Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.Eight friends G, H, J, K, L, M, N and O live on… — Answer & Discussion

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
Eight friends G, H, J, K, L, M, N and O live on a separate floor of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1, first floor is numbered 2 and so on until the topmost floor is numbered 8.
G lives on the 5th floor. There are two floors between G and N. L lives on an odd-numbered floor but immediately above O. J lives on one of the floors below M but not on the ground floor. There are three people between L and K. As many people live above N as below L.
How many people live between M and O?

AOne
BThree
CFour
DFive

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Friends: G, H, J, K, L, M, N and O

1) G lives on the 5th floor.

2) There are two people between G and N.

Floor Number

Case – 1

Case – 2

8

N

7

6

5

G

G

4

3

2

N

1

3) L lives on an odd-numbered floor but immediately above O.

4) As many people live above N as below L.

Thus, Case 2 gets eliminated.

Floor Number

Case – 1

8

7

L

6

O

5

G

4

3

2

N

1

5) There are three people between L and K.

Floor Number

Case – 1

8

7

L

6

O

5

G

4

3

K

2

N

1

6) J lives on one of the floors below M but not on the ground floor.

Floor Number

Case – 1

8

M

7

L

6

O

5

G

4

J

3

K

2

N

1

Hence, the final arrangement will be :

Floor Number

Case – 1

8

M

7

L

6

O

5

G

4

J

3

K

2

N

1

H

Hence, one person lives between M and O.