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?
Answer: D. Three — H lives on floor 2 in the solved arrangement. Floors 3, 4, and 5 are above H, so three persons live above H.
- A.
Two
- B.
Four
- C.
One
- D.
Three
- 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.