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UPSC CSAT 2012Ordering & Arrangement

In five flats, one above the other, live five professionals. The professor has to go up to meet his IAS officer friend. The doctor is equally friendly to all, and has to go up as frequently as go down. The engineer has to go up to meet his MLA friend above whose flat lives the professor’s friend. From the ground floor to the top floor, in what order do the five professionals live?

AEngineer, Professor, Doctor, IAS officer, MLA
BProfessor, Engineer, Doctor, IAS officer, MLA
CIAS officer, Engineer, Doctor, Professor, MLA
DProfessor, Engineer, Doctor, MLA, IAS officer
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Correct AnswerD
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The constraints force the symmetric doctor to the middle, with the professor below his IAS friend and the engineer below his MLA friend; the consistent order from ground to top is Professor, Engineer, Doctor, MLA, IAS officer.

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