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