Question

    The question given below consists of two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statement and answer the question.

    Five persons R, S, T, U, and V live on different floors of a five-storey building such that the bottommost floor is numbered 1 and the floor immediately above it is numbered 2, and so on. Who among the following lives on the fifth floor?

    Statement I:  R lives on the third floor. Only one person lives between R and U. S lives immediately above V.

    Statement II: T lives on the second floor. V lives two floors above T. R lives above U but not on an adjacent floor. S lives above V.

    A Data given in either statement I or II alone is sufficient to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Data given in neither statement I nor II alone is sufficient to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Data given in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Data given in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Data given in both statement I and II together are necessary to answer the question. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    From statement I alone, R lives on third floor. Only one person lives between R and U. S lives immediate above V, we get: So, from statement I alone, we get either S or U lives on fifth floor. From statement II alone, T lives on second floor. V lives two floors above T. R lives above U but not on adjacent floor. S lives above V, we get: So, from statement II alone, we get S lives on fifth floor. Therefore, data given in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.

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