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Q.1 Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past 3 oclock. How many minutes is it to 6 oclock. Ans: 26 mins Q.2 Two identical trains, at the equator start traveling round the world in opposite directions. They start together, run at the same speed and are on different tracks. Which train will wear out its wheel treads first? Ans: Train which is traveling against the spin of the earth. Q.3 5 pirates of different ages have a treasure of 100 gold coins. On their ship, they decide to split the coins using this scheme: The oldest pirate proposes how to share the coins, and all pirates remaining will vote for or against it. If 50% or more of the pirates vote for it, then the coins will be shared that way. Otherwise, the pirate proposing the scheme will be thrown overboard, and the process is repeated with the pirates that remain. Assuming that all 5 pirates are intelligent, rational, greedy, and do not wish to die, (and are rather good at math for pirates) what will happen? Ans: The eldest pirate will propose a 97 : 0 : 1 : 0 : 2 split. Working backwards, splits in terms of younger to older: 2 Pirates: Pirate Two splits the coins 100 : 0 (giving all to the other pirate). Otherwise, and perhaps even then, Pirate One (the youngest) would vote against him and over he goes! 3 Pirates: Pirate Three splits the coins 0 : 1 : 99. Pirate One (the youngest) is going to vote against him no matter what (see above), but this way, Pirate Two will vote for him, to get at least one gold out of it. 4 Pirates: Pirate Four splits the coins 1 : 2 : 0 : 97. This way, Pirate One will vote for him, and so will Pirate Two - they're getting more than they would under 3 pirates. 5 Pirates: Pirate five splits the coins 2 : 0 : 1: 0 : 97. This way, Pirate One will vote for him, and so will Pirate Three - they're both getting better than they would under 4. Q.4 You have a basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who each desire an apple. You give each of your friends one apple. After a few minutes each of your friends has one apple each, yet there is an apple remaining in the basket. How? Ans: You give an apple each to your first nine friends, and a basket with an apple to your tenth friend. Each friend has an apple, and one of them has it in a basket.

Q.5 You have three bags, each containing two marbles. Bag A contains two white marbles, Bag B contains two black marbles, and Bag C contains one white marble and one black marble. You pick a random bag and take out one marble. It is a white marble. What is the probability that the remaining marble from the same bag is also white? Ans: 2/3 Q.6 Cannibals ambush a safari in the jungle and capture three men. The cannibals give the men a single chance to escape uneaten. The captives are lined up in order of height, and are tied to stakes. The man in the rear can see the backs of his two friends, the man in the middle can see the back the man in front, and the man in front cannot see anyone. The cannibals show the men five hats. Three of the hats are black and two of the hats are white. Blindfolds are then placed over each man's eyes and a hat is placed on each man's head. The two hats left over are hidden. The blindfolds are then removed and it is said to the men that if one of them can guess what color hat he is wearing they can all leave unharmed. The man in the rear who can see both of his friends' hats but not his own says, "I don't know". The middle man who can see the hat of the man in front, but not his own says, "I don't know". The front man who cannot see ANYBODY'S hat says "I know!" How did he know the color of his hat and what color was it? Ans: The man in front knew he was wearing a black hat because he knew the first man did not see two white hats and he knew that the second man did not see one white hat because if he saw a white hat, the second man would have known that his hat was black from hearing the first man's statement. Q.7 A man is stranded on an island covered in forest.

One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process. There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off. How can the man survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire) Ans: The man picks up a piece of wood and lights it from the fire on the west end of the island. He then quickly carries it near the east end of he island and starts a new fire. The wind will cause that fire to burn out the eastern end and he can then shelter in the burnt area. The man survives the fire, but dies of starvation, with all the food in the forest burnt. Q.8: You are on an island and there are three crates of fruit that have washed up in front of you. One crate contains only apples. One crate contains only oranges. The other crate contains both apples and oranges. Each crate is labeled. One reads "apples", one reads "oranges", and one reads "apples and oranges". You know that NONE of the crates have been labeled correctly - they are all wrong. If you can only take out and look at just one of the pieces of fruit from just one of the crates, how can you label ALL of the crates correctly?

