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    ​Five friends named Kishore, Jayan, Lahari, Manyaki and Nalini live on five different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building
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    ​Five friends named Kishore, Jayan, Lahari, Manyaki and Nalini live on five different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2, and so on till the topmost floor which is numbered 5. Kishore lives on odd numbered floor but not on third floor and Nalini lives on the bottommost floor. Manyaki and Jayan lives on even mumbered floors but Manyaki doesn't lives above Jayan. Lahari lives on the floor immediately above Manyaki. Who lives on the third floor?

    A.

    Jayan

    B.

    Lahari

    C.

    Manyaki

    D.

    Kishore

    Correct option is B

    ​Given,
    ·       Five friends named Kishore, Jayan, Lahari, Manyaki and Nalini live on five different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it is numbered 2, and so on till the topmost floor which is numbered 5.
    ·       Kishore lives on odd numbered floor but not on third floor and Nalini lives on the bottommost floor.
    ·       Manyaki and Jayan lives on even number floors but Manyaki doesn't lives above Jayan.
    ·       Lahari lives on the floor immediately above Manyaki.
    From the given information, we get final arrangement:

    Floors

    Persons

    5th

    Kishore

    4th

    Jayan

    3rd

    Lahari

    2nd

    Manyaki

    1st

    Nalini

    So, Lahari lives on the third floor.
    Thus, correct option is (b).

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