Correct Answer - Option 5 : O
Eight persons O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V are living in a four-storey building.
Each floor has 2 flats, flat-1 and falt-2 where flat-1 is to the west of flat-2.
1. Q lives in flat-2 of an even-numbered floor.
Following are the possibilities we get,
Case 1
|
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
Q
|
1
|
|
|
Case 2
|
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
|
Q
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
2. There is a gap of one floor between P and Q and they both live in the same flat.
Case 1
|
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
|
P
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
Q
|
1
|
|
|
Case 2
|
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
|
Q
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
P
|
1
|
|
|
3. Only two floors are there between V and R.
4. T lives to the east of V.
Case 1
|
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
R
|
P
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
Q
|
1
|
V
|
T
|
Case 2
|
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
R
|
Q
|
3
|
|
|
2
|
|
P
|
1
|
V
|
T
|
5. U does not live in flat-1.
Case 1
|
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
R
|
P
|
3
|
|
U
|
2
|
|
Q
|
1
|
V
|
T
|
Case 2
|
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
R
|
Q
|
3
|
|
U
|
2
|
|
P
|
1
|
V
|
T
|
6. S and P live on the same floor.
Here, this statement is violated in case 1, so it is eliminated and the final arrangement is,
Floor
|
Flat 1
|
Flat 2
|
4
|
R
|
Q
|
3
|
O
|
U
|
2
|
S
|
P
|
1
|
V
|
T
|
Hence, O lives in flat-1 on the third floor.