Answer the questions based on the information given below: Nine boxes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I are kept one above the other. Each box contains different items among Clothes, Bottles, Books, Watches, Combs, Pens, Mobiles, Shoes & Pencils. Number of items in these boxes is different among 7, 12, 14, 18, 21, 23, 24, 30 and 27. The bottommost box is numbered 1 and the topmost box is numbered 9. Mobiles are kept in box 4. H is three boxes above the box with 24 items. G has 14 items and is one of the four boxes above H. Third box from the top contains 2 nd highest number of items. There are three boxes between G and the box with 18 items. Number of bottles is six more than number of clothes. D is immediately below the box which contains clothes and neither of these boxes contains more than 23 items. There are three boxes between the box, which contains bottles and E, which contains books. Shoes are three boxes above B. A is immediately above F. Box, which contains Pens, is immediately above I. C is three boxes above the box, which contains the lowest number of items. Box with 23 items is immediately below the box, which contains watches. Number of pencils is less than number of combs. Number of Books is not less than number of shoes. What is the sum of number of combs and pencils?

Explanation

As mobiles are kept in box 4 H is three boxes above the box with 24 items. Third box from the top contains 2nd highest number of items. G has 14 items and is one of the four boxes above H, so Case I Case II Case III 9 G 14 8 G 14 7 27 27 27 6 G 14 5 H H H 4 Mobile Mobile Mobile 3 2 24 24 24 1 There are three boxes between G and the box with 18 items, this is not possible in case I, so case I is rejected. No. of bottles is six more than no. of clothes. D is immediately below the box which contains clothes and neither of these boxes contains more than 23 items. There are three boxes between the box, which contains bottles and E, which contains books. Case II Case III 9 G 14 8 G 14 7 Bottles 27 27 6 E Books 5 H Cloths 21 H Clothes 18 4 D Mobile 18 D Mobile 3 E Books 2 24 Bottles 24 1 Shoes are three boxes above B, this is not possible in case III, so case III is rejected, so shoes are kept at the topmost box and B is box 6. A is immediately above F, so A is box 2 and F is box 1. Box, which contains Pens, is immediately above I, so I is box 7. C is three boxes above the box, which contains lowest no. of items, so B contains 7 items. Case II 9 C Shoes 8 G Pens 14 7 I Bottles 27 6 B 7 5 H Cloths 21 4 D Mobile 18 3 E Books 2 A 24 1 F Box with 23 items is immediately below the box, which contains watches, so box A contains watches and F contains 23 items. No. of pencils is less than no. of combs, so there are 7 pencils and 23 combs. No. of Books is not less than no. of shoes, so there are 30 books and 12 shoes. The final table is given below: Case II 9 C Shoes 12 8 G Pens 14 7 I Bottles 27 6 B Pencils 7 5 H Cloths 21 4 D Mobile 18 3 E Books 30 2 A Watches 24 1 F Combs 23 Number of combs is 23 and number of pencils is 07. Sum = (23 + 7) = 30.