Floor Puzzle questions with solutions

1. Question 1Easy
   Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U live on six floors of a building, numbered 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest), one person per floor. R lives on the topmost floor. S lives on the lowest floor. There are two floors between S and T. Q lives immediately below T. P lives immediately above T. U lives immediately above S.

   Who lives on floor 2?

   • A.S
   • B.UCorrect
   • C.Q
   • D.T
   • E.P
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   The order from floor 1 upward is S, U, Q, T, P, R. Floor 2 is therefore occupied by U, who lives immediately above S.

2. Question 2Moderate
   Six people A, B, C, D, E and F live on six floors of a building, numbered 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest), one person per floor. D lives on the topmost floor. E lives on the lowest floor. A lives on an odd-numbered floor immediately below F. B lives immediately below A. There are two floors between A and D.

   Who lives on the topmost floor?

   • A.A
   • B.B
   • C.C
   • D.DCorrect
   • E.F
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   D is on floor 6 and E on floor 1. A is on an odd floor immediately below F, and with two floors between A and D that means A is on floor 3 and F on floor 4. B is immediately below A, on floor 2, and C takes the remaining floor 5. D lives on the topmost floor, 6.

3. Question 3Moderate
   Six people A, B, C, D, E and F live on six floors of a building, numbered 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest), one person per floor. D lives on the topmost floor. E lives on the lowest floor. A lives on an odd-numbered floor immediately below F. B lives immediately below A. There are two floors between A and D.

   Who lives immediately above A?

   • A.B
   • B.C
   • C.D
   • D.E
   • E.FCorrect
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   A is on floor 3, and the floor immediately above, floor 4, is F, since A lives immediately below F. So F lives immediately above A.

4. Question 4Moderate
   Six people A, B, C, D, E and F live on six floors of a building, numbered 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest), one person per floor. D lives on the topmost floor. E lives on the lowest floor. A lives on an odd-numbered floor immediately below F. B lives immediately below A. There are two floors between A and D.

   How many people live between B and C?

   • A.One
   • B.TwoCorrect
   • C.Three
   • D.Four
   • E.None
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   The order from floor 1 upward is E, B, A, F, C, D. B is on floor 2 and C on floor 5, so floors 3 and 4 (A and F) lie between them, which is two people.

5. Question 5Moderate
   Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U live on six floors of a building, numbered 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest), one person per floor. R lives on the topmost floor. S lives on the lowest floor. There are two floors between S and T. Q lives immediately below T. P lives immediately above T. U lives immediately above S.

   How many floors are there between Q and P?

   • A.OneCorrect
   • B.Two
   • C.Three
   • D.Four
   • E.None
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   The order from floor 1 upward is S, U, Q, T, P, R. Q is on floor 3 and P on floor 5, so only floor 4 (T) lies between them, which is one floor.

6. Question 6Moderate
   Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U live on six floors of a building, numbered 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest), one person per floor. R lives on the topmost floor. S lives on the lowest floor. There are two floors between S and T. Q lives immediately below T. P lives immediately above T. U lives immediately above S.

   P lives immediately above which person?

   • A.Q
   • B.TCorrect
   • C.R
   • D.U
   • E.S
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   P is on floor 5 and the floor immediately below, floor 4, is occupied by T. So P lives immediately above T.

These are 6 of 12 floor puzzle questions in the bank. Attempt the rest with instant feedback in the practice drills, or under a clock in the mock tests.