Ans: Take a piece of fruit from the "apples and oranges" crate. If it's an apple then you know that is the "apples" crate since ALL THE CRATES ARE LABLED INCORRECTLY. This means the crate marked "apples" must be "oranges" and the crate marked "oranges" must be "apples and oranges". Q.9 A solid, four-inch cube of wood is coated with blue paint on all six sides. Then the cube is cut into smaller one-inch cubes. These new one-inch cubes will have either three blue sides, two blue sides, one blue side, or no blue sides. How many of each will there be? Ans: There are 24 with one side colored, 8 with three sides colored, 24 with two sides colored, and 8 with no sides colored. Q.10 In the middle of an otherwise empty field there lies a man wearing a pack. He is dead. There are no other clues visible. How did he die? Ans: His parachute failed to open. Q.11 A Man works on the 10th floor and always takes the elevator down to ground level at the end of the day. Yet every morning he only takes the elevator to the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to the 10th floor, even when is in a hurry. Why? Ans: He is too short to reach the "10" button. Q.12 A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. But the bartender takes out a gun and aims it at the man's head. The man says "Thank You" and walks out. Why? Ans: The man had hiccups. He wanted to cure it with a glass of water, but the bartender cured it by giving him a surprise. Q.13 A Man carries his son into the hospital because his son has a nail in his foot. The Surgeon then walks in and says "I cannot operate on this boy he is my son". What is going on here? Ans: The Surgeon is the boy's Mother. Q.14 A farmer wants to cross a river and take with him a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. There is a boat that can fit himself plus either the wolf, the goat, or the cabbage. If the wolf and the goat are alone on one shore, the wolf will eat the goat. If the goat and the cabbage are alone on the shore, the goat will eat the cabbage. How can the farmer bring the wolf, the goat, and the cabbage across the river? Ans: Farmer takes Goat across (leaving Wolf and Cabbage behind) Farmer returns alone Farmer takes Wolf across Famer returns with Goat * We now have the Farmer, the Cabbage and the Goat on one side and the Wolf on the other side

Farmer takes Cabbage across Farmer returns alone Farmer takes Goat across DONE! Q.15 Four adventurers (Alex, Brook, Chris and Dusty) need to cross a river in a small canoe.

The canoe can only carry 100kg. Alex weighs 90kg, Brook weighs 80kg, Chris weighs 60kg and Dusty weighs 40 kg, and they have 20kg of supplies. How do they get across? Ans: Chris and Dusty row across, Dusty returns. Alex rows over, and Chris returns. Chris and Dusty row across again, Dusty returns. Brook rows across with the Supplies, and Chris returns. Chris and Dusty row across again for the last time. Q.16 Four people are traveling to different places on different types of transport.

Their names are: Rachel, John, Mr.Jones and Cindy. They either went on train, car, plane or ship. * Mr.Jones hates flying * Cindy has to rent her vehicle * John gets seasick Ans: Cindy: car, Mr.Jones: train, John: plane, and Rachel: ship. Q.17 There are five gears connected in a row, the first one is connected to the second one, the second one is connected to the third one, and so on. If the first gear is rotating clockwise what direction is the fifth gear turning? Ans: Clockwise Q.18 There are five gears connected in a row, the first one is connected to the second one, the second one is connected to the third one, and so on. How much faster would the last gear be if the second gear was twice the size of the first gear, and all the other gears were the same size as the first gear? Ans: The last gear would be the same speed.

Q.19 A boy and a girl are talking. "I am a boy" - said the child with black hair. "I am a girl" - said the child with white hair. At least one of them lied. Who is the boy and who is the girl?

