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Floor puzzle questions with answers

These floor puzzle questions each give you a building, one person per floor, and a set of positional clues. Every puzzle below was generated by the same engine that mints the Deduce daily and proved to have exactly one valid arrangement before it was written to this page — so a clue set that admits two answers, or none, cannot reach you. The walkthroughs are the solver's own steps.

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The 12 questions below are ordered the way an exam block is rather than easiest-first: two gentle openers, then a run of medium, and a hard one every sixth question — 2 of the 12 sit in the hard band. Every question is a floor arrangement.

Work each question on paper before you open its solution. The walkthrough is the solver's own elimination order, step for step, so reading it first turns a practice set into a reading exercise and teaches nothing. If you are stuck on the method rather than on one question, the method guide is a better place to start than the next question: How to solve floor arrangement puzzles.

12 floor puzzle questions with answers

Every question below was generated by the same engine that mints the Deduce daily puzzle round, and machine-checked before it reached this page — a puzzle only ships once the solver has confirmed exactly one valid arrangement exists, so a clue set admitting two answers, or none, cannot reach you. The walkthrough is the engine's own.

Question 1

4 people live in a 4-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 4 is the top.

  1. Chetan lives on the floor immediately above Varun.
  2. Arjun lives on an even-numbered floor.
  3. Chetan lives on the topmost floor.
  4. Chetan lives on a floor somewhere above Zoya.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 24 possible arrangements of 4 people.
  2. Clue 3 — "Chetan lives on the topmost floor." ⇒ Chetan → floor 4 (6 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): Chetan · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 1 — "Chetan lives on the floor immediately above Varun." ⇒ Varun → floor 3 (2 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): Chetan · Varun · _ · _
  4. Clue 2 — "Arjun lives on an even-numbered floor." ⇒ Zoya → floor 1, Arjun → floor 2 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Chetan · Varun · Arjun · Zoya
  5. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 2

4 people live in a 4-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 4 is the top.

  1. Rohan lives on the lowest floor.
  2. Pooja lives on a floor somewhere above Esha.
  3. There is exactly 1 floor between Esha and Anjali.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 24 possible arrangements of 4 people.
  2. Clue 1 — "Rohan lives on the lowest floor." ⇒ Rohan → floor 1 (6 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · Rohan
  3. Clue 3 — "There is exactly 1 floor between Esha and Anjali." ⇒ Pooja → floor 3 (2 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): _ · Pooja · _ · Rohan
  4. Clue 2 — "Pooja lives on a floor somewhere above Esha." ⇒ Esha → floor 2, Anjali → floor 4 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Anjali · Pooja · Esha · Rohan
  5. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 3

5 people live in a 5-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 5 is the top.

  1. Tarun lives on a floor somewhere above Farhan.
  2. Meera lives on a floor somewhere above Lata.
  3. There are exactly 2 floors between Varun and Meera.
  4. Varun lives on the floor immediately above Tarun.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

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

Question 4

5 people live in a 5-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 5 is the top.

  1. Priya lives on the floor immediately above Geeta.
  2. Meera lives on a floor somewhere above Esha.
  3. There are exactly 2 floors between Esha and Geeta.
  4. Meera lives on an even-numbered floor.
  5. Arjun lives on a floor somewhere above Esha.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 120 possible arrangements of 5 people.
  2. Clue 1 — "Priya lives on the floor immediately above Geeta." narrows it to 24 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 3 — "There are exactly 2 floors between Esha and Geeta." narrows it to 6 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  4. Clue 4 — "Meera lives on an even-numbered floor." narrows it to 2 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  5. Clue 2 — "Meera lives on a floor somewhere above Esha." ⇒ Priya → floor 5, Esha → floor 1, Geeta → floor 4, Meera → floor 2, Arjun → floor 3 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Priya · Geeta · Arjun · Meera · Esha
  6. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 5

5 people live in a 5-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 5 is the top.

