PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

BOX(ES) BASED PUZZLES

PREPARATORY SET-111 (HARD)

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

 

Eight boxes are kept in a rack one above another in such a way that the position of the bottom most box is numbered one, the above one is numbered two and so on till the topmost position of the box is numbered eight. All the boxes are in different colours viz., Violet, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Black and White but not necessary in the same order. Each box has different number of balls, which are either prime or perfect square value of a number in the range of 12 to 50.

 

Two boxes are kept between the Black coloured box and the box which has the balls in multiples of 5, which is above the Black coloured box. The Black coloured box is kept at one of the odd numbered position but not in the bottom most position. Three boxes are kept between the Green coloured box and the box which has balls in multiple of 8 and both are does not kept at the topmost position. The Green coloured box is kept at one of the even numbered position. Only one box is kept between the Violet coloured box and the box has maximum number of balls, which has 6 balls more than the balls in Violet coloured box. The Violet coloured box is kept immediately above the Orange coloured box, which is not kept at the bottom most position. The Black coloured box has 7 more balls than in the box has minimum number of balls. The Blue coloured box is kept immediately below the box which has even number of balls but not has minimum number of balls. The White coloured box has one ball more than the Red coloured box. The Orange coloured box has the balls more than the Green coloured box and less than Red coloured box but not 31.The difference between the balls of Yellow coloured and the Violet coloured boxes is 25. The number of balls in the Yellow coloured box is less than the Violet coloured box.

 

Question No : 1

Which of the following boxes is placed at the topmost position?

(1) The box which has maximum number of balls

(2) Violet coloured box

(3) Red coloured box

(4) The box which has 31 balls

(5) White coloured box

Question No : 2

How many boxes are kept between the Yellow coloured box and the box which has second highest number of balls?

(1) Three

(2) More than three

(3) One

(4) Two

(5) None

Question No : 3

What is the average number of balls in the White coloured and Green coloured boxes?

(1) 31

(2) 39

(3) 26

(4) 37

(5) 28

Question No : 4

Which of the following statements is true?

(1) Only one box is kept between Blue and Orange coloured boxes

(2) Orange coloured box has 29 balls

(3) Violet coloured box is kept in one of the even numbered position

(4) Yellow coloured box is kept immediately below White coloured box

(5) None is true

Question No : 5

If White is related to 36 and Blue is related to 16 in a certain way. Then, Green is related to which of the following?

(1) 49

(2) 37

(3) 29

(4) 23

(5) 19