Ans: They both lied. The child with the black hair is the girl, and the child with the white hair is the boy. (If only one lied they would both be boys or both be girls) Q.20 There are three people (Alex, Brook and Cody), one of whom is a knight, one a knave, and one a spy. The knight always tells the truth, the knave always lies, and the spy can either lie or tell the truth. Alex says: "Cody is a knave." Brook says: "Alex is a knight." Cody says: "I am the spy." Who is the knight, who the knave, and who the spy? Ans: Alex is a Knight Brook is a Spy Cody is a Knave Brook is not the knight, since if he is, then Alex would also be the knight. Cody is not the knight, since his statement would then be a lie. Therefore Alex is the knight. Hence Cody is the knave, and Brook is the spy. Q.21 There are three people (Alex, Brook and Cody), one of whom is a knight, one a knave, and one a spy. The knight always tells the truth, the knave always lies, and the spy can either lie or tell the truth. They are brought before a judge who wants to identify the spy. Alex says: "I am not a spy." Brook says: "I am a spy." Now Cody is in fact the spy. The judge asks him: "Is Brook really a spy?" Can Cody give an answer so that he doesn't convict himself as a spy? Ans: Cody should answer "No".

Brook is either a knave or a spy. If Brook is a spy, then Alex is truthful and is therefore the knight. Alex is a Knight Brook is a Spy Cody is a Knave On the other hand, if Brook is the knave, there are two possibilities: Alex is a Spy Brook is a Knave Cody is a Knight or Alex is a Knight Brook is a Knave

Cody is a Spy If Cody is either the knave or the knight, his answer to the question will be "No", and so the judge will not be able to draw a conclusion. On the other hand, Cody can answer "Yes" only if he is the spy. Q.22 Years ago, to puzzle his friends, a scientist gave one of four containers containing blue and/or yellow marbles to each of the friends; Tom, Dick, Harry, and Sally. There were 3 marbles in each container, and the number of blue marbles was different in each one. There was a piece of paper in each container telling which color marbles were in that container, but the papers had been mixed up and were ALL in the wrong containers. He then told all of his friends to take 2 marbles out of their container, read the label, and then tell him the color of the third marble. So Tom took two blue marbles out of his container and looked at the label. He was able to tell the color of the third marble immediately. Dick took 1 blue marble and 1 yellow marble from his container. After looking at his label he was able to tell the color of his remaining marble. Harry took 2 yellow marbles from his container. He looked at the label in his container, but could not tell what color the remaining marble was. Sally, without even looking at her marbles or her label, was able to tell the scientist what color her marbles were. Can you tell what color marbles Sally had? Can you also tell what color marbles the others had, and what label was in each of their containers? Ans: Tom took two blue marbles; his label said, "two blue one yellow", and this means he had to have three blue marbles because all of the labels were wrong. Dick took one blue marble and one yellow marble; his label said, "one blue and two yellows", so he had to have two blues and one yellow. Harry did not know what he had because he saw two yellow marbles and the label said, "three blue". Sally knew what she had because she knew what was left, two yellow marbles and one blue marble. Q.23 You are about to leave for holiday, but you forgot socks! You race back to your room, but all the lights are off, so you can't see the color of the socks. Never mind, because you remember that in your drawer there are ten pairs of white socks, ten pairs of black socks, and eleven pairs of blue socks, but they are all mixed up. How many of your socks do you need to take before you can be sure to have at last one matching pair? Ans: The answer is four. Although there are many socks in the drawer, there are only three colors, so if you take four socks then you are guaranteed to have at least one matching pair.

Q.24 Two fathers took their sons fishing. Each man and son caught one fish, but when they returned to camp there were only 3 fish. How could this be? (None of the fish were eaten, lost, or thrown back.) Ans: Q.25 There were only three people. The son, his father, and his grandfather This is a famous puzzle based on the show "Let's make a deal".

The host, Monty Hall, offers you a choice of three doors. Behind one is a sports car, but behind the other two are goats. After you have chosen one door, he reveals one of the other two doors behind which is a goat (he wouldn't reveal a car). Now he gives you the chance to switch to the other unrevealed door or stay at your initial choice. You will then get what is behind that door. You cannot hear the goats from behind the doors, or in any way know which door has the prize. Should you stay, or switch, or doesn't it matter? Ans: Your first choice has a 1/3 chance of having the car, and that does not change.

