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Eight flatmates A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H each have a different floor of an eight-storey hostel in Block 27, floor 1 being the lowest and floor 8 the highest. C has the top floor. Exactly two people live between C and H. A lives immediately above H. G lives on an odd-numbered floor above A. B lives two floors below H. D has the lowest floor and F lives just above D. How many people live between G and B?

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  • ATwo
  • BThree
  • CFour
  • DOne

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C is on 8, so H (two people between) is on 5 and A on 6. G is on the odd floor above 6, i.e. 7. B is on 3. D is on 1 and F on 2, leaving E on 4. Between G (7) and B (3) are floors 4, 5 and 6: three people.
Answer: B) Three

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