Practice Box Based Puzzle For IBPS RRB PO/Clerk 2025

Box Based Puzzle For IBPS RRB PO and Clerk 2025 Exam: Box-based puzzles are an important part of the reasoning section in competitive exams like the IBPS RRB PO/Clerk 2025. These puzzle questions test your logical reasoning, analytical skills, and ability to master box-based puzzles and boost your score in the reasoning section. This article provides an in-depth understanding of box-based puzzle-solving strategies and a sample puzzle for practice for the IBPS RRB PO/Clerk 2025 exam.

Box Based Puzzles

A box-based puzzle is a type of logical reasoning problem where candidates have to arrange objects (such as objects, colours or numbers) into boxes based on given clues. These puzzles usually involve multiple variables, such as the number of boxes, the objects to be placed and other attributes such as colours, shapes or categories. This question aims to determine the correct arrangement of objects systematically.

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Tips to Help You Solve Puzzle Questions Quickly

Here are some tips which will help you solve puzzles/seating arrangements sets
quickly and with accuracy:

1. Never start with a negative piece of information. It’s a lot easier tovmanage the information that “A sits next to B” when compared to “A doesn’t sit next to B”. In the latter, you only know that A doesn’t sit next to B and he can be sitting next to anybody else. Use the negative information at the end to fill the gaps.
2. Generally, aspirants believe that the longer a puzzle/seating arrangement set is, the tougher it will be. But please be informed that the longer a puzzle is, the more information it may have; but then it may have more variables as well. So, it really depends on the question. The more practice you do, the better you get acquainted with different kinds of puzzle/seating arrangement sets and then can determine quickly if a given puzzle is easy, moderate or difficult.
3. Carefully go through the given information. Be confident enough to solve the puzzle/seating arrangement set as the information required is already there. You just need to arrange the information.
4. There is a difference between sitting right and sitting immediately right. If B is sitting right to A that implies that there may be 1 or more person between A & B. But if B is sitting immediately right to A, that means that there is nobody between A & B.
5. As mentioned earlier, you can observe additional attributes/variables in a set for eg. people’s preference for food, cities or their relations etc. However, keep in mind that whatever more information is provided, it basically remains a seating arrangement question.
6. When you look at individual pieces of information, keep considering all possibilities for them. As you solve the puzzle, some possibilities will automatically be ruled out.

Strategies to Solve Box-Based Puzzles for IBPS RRB PO and Clerk Exam

To Boost your question-solving speed, box-based puzzles for IBPS RRB PO/Clerk 2025, follow these strategies:

Read the clues carefully: Understand the scenario and identify the variables (boxes, items, attributes). Pay attention to direct and indirect clues.
Create a visual representation: Use a table, diagram, or chart to map the boxes and variables. This helps organize information and track deductions.
Work iteratively: Apply the clues step-by-step, revisiting earlier clues as new information is guessed. Update your diagram after each guess.
Practice time management: Box-based puzzles can be time-consuming. Practise solving them within 5-7 minutes to simulate exam conditions.
Confirm the solution: Once you have arranged the items, cross-check with the clues to ensure all conditions are met.

Important Question For Puzzle Section

Directions: Answer the questions based on the information given below.

Seven persons (H, I, J, K, L, M and N) visit in different companies (TCS, HP, H&M, ZARA, HCL, Apple and IBM) on different days from (Monday to Sunday) of same week but not necessarily in the same order.

The one, who visits Apple, doesn’t visit on Friday. The one, who visits IBM, visits on Wednesday. M visits TCS on either Friday or Saturday. J visits H&M just after the one, who visits TCS. I visits a company on Monday. L doesn’t visit IBM. K visits a company on Thursday but neither visits Apple nor HP. L visits a company before K. The one, who visits HCL, visits before L. N visits neither HP nor IBM.

Starting Point: Start with fixing all the direct information given i.e.,

Direct Clues:

1. The one, who visits IBM, visits on Wednesday

2. I visits a company on Monday.

3. K visits a company on Thursday.

Clues:

1. M visits TCS on either Friday or Saturday.

2. J visits H&M just after the one who visits TCS.

3. L doesn’t visit IBM.

4. L visits before K.

5. The one who visits HCL visits before L.

Inferences:

From clue 1 and 2, we get J visits on either Saturday or Sunday according to M.

