Floor Based Puzzle
Floor Based Puzzle: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Single Building Floor Based Puzzle, Single Building with Vacant Floor Puzzle, Single Building with Multiple Floor Puzzle, Multiple Buildings with Fixed Number of Floors Puzzle, HOTs on Floor Based Puzzle, etc.
Important Questions on Floor Based Puzzle
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Eight friends− J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. J lives on floor number 4. Only one person lives between J and L. O lives on the floor immediately below L. Only one person lives between O and P. P lives above O. O lives on floor number 5. Only one person lives between K and N, M lives on an even-numbered floor but does not live on floor number 8. K lives below Q's floor.
If L and Q interchange their places and so do M and J, who amongst the following will live between the floors on which M and P live, as per the given arrangement?

Seven boys A, D, Y, U, P, Q and J live in three different buildings– Ashiana, Top-view and Ridge. Each of them is flying kites of different colours i.e. red, green, blue-white, black, yellow and pink, not necessarily in that order. Not more than three or less than two stays in any of the buildings. Q is flying pink and does not live in the Ridge building. U does not live in the same building as A or P and is flying a yellow coloured kite. D lives in Ridge building with only one more person and is flying a green kite. None in the Top-view building flies a white kite. P does not fly a blue kite.
Who lives in the Ridge building?

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Eight friends− J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. J lives on floor number 4. Only one person lives between J and L. O lives on the floor immediately below L. Only one person lives between O and P. P lives above O. O lives on floor number 5. Only one person lives between K and N, M lives on an even-numbered floor but does not live on floor number 8. K lives below Q's floor.
Who lives exactly between the floors on which L and J live?

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Seven boys A, D, Y, U, P, Q and J live in three different buildings– Ashiana, Top-view and Ridge. Each of them is flying kites of different colours i.e. red, green, blue, white, black, yellow and pink, not necessarily in that order. Not more than three or less than two stays in any of the buildings. Q is flying pink and does not live in the Ridge building. U does not live in the same building as A or P and is flying a yellow coloured kite. D lives in the Ridge building with only one more person and is flying a green kite. None in the Top-view building flies a white kite. P does not fly a blue kite.
Who is flying the blue kite?

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Seven boys A, D, Y, U, P, Q and J live in three different buildings– Ashiana, Top-view and Ridge. Each of them is flying kites of different colours i.e. red, green, blue, white, black, yellow and pink, not necessarily in that order. Not more than three or less than two stays in any of the buildings. Q is flying a pink kite and lives in the same building as only J i.e. Ashiana building. Y is flying a black kite and does not live in Ridge building. U does not live in the same building as A or P and is flying a yellow coloured kite. D lives in Ridge building with only one more person and is flying a green kite. None in the Top-view building flies a white kite. P does not fly a blue kite.
Who stays in the Top-view building?

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Eight friends− J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. J lives on floor number 4. Only one person lives between J and L. O lives on the floor just below L. Only one person lives between O and P. P lives above O. O lives on floor number 5. Only one person live between K and N, M lives on an even-numbered floor but does not live on floor number 8. K lives below Q's floor.
Who amongst the following lives on floor number 2?

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Seven boys A, D, Y, U, P, Q and J live in three different buildings– Ashiana, Top-view and Ridge. Each of them is flying kites of different colours i.e. red, green, blue-white, black, yellow and pink, not necessarily in that order. Not more than three or less than two stays in any of the buildings. Q is flying pink and does not live in the Ridge building. U does not live in the same building as A or P and is flying a yellow coloured kite. D lives in the Ridge building with only one more person and is flying a green kite. None in the Top-view building flies a white kite. P does not fly a blue kite.
Who flies the red kite?

Six people A, B, C, D, E, and F live on six different floors of a building. The ground floor is numbered the floor above it is numbered and so on. C lives on the floor immediately below the floor of A. E lives on the floor immediately below the floor of D. Three people live between the floors of F and E. B does not live on the topmost floor. A does not live on any of the floors below than D. E and F live on the even-numbered floors. Who lives on the floor?

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Eight friends− J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. J lives on floor number 4. Only one person lives between J and L. O lives on the floor immediately below L. Only one person lives between O and P. P lives above O. O lives on floor number 5. Only one person lives between K and N, M lives on an even-numbered floor but does not live on floor number 8. K lives below Q's floor.
Which of the following is true about M as per the given arrangement?

