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 Green in color.
2. The box on the bottom floor (1st floor) is from Hyderabad.
3. There are exactly 2 boxes between the Black box and the Green box.
4. The box from Delhi is kept immediately below the box containing the Bottle.
5. The Purple 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 Brown 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 | Green | Kolkata | Watch
6 | Brown | Bengaluru | Book
5 | Blue | Pune | Laptop
4 | Black | Chennai | Charger
3 | Pink | Delhi | Bottle
2 | Purple | Mumbai | Pen
1 | Orange | Hyderabad | 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 | Green | Kolkata | Watch
6 | Brown | Bengaluru | Book
5 | Blue | Pune | Laptop
4 | Black | Chennai | Charger
3 | Pink | Delhi | Bottle
2 | Purple | Mumbai | Pen
1 | Orange | Hyderabad | Phone