Passage

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.
QUESTION

CSAT

Hard

Reasoning

Prelims 2016

Which one of the following boxes contains the golf ball?

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Explanation

Step 1: Identify the given conditions A contains tennis ball and is orange in color, and it is at the extreme right. C contains cricket ball and is green. Golf ball is in a violet box and not in D. Hockey ball is not in D or E. Hockey ball is not in blue or yellow. B contains volleyball. C is fifth from right and next to B. The box containing the hockey ball is between the boxes containing golf ball and volleyball.

Step 2: Assign positions for the boxes (from left to right)

PositionBoxColorBall
1stD???Football
2ndCGreenCricket
3rdB???Volleyball
4thFIndigoHockey
5thEVioletGolf
6thAOrangeTennis

Since golf ball is in a violet box and not in D, it must be in E.

Golf ball is in Box E.

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