PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

BOX(ES) BASED PUZZLES

PREPARATORY SET-03 (HARD)

Direction (Qs.1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

 

Six Boxes – P, Q, R, S, T and U are placed in different shelves. The bottommost shelf is numbered as 1 and topmost shelf is numbered as 6. Two boxes have 200 chocolates, two boxes have 400 chocolates and remaining boxes have 160 numbers of chocolates. The boxes are in three different colors – Yellow, Orange, and Black but not more than two boxes are in same color.

 

Not more than two boxes are placed above S. Box U is yellow in color and having highest number of chocolates and placed second position from the top. Box Q is Black in color and three boxes are placed between Q and the box which have 400 chocolates which is placed in even numbered shelf. Both the Orange color boxes are placed above the Black color box which is not Box Q. The number of chocolates in box R is equal to 2/5 times of number of chocolates in box T. Box P doesn’t have second highest number of chocolates and never placed below box T. The boxes which are in same color are not placed adjacent to each other.

 

Question No : 1

How many box’s shelf number is greater than box P?

(1) One

(2) Two

(3) Three

(4) None

(5) More than three

Question No : 2

Which of following statement is/are true?

(I) Box S has more number of chocolates than box Q

(II) Box P is placed just above Black color box

(III) Two boxes are placed between Yellow color boxes

(IV) If box G is placed four places above box S then there are two boxes between U and G.

(1) Only (I) and (II)

(2) Only (I), (II) and (III)

(3) Only (II) and (III)

(4) Only (IV)

(5) All the statements are true

Question No : 3

Which of following is not true?

(1) The sum of number of chocolates of both Black color boxes is 360

(2) Box Q has more number of chocolates than box T

(3) The difference between number of chocolates in box S and T is equal to number of chocolates in box Q

(4) Box R is Yellow in color

(5) Both (2) and (4)

Question No : 4

What is the position of box P with respect to Black color box which has 160 chocolates?

(1) Immediately above

(2) Two shelves above

(3) Immediately below

(4) Four shelves below

(5) Four shelves above

Question No : 5

Which of the following boxes are in Orange color?

(1) S and P

(2) T and Q

(3) R and S

(4) S and T

(5) None of these