Puzzle for Indian Banking Sector Exams

Seven different boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G of different colours viz., Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Pink and Orange are arranged one above the other. The box at the bottom of arrangement is numbered 1, the above box is numbered 2 and so on.
B is immediately above E. More than two boxes are above the Green box. The Yellow box is immediately below A. Only one box is between the Green box and F. G is immediately above the Pink box. Only one box is between B and the Red box. Only two boxes are between the Red and the Orange box. Only two boxes are between the Yellow box and the Green box. The blue box is neither at the top nor at the bottom of the arrangement. B is above Red box. C is immediately above F. Neither C nor G is a Yellow box. G is not a Green box.

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7: C - Purple
6: F - Orange
5: B - Blue
4: E - Green
3: G - Red
2: A - Pink
1: D - Yellow

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What is your approach ? I want to know how did you solve it. :slightly_smiling_face:

Just reading and deducing carefully.

“Blue box is neither at the top nor at the bottom of the arrangement”

This one could be a bit misleading because at first glance one could think that blue is in the middle but that it not the only spot blue can be. Blue can be anywhere just not first or last.

You also have 1 order given which is
B
E
Red.

Because B is directly above E and B is above red. In-between B and red is 1 box thus E is in-between. This means that red cannot be on place 7 and 6.

I think these two are the most important info to remember and everything else is just using the process of elimination.

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Interesting puzzle. What kind of job is the exam for? Everyone who works in a bank or just certain jobs?

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Indian Banks such as State Bank Of India , Institute of Banking Personnel Selection ( IBPS ), IDBI Bank, Canara Bank’s Probationary Officer ( Manager ) Exam and Clerk or Teller exam. Not all exams.

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Someone who works as a bank teller has to solve those kinds of puzzles? It seems like it would be difficult for most people to solve.

In the US, I think you only need a high school diploma and basic arithmetic skills to be a bank teller.

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In india , it is very difficult to enter into bank job. We have to work on very difficult math questions and reasoning questions to pass the exam.

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Some Reasoning Based Questions For Regional Rural Banks Exams in India.

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Well duration is very limited that makes the exam more difficult
60 minute for 100 questions.
:slight_smile:

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yep. (Why, because the largest population of india, that’s why the competition is hard so only few can crack it.)

And for the info it’s not even the toughest exam of india :zipper_mouth_face:

But it’s india haha, even a small job requires lots of efforts :sneezing_face:.

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Thanks ! UPSC and /or CAT is the toughest exam in india I think.

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well I am interested in UPSC a lot. (But who knows when my mind changed.)

That’s why I can’t say for sure.

Edit : josh, it’s just for the info. in millions of people only 1000 something able to people pass in upsc final round. :wink:

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Less than a minute per question? I wonder what the pass rate is.

That looks difficult. :face_with_head_bandage:

“A successful candidate sits for 32 hours of examination during the complete process spanning around one year.” [source]

It says in 2018 1.1 million candidates applied and 758 were selected?

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Passing rate in upsc => 0.2 %
And the interesting thing is syllabus isn’t fixed, it vast. :upside_down_face:

you basically need to read everything, chemistry, physics, biology, maths, history, geography, psychology, reasoning, current affairs… the list is so long.

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That’s amazing. What kind of jobs require that kind of certification?

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well there many. But the most popular one is IAS officer.

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Are you going to try to take it?

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yep.

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I just search the world’s toughest competition exam.

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