CSATLogical ReasoningVisual and Spatial Reasoning2016

Direction for the following 3 (three) items: 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?

A

F

B

E

C

D

D

None of the above

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

This is a straightforward visual tracking problem, much like a shell game, a pattern familiar to CSAT aspirants. The key is to ignore the other boxes and only fol

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