The other two doors HAD a combined chance of 2/3, but now a Goat has ben revealed behind one, all the 2/3 chance is with the other door. You better switch! (Unless you really want a goat) Q.26 A man on a park bench is looking at a small portrait. You ask him, "Who is that in the picture?" The man says, "Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father, is my father's son." Can you tell what person is in the picture? Ans: The picture is of his son.

Q.27 At a restaurant downtown, Mr. Red, Mr. Blue, and Mr. White meet for lunch. Under their coats they are wearing either a red, blue, or white shirt. Mr. Blue says, "Hey, did you notice we are all wearing different colored shirts from our names?" The man wearing the white shirt says, "Wow, Mr. Blue, that's right!" Can you tell who is wearing what color shirt?

Ans: Mr. Blue could only be wearing white or red and we know that there is already someone else wearing the white shirt so Mr. Blue could only be wearing the red shirt. Mr. White could have only been wearing a blue or a red shirt, and red is already taken, so Mr. White is wearing a blue shirt. Mr. Red now has to be wearing a white shirt. Q.28 Ans: Place 10 balls in 5 lines in such a way that each line has exactly 4 balls on it. star shape, put one ball in each point of intersection

Q.29 There are three Athletes (Alex, Brook and Chris) and their individual Coaches (Murphy, Newlyn and Oakley) standing on the shore. No Coach trusts their Athlete to be near any other Coach unless they are also with them. There is a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons. How can the six people get across the river? Ans: Alex and Brook cross, Alex returns Alex and Chris cross, Chris returns Coaches Murphy and Newlyn cross to join their Athletes Brook and Newlyn return Newlyn and Oakley cross, Alex returns * All three Coaches are across Alex and Brook cross, Coach Oakley returns Chris and Coach Oakley cross. Q.30 Three sisters are identical triplets. The oldest by minutes is Sarah, and Sarah always tells anyone the truth. The next oldest is Sue, and Sue always will tell anyone a lie. Sally is the youngest of the three. She sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. Victor, an old friend of the family's, came over one day and as usual he didn't know who was who, so he asked each of them one question. Victor asked the sister that was sitting on the left, "Which sister is in the middle of you three?" and the answer he received was, "Oh, that's Sarah." Victor then asked the sister in the middle, "What is your name?" The response given was, "I'm Sally." Victor turned to the sister on the right, then asked, "Who is that in the middle?" The sister then replied, "She is Sue." This confused Victor; he had asked the same question three times and received three different answers. Who was who?

Ans: The first one cannot be Sarah, because that would make the first one a liar. The second one cannot be Sarah for the same reason. So, the third sister must be Sarah. This means the middle one is Sue and the only one left is Sally. Q.31 Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that boat can only take one boy at a time. The boat cannot return on its own, there are no ropes or similar tricks, yet both boys manage to cross using the boat. How? Ans: Q.32 The boys start on opposite sides of the river How can I get the answer 24 by only using the numbers 8,8,3,3.

You can use the main signs add, subtract multiply and divide. Ans: 1) Supplied by "mathsyperson":

8/(3-(8/3)) = 8/(1/3) = 24 2) Supplied by "puzzler09", using factorials: ((8 x 3!)/3)+8 = ((8 x 3 x 2 x 1)/3)+8 = (48/3)+8 = (16)+8 = 24 Q.33 What 5-digit number has the following features:

If we put the numeral 1 at the beginning, we get a number three times smaller than if we put the numeral 1 at the end of the number. Ans: Q 34 42857 When asked about his birthday, a man said:

"The day before yesterday I was only 25 and next year I will turn 28." This is true only one day in a year - when was he born? Ans: He was born on December 31st and spoke about it on January 1st.

