**Directions:** Read the questions on the basis of the information given below. There are twelve person – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z and M who live in a building with 5 floors (Numbered 1 to 5). There are 3 flats on each floor from left to right Numbered 1 to 3. Immediate right of flat 2 means flat 3. Flat above flat means same flat number of above floors. There are 3 flats empty in this building. There can be only 1 flat empty on any floor. Also same flat number cannot be empty on any of the floors i.e. if Flat number 1 is empty on floor number 1, than flat 1 of any other floor cannot be empty. They all have different weights. They all earn different amounts - ₹10,000, ₹20,000, ₹30,000, ₹40,000, ₹50,000, ₹60,000, ₹70,000, ₹80,000, ₹85,000, ₹90,000, ₹95,000, ₹1,00,000. I. Z lives on flat number 1 of floor number 3. One who earns ₹30,000 lives somewhere in the flat which is above Z's flat. One person lives between the one who earns ₹30,000 and V whose weight is 96 kg. II. P earns ₹40,000 who lives just below V's flat. One of the flats on which P lives is empty but that is not immediate left of P's flat. The one whose weight is 76 kg earns ₹90,000 lives on the flat second to right of Z. III. There are two floors between W whose weight is 72 kg and the one whose weight is 85 kg. W lives above the one whose weight is 85 kg. W does not earn ₹30,000. Y earns ₹95,000 and lives immediate right of the one whose weight is 85 kg. M and Y live on same floor. M earns ₹20,000 and his weight is 9 kg more than U. IV. There are two flats between M and an empty flat. U and the one who earns ₹50,000 lives on the same floor which is either floor number 1 or 2. One flat is empty on that floor. There is one empty flat between the one whose weight is 61 kg and the one who earns ₹10,000. V. The one whose weight is 61 kg is above the one who earns ₹10,000. The one whose weight is 55 kg lives on floor number 1. U has got 25 kg less than S who does not live on top floor. R and empty flat are on same floor. VI. X lives on one of the flats on the floor on which V lives. The one who earns ₹1,00,000 lives immediate right of X. The one who earns ₹80,000 lives just above the one who earns ₹85,000. The one who earns ₹70,000 lives below the one who earns ₹85,000 such that no one lives between them. T and U lives on same floor. Z's weight is 15 kg more than P. VII. R lives on a floor on which one flat is empty. Weight of one of the person on same floor who is earning ₹85,000 is 50% of V. The one whose weight is 82 kg lives on one of the floors above the floor of one whose weight is 90 kg. Who lives on flat number 2 of floor number 2?
Verbal Reasoning
Grid and Matrices
Difficulty: Hard
Choose an option
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AS
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BThe one who earns ₹60,000
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CThe one whose weight is 90 kg
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DThe onw who earns ₹70,000
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ECannot be determined
Answer
Correct Answer: The onw who earns ₹70,000
Explanation
### Concept & Strategy
The goal is to pinpoint the exact occupant of Floor 2, Flat 2. We use the vertical contiguous block rule for the salaries to map out Flat 2.
### Step-by-Step Solution
1. **The Vertical Block (80k, 85k, 70k):**
Condition VI states: "The one who earns 80,000 lives just above 85,000... 70,000 lives below 85,000 such that no one lives between them." This demands 3 vertically adjacent occupied flats.
2. **Column Elimination:**
- Flat 3 is interrupted by S (90,000) at F3-3.
- Flat 1 is interrupted by Z and the 30k earner.
- Thus, the vertical block MUST be in Flat 2.
3. **Placing the Block:**
The block maps to F4-2 (80,000), F3-2 (85,000), and F2-2 (70,000).
4. **Identify F2-2:**
Based on the direct mapping, the person occupying Floor 2, Flat 2 is the one earning ₹70,000.
### Exam Strategy & Shortcut
Whenever a puzzle mandates "A is just above B, and C is just below B without any empty flat", you are looking for a solid 3-cell vertical block. Scanning the grid immediately eliminates the left and right columns due to known static values, forcing the sequence into the middle column (Flat 2), granting you three answers at once.
### Common Pitfall
Ignoring the phrase "such that no one lives between them." If this was omitted, there could be an empty flat between them, expanding the possibilities. The exact phrasing forces contiguous cells.
### Final Answer
Therefore, the correct answer is **The onw who earns ₹70,000**.