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 Purple in color.
2. The box on the bottom floor (1st floor) is from Mumbai.
3. There are exactly 2 boxes between the Yellow box and the Red box.
4. The Orange box is kept immediately above the box from Kolkata.
5. The Green box is kept on an even-numbered floor but not on the 2nd floor.
6. The box containing Charger is not kept on the topmost or bottommost floor.
Question: How many boxes are kept between the Orange and Yellow boxes?
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 | Purple | Delhi | Watch
6 | Red | Bengaluru | Book
5 | White | Hyderabad | Pen
4 | Orange | Chennai | Bottle
3 | Yellow | Kolkata | Phone
2 | Green | Pune | Laptop
1 | Blue | Mumbai | Charger
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 | Purple | Delhi | Watch
6 | Red | Bengaluru | Book
5 | White | Hyderabad | Pen
4 | Orange | Chennai | Bottle
3 | Yellow | Kolkata | Phone
2 | Green | Pune | Laptop
1 | Blue | Mumbai | Charger