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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Six persons - M, N, O, P, Q and R - stay on different floors of a six-storey building (ground floor is numbered as floor 1 and top floor is numbered as floor 6). Each of them is in a different profession, via Sing

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Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Six persons - M, N, O, P, Q and R - stay on different floors of a six-storey building (ground floor is numbered as floor 1 and top floor is numbered as floor 6). Each of them is in a different profession, via Singer, Dancer, Physician, Teacher, Choreographer and Manager.

P is a Physician but stays neither on floor 2 nor on floor 5. N is neither a Teacher nor a Choreographer but stays on floor 6. The Choreographer doesn’t stay below the floors of the Teacher but stays below the floor of the Dancer. The Manager stays either on floor 1 or on floor 4. Q doesn’t stay on an odd-numbered floor. M, who stays on floor 4, is either a Choreographer or a Teacher. Either O or R is a Dancer.
Which of the following combinations is definitely false?
1). M - Choreographer - Floor 2
2). N - Singer - Floor 6
3). Q - Teacher - Floor 2
4). P - Physician - Floor 3

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Given:

Six persons: M, N, O, P, Q and R.

Different profession: Singer, Dancer, Physician, Teacher, Choreographer and Manager.

1) N is neither a Teacher nor a Choreographer but stays on floor 6.

2) P is a Physician but stays neither on floor 2 nor on floor 5.

Floor

Person

Profession

6

N

Teacher, Choreographer

5

P

Physician

4

 

 

3

 

 

2

P

Physician

1

 

 

 

3) The Manager stays either on floor 1 or on floor 4.

(There will be two possible cases)

4) Q doesn’t stay on an odd-numbered floor.

Case I

Floor

Person

Profession

6

N

Teacher, Choreographer

5

P, Q

Physician

4

 

 

3

Q

 

2

P

Physician

1

Q

Manager

 

Case II

Floor

Person

Profession

6

N

Teacher, Choreographer

5

P, Q

Physician

4

 

Manager

3

Q

 

2

P

Physician

1

Q

 

 

5) M, who stays on floor 4, is either a Choreographer or a Teacher.

(Hence, Case II will be eliminated, we can further proceed with Case I)

(Now again there will be two possible Cases)

6) P is a Physician.

(Hence, Q stays on floor 2)

7) The Choreographer doesn’t stay below the floor of the Teacher but stays below the floor of the Dancer.

Case I

Floor

Person

Profession

6

N

Teacher, Choreographer

5

P, Q

Physician, Dancer

4

M

Choreographer

3

Q, P

Physician

2

P, Q

Physician

1

Q

Manager

 

Case II

Floor

Person

Profession

6

N

Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer

5

P, Q

Physician, Choreographer

4

M

Teacher

3

Q, P

Physician

2

P, Q

Physician

1

Q

Manager

 

8) Either O or R is a Dancer.

(Hence, Case II will be eliminated, we can further proceed with Case I)

(Hence, Q is a Teacher and either R or O is a Manager)

Floor

Person

Profession

6

N

Teacher, Choreographer, Singer

5

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