# Floor Arrangement Reasoning Puzzle for IBPS PO — 5 Oct 2026

> 6-person floor arrangement puzzle (2026-10-05) — Deepak, Bhavna, Chetan, Sanjay, Esha, Priya. 6 logic clues, one provable answer. Free IBPS PO & SSC practice.

Source: https://deducepuzzles.com/blog/2026-10-05-floor-arrangement-puzzle

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Published: 2026-10-05 · Difficulty: hard · 6 clues · 6 people
Exams: IBPS PO · SBI PO · SSC CGL

## The puzzle

Deepak, Bhavna, Chetan, Sanjay, Esha, Priya — live on different floors — floor 1 is the lowest, floor 6 is the topmost. Using the clues below, work out the arrangement.

1. Deepak and Esha do NOT live on adjacent floors.
2. There is exactly 1 floor between Deepak and Sanjay.
3. There are exactly 4 floors between Bhavna and Sanjay.
4. Deepak lives on a floor somewhere above Priya.
5. Bhavna lives on a floor somewhere above Sanjay.
6. Chetan lives on the floor immediately above Deepak.

## Answer

Floor 6: Bhavna (top) down to Floor 1: Sanjay (lowest).

Floor 6: Bhavna · Floor 5: Esha · Floor 4: Chetan · Floor 3: Deepak · Floor 2: Priya · Floor 1: Sanjay

## Step-by-step solution

1. Start: 720 possible arrangements of 6 people.
2. Clue 6 — "Chetan lives on the floor immediately above Deepak." narrows it to 120 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
3. Clue 2 — "There is exactly 1 floor between Deepak and Sanjay." narrows it to 42 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
4. Clue 3 — "There are exactly 4 floors between Bhavna and Sanjay." narrows it to 4 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
5. Clue 4 — "Deepak lives on a floor somewhere above Priya." narrows it to 3 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
6. Clue 5 — "Bhavna lives on a floor somewhere above Sanjay." ⇒ Deepak → floor 3, Bhavna → floor 6, Chetan → floor 4, Sanjay → floor 1, Esha → floor 5, Priya → floor 2 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Bhavna · Esha · Chetan · Deepak · Priya · Sanjay
7. 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?

Bhavna lives on the top floor. The full arrangement from top to bottom: Bhavna, Esha, Chetan, Deepak, Priya, Sanjay.

### 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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