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