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<html><body><h2 id="content-id-4216309758-2"><b>Puzzle Questions Overview</b></h2><p>Puzzle Questions have a good weightage in the Ssc Cgl Exam and the type of question asked in Ssc Cgl exam is similar to the question mentioned below. It has been solved and explained by KD Live Experts under the guidance of Neetu Mam and they have tried to elaborate the concept used in Puzzle Questions.</p><h2 id="content-id-2604815397-3"><b> Comprehension On Puzzle Questions</b></h2>Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the following questions.

Seven friends - Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, Joseph, Connell, Adarsh, and Smith live in a seven-story building. The floors of the building are numbered from 1 to 7 such that the bottommost floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 7. There are 4 sets of apartments in the building - 1 BHK, 2 BHK, 3 BHK, and 4 BHK. There is only one apartment on each floor and not more than two floors can have the same sets.

The second floor has a 3 BHK apartment while the sixth floor has a 2 BHK apartment. Joseph lives on a floor above Smith but not in a 3 BHK apartment. Connell lives on an odd-numbered floor below Adarsh but above Phoebe. There are three floors between Adarsh's apartment and Phoebe's 2 BHK apartment. Adarsh lives in a 3 BHK apartment which is not on any even numbered floor. Only Rachel lives in a 4 BHK apartment. Phoebe lives two floors above Smith, who has the same set of apartment as Connell but neither 2 BHK nor 4 BHK.
<h2 id="content-id-1975802346-4"><b>Question On Puzzle </b></h2>Four out of the five given alternatives are similar in a certain way. Choose the odd option.
<div class="row show--dificulty--bar" style="margin-top:8px;"><div class="col-sm-6 show--dificulty--bar" style="display:inline-flex !important;border-right:0.1px solid #eee;"><h3 style="font-size:12px !important;">Difficulty : Moderate </h3></div><div class="col-sm-6 show--dificulty--bar" style="display:inline-flex;"><h3 style="font-size:12px !important;"> Average Time : 79 Seconds </h3></div></div><h2 id="content-id-8314529670-5"><b> Puzzle Questions Options</b></h2><ol><li><p>Adarsh</p>
</li><li><p>Connell</p>
</li><li><p>Rachel</p>
</li><li><p>Phoebe</p>
</li><li><p>Smith</p>
</li></ol> <h2 id="content-id-3582069417-6"><b> Puzzle Questions Solution</b></h2><p>The correct answer is <strong>Option 3 </strong>i.e. <strong>Rachel</strong></p>

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			<p>1) Adarsh lives in a 3 BHK apartment which is not on any even-numbered floor.</p>

			<p>2) Connell lives on an odd-numbered floor below Adarsh but above Phoebe.</p>

			<p>3) There are three floors between Adarsh's apartment and Phoebe's 2 BHK apartment. </p>

			
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			<p><strong>Case 1</strong></p>

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						<td>Floor</td>
						<td>Person</td>
						<td>Type</td>
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						<td>7</td>
						<td>Adarsh</td>
						<td>3BHK</td>
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						<td>6</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>5</td>
						<td>Connell</td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>4</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>3</td>
						<td>Phoebe</td>
						<td>2BHK</td>
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						<td>2</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>1</td>
						<td> </td>
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			<p><strong>Case 2</strong></p>

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						<th scope="col">Floor</th>
						<th scope="col">Person</th>
						<th scope="col">Type</th>
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						<td>7</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>6</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>5</td>
						<td>Adarsh</td>
						<td>3BHK</td>
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						<td>4</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>3</td>
						<td>Connell</td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>2</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>1</td>
						<td>Phoebe</td>
						<td>2BHK</td>
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			<p>4) Phoebe lives two floors above Smith, who has the same set of apartment as Connell but neither 2 BHK nor 4 BHK.</p>

			<p>(Here, case 2 gets eliminated because in this case, Phoebe lives on the bottommost floor)</p>

			<p>5) The second floor has a 3 BHK apartment while the sixth floor has a 2 BHK apartment.</p>

			<p>(Since, we already have two floors having 2BHK apartments, hence Connell and Smith cannot have 2 BHK either. Thus, they live in a 1BHK apartment)</p>

			
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						<th scope="col">Floor</th>
						<th scope="col">Person</th>
						<th scope="col">Type</th>
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						<td>7</td>
						<td>Adarsh</td>
						<td>3BHK</td>
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						<td>6</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td>2BHK</td>
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						<td>5</td>
						<td>Connell</td>
						<td>1BHK</td>
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						<td>4</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td> </td>
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						<td>3</td>
						<td>Phoebe</td>
						<td>2BHK</td>
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						<td>2</td>
						<td> </td>
						<td>3BHK</td>
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						<td>1</td>
						<td>Smith</td>
						<td>1BHK</td>
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			<p>6) Only Rachel lives in a 4 BHK apartment.</p>

			<p>(Hence, Rachel lives on the fourth floor)</p>

			<p>7) Joseph lives on a floor above Smith but not in a 3 BHK apartment.</p>

			<p>(Hence, Jospeh lives on the 6th floor in a 2BHK apartment and Ross lives on the second floor in a 3BHK apartment)</p>
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						<th scope="col">Floor</th>
						<th scope="col">Person</th>
						<th scope="col">Type</th>
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						<td>7</td>
						<td>Adarsh</td>
						<td>3BHK</td>
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						<td>6</td>
						<td>Joseph</td>
						<td>2BHK</td>
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						<td>5</td>
						<td>Connell</td>
						<td>1BHK</td>
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						<td>4</td>
						<td>Rachel</td>
						<td>4BHK</td>
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						<td>3</td>
						<td>Phoebe</td>
						<td>2BHK</td>
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						<td>2</td>
						<td>Ross</td>
						<td>3BHK</td>
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						<td>1</td>
						<td>Smith</td>
						<td>1BHK</td>
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			<p>Adarsh, Connell, Phoebe, and Smith live on odd-numbered floors whereas Rachel lives on an even-numbered floor.</p>

			<p>Rachel is the odd option.</p>

			<p>Hence, the correct answer is <strong>Rachel.</strong></p>
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