Question

    Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Six persons – A, B, C, D, E and F are living in a six-storey building, but not necessarily in the same order. They like different fruits – Mango, Apple, Grapes, Banana, Papaya and Watermelon. The lower-most floor is numbered as 1 and the floor immediately above is numbered as 2 and so on. Only two persons live between the one who likes grapes and E, who lives above the third floor. D lives immediately below the one who likes grapes. The one who likes banana lives two floors above D. A lives three floors above the one who likes mango. A doesn’t like banana. No one lives between the one who likes papaya and watermelon. Only three persons live between B and the one who likes watermelon. The one, who likes mango, lives on the adjacent floor of C.

    How many persons live between A and the one who likes

    apple?
    A As many persons live below C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B As many persons live above the one who likes watermelon Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Four Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D As many persons live between the one who likes papaya and D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Five Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    We have, Only two persons live between the one who likes grapes and E, who lives above the third floor. D lives immediately below the one who likes grapes. From this condition, there are two possibilities Again we have, The one who likes banana lives two floors above D.A lives three floors above the one who likes mango. A doesn’t like banana. Again we have, No one lives between the one who likes papaya and watermelon. Only three persons live between B and the one who likes watermelon. The one, who likes mango, lives on the adjacent floor of C. From the above condition, case 1 gets eliminated. hence, case 2 shows the final arrangement.

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