Eight persons namely - Pappu, Karan, Rashmi, Suraj, Teena, Urmila, Vinod and Aniket live on separate floors of an eight-floor building in Tulsi apartment, chaarbagh - Lucknow. Ground floor is number 1; first floor is numbered 2 and so on until the topmost floor which is numbered 8.
Only two people live between Pappu and Karan. Vinod lives immediately above Suraj. Teena lives immediately above Rashmi. Teena lives above Aniket. Urmila lives on an odd-numbered floor. Only one person lives between Teena and Aniket. Pappu lives on the floor numbered five. Karan lives above Pappu.
Final table:
| Floor no. |
Name |
| 8 |
Karan |
| 7 |
Vinod |
| 6 |
Suraj |
| 5 |
Pappu |
| 4 |
Teena |
| 3 |
Rashmi |
| 2 |
Aniket |
| 1 |
Urmila |
Common Explanation:
References:
Pappu lives on the floor numbered five.
Only two people live between Pappu and Karan.
Karan lives above Pappu.
Inference:
| Floor Number |
Name |
| 8 |
Karan |
| 7 |
|
| 6 |
|
| 5 |
Pappu |
| 4 |
|
| 3 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 1 |
|
References:
Teena lives immediately above Rashmi. Only one person lives between Teena and Aniket.
Teena lives above Aniket.
Inference:
Clearly, we can’t place Teena immediately below Karan. So, two cases are possible.
Case I:
| Floor Number |
Name |
| 8 |
Karan |
| 7 |
|
| 6 |
|
| 5 |
Pappu |
| 4 |
Teena |
| 3 |
Rashmi |
| 2 |
Aniket |
| 1 |
|
Case II:
| Floor Number |
Name |
| 8 |
Karan |
| 7 |
|
| 6 |
|
| 5 |
Pappu |
| 4 |
|
| 3 |
Teena |
| 2 |
Rashmi |
| 1 |
Aniket |
Reference:
Vinod lives immediately above Suraj.
Inference:
Case I:
| Floor Number |
Name |
| 8 |
Karan |
| 7 |
Vinod |
| 6 |
Suraj |
| 5 |
Pappu |
| 4 |
Teena |
| 3 |
Rashmi |
| 2 |
Aniket |
| 1 |
|
Case II:
| Floor Number |
Name |
| 8 |
Karan |
| 7 |
Vinod |
| 6 |
Suraj |
| 5 |
Pappu |
| 4 |
|
| 3 |
Teena |
| 2 |
Rashmi |
| 1 |
Aniket |
Reference:
Urmila lives on an odd-numbered floor.
Inference:
As in Case II only even numbered floor is left to be filled, hence, Case II becomes invalid.
So, Urmila must be living on 1st floor.
Case I:
| Floor no. |
Name |
| 8 |
Karan |
| 7 |
Vinod |
| 6 |
Suraj |
| 5 |
Pappu |
| 4 |
Teena |
| 3 |
Rashmi |
| 2 |
Aniket |
| 1 |
Urmila |