Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Eight boxes marked with different names viz. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are kept one above the other and each box contains a different article viz. Toy, Watch, Ball, Bag, Bottle, Book, Laptop and Mobile but not necessarily in the same order.

Box V is kept at a gap of two boxes from box U which contains Book. The box which contains Ball is kept at a gap of two boxes from Box W. Box T, which is neither kept at the top nor contains Bag, is kept at a gap of two boxes from the box which contains Toy. Box S is kept at a gap of two boxes from Box Q. The box which contains Bottle is kept at a gap of one box from Box T. Neither Box V nor Box U is kept either at the top or bottom. At most two boxes are kept below box V, which neither contains Mobile nor contains Laptop. The box which contains Mobile is kept at a gap of one box from the box which contains a Laptop. The box which contains Toy is kept at a gap of one box from the box which contains a Book. Box P is kept at any place above box Q. At least three boxes are kept above the box which contains toys. The box which contains Toy and the box which contains Mobile are kept adjacent to each other. Box R is neither kept at the top nor contains Ball. The number of boxes kept between Box V and Box R, which doesn’t contain Toys, is same as the number of boxes are kept between Box P and Box S, which is neither kept at the top nor contains Toy.

1) How many boxes are kept between the box which contains Book and the box which contains Watch?

A. Two

B. One

C. Four

D. Three

E. None

2) Which of the following box contains Bag?

A. Box R

B. Box T

C. Box Q

D. Box U

E. Can’t be determined

3) If all the boxes are arranged in alphabetical order from bottom to top, then the position of how many boxes remains unchanged?

A. Three

B. One

C. More than three

D. Two

E. None

4) Which of the following statement is not true?

A. The box which contains Bottle is kept just below box Q.

B. Box W is kept fifth from the bottom, just below box U.

C. Box S contains Laptop and is kept adjacent to box P.

D. Only three boxes are kept above box T

None of these

5) Which of the following combination of elements doesn’t belong to the group?

A. Bag –Mobile

B. Book – Bottle

C. Watch – Toy

D. Mobile – Laptop

E. Ball – Mobile

Explanation

We have:

• Box V is kept at a gap of two boxes from box U which contains Book. At most two boxes are kept below box V, which neither contains Mobile nor contain Laptop,
• Neither Box V nor Box U is kept either at the top or bottom.
• The box which contains Toy is kept at a gap of one box from the box which contains a Book. At least three boxes are kept above the box which contains Toy
• Box T, which is neither kept at the top nor contains Bag, is kept at a gap of two from Box which contains Toys
•  Based on the above given information we have:

Again, we have:

• The box which contains Mobile is kept at a gap of one box from the box which contains a Laptop, as V neither contains Mobile nor contains Laptop. The box which contains Toy and Mobile are kept adjacent to each other.
• The box which contains Bottle is kept at a gap of one box from Box T, Based on the above given information we have:

Case (2a) is not valid as the box which contains Bottle is kept at a gap of one box from box T and that condition is not valid in case (2a).

Again, we have:

• The number of boxes are kept between Box V and Box R, which doesn’t contain Toy, is same as the number of boxes are kept between Box P and Box S, which is neither kept at the top nor contains Toy. Box R is neither kept at the top nor contains Ball. Box S is kept at a gap of two boxes from Box Q. Box P is kept at any place above box Q,
• The box which contains Ball is kept at a gap of two boxes from Box W and R doesn’t contain Ball, that means case (1a) and (1b) is not valid, thus box P must contain Ball.

Based on the above given information we have:

Case (1a) and Case (1b) are not valid as box W is kept at a gap of two boxes from the box which contains Ball, but in case (1a) and (1b) W is kept at a gap of two from the box that contains Laptop which is not valid.

Again, we have:

• As box T doesn’t contain Bag, thus T must contain Watch.

Based on the above given information we have the final arrangement as follow:

1) Answer: C

2) Answer: A

3) Answer: B

4) Answer: D

5) Answer: D