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Five administrative officers—Karan, Lata, Manoj, Nidhi, and Om—reside on five different floors of an official residential building (numbered 1 to 5, where floor 1 is the bottommost floor and floor 5 is the topmost floor). Based on the following conditions, arrange the officers in descending order of their floor numbers (from floor 5 down to floor 1):

1. Karan lives on the 5th floor.
2. Lata lives on the 1st floor.
3. Om lives on the floor immediately below Karan.
4. Manoj lives on the floor immediately above Nidhi.

  1. 1Karan
  2. 2Om
  3. 3Manoj
  4. 4Nidhi
  5. 5Lata

Answer

The correct floor sequence from top (Floor 5) to bottom (Floor 1) is: Karan, Om, Manoj, Nidhi, Lata.
By following the direct conditions: Floor 5 is Karan, Floor 1 is Lata. Floor 4 is Om (immediately below Karan). The remaining available consecutive floors (Floors 3 and 2) are filled by Manoj and Nidhi respectively, as Manoj is directly above Nidhi. Therefore, the descending order from Floor 5 to Floor 1 is Karan, Om, Manoj, Nidhi, Lata.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Fix the positions given by direct statements.
Floor 5 = Karan, Floor 1 = Lata.
Conditions 1 and 2 directly specify the topmost and bottommost floor assignments.
2
Place Om using the relative positional clue with Karan.
Floor 4 = Om.
Condition 3 states Om lives on the floor immediately below Karan (Floor 5).
3
Determine the remaining floors for Manoj and Nidhi.
Floor 3 = Manoj, Floor 2 = Nidhi.
Floors 2 and 3 are the only vacant adjacent floors. Condition 4 places Manoj immediately above Nidhi.

Key Concept

Linear Positional Ordering and Floor Puzzles
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Analytical Puzzles and Grouping

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