There are eight people- G, H, I, J, K, L, M and N- each of them belongs to different states viz., Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, but not necessarily in the same order. They live in an eight storey 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 Assam. Three persons live between L and G. The person from Assam lives immediately below G's floor. N lives immediately above G's floor and immediately below K's floor. G is from Tamil Nadu. There are five floors between the floors on which J and the person from Karnataka live. The person from West Bengal lives on the floor immediately below the floor on which the person from Assam lives. H lives on the even numbered floor. I does not belong to Assam. Three persons live between the persons from Bihar and West Bengal. Four persons live between the persons from Bihar and Maharashtra. L does not belong to Rajasthan. The person from the state of Assam lives on which floor?

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Examese Editorial Team · Accepted Answer

Fifth Check the diagrammatic representations below. Consider floors 1-8 in order from left to right for each representation. States are mentioned in ‘ ’. Initially, Three people live between J and the person from Assam:- J __ __ __ The person from Assam lives immediately below G's floor: J __ __ __ G Three persons live between L and G: J L __ __ G N lives immediately above G's floor and immediately below K's floor: J L __ __ G N K Clearly, here all the 8 floors have been incorporated. Hence, counting from the left hand side, person from Assam lives on the 5 th floor.