Eight persons - A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H live in a building of 4 floors and 2 flats - Flat 1 and Flat 2. Flat 1 is to the west of Flat 2 and Flat 1 of Floor 1 is immediately below Flat 1 of Floor 2 and Flat 2 of Floor 1 is immediately below Flat 2 of Floor 2 and so on. There are two floors between B and C. B lives above C and they live in different flats. A lives west of D but on the odd number of floor. F lives immediately above C. No person lives west of G who lives on the fourth floor. H does not live on floor number one.
Who lives just East of F ?
This questions was previously asked in
SBI Clerk Prelims (12 Jul, 2021 Shift 1)
Explanation:
- B and C live two floors apart, with B above C, and in different flats.
- F is immediately above C.
- A lives on an odd-numbered floor in the west flat (Flat 1) and west of D.
- G lives on the fourth floor in a flat with no one to the west, so G is in Flat 2.
- H does not live on the first floor.
Given that F lives immediately above C, B must be two floors above C.
- If C is on Floor 1, F is on Floor 2, and B is on Floor 3. But then A can't be west of D as it causes invalid configurations.
- So, C must be on Floor 2, F on Floor 3, and B on Floor 4.
- This places A and D on Floors 1 and 3 respectively in Flat 1, as A is west of D.
- H cannot be on Floor 1, so H is on Floor 1 in Flat 2.
Since B is two floors above C and on a different flat, everything checks out:
- C in Flat 1, Floor 2.
- F in Flat 1, Floor 3.
So, H lives just East of F:
- F in Flat 1, Floor 3 and H in Flat 2, Floor 3.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
- Option 4: H
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By: Parvesh Mehta