Q.35 What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9? Ans: A Decimal Point

Q.36

A popular mathematical passtime:

Use exactly four 4's to form every integer from 0 to 50, using only the operators +, -, x, /, () (brackets) x2(square), and ! (factorial). Example: 0 = 44-44 ( Note: any one could be asked in exam) Ans: 0 = 44-44 1 = 44/44 or (4+4)/(4+4) or (4/4) / (4/4) 2 = 4/4+4/4 3 = (4+4+4)/4 4 = 4*(4-4)+4 5 = (4*4+4)/4 6 = 4*.4+4.4 7 = 44/4-4 8 = 4+4.4-.4 9 = 4/4+4+4 10 = 44/4.4 11 = 4/.4+4/4 12 = (44+4)/4 13 = 4!-44/4 14 = 4*(4-.4)-.4 15 = 44/4+4 16 = .4*(44-4) 17 = 4/4+4*4 18 = 44*.4+.4 19 = 4!-4-4/4 20 = 4*(4/4+4) 21 = (4.4+4)/.4 22 = 44*sqrt(4)/4 23 = (4*4!-4)/4 24 = 4*4+4+4 25 = (4*4!+4)/4 26 = 4/.4+4*4 27 = 4-4/4+4! 28 = 44-4*4 29 = 4/.4/.4+4 30 = (4+4+4)/.4 31 = (4!+4)/4+4! 32 = 4*4+4*4 33 = (4-.4)/.4+4! 34 = 44-4/.4 35 = 44/4+4! 36 = 44-4-4 37 = (sqrt(4)+4!)/sqrt(4)+4! 38 = 44-4!/4 39 = (4*4-.4)/.4 40 = 44-sqrt(4*4) 41 = (sqrt(4)+4!)/.4-4! 42 = sqrt(4)+44-4 43 = 44-4/4 44 = 44.4-.4 45 = 4/4+44

46 = 44-sqrt(4)+4 47 = 4!+4!-4/4 48 = 4*(4+4+4) 49 = (4!-4.4)/.4 50 = 4!/4+44 Q.37 There is one four-digit whole number n, such that the last four digits of n2 are in fact the original number n. Ans: Looking at the last digit, the last digit must be either 0, 1, 5 or 6.

Then looking at the last two digits, the last two digits must be either 00, 01, 25 or 76. Then looking at the last three digits, the last three digits must be either 000, 001, 625 or 376. Then looking at the last four digits, the last four digits must be either 0000, 0001, 0625 or 9376. Out of those, only 9376 is a 4 digit number. Q.38 Can you arrange the numerals 1 to 9 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) in a single fraction that equals exactly 1/3 (one third)? Example that doesn't work: 7192/38456 = 0.187 Ans: Q.39 5832/17496 = 1/3 Using the numerals 1,7,7,7 and 7 (a "1" and four "7"s) create the number 100.

As well as the five numerals you can use the usual mathematical operations +, -, x, and brackets (). For example: (7+1) (7+7) = 112 would be a good attempt, but not right, because it is not 100. Ans: a) 177-77 = 100 b) (7+7) (7+(1 7)) = 100 Q.40 If one and a half hens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days, how many eggs does one hen lay in one day? Ans: Find the daily rate per hen:

Hens Days (Daily Rate) = Eggs 1 1 (Daily Rate) = 1 (Daily Rate) = 1 / (1 1 ) Daily Rate = 1/(1 ) = 2/3 So 1 hen in 1 day will lay two-thirds of an egg

Q.41

I am thinking of a 6-digit number. The sum of the digits is 43.

And only two of the following three statements about the number are true: (1) it's a square number, (2) it's a cube number, and (3) the number is under 500000. Ans: Only Statements 1 and 3 are true. the number is 499849.

7072 = 499849 499849<500000 Q.42 The following equation is wrong: 101 - 102 = 1

Move one numeral to make it correct. Ans: Move the numeral 2 half a line up to achieve 101-102 = 1 Q.43 A Teacher thinks of two consecutive numbers in the range 1 to 10, and tells Alex one of the numbers and Sam the other. Sam and Alex have the following conversation: Alex: I don't know your number. Sam: I don't know your number, either. Alex: Now I know! Can you find all 4 solutions? Ans: f Sam or Alex had 1 or 10, then they would have solved it straight away. But neither did.

