Question

Five friends live on five different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 5. Only Meera lives on the floor between Shrishti and Richa. Anshul lives on the floor immediately below Richa. Chandan lives on the first floor. No one lives above Shrishti. Who lives on the second floor?

• A. Shrishti
• B. Anshul
• C. Meera
• D. Richa

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Anshul

Solution:

Given statement: Five friends live on five different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 5.

1. Only Meera lives on the floor between Shrishti and Richa. No one lives above Shrishti.

Floor	Persons
5	Shrishti
4	Meera
3	Richa
2
1

 

2. Anshul lives on the floor immediately below Richa. 

Floor	Persons
5	Shrishti
4	Meera
3	Richa
2	Anshul
1

 

3. Chandan lives on the first floor.

Floor	Persons
5	Shrishti
4	Meera
3	Richa
2	Anshul
1	Chandan

 

Therefore, Anshul lives on the second floor.

Hence, the correct answer is Option (B).