Five articles, a bat, a ball, a book, a stool and a pen, are kept one above another (not necessarily in this order). The bat is four places above the book. The stool is between the ball and the pen. The pen is three places below the bat. Which article is second from the top?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Ball
Number the places 1 (top) to 5 (bottom). A gap of four places in a stack of five fixes both ends.
The bat is four places above the book, so the bat is in place 1 and the book in place 5
The pen is three places below the bat, so the pen is in place 4
Places 2 and 3 are left for the ball and the stool; the stool is between the ball and the pen, so the stool is in place 3 and the ball in place 2
The article second from the top is the ball
