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Which among the following statement(s) is/are true?

I. T lives above R II. Q lives on an odd numbered floor

III. R lives on the adjacent floor of Q

Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Six persons –P, Q, R, S, T and U are living on different floors of the six-storey building such that the lowermost floor is numbered as one and the floor immediately above it is numbered as two and so on. Each of them likes different colours- Red, Blue, Grey, Black, Pink and White but not necessarily in the same order. Only two floors are between the one who likes grey colour and U who lives on an odd numbered floor. P lives immediately above U. The number of floors below P is one more than the number of floors above the one who likes white. Only one floor is between Q and the one who likes pink colour. The one who likes Pink colour and the one who likes blue colour live on the adjacent floor. Neither U nor P likes blue colour. The number of floors between the one who likes black and S is two less than the number of floors between S and the one who like red. T likes neither grey nor red.

Options

A

Only I

B

Only III

C

Both I and III

D

Both II and III

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Correct Answer :

Option D

Both II and III

Solution :

To find the correct statements, we can determine the unique floor and colour arrangement for the six persons (P, Q, R, S, T, and U) on the six floors (numbered 1 to 6 from bottom to top) based on the given clues:

1. U lives on an odd-numbered floor, and P lives immediately above U.
This gives three possible cases:
- Case A: U is on Floor 5, P is on Floor 6.
- Case B: U is on Floor 3, P is on Floor 4.
- Case C: U is on Floor 1, P is on Floor 2.

2. "Only two floors are between the one who likes grey and U."
- In Case A (U on Floor 5), the grey-liking person must be on Floor 2.
- In Case B (U on Floor 3), the grey-liking person must be on Floor 6.
- In Case C (U on Floor 1), the grey-liking person must be on Floor 4.

3. "The number of floors below P is one more than the number of floors above the one who likes white."
- In Case A: P is on Floor 6. Floors below P = 5. So, floors above White = 4. This means the white-liking person must be on Floor 2. But Floor 2 is already occupied by the grey-liking person. Thus, Case A is eliminated.
- In Case B: P is on Floor 4. Floors below P = 3. So, floors above White = 2. This means the white-liking person must be on Floor 4 (which is P). This is valid. Here, Grey is on Floor 6, and White is on Floor 4 (P).
- In Case C: P is on Floor 2. Floors below P = 1. So, floors above White = 0. This means the white-liking person must be on Floor 6. Grey is on Floor 4. This is also valid.

4. Let's analyze Case B further:
Floors status so far:
6: Grey
5:
4: P (White)
3: U
2:
1:
Clues for Pink, Blue, and Q:
- "Only one floor is between Q and the one who likes pink."
- "The one who likes Pink and the one who likes blue live on the adjacent floor."
- "Neither U nor P likes blue."
If we assign Pink to U (Floor 3):
Since P (Floor 4) likes White, the adjacent Blue-liking person must be on Floor 2. Since U (Floor 3) likes Pink, Q (having one floor between Q and Pink) can be on Floor 5 or Floor 1.
Let Q be on Floor 5. This leaves Floor 1 and Floor 6 for the remaining persons.

5. Clue: "The number of floors between the one who likes black and S is two less than the number of floors between S and the one who likes red."
Let the distance between Black and S be d1 and between S and Red be d2. We have:
d1=d2-2.
If S is on Floor 2 (likes Blue), Q on Floor 5 likes Red, and the person on Floor 1 likes Black:
- Floors between S (Floor 2) and Red (Floor 5) = 2 (Floor 3 and 4). So d2=2.
- Floors between Black (Floor 1) and S (Floor 2) = 0. So d1=0.
Since 0=2-2, this satisfies the condition perfectly.

6. Placing the remaining persons (R and T):
T likes neither grey nor red, so T cannot be on Floor 6 (Grey) or Floor 5 (Red). Thus, T must be on Floor 1 (Black). This leaves R to be placed on Floor 6 (Grey).

The final correct arrangement is:
- Floor 6: R (Grey)
- Floor 5: Q (Red)
- Floor 4: P (White)
- Floor 3: U (Pink)
- Floor 2: S (Blue)
- Floor 1: T (Black)

Evaluating the statements:
- Statement I: T lives above R. (False, T lives on Floor 1 and R lives on Floor 6)
- Statement II: Q lives on an odd numbered floor. (True, Q lives on Floor 5)
- Statement III: R lives on the adjacent floor of Q. (True, R lives on Floor 6 and Q lives on Floor 5, which are adjacent)

Therefore, both Statement II and Statement III are true.

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