Question
Six persons U, V, W, X, Y and Z live on six different
floors of a six storeyed building such that bottommost floor is numbered as 1, the floor immediately above it is numbered as 2 and so on. Each person works in a different companies among J, K, L, M, N and O, however not necessarily in the same order. Who works in M?Statement I: The one, who works in L lives two floors above Y. Only two persons live between Y and the one, who works in O. W, who works in N lives immediate above the one, who works in O. The one, who works in J lives below W. Z lives two floors below the one, who works in J. V lives above the one, who works in K. Statement II: U lives on 3 rd floor. Only one person lives between U and X. The one, who works in N lives immediately above X. Only two persons live between the one, who works in J and the one, who works in N. Z lives two floors below the one, who works in J. V works in L. The one, who works in K lives below V. The question given below consists of two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read all the statements and answer the question.Solution
From statement I alone, The one, who works in L lives two floors above Y. Only two persons live between Y and the one, who works in O. W, who works in N lives immediate above the one, who works in O. The one, who works in J lives below W. Z lives two floors below the one, who works in J. V lives above the one, who works in K. We get:
So, from statement I alone, we cannot answer who works in M. So, data given in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
From statement II alone, U lives on 3 rd floor. Only one person lives between U and X. The one, who works in N lives immediately above X. Only two persons live between the one, who works in J and the one, who works in N. Z lives two floors below the one, who works in J. V works in L. The one, who works in K lives below V. We get:
Case 1: V and L live on 4 th floor.
Case 2: V and L live on 2 nd floor.
So, from statement II alone, we cannot answer who works in M. So, data given in statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question. From statement I and II together, we get:
So, from statement I and II together we cannot answer who works in M.
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