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Download Solution PDFEight persons Gitika, Urvika, Vaibhav, Payal, Tanmay, Leena, Arihant and Suraj live on eight different floors in a building. The floor is numbered from the bottom as first, second and so on till eighth. Gitika lives in the floor between Urvika and Vaibhav. Payal lives two floors below Tanmay. No one lives above Leena who lives five floors above Arihant. Suraj lives on the floor immediately below Payal. Vaibhav lives on some floor above Urvika. Who lives two floors below Arihant?
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Download Solution PDFEight persons: Gitika, Urvika, Vaibhav, Payal, Tanmay, Leena, Arihant and Suraj.
1) No one lives above Leena who lives five floors above Arihant.
Floors | Persons |
8 | Leena |
7 | |
6 | |
5 | |
4 | |
3 | Arihant |
2 | |
1 |
2) Payal lives two floors below Tanmay.
3) Suraj lives on the floor immediately below Payal.
Floors | Case - 1 | Case - 2 |
8 | Leena | Leena |
7 | Tanmay | |
6 | ||
5 | Payal | |
4 | Suraj | Tanmay |
3 | Arihant | Arihant |
2 | Payal | |
1 | Suraj |
4) Gitika lives in the floor between Urvika and Vaibhav.
5) Vaibhav lives on some floor above Urvika.
Case -1 gets eliminated.
Floors | Case - 2 |
8 | Leena |
7 | Vaibhav |
6 | Gitika |
5 | Urvika |
4 | Tanmay |
3 | Arihant |
2 | Payal |
1 | Suraj |
Suraj lives two floors below Arihant.
Hence, the correct answer is "Suraj".
Mistake PointsA lives two floors above B means if B lives on 7th floor then A lives on 9th floor. It means there is a gap of only one floor.
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