PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

TABLE PUZZLES [FLOOR/BUILDING]

PREPARATORY SET-101 (MODERATE)

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

 

Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are living on different floors of an eight storey building in such a way that the ground floor is numbered one, the above one is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. The persons who are living on odd numbered floors like different fruits viz., Guava, Papaya, Banana and Mango but not necessary in the same order.

 

Three persons are living between U and the one who likes Mango and none of them live on the ground floor. R lives immediately below the one who likes Mango. S lives immediately above the one who likes Banana. As many persons living below the one who likes Banana is same as above T. Two persons are living between T and W. Only one person lives between P and the one who likes Papaya. V lives one of the floors below P. More than two persons are living between V and P.

 

Question No : 1

Who among the following persons like Guava?

(1) P

(2) V

(3) S

(4) U

(5) W

Question No : 2

How many persons are living between the one who likes Mango and W?

(1) None

(2) One

(3) Two

(4) Three

(5) More than three

Question No : 3

Which of the following statements is true?

(1) Only two persons are living below S

(2) R lives immediately below the one who likes Banana

(3) More than three persons are living between V and W

(4) The one who likes Papaya lives on the 5th floor

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following that does not belong to the group?

(1) W

(2) V

(3) P

(4) U

(5) Q

Question No : 5

Which of the following persons living on the first and topmost floors?

(1) P, V

(2) T, S

(3) V, T

(4) W, Q

(5) T, R