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.
As many persons live above E as live below which of the following persons?
- A.
F
- B.
D
- C.
The one who uses cotton
- D.
The one who uses silk
- E.
Both F and the one who uses cotton
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Correct answer: B
E lives on floor 1, so four persons live above E. D lives on floor 5, so four persons live below D. Thus the count above E equals the count below D.