Question

Directions:- Study the following information carefully to answer the question given below.

K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lower most floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. Each of them also likes a different superhero namely, Batman, Superman, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Nova and Superman, but not necessarily in the same order.

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way as per the given arrangment and so form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?

• A. K - Floor numbered five.
• B. Q - Floor numbered six
• C. L - Floor numbered two
• D. N - Floor numbered seven
• E. R - Floor numbered eight

Answer 1

The correct option is B Q - Floor numbered six

The building has 8 different floors. Each floor has a different superhero.
According to the question:- The one who likes Thor lives on an even numbered floor. Possibility of floors is (2, 4, 6, 8).
Only three people live between the one who likes Thor and M.
$\underset{–}{?}\to Thor---\underset{–}{M}$

Only two people live between M and N.
$M--N$
N does not live on the lower most floor.
Only three people live between N and the one who likes Hulk.
$\underset{–}{N}---\underset{–}{?}\to Hulk$
O lives on an even numbered floor and it lives immediately above K.
Possibility for O(2,4,6,8).
K lives neither on floor number 3 nor 5,
It means O which is immediately above
K does not live in floor number 4 and 6.
So, the new possibility for O is (2,8).
Only two people live between K and the one who likes Nova.
$K--\underset{–}{?}\to Nova$
Only one person lives between the one who likes Nova and Ironman and the Ironman is below the one who likes Nova.
$\underset{–}{?}\to Nova-\underset{–}{?}\to Ironman$
L lives immediately above Q.
$\underset{–}{L}\underset{–}{Q}$
Only one person live between Q and the one who likes Captain America.
$\underset{–}{?}\to CaptainAmerica.-Q$
The one who likes Wolverine lives immediately above the one who like Batman.
$\underset{–}{?}\to$ Wolverine
$\underset{–}{?}\to$ Batman
From the above information, we get
$\begin{array}{ccc}Floors& Peoples& Superheros\\ 8& O& Wolverine\\ 7& K& Batman\\ 6& R& Thor\\ 5& N& CaptainAmerica\\ 4& L& Nova\\ 3& Q& Superman\\ 2& M& Ironman\\ 1& P& Hulk\end{array}$

Q - Floor numbered six does not belong to that group because all others having one floor gap between them.