Question 1
Seven boxes of different colors are stacked on 7 different floors (Floor 7 is top, Floor 1 is bottom).
Each box belongs to a different city and contains a different item.
Clues:
1. The box on the top floor (7th floor) is Red in color.
2. The box on the bottom floor (1st floor) is from Pune.
3. There are exactly 2 boxes between the Black box and the Brown box.
4. The Pink box is kept immediately above the box from Bengaluru.
5. The Yellow box is kept on an even-numbered floor but not on the 2nd floor.
6. The box containing Laptop is not kept on the topmost or bottommost floor.
Question: On which floor is the Purple box kept?
Multi-attribute Box Puzzle Strategy
Create a 7x4 table with Floors (7 top to 1 bottom) as rows.
Apply definite clues first (top floor color, bottom floor city).
Use spacing and adjacency clues to fix relative positions.
Use even/odd constraints to narrow down possibilities.
Final deduced arrangement (Top to Bottom):
Floor | Color | City | Item
--- | --- | --- | ---
7 | Red | Delhi | Watch
6 | Brown | Mumbai | Book
5 | Orange | Chennai | Charger
4 | Pink | Hyderabad | Laptop
3 | Black | Bengaluru | Pen
2 | Yellow | Kolkata | Bottle
1 | Purple | Pune | Phone
Create a 7x4 table with Floors (7 top to 1 bottom) as rows.
Apply definite clues first (top floor color, bottom floor city).
Use spacing and adjacency clues to fix relative positions.
Use even/odd constraints to narrow down possibilities.
Final deduced arrangement (Top to Bottom):
Floor | Color | City | Item
--- | --- | --- | ---
7 | Red | Delhi | Watch
6 | Brown | Mumbai | Book
5 | Orange | Chennai | Charger
4 | Pink | Hyderabad | Laptop
3 | Black | Bengaluru | Pen
2 | Yellow | Kolkata | Bottle
1 | Purple | Pune | Phone