  1. Neha lives on the floor immediately above Manish.
  2. Kiran lives on a floor somewhere above Neha.
  3. Chetan lives on an even-numbered floor.
  4. There are exactly 2 floors between Neha and Kiran.
  5. Esha lives on a floor somewhere above Manish.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 120 possible arrangements of 5 people.
  2. Clue 1 — "Neha lives on the floor immediately above Manish." narrows it to 24 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 4 — "There are exactly 2 floors between Neha and Kiran." narrows it to 6 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  4. Clue 3 — "Chetan lives on an even-numbered floor." narrows it to 2 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  5. Clue 2 — "Kiran lives on a floor somewhere above Neha." ⇒ Neha → floor 2, Chetan → floor 4, Esha → floor 3, Kiran → floor 5, Manish → floor 1 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Kiran · Chetan · Esha · Neha · Manish
  6. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 6

6 people live in a 6-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 6 is the top.

  1. Divya lives on neither the topmost nor the lowest floor.
  2. Rahul lives on a floor somewhere above Uma.
  3. There is exactly 1 floor between Rahul and Tanvi.
  4. Divya lives on a floor somewhere above Priya.
  5. Priya lives on the floor immediately above Tanvi.
  6. Tarun lives on a floor somewhere above Rahul.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 720 possible arrangements of 6 people.
  2. Clue 5 — "Priya lives on the floor immediately above Tanvi." narrows it to 120 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 3 — "There is exactly 1 floor between Rahul and Tanvi." narrows it to 42 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  4. Clue 2 — "Rahul lives on a floor somewhere above Uma." narrows it to 18 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  5. Clue 4 — "Divya lives on a floor somewhere above Priya." narrows it to 5 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  6. Clue 6 — "Tarun lives on a floor somewhere above Rahul." ⇒ Uma → floor 1 (3 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · Uma
  7. Clue 1 — "Divya lives on neither the topmost nor the lowest floor." ⇒ Rahul → floor 4, Priya → floor 3, Tarun → floor 6, Divya → floor 5, Tanvi → floor 2 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Tarun · Divya · Rahul · Priya · Tanvi · Uma
  8. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 7

4 people live in a 4-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 4 is the top.

  1. Sanjay lives on the floor immediately above Geeta.
  2. Sanjay lives on a floor somewhere above Varun.
  3. Varun lives on an even-numbered floor.
  4. There is exactly 1 floor between Geeta and Rohan.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 24 possible arrangements of 4 people.
  2. Clue 1 — "Sanjay lives on the floor immediately above Geeta." narrows it to 6 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 4 — "There is exactly 1 floor between Geeta and Rohan." narrows it to 3 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _
  4. Clue 3 — "Varun lives on an even-numbered floor." narrows it to 2 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _
  5. Clue 2 — "Sanjay lives on a floor somewhere above Varun." ⇒ Geeta → floor 3, Varun → floor 2, Sanjay → floor 4, Rohan → floor 1 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Sanjay · Geeta · Varun · Rohan
  6. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 8

4 people live in a 4-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 4 is the top.

  1. Neha lives on a floor somewhere above Bhavna.
  2. Neha lives on an odd-numbered floor.
  3. Kiran lives on a floor somewhere above Bhavna.
  4. Rahul lives on the topmost floor.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 24 possible arrangements of 4 people.
  2. Clue 4 — "Rahul lives on the topmost floor." ⇒ Rahul → floor 4 (6 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): Rahul · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 2 — "Neha lives on an odd-numbered floor." narrows it to 4 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): Rahul · _ · _ · _
  4. Clue 1 — "Neha lives on a floor somewhere above Bhavna." ⇒ Neha → floor 3 (2 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): Rahul · Neha · _ · _
  5. Clue 3 — "Kiran lives on a floor somewhere above Bhavna." ⇒ Kiran → floor 2, Bhavna → floor 1 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Rahul · Neha · Kiran · Bhavna
  6. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 9

5 people live in a 5-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 5 is the top.

  1. Priya lives on an even-numbered floor.
  2. There are exactly 2 floors between Priya and Harsh.
  3. Deepak lives on a floor somewhere above Priya.
  4. Divya lives on a floor somewhere above Tanvi.
  5. There is exactly 1 floor between Divya and Tanvi.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 120 possible arrangements of 5 people.
  2. Clue 2 — "There are exactly 2 floors between Priya and Harsh." narrows it to 24 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 5 — "There is exactly 1 floor between Divya and Tanvi." narrows it to 8 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  4. Clue 1 — "Priya lives on an even-numbered floor." narrows it to 4 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  5. Clue 3 — "Deepak lives on a floor somewhere above Priya." ⇒ Priya → floor 2, Deepak → floor 4, Harsh → floor 5 (2 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): Harsh · Deepak · _ · Priya · _
  6. Clue 4 — "Divya lives on a floor somewhere above Tanvi." ⇒ Divya → floor 3, Tanvi → floor 1 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Harsh · Deepak · Divya · Priya · Tanvi
  7. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 10

5 people live in a 5-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 5 is the top.

