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Reasoning Ability Set -653

Here we are providing new series of Reasoning Questions for upcoming exams, so the aspirants can practice it on a daily basis.

Answer the questions based on the information given below.

Eight persons viz. M, N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are living

in an eight-storey building, but not necessarily in the same order. The bottommost floor is numbered as 1 and the floor immediately above it is numbered as 2 and so on. Not more than one person lives on the same floor. The consecutive alphabetically named person doesn’t live on the adjacent floors of the building.

Q lives on an odd-numbered floor and three floors below R. S lives between Q and R.Only two persons live between S and T who doesn’t live on the bottommost floor. P lives on an even-numbered floor. The number of floors above P is the same as the number of floors below M. O lives three floors below N.

1) Who among the following person lives on the floor immediately above M?

A.T

B.R

C.O

D.Q

E.None of these

2) How many persons live between S and O?

A.As many as between N and Q

B.Two

C.Three

D.More than four

E.As many as between P and Q

3) On which of the following floor does N live?

A.The Floor number which is multiple of Q’s floor number

B.8th floor

C.7th floor

D.The floor number which is Sum of M and S floor number

E.None of these

4) What is the position of Q with respect to P?

A.Three floors above

B.Three floors below

C.Five floors above

D.Five floors below

E.None of these

5) If all the persons live according to the English alphabetical series from top to bottom, then how many persons remain unchanged in their position?

A.One

B.Two

C.Three

D.More than three

E.None

Explanation :

  1. Q lives on an odd-numbered floor and three floors below R.
  2. S lives between Q and R.
  3. Only two persons live between S and T who doesn’t live on the bottommost floor.

  1. P lives on an even-numbered floor.
  2. The number of floors above P is the same as the number of floors below M.
  3. O lives three floors below N.
  4. The consecutive alphabetically named person doesn’t live on the adjacent floors of the building.
  5. Hence, cases 1 and 3 get eliminated.

1) Answer: C

2) Answer: A

3) Answer: D

4) Answer: D

5) Answer: E

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