But when Alex discovered that Sam didn't know, he went from not knowing to knowing. So Alex must have had a number where Sam's answer was crucial. If Alex had 2, then Sam could have 1 or 3 - and the crucial answer "I don't know your number, either" would have ruled out 1, leaving 3 as the other number (Solution: 2 and 3) Now, if Alex had 3, then he would expect Sam to have either 2 or 4. But if Sam had 2, Sam could have guessed the answer already (because Alex had already said he didn't know, so could not have had 1). When Alex discovers that Sam also doesn't know, he can rule out 2 as the answer. (Solution: 3 and 4). Exactly the same arguments work at the other end of the range, providing the other two solutions: (Solution: 9 and 8) and (Solution: 8 and 7) Q.44 Two friends have a nice meal together, and the bill is $25

The friends pay $15 each, which the Waiter gives to the Cashier The Cashier hands back $5 to the Waiter The Waiter keeps $3 as a tip and hands back $1 each

So, the friends paid $14 each for the meal, for a total of $28. The Waiter has $3, and that makes $31. Where did the other dollar come from? Ans: $25 is sitting with the Cashier, $2 with the friends, and $3 with the Waiter. That adds to the required $30. The mistake is expecting that what the men paid and what the Waiter kept to add up to what the men initially gave. In fact, it is the amount that the meal effectively cost them, plus the amount they received back, that should add to $30. Q.45 Three friends have a nice meal together, and the bill is $25

The three friends pay $10 each, which the waiter gives to the Cashier The Cashier hands back $5 to the Waiter But the Waiter can't split $5 three ways, so he gives the friends one dollar each and keeps 2 dollars as a tip. They all paid $10 and got $1 back. $10-$1 = $9 There were three of them 3 X $9 = $27 If they paid $27 and the waiter kept $2: $27+$2=$29 Where did the other dollar go? $30 - $1 = $29 Ans: It is all in how the question is asked.

When the friends paid $10 dollars, they had paid $30 in total. When the Cashier gave $5 dollars to the Waiter, the 3 friends had paid $25 to the Cashier and $5 to the Waiter. When the Waiter returns 3 dollars, the 3 friends had paid $25 to the Cashier and $2 to the Waiter. $25+$2 = $27 = 3 x $9. Q.46 here are 2 trees in a garden (tree "A" and "B") and on the both trees are some birds.

The birds of tree A say to the birds of tree B that if one of you comes to our tree, then our population will be the double of yours. Then the birds of tree B tell to the birds of tree A that if one of you comes here, then our population will be equal to that of yours. Now answer: How many birds in each tree? Ans: The solution is 7 and 5.

7 on tree A, and 5 on tree B

Q.47

5 years ago Kate was 5 times as old as her Son.

5 years hence her age will be 8 less than three times the corresponding age of her Son. Find their ages. Ans: 35 and 11

Q.48 The Puzzle: Five friends have their gardens next to one another, where they grow three kinds of crops: fruits (apple, pear, nut, cherry), vegetables (carrot, parsley, gourd, onion) and flowers (aster, rose, tulip, lily). 1. They grow 12 different varieties. 2. Everybody grows exactly 4 different varieties 3. Each variety is at least in one garden. 4. Only one variety is in 4 gardens. 5. Only in one garden are all 3 kinds of crops. 6. Only in one garden are all 4 varieties of one kind of crops. 7. Pear is only in the two border gardens. 8. Paul's garden is in the middle with no lily. 9. Aster grower doesn't grow vegetables. 10. Rose grower doesn't grow parsley. 11. Nuts grower has also gourd and parsley. 12. In the first garden are apples and cherries. 13. Only in two gardens are cherries. 14. Sam has onions and cherries. 15. Luke grows exactly two kinds of fruit. 16. Tulip is only in two gardens. 17. Apple is in a single garden. 18. Only in one garden next to the Zick's is parsley. 19. Sam's garden is not on the border. 20. Hank grows neither vegetables nor asters. 21. Paul has exactly three kinds of vegetable. Who has which garden and what is grown where? Ans: Hank pear apple cherry rose tulip lily Sam cherry onion rose Zick aster Luke pear Q.49 rose nut tulip

Paul carrot gourd onion rose gourd parsley

The Puzzle: There are 5 ships in a port:

1. The Greek ship leaves at six and carries coffee. 2. The Ship in the middle has a black chimney. 3. The English ship leaves at nine.

