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Read the following data and answer the question based on it. Six people A, B, C, D, E and F live in a six-storeyed building, each on one floor. The following statements describe where they stay: (1)…

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Read the following data and answer the question based on it.
Six people A, B, C, D, E and F live in a six-storeyed building, each on one floor. The following statements describe where they stay:
(1) B lives on floor 6
(2) A is equally far from C and E
(3) F is an engineer
(4) D is two floors above F
(5) C does not live next to an engineer
Which of the following is NOT true?
  1. F is not next to D
  2. C is between B and D
  3. E lives on floor 2
  4. B is on floor 6

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: C - E lives on floor 2
Arrangement E1 F2 A3 D4 C5 B6. E lives on floor 1 (while F lives on floor 2), so 'E lives on floor 2' is not true; the other three statements—that F is not next to D, C is between B and D, and B is on floor 6—are all true.

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