Hauts : Final Hunt

FINAL HUNT

You are running out of time. You now reach the outskirts of Nepal but have no idea about the route to

Assam. You then ask a person nearby for help. He helps you but through a puzzle. He shows you 12 boxes of diff erent sizes, each having two cavities(right and left) in which smaller boxes can be kept. He then numbers each box and places one inside the other randomly without showing you.The final result is a single box. He says, he will give you the correct map only if you tell which box is in

the right cavity of box numbered ‘2’. If you fi nd out the number of that box you will get the map.

Here are your clues:

1. If he unpacks all the boxes and arrange them in a line in the following way,

then the final numbering of boxes in which the boxes are arranged would be

5    11    4    2    7    6    1    8    10    3    12    9

2. If he unpacks all the boxes and arrange them in a line in the following way,

then the fi nal numbering of boxes in which the boxes are arranged would be

1    2    4    5    11    6    7    3    8    10    9    12

Question 21:

Which box is in the right cavity of ‘2’?

(A) 11 

(B) 6 

(C) 7 

(D) 5

Question 22:

If you found out the right box then also tell how many boxes of smallest size did he show you initially?

(A) 2 

(B) 3 

(C) 4 

(D) 5

The unfolding of the map came as a complete surprise. It was not the whole map but just a part of it. The instructions below will tell you how to get the other parts.

The rest of the parts are hidden in the houses shown in the figure below. You will get the parts of the map only on delivering the right article(one per house) to all the houses.

(i) An ‘X’ coloured ARTICLE should be delivered to an ‘X’ coloured HOUSE only by using an ‘X’ coloured TRUCK.

(ii) A truck can also carry other coloured articles so that it can place them at any of the CHECKPOINTS from where other truck can later carry it to the destination.

(iii) Trucks can carry any number of articles at a time.

(iv) The main objective is to start all the trucks at the same time, with same speed and deliver the

articles without collision of trucks. Also, a truck picks up every article that comes on its way.

(v) Last and the most importantly, the PATHS of the trucks should not overlap at any point other than

junctions. At junctions, the paths can though cross each other (but both trucks should not reach that junction at same time which leads to collision). The trucks can move only forward.

Question 23:

Draw the fi nal path of all the trucks and give the number of turns taken by the blue truck.

(A) 8 

(B) 7 

(C) 6 

(D) None of the above

Question 24:

Give the total number of articles carried by the red truck on it’s way.

(A) 1 

(B) 2 

(C) 3 

(D) 4