Who lives adjacent to R in the same flat?
- AOption (a)
V
- BOption (b)
T
- COption (c)
P
- DOption (d)
S
- EOption (e)
None of these
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Correct answer
T
Why this answer is correct
From the given instructions:
Six people live in a three storey building. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the floor above it numbered 2 and so on. Each floor consists of two flats i.e. Flat X and Flat Y. Flat X of floor 2 is just above Flat X of floor 1 and just below Flat X of floor 3. So, we can draw a structure as:
| Floor | Flat X | Flat Y |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 1 |
- S, who lives in Flat X, lives adjacent to the floor where T lives, but in a different building. Only one person lives between P and S in the same building. So, here we have two cases,
Case 1:
| Floor | Flat X | Flat Y |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | P | |
| 2 | T | |
| 1 | S |
Case 2:
| Floor | Flat X | Flat Y |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | S | |
| 2 | T | |
| 1 | P |
- T and V live on the same floor.
Case 1:
| Floor | Flat X | Flat Y |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | P | |
| 2 | V | T |
| 1 | S |
Case 2:
| Floor | Flat X | Flat Y |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | S | |
| 2 | V | T |
| 1 | P |
- Q lives to the southeast of V.
Case 1:
| Floor | Flat X | Flat Y |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | P | |
| 2 | V | T |
| 1 | S | Q |
Case 2:
| Floor | Flat X | Flat Y |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | S | |
| 2 | V | T |
| 1 | P | Q |
- R does not live on the floor where S lives. So, here Case 2 gets eliminated.
So, Final Arrangement,
| Floor | Flat X | Flat Y |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | P | R |
| 2 | V | T |
| 1 | S | Q |
T lives adjacent to R in the same building.
