PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

TABLE PUZZLES [FLOOR/BUILDING]

PREPARATORY SET-92 (MODERATE)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

 

Seven people M, N, O, P, Q, R and S stay in an eight storied building with the lowermost floor numbered as 1 and so on. One of the floors is vacant. Each of them like a different fruits viz., Banana, Apple, Plum, Orange, Papaya, Pear and Mango not necessarily in the same order. The arrangement is based on the following rules.

 

S lives on an even numbered floor

The floor immediately above or below the one in which S resides is vacant

There is a gap of four floors between the one who likes Mango and the floor that is vacant

Q likes Apple and lives immediately below the one who likes Papaya

There is a gap of one floor between the one who likes Papaya and the floor that is vacant

R's immediate neighbours like Pear and Papaya

P lives above M and M likes neither Papaya nor Banana

There are four floors between the ones who like Orange and Banana. One who likes Orange stays on a floor higher than the one who likes Banana

N does not like Papaya

Question No : 1

Which of the floors is vacant?

(1) Floor 7th

(2) Floor 5th

(3) Floor 3rd

(4) Floor 2nd

(5) Floor 1st

Question No : 2

Which of the following is a correct combination of floor number: name: favourite fruit?

(1) 8th : M : Plum

(2) 7th : M : Pear

(3) 5th : Q : Apple

(4) 3rd : S : Plum

(5) 1st : N : Papaya

Question No : 3

If P is related to Orange and Q is related to Plum, then R is related to which of the following fruits?

(1) Mango

(2) Pear

(3) Papaya

(4) Banana

(5) Apple

Question No : 4

Of the given five options, four bear a similar relationship. Which of the following is the odd one out?

(1) 8 : Banana

(2) 7 : Plum

(3) 6 : Orange

(4) 5 : Apple

(5) 4 : Papaya

Question No : 5

Which of the following is true for M?

(1) M likes Orange

(2) M lives on the 5 th floor

(3) The floor just above M's floor is vacant

(4) M likes Pear

(5) P and O are immediately above or below M's floor