4. The French ship with blue chimney is to the left of a ship that carries coffee. 5. To the right of the ship carrying cocoa is a ship going to Marseille. 6. The Brazilian ship is heading for Manila. 7. Next to the ship carrying rice is a ship with a green chimney. 8. A ship going to Genoa leaves at five. 9. The Spanish ship leaves at seven and is to the right of the ship going to Marseille. 10. The ship with a red chimney goes to Hamburg. 11. Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney. 12. The ship on the border carries corn. 13. The ship with a black chimney leaves at eight. 14. The ship carrying corn is anchored next to the ship carrying rice. 15. The ship to Hamburg leaves at six. Which ship goes to Port Said? Which ship carries tea? Ans: The Spanish ship goes to Port Said and the French ship carries tea. However, tea can be carried by the Brazilian ship, too. If you understood position 'to the right' to mean anywhere on the right side from the given point (not only right next to). French Greek English Spanish 5.00 tea blue Genoa Hamburg

6.00 coffee red 9.00 rice 7.00 corn

Brazilian 8.00 cocoa black Manila white Marseille green Port Said

Q.50 The Puzzle: There are 7 boys on a soccer team. Each boy has a different position, jersey number, and height. Find out each person's height, position, and number. * Justin is the goalie * The right forward is #10 * The goalie is 6' 4'' * Joe is 6' 1'' * Ryan is right forward * The person next to Ryan is #14 * The person who is 6' 4'' is #16 * #10 is 5' 8'' * The left forward is #15 * Brad is right defense * Brendan is #20 * Michael is 7' 1'' * Miguel is #6 * Michael is left forward * #42 is right defense * Brad is 6' 2'' * #6 is center defense * #15 is 7' 1''

* #20 is 6' 7'' * Miguel is 5' 10'' * #14 is 6' 1'' * The person who is 6' 7'' is left defense * Joe is center forward Ans: Joe: center forward, 6' 1", #14

Justin: goalie, 6' 4", #16 Michael: left forward, 7' 1", #15 Brendan: left defense, 6' 7", #20 Ryan: right forward, 5' 8" , #10 Brad: right defense, 6' 2", #42 Miguel: center defense, 5' 10", #6

51. Mr. X has a wrong weighing pan. One arm is lengthier than other.1 kilogram on left
balances 8 melons on right.1 kilogram on right balances 2 melons on left. If all melons are equal in weight, what is the weight of a single melon? Ans: 200 gm

52. There are 15 poles in a straight line each equally placed from each other. The time taken
to reach the 10th pole after a man starts walking from 1st pole is 10 seconds. What is the time required to reach 15th pole. Ans: 15.55 sec

53. B & C initially speak English but when D joined Spanish, they also took up
Spanish. The only common language between A, B and E is French. The only common language between C and E is Italian. Three people speak Portuguese. Most common language is Spanish. One person knows all 5 languages. One person knows 4. One person knows 3. One person 2. One person 1. Who speaks what? Ans: A-3, B-5, C-4, D-1, E-2

54. A cyclist is cycling in a circular path. he is at some point on the path, at that
point 1/5th of the cyclists in front of him and 5/6th back to him gives the total number of cyclists participating in the race. What is the total number of cyclists? Ans: 31

55. A Father Has to Give Coins to his Children. The Oldest Son will get 1/2th , then next son
will get 1/4th of Remaining, third son will get 1/5th of Remaining and then his youngest son get 48 Coins. So Initially How Much coins that Father Had??

