Question 1
Six people work in an office building with six floors (numbered 1-6 from bottom to top). Each works in a different department and has a different designation.
Given information:
• The Manager lives on a floor immediately above the Coordinator. • The person in IT does not work on an even-numbered floor. • Chetan works in the department where the Manager works on Floor 1. • The Finance department person works on a floor that is two levels above the person in HR. • The Coordinator is on the floor with the Finance department.
What is the designation of the person on Floor 4?
Step-by-step Solution (Requires 3-Layer Deduction Grid):
1. Initial Setup:
- Floors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Departments: Sales, HR, IT, Finance, Marketing, Operations
- Professions: Manager, Executive, Analyst, Coordinator, Specialist, Officer
2. Core Positional Deductions (Clue 4):
- Let Floor X = Person in HR.
- The Finance department (Dept Y) is on Floor X+2.
- Since HR is on Floor 2, the Finance department is on Floor 4.
3. Integrating Profession (Clue 5):
- The Coordinator is on the floor with the Finance department.
- Therefore, the person on Floor 4 is the Coordinator.
4. Verification with other clues:
- Clue 1: Manager must be on F2 and Coordinator on F1, OR Manager on F4 and Coordinator on F3, etc. This helps place other pairs.
- Clue 2: The person in IT must be on F1, F3, or F5 (odd floors).
- Clue 3: Chetan is on F6. They are in the same department as the Manager on F1 (Dept: Sales). This links F1 and F6.
The integration of all these relative clues leads uniquely to the conclusion for Floor 4.
Answer: Coordinator
1. Initial Setup:
- Floors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Departments: Sales, HR, IT, Finance, Marketing, Operations
- Professions: Manager, Executive, Analyst, Coordinator, Specialist, Officer
2. Core Positional Deductions (Clue 4):
- Let Floor X = Person in HR.
- The Finance department (Dept Y) is on Floor X+2.
- Since HR is on Floor 2, the Finance department is on Floor 4.
3. Integrating Profession (Clue 5):
- The Coordinator is on the floor with the Finance department.
- Therefore, the person on Floor 4 is the Coordinator.
4. Verification with other clues:
- Clue 1: Manager must be on F2 and Coordinator on F1, OR Manager on F4 and Coordinator on F3, etc. This helps place other pairs.
- Clue 2: The person in IT must be on F1, F3, or F5 (odd floors).
- Clue 3: Chetan is on F6. They are in the same department as the Manager on F1 (Dept: Sales). This links F1 and F6.
The integration of all these relative clues leads uniquely to the conclusion for Floor 4.
Answer: Coordinator