The Flat and Floor is an important type of puzzle section in the Reasoning Section. These puzzles appear consistently in the Prelims as well as Mains, typically in sets of 5 questions, and are designed to test your logical arrangement skills in a structured setup involving floors of a building and sometimes flats on each floor. If you’re preparing for RRB PO 2025, understanding the recurring question patterns and strategies to solve these Flat and Floor puzzles can significantly boost your reasoning score. In this article, we’ll provide a detailed strategy to solve puzzle questions along with the detailed solution.
Let’s review the patterns based on RRB PO exams from 2018 to 2024:
| Year | Number of Questions | Floors | Flats per Floor | Complexity | Exam Type |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 2 | Easy | Prelims |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Moderate | Prelims |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 | 2 | Moderate | Mains |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 | 3 | Moderate to Difficult | Mains |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 2 | Moderate | Prelims |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 | 2 | Moderate | Mains |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 2 | Moderate | Prelims |
Observation:
Most frequently, puzzles involved 2 flats on each floor.
The number of floors typically ranged between 5 to 8.
The level varied from Easy to Moderate in Prelims and Moderate to Difficult in Mains.
5-mark puzzles regularly appeared in both Prelims and Mains.
Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Question 1: Who pays Rs. 5000 rent?
A) Q
B) R
C) P
D) V
E) None of the above
Question 2: What is the difference of the rent paid by Q and V?
A) Rs. 5000
B) Rs. 10000
C) Rs. 2000
D) Rs. 4000
E) Rs. 1000
Question 3: Who among the following lives on topmost floor?
A) The one who pays Rs. 8000 rent
B) Q
C) The one who pays Rs. 5000 rent
D) S
E) None of the above
Question 4: What is the sum of the rent paid by the one who lives on 4th floor and rent paid by T?
A) Rs. 18000
B) Rs. 20000
C) Rs. 19000
D) Rs. 17000
E) Rs. 16000
Question 5: Who lives two floors above the one who pays the highest rent?
A) Q
B) T
C) S
D) V
E) P
More questions and detailed solutions are provided in the PDF..
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