PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

BOX(ES) BASED PUZZLES

PREPARATORY SET-115 (HARD)

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

 

Eighteen boxes are kept in a row from left to right. Each box contains different number of pens from 2 to 24. Only information about few boxes are known.

 

The box which contains 12 pens is four places above the box which contains 9 pens. Six boxes are kept between the box which contains 12 pens and the box which contains 7 pens. The box which contains 16 pens are neither kept adjacent to the box which contains odd number of pens nor kept adjacent to the box which contains 18 pens. Three boxes are kept between the box which contains 11 pens and the box which contains 7 pens. The box which contains 11 pens are kept fourth from either end and is not kept adjacent to the box which contains 9 pens. Neither the box which contains 9 pens nor the box which contains 7 pens are kept at top or bottom. The box which contains 16 pens are kept three places below the box which contains 21 pens. One box is kept between the box which contains 23 pens and the box which contains 8 pens. The box which contains 21 pens are neither kept adjacent to the box which contains 7 pens nor kept adjacent to the box which contains 9 pens. At least five boxes are kept right of the box which contains 23 pens. The box which contains 18 pens are four places above the box which contains 23 pens. The box which contains 8 pens are neither kept adjacent to the box which contains 9 pens nor kept adjacent to the box which contains 7 pens. Number of boxes between the box which contains 8 pens and the box which contains 9 pens are equal to number of boxes between the box which contains 19 pens and the box which contains 16 pens. Five boxes are kept between the box which contains 19 pens and the box which contains 3 pens.

 

Question No : 1

What is the position of the box which contains 7 pens with respect to the box which contains 3 pens?

(1) Third from top

(2) Fourth from bottom

(3) Immediate right

(4) Second from top

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

What is the position of the box which contains 21 pens from bottom?

(1) Eighth

(2) Fifth

(3) Seventh

(4) Third

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

If the box which contains 5 pens is three places below the box which contains 3 pens, then how many boxes are kept between the box which contains 7 pens and the box which contains 5 pens?

(1) Three

(2) Two

(3) More than three

(4) One

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Which of the following box is adjacent to the box which contains 12 pens?

(1) The box which contains 23 pens

(2) The box which contains 19 pens

(3) The box which contains 11 pens

(4) The box which contains 3 pens

(5) Can’t say

Question No : 5

If the box which contains 14 pens is kept exactly between the box which contains 19 pens and 9 pens, then what is the position of the box which contains 21 pens with respect to the box which contains 14 pens?

(1) Fourth

(2) Second

(3) Sixth

(4) Third

(5) Can’t say