Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live in a seven-floor building. Each of them owns different cars – Wagonr, Santro, Audi, Nissan, Mercedes, BMW and Honda (not necessarily in the same order). The floors are numbered 1 to 7, topmost floor being numbered 7.
The one who owns Nissan lives on floor no. 4. Q lives immediate below the S and does not owns Nissan or Mercedes. The one who owns Santro lives on floor no. 2. There are only two floors below the floor on which P lives but he does not own Honda. There is one floor between Q and V. T owns Wagonr but neither T nor U lives on the lowermost floor. There is only one floor between the one who owns BMW and the one who owns Honda.Persons: P, Q, R, S, T, U and V.
Cars: Wagonr, Santro, Audi, Nissan, Mercedes, BMW and Honda (not necessarily in the same order).
Floors: 1 to 7
1) The one who owns Nissan lives on floor no. 4.
2) The one who owns Santro lives on floor no. 2.
3) There are only two floors below the floor on which P lives but he does not own Honda.
So, P lives on floor no. 3
Floors |
Persons |
Cars |
7 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
4 |
|
Nissan |
3 |
P |
|
2 |
|
Santro |
1 |
|
|
4) Q lives immediate below the S and does not owns Nissan or Mercedes.
5) There is one floor between Q and V.
So, we have
Following three cases arise:
CASE I
Floors |
Persons |
Cars |
7 |
S |
|
6 |
Q |
|
5 |
|
|
4 |
V |
Nissan |
3 |
P |
|
2 |
|
Santro |
1 |
|
|
CASE II
Floors |
Persons |
Cars |
7 |
V |
|
6 |
S |
|
5 |
Q |
|
4 |
|
Nissan |
3 |
P |
|
2 |
|
Santro |
1 |
|
|
CASE III
Floors |
Persons |
Cars |
7 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
5 |
S |
|
4 |
Q |
Nissan |
3 |
P |
|
2 |
V |
Santro |
1 |
|
|
But, Case III can’t be possible as Q does not own Nissan (Refer to information no. 2).
Thus, case III gets eliminated so we have left with case I and II.
6) T owns Wagonr but neither T nor U lives on the lowermost floor.
Only option left for R is floor no. 1. So, R lives on floor no. 1.
CASE I
Floors |
Persons |
Cars |
7 |
S |
|
6 |
Q |
|
5 |
T |
Wagon R |
4 |
V |
Nissan |
3 |
P |
|
2 |
U |
Santro |
1 |
|
|
CASE II
Floors |
Persons |
Cars |
7 |
V |
|
6 |
S |
|
5 |
Q |
|
4 |
|
Nissan |
3 |
P |
|