Five persons live on different floors of a five-storey building. The ground…

2022

Five persons live on different floors of a five-storey building. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the top floor is numbered 5.

Each person uses a different raw material: Cotton, Silk, Leather, Wool, and Fibres.

G lives three floors above the one who uses Fibres.

No one lives between H and the one who uses Fibres.

D lives above H but not just above.

F uses Silk and lives immediately above the one who uses Leather.

The one who uses Wool lives above G.

E lives below the one who uses Fibres.

How many persons live above H?

  1. A.

    Two

  2. B.

    Four

  3. C.

    One

  4. D.

    Three

  5. E.

    Can’t be determined

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Correct answer: D

H lives on floor 2 in the solved arrangement. Floors 3, 4, and 5 are above H, so three persons live above H.

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