Who lives in Flat-Q of Floor 2?
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Six persons – A, B, C, D, E and F – live on three different floors of a three-storeyed building. The lowermost floor is numbered 1, the one above it is numbered 2, and the topmost floor is numbered 3. Each person belongs to a different city, viz., Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur, and Pune, but not necessarily in the same order.
Note-I: Each floor has two flats – Flat-P and Flat-Q, where Flat-P is to the west of Flat-Q.
Note-II: Flat-Q of Floor 2 is immediately above Flat-Q of Floor 1, and Flat-Q of Floor 3 is immediately above Flat-Q of Floor 2. Similarly, Flat-P follows the same pattern.
Note-III: Only two persons live on each floor, and only one person lives in each flat.
The one who belongs from Pune lives immediately above the person who lives to the west of D. E lives two floors above the person who belongs from Delhi. The one who belongs from Jaipur lives to the east of the one who belongs from Delhi. E and D lives in the different named flat. F lives below E and belongs from Kolkata. The one who belongs from Chennai lives to the north-east of the one who belongs from Kolkata. A and C live in the same named flat. A doesn’t belong from Chennai. C and the one who belongs from Mumbai doesn’t live on the same floor.
Who lives in Flat-Q of Floor 2?
A
The one who belongs to Mumbai
C
The one who belongs to Pune
The one who belongs to Kolkata
To determine who lives in Flat-Q of Floor 2, we can systematically construct the floor and flat arrangement based on the given clues.
There are 3 floors (1, 2, 3) and 2 flats (Flat-P in the west, Flat-Q in the east) on each floor.
Let's analyze the clues step-by-step:
1. E lives two floors above the person who belongs from Delhi.
Since there are only 3 floors, the person from Delhi must live on Floor 1, and E must live on Floor 3.
2. The one who belongs from Jaipur lives to the east of the one who belongs from Delhi.
Since Flat-P is to the west of Flat-Q, the person from Delhi must live in Flat-P of Floor 1, and the person from Jaipur must live in Flat-Q of Floor 1.
3. E and D live in different named flats.
4. F lives below E and belongs from Kolkata.
Since E is on Floor 3, F (from Kolkata) must be on Floor 2 or Floor 1. But since Floor 1 has Delhi and Jaipur, F must live on Floor 2.
5. The one who belongs from Chennai lives to the north-east of the one who belongs from Kolkata (F).
Since F lives on Floor 2, the one from Chennai must live to the north-east, which means on Floor 3 in Flat-Q. Thus, F must live in Flat-P of Floor 2 (Kolkata). Therefore, the Chennai person lives in Flat-Q of Floor 3.
6. Let's find E's flat. Since Chennai is on Floor 3, Flat-Q, E must live in Floor 3, Flat-P.
Since E is in Flat-P, and "E and D live in different named flats", D must live in Flat-Q (either Floor 2 or Floor 1). Since Jaipur is at Floor 1, Flat-Q, D must live on Floor 2, Flat-Q.
7. The one who belongs from Pune lives immediately above the person who lives to the west of D.
D is in Floor 2, Flat-Q. The person to the west of D is F (Floor 2, Flat-P). The person immediately above F is E (Floor 3, Flat-P). Therefore, E belongs to Pune.
8. A and C live in the same named flat.
Currently, the filled positions are:
Floor 3: Flat-P = E (Pune), Flat-Q = _ (Chennai)
Floor 2: Flat-P = F (Kolkata), Flat-Q = D (_)
Floor 1: Flat-P = _ (Delhi), Flat-Q = _ (Jaipur)
The remaining people are A, B, and C.
A and C must be in the same named flat. The only flats with two open spaces of the same name are Flat-P (Floor 1 is empty) and Flat-Q (Floor 3 and Floor 1 are empty). Since Floor 1 Flat-P is the only empty spot in Flat-P, A and C cannot both be in Flat-P. Thus, A and C must be in Flat-Q.
This means A and C occupy Flat-Q of Floor 3 and Floor 1. Specifically:
- A and C are at Floor 3, Flat-Q (Chennai) and Floor 1, Flat-Q (Jaipur).
9. A doesn't belong from Chennai.
Therefore, C must belong to Chennai (Floor 3, Flat-Q), and A must belong to Jaipur (Floor 1, Flat-Q).
10. This leaves the remaining positions for B:
- Floor 1, Flat-P (Delhi) must be occupied by B.
- Floor 2, Flat-Q (occupied by D) is the only slot left without a designated city. The remaining cities are Mumbai and others. The remaining person for Floor 2, Flat-Q is D.
11. C and the one who belongs from Mumbai do not live on the same floor.
C lives on Floor 3. The person from Mumbai cannot live on Floor 3. The city of D (Floor 2, Flat-Q) must therefore be Mumbai.
Thus, the person living in Flat-Q of Floor 2 is D, who belongs to Mumbai.
Therefore, the correct answer is The one who belongs to Mumbai.
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