Question
Who among the following lives immediate above the vacant
flat? Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions: There are eight persons i.e. Jyoti, Janvi, Ankita, Manisha, Upasana, Tanya, Swati and Suruti who lives in a building having three floors such that ground floor is numbered as 1 and above it is 2 and so on up to top floor numbered as 3. Each of the floor consist of 3 flats as flat-1, flat-2 and flat-3. Flat-1 of floor-2 is immediately above flat-1 of floor-1 and immediately below flat-1 of floor-3 and in the same way flat-2 of floor-2 is immediately above flat-2 of floor-1 and immediately below flat-2 of floor-3 and so on. Flat-2 is in east of flat-1 and flat-3 is in east of flat-2. One of the flats is Vacant. Note: If A lives above (or below) B, then they are living in same flat unless stated otherwise. Tanya lives to the immediate west of Upasana on floor-2. Manisha lives in the same flat in which Tanya lives. Janvi who lives in an odd numbered flat, does not live above Suruti. Immediate west flat of Janvi is vacant. Ankita and Manisha live in the same floor while Ankita and Swati shared the same flat. Jyoti lives in an even numbered floor. Suruti and Janvi do not share the same floor.Solution
Tanya lives to the immediate west of Upasana on floor-2. Jyoti lives in an even numbered floor. As per these lines two cases will arrive: 
Janvi who lives in an odd numbered flat, does not live above Suruti. Immediate west flat of Janvi is vacant. Also Suruti and Janvi do not share the same floor. 
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