Ans: 160

56. A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born?
Ans: 570 BC

57. If a die is marked according like that 1-6, 2-5, 3-4 comes apposite to each
other, what is the number of combination that a die can be marked? Ans: 48

58. There are 3 nurses and they work altogether only once in a week. No nurse is called to
work for 3 consecutive days. Nurse 1 is off on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Nurse 2 is off on Saturday. Nurse 3 is off on Thursday, Sunday. No two nurses are off more than once a week. Find the day on which all the 3 nurses were on work. Ans: Friday

59. There are five sisters A, B, C, D, and E. During diwali festival each receive 4 gifts and
gives 4 gifts to other sisters. Each member has his own strategy of gift distribution. B gives all his gifts to A. C gives 3 gifts to E. determine how many gifts did each give to D. Ans: a1 b0 c1 e2 a2 b0 c1 e1 a2 b0 c0 e2

60. There are two women, kavitha and shamili and two males shyam, aravind
who are musicians. Out of these four one is a pianist, one flutist, violinist and drummer. i) across aravind beats pianist ii) across shyam is not a flutist iii) kavitha's left is a pianist iiii) shamili's left is not a drummer v) flutist and drummer are married. Who is who? Ans: Arvind flute kavita drummer shyam violin shamili pianist

61. There are 100 bulbs and 100 switches. Each switch is numbered from 1 to 100 and each
switch corresponds to each bulb. (a) All switches are switched on. (b) The switch numbers which are divisible by 2 are marked and those switches which

are on are put off and which are off are put on. (C) The switch numbers which are divisible by 3 are marked and those switches which are on are put off and which are off are put on. (d) This process continued till the number 100. By the end how many switches are glowing? Ans: 10

62. At six o clock the wall clock struck 6 times checking with my watch, I noticed that the
time between the first and last strokes was 30 seconds. How long will the clock take to strike 12 at midnight Ans: 66 Sec

63. A ship went on a voyage after 180 miles a plane started with 10 times speed that of the
ship. Find the distance when they meet from starting point. Ans: 200

64. Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total no. of
remaining bullets is equal to that of one has after division. Find the original number divided. Ans: 18

65. There are 3 societies a, b, and c. A Lent tractors to B and C as many as they had. After
some time B gave as many tractors to A and C as many as they have. After sometime c did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24. Find the tractors each originally had. Ans: 39,21,12

66. There are 100 men in town. Out of which 85% were married, 70% have a phone, 75%
own a car, 80% own a house. What is the maximum number of people who are married, own a phone, own a car and own a house? Ans: 70%

67. Following facts are given

a) Either Alister is older or Alex is older b) Either Hansy is older or Alex is younger than who is older & who is younger Ans: Hansy>Alex>Alister

68. Anitha got her salary n she spent half of it in shopping n gave Rs 1 to a beggar after that
1/2 of the remaining money she spends in a hotel n she gives Rs 2/- as a tip to waiter n then 1/2 of the remaining she spends again n she gives Rs 3/- as charity.... n after that finally she is left with Rs1/- when she comes out. What money she actually had in her hand.

Ans:

42

69. 1/3 of the contents of a container evaporated on the 1st day. 3/4 th of the
remaining contents of the container evaporated the second day. What part of the contents of the container are left at the end of the second day. Ans: 1/6

70. The bill for a meal was 2400.they decided to split evenly but two of them didnt have
money. So the rest had to pay Rs. 100 per head extra. How Many were they ? Ans: 8

71. A fathers age is reverse of sons age. One year back fathers age was twice of sons age.
What is the fathers current age? Ans: 73,37

72. Rich man keeps me in the pocket, Poor man throws me away, Kids eat me,
The answer is --u--e--l (a 9 letter word). Find the word. Ans:BLUEPEARL

73. A thief is capable of running 20kms a day. A policeman who is to catch the thief can run
1km on the 1st day, 2kms on the 2nd day and so on. Then how long will it take the policeman to catch the thief? Ans: 39

74. A man bought some horses, cows and goats. They were 100 in number (totally). If it
costed Rs.100 to buy those 100 animals and the cost of a horse, a cow and a goat was Rs.10,Rs.3, 50 paise respectively,how many horses goats and cows did he buy? Ans: 94 goat, 5 horse, 1 cow

75. Once there came many birds to a pond. There were certain number of lotus flowers in the
pond. If each bird occupied one lotus one bird was left alone without any flower. If two birds sat in a flower one flower was left behind. Find the total number of birds and flowers. Ans: 4 birds and 3 flowers