# Floor Arrangement Reasoning Puzzle for IBPS PO — 11 Sep 2026

> 6-person floor arrangement puzzle (2026-09-11) — Manish, Tarun, Lata, Rahul, Yash, Chetan. 5 logic clues, one provable answer. Free IBPS PO & SSC practice.

Source: https://deducepuzzles.com/blog/2026-09-11-floor-arrangement-puzzle

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Published: 2026-09-11 · Difficulty: hard · 5 clues · 6 people
Exams: IBPS PO · SBI PO · SSC CGL

## The puzzle

Manish, Tarun, Lata, Rahul, Yash, Chetan — live on different floors — floor 1 is the lowest, floor 6 is the topmost. Using the clues below, work out the arrangement.

1. There are exactly 3 floors between Tarun and Yash.
2. Manish lives on the floor immediately above Lata.
3. There are exactly 3 floors between Manish and Rahul.
4. Yash lives on a floor somewhere above Manish.
5. Manish and Chetan do NOT live on adjacent floors.

## Answer

Floor 6: Yash (top) down to Floor 1: Rahul (lowest).

Floor 6: Yash · Floor 5: Manish · Floor 4: Lata · Floor 3: Chetan · Floor 2: Tarun · Floor 1: Rahul

## Step-by-step solution

1. Start: 720 possible arrangements of 6 people.
2. Clue 2 — "Manish lives on the floor immediately above Lata." narrows it to 120 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
3. Clue 1 — "There are exactly 3 floors between Tarun and Yash." narrows it to 16 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
4. Clue 3 — "There are exactly 3 floors between Manish and Rahul." ⇒ Manish → floor 5, Lata → floor 4, Rahul → floor 1, Chetan → floor 3 (2 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): _ · Manish · Lata · Chetan · _ · Rahul
5. Clue 4 — "Yash lives on a floor somewhere above Manish." ⇒ Tarun → floor 2, Yash → floor 6 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Yash · Manish · Lata · Chetan · Tarun · Rahul
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?

Yash lives on the top floor. The full arrangement from top to bottom: Yash, Manish, Lata, Chetan, Tarun, Rahul.

### 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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