Directions: Consider the given information and answer the three items that follow.
Six boxes A, B, C, D, E and F have been painted with six different colours viz., violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow and orange and arranged from left to right (not necessarily either kept or painted with the colours in the same order). Each box contains a ball of any one of the following six games: cricket, hockey, tennis, golf, football and volleyball (not necessarily in the same order). The golf ball is in violet box and is not in the box D. The box A which contains tennis ball is orange in colour and is at the extreme right. The hockey ball is neither in box D nor in box E. The box C having cricket ball is painted green. The hockey ball is neither in the box painted blue nor in the box painted yellow. The box C is fifth from right and next to box B. The box B contains volleyball. The box containing the hockey ball is between the boxes containing golf ball and volleyball.

Which one of the following boxes contains the golf ball ?

Question

Directions: Consider the given information and answer the three items that follow.
Six boxes A, B, C, D, E and F have been painted with six different colours viz., violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow and orange and arranged from left to right (not necessarily either kept or painted with the colours in the same order). Each box contains a ball of any one of the following six games: cricket, hockey, tennis, golf, football and volleyball (not necessarily in the same order). The golf ball is in violet box and is not in the box D. The box A which contains tennis ball is orange in colour and is at the extreme right. The hockey ball is neither in box D nor in box E. The box C having cricket ball is painted green. The hockey ball is neither in the box painted blue nor in the box painted yellow. The box C is fifth from right and next to box B. The box B contains volleyball. The box containing the hockey ball is between the boxes containing golf ball and volleyball.

Which one of the following boxes contains the golf ball ?

Accepted Answer

Correct Option: (b) E Let the six positions from left to right be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Box A containing the tennis ball is orange and at the extreme right (position 6). Box C containing the cricket ball is green and is fifth from the right, which is position 2. Box C is next to Box B. Since Box B has volleyball, B cannot be at position 1 (which would leave no space for hockey/golf adjacent to volleyball). Thus, Box B is at position 3. The hockey ball is between golf and volleyball. Since volleyball is at B (position 3), hockey must be at position 4 and golf at position 5. Since hockey is neither in Box D nor E, and golf is not in D, and Box C (position 2), B (position 3), and A (position 6) are occupied, Box F must contain hockey (position 4), Box E must contain golf (position 5), and Box D must contain football (position 1). Thus, Box E contains the golf ball.

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