From clue 3, 4 and 5, we get L visits on Tuesday and I visits HCL.

From clue 1, we get 2 cases

Case 1: When M visits on Friday

Case 2: When M visits on Saturday.

Clues:

1. The one, who visits apple, doesn’t visit on Friday

2. N neither visits HP nor IBM.

3. K visits on Thursday but neither visits Apple nor HP.

Inferences:

From clue 1, 2 and 3, we get case 2 gets eliminated as N visits neither HP nor IBM.

From clue 3, we get K visits Zara.

From clue 2, we get N visits Apple on Sunday.

Also, H visits IBM on Wednesday.

The final arrangement is as follows:

Question 1: N visits company a ____ on _____.

A) Zara, Sunday

B) Apple, Sunday

C) Apple, Tuesday

D) Zara, Wednesday

E) None of the above

Solution:

N visits company Apple on Sunday.

Hence, option b.

Question 2: ____ visits Zara.

A) K

B) N

C) L

D) I

E) None of the above

Solution:

K visits Zara.

Hence, option a.

Question 3: Who visits a company on Friday?

A) N

B) The one, who visits TCS

C) The one, who visits HP

D) H

E) None of the above

Solution:

M visits on Friday. (M visits TCS)

Hence, option b.

Question 4: _____ visits a company 2 days before H.

A) M

B) N

C) I

D) L

E) K

Solution:

I visits a company 2 days before H.

Hence, option c.

Question 5: Who visits exactly between the one, who visits HCL and the one, who visits TCS?

A) H

B) K

C) L

D) N

E) Cannot be determined

Solution:

H visits exactly between the one, who visits HCL and the one, who visits TCS.

Hence, option a.

Directions: Answer the questions based on the information given below.

Eleven people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, X, Y and Z live in eleven floored buildings in which the ground floor is numbered as 1 and the floor immediately above the ground floor is numbered as 2 and so on.

F lives on the 4^th floor. Two persons live between F and X. G lives two floors above F. Four persons live between G and E. Z lives below G. Six persons live between Z and B. F is not living adjacent to H. C lives just below Z but not on the 1^st floor. The number of persons living between B and A is the same as the number of persons living between F and A. D does not live adjacent to B. Y and H are not living adjacent to each other.

Starting Point: Since much of the information is given about F, start with fixing F.

Clues: 

1. Two persons live between F and X.

2. G lives two floors above F.

3. Four persons live between G and E

Inference: Now, regarding clue 1, X either lives above or below F. Also, E either lives above or below G so, we have three possible cases.

Case I: When X lives above F:

Case I(a): E lives below G:

Case I(b): E lives above G:

Case II: When X lives below F:

Clues:

1. Z lives below G.

2. Six persons lives between Z and B.

3. C lives just below Z but not on the 1^st floor.

Inference: Now, regarding clues 1 and 3, Z must be living on 3^rd floor and C lives on 2^nd floor.

Case I: When X lives above F:

Case I(a): E lives below G:

Case I(b): E lives above G:

Case II: When X lives below F:

Clues:

1. The number of persons living between B and A is the same as the number of persons living between F and A.

2. D does not live adjacent to B.

3. Y and H are not living adjacent to each other.

4. F is not living adjacent to H.

Inference: Regarding clue 1, case I(a) and case I(b) are rejected as we can’t fix A in between F and B. Also, in case II, A must be living on 7^th floor which means H and D lives on 9^th and 8^th floors respectively. Y lives immediately above F.

The final arrangement is as follows:

Question 6: Who among the following lives on 9^th floor?

A) E

B) D

C) Y

D) H

E) A

Solution:

H lives on 9^th floor.

Hence, option d.

Question 7: Who lives two floors above Z?

A) G

B) X

C) Y

D) A

E) Either E or H

Solution:

Y lives 2 floors above Z.

Hence, option c.

Question 8: How many people live between B and X?

A) Eight

B) Seven

C) Nine

D) Five

E) None of the above

Solution:

Eight people live between B and X.

Hence, option a.

Question 9: Who lives on 5^th floor?

A) A

B) Y

C) Z

D) E

E) Either A or Z

Solution:

Y lives on 5^th floor.

Hence, option b.

Question 10: Who among the following lives three floors above A?

A) E

B) C

C) No one

D) D

E) B

Solution:

B lives 3 floors above A.

Hence, option e.

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