Directions : Study the given information carefully and answer the questions below it:
Eight people C, V, B, N, J, H, G and D are living on an eight-storey building but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, above it is numbered 2, and so on. All are living in the same building, but no two people live on the same floor.
V lives on the 6th numbered floor of the building. Four people live between J and G, who lives on the odd numbered floor of the building. H does not live on the ground floor of the building. There are three floors in between D's floor and C's floor. N is living above D but below G. B is living on the floor which is a perfect square number. N lives on the even numbered floor.
Who lives on the 8th numbered floor?
1.B
2.H
3.C
4.D
5.J
Correct Answer : 5
Solution :
As per the given information,
V lives on the 6th numbered floor of the building. Four people live between J and G, who lives on the odd numbered floor of the building.
Case I
Floor No.
Person Name
8
J
7
6
V
5
4
3
G
2
1
Case II
Floor No.
Person Name
8
7
G
6
V
5
4
3
2
J
1
B is living on the floor which is a perfect square number. N is living above D but below G. N lives on the even numbered floor. There are three floors in between D's floor and C's floor. So, we will eliminate Case II and continue with Case I.
Case I
Floor No.
Person Name
8
J
7
6
V
5
C
4
B
3
G
2
N
1
D
So, H lives on the 7th numbered floor of the building.
Floor No.
Person Name
8
J
7
H
6
V
5
C
4
B
3
G
2
N
1
D
Hence, this is the final arrangement.
As per the above arrangement, J lives on the 8th numbered floor.
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