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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Six friends M, N, O, P, Q and R live on separate floors of a six- floor building and each of them wear a different colored cap viz. Yellow, Red, Blue, White, Green and Orange. Ground floor is numbered 1, first

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Six friends M, N, O, P, Q and R live on separate floors of a six- floor building and each of them wear a different colored cap viz. Yellow, Red, Blue, White, Green and Orange. Ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered 2 and so on until the top most floor is numbered 6. P live on the floor numbered 2. Only one person lives between the person who wear Green cap and the person who wear Red cap. N wear Blue color cap and lives on ground floor. O lives immediately above Q, who wear Orange color cap. Three people live between P and O. The person who wear White color cap lives three floor below the person who wear Red color cap. M lives on an even number floor.
How many people live between the floors on which Q and P live?
1). Four
2). Three
3). One
4). Two


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Pattern: Two variable floor based puzzle.

Six Persons are: M, N, O, P, Q and R.

Different colored caps viz. Yellow, Red, Blue, White, Green and Orange respectively.

1. P live on the floor numbered 2.

2. N wear Blue color cap and lives on ground floor.

3. Three people live between P and O.

4. O lives immediately above Q, who wear Orange color cap.

 Floor 

 Persons 

 Cap color 

6

O

 

5

Q

Orange

4

 

 

3

 

 

2

P

 

1

N

Blue

 

4. The person who wear White color cap lives three floor below the person who wear Red color cap.

5. Only one person lives between the person who wear Green cap and the person who wear Red cap.

7. M lives on an even number floor.

 Floor 

 Persons 

 Cap color 

6

O

Red

5

Q

Orange

4

M

Green

3

 

White

2

P

 

1

N

Blue

 

8. Thus, R is the only person left who will live on floor number 3 and P wear Yellow color cap.

 Floor 

 Persons 

 Cap color 

6

O

Red

5

Q

Orange

4

M

Green

3

R

White

2

P

Yellow

1

N

Blue

 

Clearly, two people live between the floors on which Q and P live.

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