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<html><body><h2 id="content-id-2854031679-2"><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-3012869754-3"><b> Comprehension On Puzzle Questions</b></h2>Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the following questions.

Seven persons live in a seven-story building where the ground floor is numbered as 1 and the topmost is numbered as 7. Each of them has different vehicles and different colours of doors. Different numbers of family members live on each floor not more than 10 members live on each floor. S lives on an odd number floor but not the ground floor and has a helicopter.  Two persons live between S and the one who has a blue colour door. The number of members living on the third floor is the square of a number. The number of persons live above S is one less than the number of persons live below the one who has a yellow colour door and an Auto. Neither R nor P has blue colour door. Two persons live between R and T who lives on an odd-numbered floor and has a car. Two floors gap between P and Q and neither P nor Q has a Scooty and Bicycle. The number of members live on the topmost floor is two times of the number of members live on the third floor. Two people live between V and the family which has 4 members. R lives immediately above the one who has a green colour door and 3 members in the family. U who has a pink colour door has family members which is one less than V. The one who has pink colour door lives three floors below the one who has black colour door. The family in which 2 family members live on an odd number floor and white door. S has a brown colour door and lives three floors above the family which has 6 family members. Q has a bus and lives above the one who has Bike and below the one who has scooty. One of the families has 7 members.
<h2 id="content-id-9032658714-4"><b>Question On Puzzle </b></h2>How many family members are in R’s family and what is the colour of his door?
<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 : 115 Seconds </h3></div></div><h2 id="content-id-8516039247-5"><b> Puzzle Questions Options</b></h2><ol><li><p>8, Brown</p>
</li><li><p>2, Pink</p>
</li><li><p>7, Yellow</p>
</li><li><p>5, Black</p>
</li><li><p>None of these</p>
</li></ol> <h2 id="content-id-8651943072-6"><b> Puzzle Questions Solution</b></h2><p>The correct answer is<strong> Option 3</strong> i.e. <strong>7, Yellow</strong></p>

<p>1. S lives on an odd number floor but not the ground floor and has a helicopter. (There are three possibilities S lives on either 7, 5, or 3 floors)</p>

<p>2. Two persons live between S and the one who has a blue colour door.</p>

<p>3. The number of members living on the third floor is the square of a number. (either 9 or 4)</p>

<p>4. The number of persons live above S is one less than the number of persons live below the one who has a yellow colour door and an Auto. (From this condition possibility of S lives on 3rd floor has been false).</p>

<p>There are two possible cases-</p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5">
			<p>Case-1</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>Floors</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Persons</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Door Colour</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Vehicles</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Number of Family Members</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>7</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>S</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Helicopter</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
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		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>6</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>5</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
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		</tr>
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			<td>
			<p>4</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Blue</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>3</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>9/4</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>2</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Yellow</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Auto</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>1</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>



<table border="1" cellspacing="0">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5">
			<p>Case-2</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>Floors</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Persons</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Door Colour</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Vehicles</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Number of Family Members</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>7</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>6</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>5</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>S</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Helicopter</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>4</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>3</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Yellow</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Auto</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>9/4</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>2</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Blue</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>1</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<p>5. The number of members live on the topmost floor is two times of the number of members live on the third floor. (Hence it is clear that 4 members live on 3rd floor and 8 members live on 7th floor).</p>

<p>6. Two people live between V and the family which has 4 members.</p>

<p>7. R lives immediately above the one who has a green colour door and 3 members in the family.</p>

<p>8. Neither R nor P has blue colour door.</p>

<p>9. Two persons live between R and T who lives on an odd-numbered floor and has a car. (From this condition case-2 will be eliminated)</p>

<p>10. Two floors gap between P and Q and neither P nor Q has a Scooty and Bicycle.</p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5">
			<p>Case-1</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>Floors</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Persons</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Door Colour</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Vehicles</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Number of Family Members</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>7</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>S</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Helicopter</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>8</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>6</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>V</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>5</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>T</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Car</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>4</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Q</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Blue</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Scooty, Bicycle</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>3</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>4</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>2</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>R</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Yellow</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Auto</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>1</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>P</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Green</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Scooty, Bicycle</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>3</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>



<table border="1" cellspacing="0">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5">
			<p><s>Case-2</s></p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>Floors</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Persons</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Door Colour</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Vehicles</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Number of Family Members</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>7</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>R</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>8</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>6</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>V</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Green</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>3</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>5</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>S</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Helicopter</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>4</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>T</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>3</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Yellow</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Auto</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>4</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>2</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Blue</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>1</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
			<td>
			
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<p>11. U who has a pink colour door has family members which is one less than V.</p>

<p>12. The one who has pink colour door lives three floors below the one who has black colour door.</p>

<p>13. The family in which 2 family members live on an odd number floor and white door.</p>

<p>14. S has a brown colour door and lives three floors above the family which has 6 family members.</p>

<p>15. Q has a bus and lives above the one who has Bike and below the one who has scooty.</p>

<p>16. One of the families has 7 members.</p>

<p>The final arrangement is-</p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>Floors</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Persons</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Door Colour</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Vehicles</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Number of Family Members</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>7</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>S</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Brown</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Helicopter</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>8</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>6</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>V</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Black</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Scooty</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>5</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>5</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>T</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>White</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Car</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>2</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>4</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Q</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Blue</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Bus</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>6</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>3</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>U</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Pink</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Bicycle</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>4</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>2</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>R</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Yellow</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Auto</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>7</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
			<p>1</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>P</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Green</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>Bike</p>
			</td>
			<td>
			<p>3</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<p>From the above arrangement, R has a yellow colour door and 7 members in his family.</p>

<p>Hence the correct answer is <strong>7, Yellow.</strong></p>
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