PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

BOX(ES) BASED PUZZLES

PREPARATORY SET-47 (MODERATE)

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

 

Eight boxes of dry fruits were kept one over another in a stack. Each box had a different dry fruit viz., cashew, fig, walnut, apricot, almonds, pistachio, dates and raisins not necessarily in the same order.

 

There were 4 boxes between apricots and cashews. Apricots were kept above cashews. Walnuts were kept immediately below cashew. Pistachio and apricot were kept in consecutive boxes. There was 1 box between pistachio and almonds. Two boxes were between dates and figs. Dates were kept above fig. Dates were not kept in the topmost box.

 

Question No : 1

How many boxes were kept below figs?

(1) None

(2) 1

(3) 2

(4) 3

(5) None than three

Question No : 2

Which dry fruit was kept just above raisins?

(1) Apricots

(2) Figs

(3) Dates

(4) None of these

(5) Pistachio

Question No : 3

How many boxes were kept above dates?

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3

(4) 4

(5) 5

Question No : 4

How many boxes were kept between raisin and apricot?

(1) None

(2) 1

(3) 2

(4) 3

(5) Can’t say

Question No : 5

Which dry fruit was kept immediately below walnut?

(1) None, walnut was in the lowest box

(2) Dates

(3) Raisin

(4) Figs

(5) Can’t say