Read the given information carefully and answer the related questions: Six…
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Read the given information carefully and answer the related questions:
Six boxes - A, B, C, D, E and F are placed one above another. These boxes are of different types – Jute, Steel, Iron, Wood, Leather, Brass. All the information is not necessarily in the same order. Box D is placed three places above leather box. Same number of boxes are placed above box D and below steel box. Box B is placed just below box F and just above wood box. Box A is placed two places below iron box. More than one box is placed below box C which is placed below brass box.
If box E is related to wood box, box A is related to leather box, then in similar manner, which box is related to jute box?
- A.
Box D
- B.
Box F
- C.
Box B
- D.
Box C
- E.
None of the above
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Concept
In a vertical box-arrangement puzzle, fix the stack by combining the clues that pin absolute gaps ("three places above", "two places below") with the clues that pin adjacency ("just below", "just above"). A "same number above X as below Y" clue is a symmetry condition that forces both counts to be equal, often locating the extremes of the stack.
Building the arrangement
"Box D is three places above the leather box" and "the number of boxes above D equals the number below the steel box": testing positions, D can only sit at the top, which makes the boxes above D equal to zero, so the steel box must be at the very bottom with zero boxes below it.
"Box D is three places above the leather box" then places the leather box three steps down from the top.
"Box B is just below box F and just above the wood box": this fixes the order F, then B, then the wood box as a consecutive block.
"Box A is two places below the iron box": A sits two steps under whichever box is iron.
"More than one box is below box C, and C is below the brass box": C cannot be at the bottom and the brass box sits above it; this pins the brass box to the top, identifying D as brass.
Combining all constraints yields one consistent stack from top to bottom:
Position (top to bottom) | Box | Type |
|---|---|---|
1 (top) | D | Brass |
2 | C | Jute |
3 | F | Iron |
4 | B | Leather |
5 | A | Wood |
6 (bottom) | E | Steel |
Answering the relationship
The given pairs reveal the rule. The steel box (E) is matched with the wood box, and the wood box sits immediately above E. The wood box (A) is matched with the leather box, and the leather box sits immediately above A. So each box is related to the box placed directly above it.
Applying the same rule to the jute box: the jute box is C, sitting second from the top. The box that has the jute box directly above it is the one immediately below C, which is the iron box, F. Hence the box related to the jute box is Box F.
Cross-check
Re-read each pair: E with the box above it (wood) and A with the box above it (leather) both hold. The box just below the jute box (C) is F, so F is related to the jute box, consistent with the rule.