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Six person O, M, K, J, L, and N are living in a six-floor building Ground floor is the first floor and respectively. Each person likes a different colour's tie. Green, Yellow, Black, Red, Pink and Blue. (Not necessarily in the same order) M is not living on the first floor and likes a yellow colour tie. Only two floors are above J, K likes black colour tie and lives on the third floor. J does not like a Green colour tie. O lives on the first floor. One who likes a blue colour tie and lives on the sixth floor. L is living just below that floor where N is living and likes a red colour tie.
Which of the following statements is true about L's position?

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Seven boys A, D, Y, U, P, Q and J live in three different buildings– Ashiana, Top-view and Ridge. Each of them is flying kites of different colours i.e. red, green, blue, white, black, yellow and pink, not necessarily in that order. Not more than three or less than two stays in any of the buildings. Q is flying a pink kite and lives in the same building as only J i.e. Ashiana building. Y is flying a black kite and does not live in the Ridge building. U does not live in the same building as A or P and is flying a yellow coloured kite. D lives in the Ridge building with only one more person and is flying a green kite. None in the Top-view building flies a white kite. P does not fly a blue kite.
What coloured kite is J flying?

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Seven people Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Robert Niro, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe and Tom Hank live on separate floors of a - floor building. The ground floor is numbered the first floor is numbered and so on until the topmost floor is numbered . Each one of these is travelling to a different city, viz Delhi, Manchester, Paris, Cannes, Kansas, Brussels and London but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people live above the floor on which Johnny Depp lives. Only one person lives between Johnny Depp and the one travelling to Brussels. Russell Crowne lives immediately below the one travelling to Manchester. The one travelling to Manchester lives on an even-numbered floor. Only three people live between the ones travelling to Brussels and Paris. Brad Pitt lives immediately above Robert Niro. Brad Pitt is not travelling to Paris. Only two people live between Al Pacino and the one travelling to Kansas. The one travelling to Kansas lives below the floor on which Al Pacino lives. The one travelling to Delhi does not live immediately above or immediately below Al Pacino. Kevin Spacey does not live immediately above or immediately below Johnny Depp. Tom Hank does not travel to Corsica.
Which of the following is true with respect to Tom Hank as per the given information?

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Eight friends− J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. J lives on floor number 4. Only one person lives between J and L. O lives on the floor immediately below L. Only one person lives between O and P. P lives above O. O lives on floor number 5. Only one person lives between K and N, M lives on an even-numbered floor but does not live on floor number 8. K lives below Q's floor.
Four of the following five are alike as per the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

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There are eight students – M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, and T – who like different subjects viz- Hindi, English, Maths, Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Sanskrit but not necessarily in the same order. They all are living in the eight-story building in which the ground floor is numbered one and the topmost floor is numbered eight. T lives on an odd number floor and also immediately below the one who likes the Sanskrit subject. T lives neither on the first nor third floor. There is only one person sitting between the S, who likes Math subject, and the one who likes Sanskrit subject. S lives on the even-numbered floor. There are three students who live between S and R, who like Biology Subjects. O lives immediately below P. The one who likes Chemistry lives immediately below the one who likes Biology. There are three students live between the one who likes Chemistry and the Q, who likes Physics subject. Q does not live on the even-numbered floor. M does not like Sanskrit or Chemistry. N likes English and lives on the even-numbered floor. T does not like Hindi subjects.
If R is related to Science and T is related to English, in the same way O is related to?

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There are eight students – M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, and T – who like different subjects viz- Hindi, English, Maths, Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Sanskrit but not necessarily in the same order. They all are living in the eight-story building in which the ground floor is numbered one and the topmost floor is numbered eight. T lives on an odd number floor and also immediately below the one who likes the Sanskrit subject. T lives neither on the first nor third floor. There is only one person sitting between the S, who likes Math subject, and the one who likes Sanskrit subject. S lives on the even-numbered floor. There are three students who live between S and R, who like Biology Subjects. O lives immediately below P. The one who likes Chemistry lives immediately below the one who likes Biology. There are three students live between the one who likes Chemistry and the Q, who likes Physics subject. Q does not live on the even-numbered floor. M does not like Sanskrit or Chemistry. N likes English and lives on the even-numbered floor. T does not like Hindi subjects.
Who among following sits exactly between T and Q?

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There are eight students – M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, and T – who like different subjects viz- Hindi, English, Maths, Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Sanskrit but not necessarily in the same order. They all are living in the eight-story building in which the ground floor is numbered one and the topmost floor is numbered eight. T lives on an odd number floor and also immediately below the one who likes the Sanskrit subject. T lives neither on the first nor third floor. There is only one person sitting between the S, who likes Math subject, and the one who likes Sanskrit subject. S lives on the even-numbered floor. There are three students who live between S and R, who like Biology Subjects. O lives immediately below P. The one who likes Chemistry lives immediately below the one who likes Biology. There are three students live between the one who likes Chemistry and the Q, who likes Physics subject. Q does not live on the even-numbered floor. M does not like Sanskrit or Chemistry. N likes English and lives on the even-numbered floor. T does not like Hindi subjects.
O lives on which of the following floor?

