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Direction (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given -below it.
Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are living in three different flats viz. Flat 1, Flat 2 and Flat 3 of a three storey building. Flat 1 is to the west of Flat 2 which is to the west of Flat 3. The lowermost floor is numbered as 1 and the floor immediately above it is numbered as 2 and so on.
A lives on the second floor and immediate west of F. E lives immediately above A in the same flat. B lives adjacent to E. Only one floor is between I and H who lives below I in the same flat. I and F live in different flats. D lives east of G’s flat. The floor number of C is less than the flat number of C.
1) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and thus form a group. Find the one which does not belong to the group?
A.G
B.E
C.H
D.F
E.I
2) B lives on which floor and flat?
A.Floor 4-Flat number 2
B.Floor 1-Flat number 3
C.Floor 3 -Flat number 2
D.Floor 1-Flat number 2
E.Floor 2 –Flat number 1
3) Who lives on the first floor of flat number 2?
A.F
B.A
C.B
D.E
E.D
4) C lives which of the following floor and Flat?
A.Floor 2-Flat number 2
B.Floor 5-Flat number 1
C.Floor 1-Flat number 2
D.Floor 2-Flat number 3
E.None of these
5) I lives immediately above____ in the same flat.
A.A
B.C
C.E
D.H
E.B
Direction (6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
 There are nine persons – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are living on 3 floors (numbered 1 to 3) of a building. There are three different flats on each of the three floors. Flats are X, Y, & Z such that Flat X is exactly to the west of flat Y and flat Y is exactly to the west of flat Z. Flat X of floor 2 is immediately above the Flat X of floor 1 and so on.
G lives immediately above C in the same flat whereas G lives in Flat Z. A and C doesn’t live on the same floor. F lives immediately above A but not in the same flat. F and H live in the same flat, whereas H lives east of E. Only one person lives between I and B, and both are living on the same floor. The one who lives west of D lives in the same flat in which I lives.
6) Who is/are live(s) west of C?
A.H
B.F
C.E
D.Both(a) & (b)
E.Both(a) & (c)
7) Who lives in the same flat of E?
A.B
B.C
C.F
D.A
E.G
8) In which floor and flat does D live?
A.2nd, Z
B.3rd, Z
C.1st, Z
D.2nd, Y
E.3rd, Y
9) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangement and thus form a group. Find which one does not belong to the group?
A.A & D
B.G & D
C.C & H
D.I & F
E.B & C
10) If A interchanges his position with C, then what is the position of A with respect to H?
A.Immediate east
B.Immediate west
C.Immediately above the floor and in the same flat
D.Immediately above the floor.
E.Both (b) & (c).
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Answers :
Directions (11-15) :
A lives on the second floor and immediate west of F. E lives immediately above A in the same flat.
B lives adjacent to E.
Only one floor between I and H who lives below I in the same flat.
I and F live in different flats.
D lives east of G’s flat.The floor number of C is less than the flat number of C.
So the final arrangement is,
1) Answer: D
2) Answer: C
3) Answer: E
4) Answer: D
5) Answer: B
Directions (6-10) :
G lives immediately above C in the same flat whereas G lives in Flat Z.
CASE-II
F lives immediately above of A but not in the same flat. F and H live in the same flat, whereas H lives east of E. A and C doesn’t live on the same floor.
Only one person lives between I and B, and both are living on the same floor. Case II and II (a) are invalid because there is no place for I and B.
The one who lives west of D lives in the same flat in which I lives.Case I shows the final arrangement.
6) Answer: E
7) Answer: D
8) Answer: D
9) Answer: E
10) Answer: A