- AThree
- BFour
- CFive
- DTwo
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Middle floor = fourth: J. O fifth, K sixth, M seventh. N is three floors below J: first; L second; P takes the third floor. Above P live J, O, K and M — four people.
Answer: B) Four
J, K, L, M, N, O and P each live on a different floor of a seven-storey hostel (the lowest floor is the first, the top floor the seventh). M lives on the top floor. J lives on the middle floor. O lives immediately above J, and K lives between O and M. Exactly two people live between N and J, with N below J. L lives immediately above N. How many people live above P?
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