Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I live on different floors of a nine-storey building numbered 1 to 9 from bottom to top. Each person speaks a...

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Nine persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I live on different floors of a nine-storey building numbered 1 to 9 from bottom to top. Each person speaks a different language: Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, and Bengali. Based on the following clues, answer the question:

  • D speaks Telugu.
  • Three persons live between A and the one who speaks Malayalam.
  • The number of persons living above A is equal to the number of persons living below A.
  • A does not speak Kannada.
  • Three persons live between H and the one who speaks Bengali.
  • The number of persons living above G is equal to the number of persons living below the one who speaks Bengali.
  • Two persons live between E and the one who speaks Kannada.
  • E does not speak Bengali.
  • The one who speaks Hindi lives just above the one who speaks Gujarati.
  • Neither A nor E speaks Hindi.
  • C lives just below the one who speaks Marathi but above the 4th floor.
  • The number of persons living above I is equal to the number of persons living below the one who speaks Tamil.
  • F lives above I's floor.
  • The one who speaks Punjabi doesn't live on the bottommost floor.

Question: Who among the following speaks Punjabi?

Options

A.

(a) A

B.

(b) E

C.

(c) B

D.

(d) H

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