odd numbered floor. Only two persons live between T and P. Q lives on an even numbered floor and immediately above R. The one who belongs to Assam lives on an even numbered floor and live immediately above the person who belongs to Haryana. R does not belongUP or Haryana. Only two persons live between W and the one who belongs toGujarat. Q lives on floor number four. The one who belongs to Maharashtra does not live on odd numbered floor. W does not belong to Kerala. Which of the following state does P belong?

Answer

Assam

Why?

People: P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W Floor: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 State: Gujarat, MP, Delhi, Assam, UP, Maharashtra, Kerala and Haryana 1) Q lives on floor number four. 2) Q lives on an even numbered floor and immediately above R. 3) Only one person lives between R and S, who belongs to Delhi. Case-1 Case-2 Floor People State Floor People State 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 S Delhi 5 4 Q 4 Q 3 R 3 R 2 2 1 1 S Delhi 4) P lives immediately above U, who lives on an odd numbered floor. 5) Only two persons live between T and P. (Hence, now case-1 will get eliminated because that is not satisfying above condition) Now put these condition in case-3. Hence, we have Case-2 Floor People State 8 P 7 U 6 5 T 4 Q 3 R 2 1 S Delhi 6) Only two persons live between U and the one who belongs to MP. 7) Only one person lives between U and the one who belongs to UP. Floor People State 8 P 7 U 6 5 T UP 4 Q MP 3 R 2 1 S Delhi 8) The one who belongs to Assam lives on an even numbered floor and live immediately above the person who belongs to Haryana. Floor People State 8 P Assam 7 U Haryana 6 5 T UP 4 Q MP 3 R 2 1 S Delhi 9) Only two persons live between W and the one who belongs to Gujarat. (Hence, here W has to be on 6th floor and on 3rd floor Gujarati will be present, Because if W is 2nd then there is no place for Gujarati to live on 5th floor) 10) W does not belong to Kerala. (Now W has to belong to Maharashtra and V will live on 2nd floor) Floor People State 8 P Assam 7 U Haryana 6 W Maharashtra 5 T UP 4 Q MP 3 R Gujarat 2 V Kerala 1 S Delhi Thus P belongs to Assam.