Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions…
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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.
Six boxes -- J, L, N, Q, R and V -- are placed one above another and contain six different colours: Blue, Green, Pink, Red, White and Yellow, but not necessarily in that order. Box L is placed four levels above the box that contains Pink colour. Only two boxes are placed between the box that contains White colour and Box N, and neither of them is placed at the top or bottom position. Box V is placed just above the box that contains Red colour. As many boxes are placed above the box that contains Green colour as are placed below Box J. The box that contains Red colour and the box that contains Pink colour are placed adjacent to each other. Box Q is placed below Box L, but it does not contain Yellow or Blue colour. Neither Box V nor Box R contains Green or White colour. The box that contains Blue colour is placed below the box that contains Yellow colour.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
- A.
The Box R contains Pink colour.
- B.
Only two boxes are placed between the Box V and Box R.
- C.
Only one box is placed below the box that contains Blue colour.
- D.
Box J contains Blue colour.
- E.
None of these.
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Correct answer: D
A vertical (floor/level) arrangement puzzle is solved by converting each clue into a level equation or a relative-position rule, testing the most restrictive clue first (the one with the fewest possible placements), then using adjacency and elimination to fix the remaining boxes, and finally verifying every clue against the completed stack before reading off the answer.
Number the six levels 1 (bottom) to 6 (top). "Box L is four levels above the Pink box" leaves only two possibilities in a stack of six: Pink at level 1 with L at level 5, or Pink at level 2 with L at level 6.
Testing Pink at level 1 (L at level 5): adjacency forces Red to level 2, and "V just above Red" forces V to level 3. Box V cannot hold Green or White, and if V held Yellow, Blue would need a level below level 3 -- but levels 1 and 2 are already Pink and Red, leaving no room. So V itself must hold Blue.
Continuing this branch, the three remaining colours -- Green, White and Yellow -- must fill levels 4, 5 and 6 (Box V already holds Blue at level 3). Applying the "two boxes between White and Box N, neither at level 1 or level 6" rule to levels 4, 5 and 6 leaves only White at level 5 with Box N at level 2 as a valid fit.
The Green/Box-J level-balance rule then rules out Green at level 4 (which would force Box J to level 3, already occupied by Box V) and fixes Green at level 6 with Box J at level 1 -- which leaves Yellow at level 4. But the two boxes left for levels 4 and 6 are Box Q and Box R, and Box Q must sit below Box L (level 5); since level 6 is above level 5, Box Q is forced to level 4 -- the Yellow level -- directly contradicting Box Q's own restriction of not holding Yellow. This entire Pink-at-level-1 branch is therefore rejected.
So Pink is at level 2 and L is at level 6. Since Red must be adjacent to Pink, Red is at level 1 or level 3. Testing Red at level 1 puts V (just above Red) at level 2, which would give Box V the Pink colour. The "two boxes between White and Box N" rule then has no valid level left for White among levels 3, 4 and 5 -- level 3 would need Box N at level 6, level 4 would need Box N at level 1, and level 5 would need Box N at level 2, which Box V already occupies -- so this is rejected too, and Red is fixed at level 3, putting V at level 4.
Box V (level 4) cannot hold Green or White, so it holds Blue or Yellow. Testing V with Blue forces Yellow into level 5 or level 6, together with Green and White filling the rest: Yellow at level 5 leaves White with only levels 1 and 6, both forbidden ends, which is impossible; Yellow at level 6 forces White to level 5 and Green to level 1, but Green at level 1 then forces Box J to level 6 by the Green/Box-J balance rule -- and level 6 is already Box L. Both routes fail, so Box V cannot hold Blue; Box V holds Yellow instead.
With Box V holding Yellow at level 4, Blue-below-Yellow places Blue at level 1 -- the only level below 4 still open, since levels 2 and 3 are Pink and Red. Only Green and White remain, for levels 5 and 6; White cannot sit at level 6 (a forbidden end), so White is at level 5 and Green at level 6. Applying the "two boxes between White and Box N" rule (White at level 5) then fixes Box N at level 2.
The Green/Box-J level-balance rule now applies: Green is at level 6 (the top), so there are zero levels above it, which forces zero levels below Box J as well -- placing Box J at level 1, which is Blue.
Of the two boxes left, level 3 holds Red and level 5 holds White. Box R cannot hold White (the Green/White restriction on Box R), so Box R cannot occupy level 5 and instead takes level 3; level 5 -- and its White colour -- then goes to Box Q, consistent with Q's own restriction of not holding Yellow or Blue.
The completed stack (bottom to top):
Level (bottom to top) | Box | Colour |
|---|---|---|
1 | J | Blue |
2 | N | Pink |
3 | R | Red |
4 | V | Yellow |
5 | Q | White |
6 | L | Green |
Every one of the eight given clues -- the four-level gap between L and Pink, two boxes stacked between White and N with neither at the ends, V directly above Red, the equal level-counts around Green and Box J, Red-Pink adjacency, Q's position and colour restriction, the Green/White restriction on V and R, and Blue below Yellow -- holds against this arrangement.
Checking each statement against this arrangement: Box R holds Red, not Pink; Box V and Box R are adjacent with no box between them; the Blue box (level 1) has no box below it at all; and Box J holds Blue colour, exactly as stated. So the statement "Box J contains Blue colour" is the one that matches the arrangement.