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There are eight students – M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, and T – who like different subjects viz- Hindi, English, Maths, Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Sanskrit but not necessarily in the same order. They all are living in the eight-story building in which the ground floor is numbered one and the topmost floor is numbered eight. T lives on an odd number floor and also immediately below the one who likes the Sanskrit subject. T lives neither on the first nor third floor. There is only one person sitting between the S, who likes Math subject, and the one who likes Sanskrit subject. S lives on the even-numbered floor. There are three students who live between S and R, who like Biology Subjects. O lives immediately below P. The one who likes Chemistry lives immediately below the one who likes Biology. There are three students live between the one who likes Chemistry and the Q, who likes Physics subject. Q does not live on the even-numbered floor. M does not like Sanskrit or Chemistry. N likes English and lives on the even-numbered floor. T does not like Hindi subjects.
Who among following likes Hindi subject?

10 persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J live in a 4 storey building with the lowest floor numbered as 1, immediately above it as 2, and so on. Each floor has 3 flats and all 12 of them form a grid pattern having flats directly above and /or below and/or beside them. Each flat is numbered 1, 2 and 3 on each floor from left to right. 2 flats in the building are vacant. The two vacant flats are not in the same row (floor) or column. It is further known that:
Flat number 2 on the 2nd floor is vacant. B lives in an even-numbered flat. One of the flats neighboring B is empty. I live to the immediate left of G. There is a gap of one floor in between G and F. None of the flats that is in the same row or same column as F is empty. G lives directly below a vacant flat. A and G live on the same floor. E lives directly above C. H lives on a floor with 2 other persons. D lives above J. H and E do not live on the same floor.
Which of the following is the correct combination of name: flat number: floor number?

Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F stay on a sixstorey building with the ground floor numbered as floor number , and so on. All the persons have different hobbies such as; Singing, Cooking, Watching TV, Drawing, Reading Books and Hearing Songs not necessarily in the same order. They also like different cool drinks via; Coke, Pepsi, Jigarthanda, Lemon Juice, Lassi and Bovanto not necessarily in the same order. The arrangement is based on the following rules:
• The person on the top floor having hobbies either Hearing Songs or Watching TV.
• The one who likes Pepsi lives , floors below the one who has hobby as Watching TV.
• E likes Bovanto and lives on an even numbered floor.
• One who have hobby as Watching TV likes either Lemon Juice or Jigarthanda.
• C lives , floors below B.
• One who lives on second floor has the hobby of Drawing and likes neither Bovanto nor Pepsi.
• D’s hobby is Reading Books and he lives , floors above C.
• C does not like Drawing.
• One who has the hobby of Singing likes Lassi.
• One who likes Lemon Juice lives on an odd numbered floor
• A likes Jigarthanda and stays just above the person who likes Lemon Juice
• One who likes Reading Books does not like Lemon Juice. which combination is incorrect?
Which one does not following the group?
a) Singing b) Reading books c) Watching TV d) Coke e) Lemon juice

Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F stay on a sixstorey building with the ground floor numbered as floor number , and so on. All the persons have different hobbies such as; Singing, Cooking, Watching TV, Drawing, Reading Books and Hearing Songs not necessarily in the same order. They also like different cool drinks via; Coke, Pepsi, Jigarthanda, Lemon Juice, Lassi and Bovanto not necessarily in the same order. The arrangement is based on the following rules:
• The person on the top floor having hobbies either Hearing Songs or Watching TV.
• The one who likes Pepsi lives , floors below the one who has hobby as Watching TV.
• E likes Bovanto and lives on an even numbered floor.
• One who have hobby as Watching TV likes either Lemon Juice or Jigarthanda.
• C lives , floors below B.
• One who lives on second floor has the hobby of Drawing and likes neither Bovanto nor Pepsi.
• D’s hobby is Reading Books and he lives , floors above C.
• C does not like Drawing.
• One who has the hobby of Singing likes Lassi.
• One who likes Lemon Juice lives on an odd numbered floor
• A likes Jigarthanda and stays just above the person who likes Lemon Juice
• One who likes Reading Books does not like Lemon Juice.
Which combination is incorrect?
