Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U live in a three-storey building. The ground…
2021
Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U live in a three-storey building. The ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is 2, and the top floor is 3.
Each floor has two flats: Flat A is west of Flat B. Flat A on each floor is directly above or below Flat A on the adjacent floor, and the same applies to Flat B.
Each person likes a different country: Greece, Kosovo, Latvia, Norway, Russia, and Serbia.
R lives east of the one who likes Norway.
One person lives between U and R, but they do not live in the same flat number.
The one who likes Russia lives south-west of Q, and Q lives just above T's flat.
The one who likes Latvia does not live in Flat B.
P lives just above S's flat and does not like Norway.
The one who likes Kosovo lives above the one who likes Greece and below the one who likes Serbia.
Which of the following statements is true? I. U lives on the 3rd floor. II. T does not like Kosovo. III. R lives on an odd-numbered floor.
- A.
Both I and III
- B.
Only I
- C.
Both II and III
- D.
Only II
- E.
Only III
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Correct answer: A
The arrangement is 3A-U-Latvia, 3B-Q-Serbia, 2A-P-Russia, 2B-T-Kosovo, 1A-S-Norway, and 1B-R-Greece. Statements I and III are true, while statement II is false because T likes Kosovo.