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Floor-Based Puzzle Questions with Solutions

Floor puzzles are Seating Arrangement turned on its side — the same clue-by-clue method works, just vertically instead of left-to-right. Here’s the approach, four fully worked examples, and a few to try yourself.

The approach, quickly

  • People or objects are assigned to floors of a building, numbered from bottom to top (always confirm which direction floor 1 is, since it’s occasionally numbered the other way).
  • The same clue types as Seating Arrangement apply: "immediately above/below" is exact; "somewhere above/below" only gives a direction, not an exact gap, unless a count is given ("exactly 2 floors above").
  • Start with whichever clue fixes an exact floor number first, before clues that only describe relationships between people.
  • A common trap: "more than X floors above" gives a RANGE of possibilities, not a single answer, until another clue narrows it down. After placing everything the clues force directly, whatever floor or person is left has only one place to go.

Worked examples

1. Five friends A, B, C, D and E live on five different floors of a building, numbered 1 (bottom) to 5 (top). A lives on floor 1. B lives immediately above A. D lives on floor 4. E lives immediately above D. Who lives on floor 3?

Solution

  1. A = 1. B = immediately above A = 2. D = 4 (given). E = immediately above D = 5.
  2. The only floor left, 3, must be C.

Answer: C

2. Four people P, Q, R and S live on four different floors, numbered 1 (bottom) to 4 (top). Q lives immediately above P. S lives on the topmost floor. R lives immediately below S. Which floor does P live on?

Solution

  1. S = 4 (topmost). R = immediately below S = 3.
  2. Only floors 1 and 2 remain for P and Q, with Q immediately above P — so P = 1, Q = 2.

Answer: Floor 1

3. Five people live on five floors numbered 1 to 5 from the bottom. A lives on floor 2. B lives exactly 2 floors above A. C lives on the floor immediately below B. Which floor does C live on?

Solution

  1. A = 2. B = A + 2 = 4 (exactly 2 floors above).
  2. C = B − 1 = 3 (immediately below B).

Answer: Floor 3

4. Four friends W, X, Y and Z live on four floors numbered 1 (bottom) to 4 (top). W lives on a floor higher than X but lower than Y. Z lives on the topmost floor. If X lives on floor 1, on which floor does W live?

Solution

  1. Z = 4 (topmost). X = 1 (given).
  2. W and Y must take the remaining floors, 2 and 3, with W lower than Y — so W = 2, Y = 3.

Answer: Floor 2

Try these yourself

Fill in the floors step by step, then check against the answer.

1. Five people live on five floors numbered 1 to 5 from the bottom. P lives on floor 5. Q lives immediately below P. R lives on floor 1. S lives immediately above R. Which floor does T (the fifth person) live on?

Answer: Floor 3

2. Four people live on four floors numbered 1 (bottom) to 4 (top). A lives exactly 2 floors above B. B lives on floor 1. Which floor does A live on?

Answer: Floor 3

3. Five friends live on five floors numbered 1 to 5 from the bottom. M lives on floor 3. N lives immediately above M. O lives immediately below M. Which floors do N and O live on?

Answer: N on floor 4, O on floor 2

Where this comes up

Floor-based Puzzles are a regular topic in the Reasoning/General Intelligence section of every exam Pariksha Saathi covers — SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI PO and SBI Clerk — and are especially common in banking exams.

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