  1. Rohan lives on the topmost floor.
  2. There are exactly 2 floors between Rohan and Vikram.
  3. Priya lives on the floor immediately above Pooja.
  4. Priya lives on a floor somewhere above Meera.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 120 possible arrangements of 5 people.
  2. Clue 1 — "Rohan lives on the topmost floor." ⇒ Rohan → floor 5 (24 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): Rohan · _ · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 3 — "Priya lives on the floor immediately above Pooja." narrows it to 6 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): Rohan · _ · _ · _ · _
  4. Clue 2 — "There are exactly 2 floors between Rohan and Vikram." ⇒ Priya → floor 4, Meera → floor 1, Pooja → floor 3, Vikram → floor 2 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Rohan · Priya · Pooja · Vikram · Meera
  5. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.

Question 11

5 people live in a 5-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 5 is the top.

  1. Omkar lives on the lowest floor.
  2. There are exactly 2 floors between Rahul and Omkar.
  3. Kiran lives on the topmost floor.
  4. Isha lives on a floor somewhere above Nikhil.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

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

Question 12

6 people live in a 6-storey building, one person on each floor — floor 1 is the ground floor and floor 6 is the top.

  1. Harsh and Imran do NOT live on adjacent floors.
  2. Yash lives on the floor immediately above Bhavna.
  3. There are exactly 3 floors between Tarun and Yash.
  4. There are exactly 2 floors between Tarun and Imran.
  5. Tarun lives on a floor somewhere above Sanjay.

Can you work out who lives on each floor?

Show the worked solution
  1. Start: 720 possible arrangements of 6 people.
  2. Clue 2 — "Yash lives on the floor immediately above Bhavna." narrows it to 120 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  3. Clue 3 — "There are exactly 3 floors between Tarun and Yash." narrows it to 18 possibilities. Board (top → bottom): _ · _ · _ · _ · _ · _
  4. Clue 4 — "There are exactly 2 floors between Tarun and Imran." ⇒ Tarun → floor 6, Bhavna → floor 1, Imran → floor 3, Yash → floor 2 (2 possibilities left). Board (top → bottom): Tarun · _ · _ · Imran · Yash · Bhavna
  5. Clue 1 — "Harsh and Imran do NOT live on adjacent floors." ⇒ Sanjay → floor 4, Harsh → floor 5 (1 possibility left). Board (top → bottom): Tarun · Harsh · Sanjay · Imran · Yash · Bhavna
  6. Exactly one arrangement survives every clue — that is the answer.
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Most free practice for this topic is a scanned upload or a blog quiz, and neither can tell you a question has exactly one answer. That is the one thing this set can promise: it is minted, not typed. The engine behind it serves Deduce's daily puzzle round, so the questions here are the same shape as the ones a live round would give you — and there is an unlimited supply of them, which is why this page can be regenerated rather than padded.

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FAQ

How many floors do exam floor puzzles usually have?

Five, six, seven or eight, with one person per floor. Six and seven are the most common in IBPS and SBI prelims. A taller building is not harder by itself — what raises the difficulty is the ratio of vague relative clues to clues that fix an exact floor, because vague clues force casework.

What is the fastest way to start a floor puzzle?

Draw the floors as a column, ground floor at the bottom, and place only the clues that fix somebody exactly. Relative clues like 'A lives above B' go into a margin list, not onto the grid. Branch into cases only when no absolute clue is left, and kill each branch the moment a later clue contradicts it.

Are these floor puzzle questions the same every visit?

The set on this page is fixed so it can be indexed, printed and shared. The engine behind it generates a fresh, validated puzzle every day for the daily challenge, so the PDF is a stable practice set and the site is where new ones arrive.

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