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Nine people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and J live in a nine-storey building such that the bottommost floor is numbered as 1 and the topmost floor is numbered as 9 but not necessarily in the same order. They can speak nine different languages – Assamese, Bengali, Gujrati, Odia, Sanskrit, English, Telegu, Hindi, and Kannada but not necessarily in the same order.
H cannot speak Kannada. F lives above H. Two persons live below G. The number of persons, who live above the person, who speaks Sanskrit is equal to the number of persons, who live below A. G speaks either Telegu or Hindi. E's floor number is half of C's floor number. One person lives between G and the one, who speaks Sanskrit. D lives immediately above J. D neither speaks Telegu nor Kannada. One person lives between A and the one, who can speak Gujrati. The one, who can speak Assamese does not live on a prime numbered floor. C does not live immediately above or immediately below G’s floor. The one, who speaks English lives three floors above J. One person lives between C and B, who can speak Odia. The one, who can speak Assamese lives immediately above the, one who can speak Bengali.
Who among the following persons speaks Gujrati?
This questions was previously asked in
IBPS PO Mains (26th November 2022)
Explanation:
- Let's begin by finding the floor arrangement:
- H cannot speak Kannada.
- F lives above H.
- Two persons live below G, which means G is on floor 3 or above.
- The person who speaks Sanskrit, U, has an equal number of people above and below. Therefore, U lives on floor 5.
- A lives on floor 5 based on this balance.
- G, who speaks either Telegu or Hindi, could be on floor 3 or 7.
- E's floor number is half of C's, implying C could be on an even floor like 8, 6, or 4.
- There are no prime numbers in C's immediate vicinity.
- B speaks Odia and is positioned such that C is not directly above or below G.
- Language allocation:
- D is not Telegu or Kannada. One person is between A and the person who speaks Gujrati, positioning G with Telegu.
- Assamese is not on a prime floor, ruling it out for G and placing it on floor 4 or 6.
- Team up J with Bengali on floor 8 because someone speaking Kannada is not on a prime number floor.
- A speaks Sanskrit and lives on floor 5.
- Logical deduction places H on floor 8, speaking Gujrati.
H speaks Gujrati.
Option 1 - H is correct.
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