PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

BOX(ES) BASED PUZZLES

PREPARATORY SET-121 (HARD)

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

 

Eight boxes P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are kept one above another in such a way that the position of bottom most box is numbered one, the above one is numbered two and so on till the position of the topmost box is numbered 8. The boxes were in different colours viz., Violet, Blue, Black, Green, Yellow, Red, Maroon and White. Each box having different number of sweets in that viz., 19, 25, 32, 38, 43, 47, 55 and 67. The given above information are not necessary to be in the same order. The number of sweets in the box is does not match with the multiples of the position of the boxes were kept except bottom most box.

 

Three boxes are kept between box P and the box which has number of sweets in multiple of 11, which is kept one of the even numbered position. The Maroon coloured box is kept immediately above the Box P but not in the third position. Two boxes are kept between the Maroon coloured box and the box U. Only one box is kept between U and the box which has the sweets in multiple of the lowest number of sweets. Box T is kept immediately below the Yellow coloured box. Two boxes are kept between T and the box which has the sweets in perfect square of a number, which is does not kept below the box T. As many boxes are kept above the box V is same as the boxes kept below the box which has lowest number of sweets. The Blue coloured box is kept immediately above the box V. The Blue coloured box does not kept at topmost position. Two boxes are kept between box W and the Green coloured box. The green coloured box has 11 sweets more than the sweets in the box W, which does not kept at the topmost position. The Red coloured box is kept immediately below the box S. As many boxes kept between box U and the White coloured box is same as the boxes kept between the box R and the Black coloured box. The box U is not in Black colour. The box R does not has the lowest number of sweets. Neither Blue nor Black coloured boxes has the maximum number of sweets.

 

Question No : 1

Which of the following coloured box has the lowest number of sweets?

(1) Yellow

(2) Blue

(3) Black

(4) White

(5) Maroon

Question No : 2

How many boxes are kept between the box Q and the Red coloured box?

(1) One

(2) Two

(3) Three

(4) More than three

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Which of the following statements is true?

(1) W has the lowest number of sweets

(2) The Blue coloured box has 25 sweets

(3) The Violet coloured box is kept at fourth position

(4) The box V is kept at the top

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following that does not belong to the group?

(1) The Black coloured box

(2) Box T

(3) The Blue coloured box

(4) Box U

(5) The Maroon coloured box

Question No : 5

What is the average number of sweets in the box Q and the Maroon coloured box?

(1) 33

(2) 45

(3) 22

(4) 57

(5) 35