# Floor Arrangement Reasoning Puzzle for IBPS PO — 26 Aug 2026

> 5-person floor arrangement puzzle (2026-08-26) — Varun, Jaya, Rahul, Sneha, Kiran. 5 logic clues, one provable answer. Free IBPS PO & SSC practice.

Source: https://deducepuzzles.com/blog/2026-08-26-floor-arrangement-puzzle

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Published: 2026-08-26 · Difficulty: medium · 5 clues · 5 people
Exams: IBPS Clerk · SBI Clerk · SSC CHSL

## The puzzle

Varun, Jaya, Rahul, Sneha, Kiran — live on different floors — floor 1 is the lowest, floor 5 is the topmost. Using the clues below, work out the arrangement.

1. Rahul lives on the floor immediately above Jaya.
2. Rahul lives on an even-numbered floor.
3. Varun lives on the lowest floor.
4. Kiran lives on a floor somewhere above Rahul.
5. There are exactly 2 floors between Sneha and Kiran.

## Answer

Floor 5: Kiran (top) down to Floor 1: Varun (lowest).

Floor 5: Kiran · Floor 4: Rahul · Floor 3: Jaya · Floor 2: Sneha · Floor 1: Varun

## Step-by-step solution

1. Start: 120 possible arrangements of 5 people.
2. Clue 3 — "Varun lives on the lowest floor." ⇒ Varun → floor 1 (24 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · Varun
3. Clue 1 — "Rahul lives on the floor immediately above Jaya." narrows it to 6 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · Varun
4. Clue 5 — "There are exactly 2 floors between Sneha and Kiran." ⇒ Jaya → floor 3, Rahul → floor 4 (2 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): _ · Rahul · Jaya · _ · Varun
5. Clue 4 — "Kiran lives on a floor somewhere above Rahul." ⇒ Sneha → floor 2, Kiran → floor 5 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Kiran · Rahul · Jaya · Sneha · Varun
6. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

## How to crack floor arrangement puzzles faster

- Floor puzzles are **vertical rows** — treat floor 1 as "leftmost" and floor N as "rightmost" in your mental model.
- "Lives above" means a **higher floor number**. "Immediately above" means exactly one floor apart.
- "Exactly k floors between" gives a **fixed vertical gap** — try it at each valid pair of floors.
- Write the floor numbers 1 to N on paper and fill names as you lock positions — the visual stack prevents errors.

## FAQ

### Who lives on the top floor?

Kiran lives on the top floor. The full arrangement from top to bottom: Kiran, Rahul, Jaya, Sneha, Varun.

### How do you solve floor arrangement puzzles for bank exams?

Treat floors as a vertical stack: lock the topmost and lowest first, then place intermediate floors using 'above/below' clues. Transfer the stack to paper numbered 1 to N and fill names as each clue eliminates possibilities.

## Learn the method

This post is one worked example. The topic page for floor puzzles carries the full method,
the clue-wording table and the mistakes that cost marks: https://deducepuzzles.com/reasoning/floor-arrangement

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