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A residential tower in Kochi has eight floors numbered 1 (bottom) to 8 (top), and Pallavi, Qadir, Rohini, Sameer, Tanvi, Umesh, Varun and Waseem each live on a different floor. Sameer lives on an odd-numbered floor with only one person above him. Two people live between Sameer and Pallavi. Tanvi lives immediately below Pallavi. Waseem lives immediately below Tanvi. Qadir lives on an even-numbered floor. Umesh lives immediately below Qadir. Varun lives on a higher floor than Qadir. Who lives on the floor immediately below Waseem?

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  • ATanvi
  • BRohini
  • CUmesh
  • DVarun

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Sameer 7, Pallavi 4, Tanvi 3, Waseem 2. Qadir must be on 6 (2 is taken, 8 leaves no room for Varun above), so Umesh 5, Varun 8 and Rohini 1. Floors 1 to 8: Rohini, Waseem, Tanvi, Pallavi, Umesh, Qadir, Sameer, Varun. Waseem is on floor 2, so Rohini (floor 1) lives immediately below him.
Answer: B) Rohini

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