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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question. Six persons P, Q, R, A, B, and C are living in a three-storey building such that the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2, and the top floor is numbered 3. Each floor has two flats, X and Y. Flat X of floor 2 is immediately above flat X of floor 1 and immediately below flat X of floor 3. Similarly, flat Y of floor 2 is immediately above flat Y of floor 1 and immediately below flat Y of floor 3. Flat X is to the west of flat Y. They are all from different countries. P lives on an odd-numbered floor in flat X. The one from Finland lives immediately above C in the same flat. A lives to the west of C. P and the one from Finland do not live on the same floor. Neither A nor Q is from Brazil. C is either from Mexico or from Nepal. There is one floor between Q and the one from Serbia, who lives above Q. B does not live in flat Y. The one from Canada lives on the same floor as the one from Nepal. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
- B
- R
- P
- A
Correct answer: B
Solution
This is a floor-and-flat arrangement puzzle. After applying the constraints, one person becomes uniquely placed in a way that differs from the others in the group, making B the odd one out among the given options.
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