Thursday, 23 March 2017

Reasoning (Puzzle - 1)

A building has seven floors numbered one to seven, in such a manner that the ground floor is numbered one, the floor above it, numbered two and so on such that the topmost floor is numbered seven. One of the seven professors, namely, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G lives on each floor, but not necessarily in the same order.


Each one of the professors teach a different subject among the seven subjects, Maths, Psychology, History, Astronomy, Physics, Innovation and Genetics but not necessarily in the same order.
  1. Only one person lives between A and the one teaching Maths.
  2. F lives immediately below the one teaching Innovation.
  3. The one teaching Innovation lives on an even-numbered floor.
  4. Only three people live between the ones teaching Maths and Astronomy.
  5. Only three people live above the floor on which A lives.
  6. E lives immediately above C.
  7. E does not teach Astronomy.
  8. Only two people live between B and the one teaching Genetics.
  9. The one teaching Genetics lives below the floor on which B lives.
  10. The one teaching History does not live immediately above B or immediately below B.
  11. D does not live immediately above or immediately below A.
  12. G does not teach Psychology.

Questions

Question 1. How many people live between the floors of D and the one teaching Innovation?
  1. Three
  2. Two
  3. One
  4. More than 4
  5. Four
Question 2. Who lives on the floor immediately above E?
  1. The one teaching Innovation
  2. The one teaching Psychology
  3. The one teaching Physics
  4. The one teaching Genetics
  5. The one teaching History
Question 3. Which of the following subjects does D teach?
  1. Astronomy
  2. Psychology
  3. Genetics
  4. History
  5. Maths
Question 4. Four of the following are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
  1. G
  2. F
  3. D
  4. C
  5. A
Question 5. Which of the following is true with respect to G as per the given information?
  1. The one who lives immediately below G teaches Innovation
  2. G lives on the lowermost floor
  3. G lives on floor numbered 6
  4. G lives immediately below E
  5. G teaches Maths
Note: Try to solve the problem yourself before going through the solution.

2 comments:

  1. Answers to the questions

    Question 1. How many people live between the floors of D and the one teaching Innovation?
    Answer 1. Option 2: Two.
    Question 2. Who lives on the floor immediately above E?
    Answer 2. Option 4: The one teaching Genetics.
    Question 3. Which of the following subjects does D teach?
    Answer 3. Option 2: Psychology.
    Question 4. Four of the following are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
    Analysis: As among choices G, F, D, C, A, all the four of G, F, D, C live on odd numbered floors they form a group with only A living on an even numbered floor 4. So A does not belong to this group.
    Answer 4. Option 5: A.
    Note: You should be able to identify the key pattern of similar characteristic of the four choice values here.
    Question 5. Which of the following is true with respect to G as per the given information?
    Answer 5. Option 1: The one who lives immediately below G teaches Innovation.

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  2. Answer

    7 D Psychology
    6 B Astronomy
    5 G Physics
    4 A Innovation
    3 F Genetics
    2 E Maths
    1 C History

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