DIRECTIONS Q. 1 to Q.5: Study the following information carefully and answer the
given questions.
Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F stay on different floors of a six-storyed building (ground floor
is numbered as floor 1 and top floor is numbered as floor 6). Each of them is in a different
profession, viz Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer, Architect, Journalist and Teacher. D is a lawyer
but stays neither on floor 2 nor on floor 5. B is neither an Architect nor a Journalist but
stays on floor 6. The Journalist doesn’t stay below the floor of the Architect but stays below
the floor of the Engineer. The Teacher stays either on floor 1 or on floor 4. E doesn’t stay on
an odd numbered floor. A, who stays on floor 4, is either a Journalist or an Architect. Either
C or F is an Engineer.
1. If F stays on floor 1, what is the profession of C?
A. Lawyer
B. Engineer
C. Teacher
D. Architect
E. Can’t be determined
2. Which of the following combinations is definitely true?
A. C – Teacher – Floor 1
B. D – Lawyer – Floor 5
C. E – Architect – Floor 2
D. F – Engineer – Floor 5
E. None of these
3. Which of the following combinations is definitely false?
A. A – Journalist – Floor 2
B. B – Doctor – Floor 6
C. E – Architect – Floor 2
D. D – Lawyer – Floor 3
E. None of these
4. If the Journalist stays on Floor 2, which floor will the Engineer stay on?
A. 1
B. 5
C. 4
D. 6
E. Can’t say exactly
5. What is the profession of B?
A. Engineer
B. Architect
C. Journalist
D. Doctor
E. Data inadequate
