L,M,N,O,P,Q,R and S live on eight different floors of building (but not necessarily in the same order). The lowermost 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 one of them likes purse of different brand such as Caprese, Lacira, Lavie, Gucci, Prada, Coach, Burberry and Chanel (but not necessarily in the same order).
Only three people live between R and L. the one who likes purse of chanel brand lives immediately above the one who likes purse of Lacira brand. Q lives on an odd numbered floor above the floor numbered four. only three people live between O and the one who likes purse of prada brand. only two persons live between M and the one who likes purse of coach brand. N lives on one of the odd numbered floors above the one who likes purse of prada brand. the number of people living above Q is same as the number of people living between Q and O. the one who likes purse of burberry brand lives immediately above R, R likes purse neither of prada brand nor of caprese brand. only two people live between N and the one who likes purse of caprese brand. P does not like purse of coach brand. only one person lives between Q and the one who likes purse of lavie brand. N does not like purse of chanel brand and lacira brand. the onw who likes purse of lacira brand does not live on the bottom floor.
Q. Who among the following lives on seventh floor ?

Options

A. N
B. Q
C. R
D. L

Answer

B

Explanation

(i) It is given that Q lives on an odd numbered floor above the floor numbered four so there can be two possibilities-
(ii) Case 1- When Q lives on 5th floor. The number of people living above Q is same as the number of people living between Q and O so O lives on 1st floor. only three people live between O and the one who likes purse of prada the one who likes purse of prada brand so N lives on 7th floor. only one person lives between Q and the one who likes purse of Lavie brand.
(iii) The one who likes purse of chanel brand lives immediately above the one who likes purse of Lacira brand but the one who likes purse of lacira brand does not live on bottom floor. N does not like purse of chanel brand and lacira brand.
So the one who likes purse of chanel brand lives on the 3rd floor and the one who likes purse of lacira brand lives on 2nd floor. only two people live between N and the one who likes purse of caprese brand. the one who likes purse of burberry brand lives immediately above R but this condition is not possible so this case will be eliminated.

(iv) Case 2 - When Q lives on 7th floor. after using the conditions which are used in case-1, O lives on 5th floor, N lives on 3rd floor. the one who likes purse of chanel brand lives on 8th floor and the one who likes purse of lacira brand lives on 7th floor. only two people live between N and the one who likes purse of caprese brand.
(v) Only twopersons live between M and the one who likes purse of coach brand so M lives on 1st floor. the one who likes pures of burberry brand lives immediately above R. Only three people live between R and L so R lives on 2nd floor. P does not like purse of coach brand so P lives on 8th floor so the final arrangement is-