Sixteen individuals — A, B, C, E, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, and Y — reside in two flats (Flat 1 and Flat 2) of a four-floor building. The floor...

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Sixteen individuals — A, B, C, E, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, and Y — reside in two flats (Flat 1 and Flat 2) of a four-floor building. The floors are numbered from 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest). Flat 1 is located to the west of Flat 2. Flat 1 on floor 2 is directly above Flat 1 on floor 1, and similarly for Flat 2. There are eight married couples, each couple living together on the same floor and in the same flat. Names starting with a vowel indicate females, who live only on even-numbered floors. The following conditions apply:

  • A lives directly above P’s spouse’s flat.
  • A’s spouse lives in an odd-numbered flat.
  • O and Q live on the same floor.
  • T lives to the northeast of U and below E.
  • Q does not live in the same flat as E.
  • B lives on an even-numbered floor and two floors above N.
  • S lives to the southwest of B but not below N.
  • R lives to the north of X and is not married to A.
  • X’s spouse lives to the east of Y.
  • C is not the spouse of Y or X.
  • V and U live in the same flat and share the same gender.
  • W and Q share the same gender.

Question: How many floors are below Q’s spouse?

Options

A.

(a) Same as the number of floors below A

B.

(b) Same as the number of floors below T

C.

(c) Same as the number of floors between P and X

D.

(d) More than two

E.

(e) None of these

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