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| If a bear eats 65 pounds in fish every day EXCEPT every 6th
day which it only eats 45 pounds of fish.
If the bear continues this, how many pounds of fish will it
eat in 200 days? | | 1 |
| A man is going to an Antique Car auction. All purchases must
be paid for in cash. He goes to the
bank and draws out $25,000.
Since the man does not want to be seen carrying that much
money, he places it in 15 evelopes
numbered 1 through 15. Each envelope contains the least
number of bills possible of any available
US currency (i.e. no two tens in place of a twenty).
At the auction he makes a successful bid of $8322 for a car.
He hands the auctioneer envelopes
number(s) 2, 8, and 14. After opening the envelopes the
auctioneer finds exactly the right amount.
How many ones did the auctioneer find in the envelopes? | | 1 |
| SkyFi city is served by 6 subway lines - A, E, I, O, U and Z.
? When it snows, morning service on line E is delayed.
? When it rains or snows, service on the lines A, U and Z is
delayed both morning and afternoon.
? When the temperature drops below 20 C, afternoon service
is cancelled on either line A or line O, but not both.
? When the temperature rises above 40 C, afternoon service
is cancelled on either line I or line Z, but not both.
? When service on line A is delayed or cancelled, service on
line I is also delayed.
? When service on line Z is delayed or cancelled, service on
line E is also delayed.
On February 10, it snows all day with the temperature at
18C. On how many lines service will be delayed or cancelled,
including both morning and afternoon? | Infosys | 4 |
| There is a number that is 5 times the sum of its digits.
What is this number? Answer is not 0. | | 2 |
| Assume that you have just heard of a scandal and you are the
first one to know. You pass it on to
four person in a matter of 30 minutes. Each of these four in
turn passes it to four other persons
in the next 30 minutes and so on.
How long it will take for everybody in the World to get to
know the scandal? | | 1 |
| A rich old Arab has three sons. When he died, he willed his
17 camels to the sons, to be divided as follows:
First Son to get 1/2 of the camels Second Son to get 1/3rd
of the camels Third Son to get 1/9th of the camels.
The sons are sitting there trying to figure out how this can
possibly be done, when a very old wise man goes riding by.
They stop him and ask him to help them solve their problem.
Without hesitation he divides the camels properly and
continues riding on his way.
How did he do it? | | 1 |
| In the General meeting of "Friends Club", Sameer said, "The
repairs to the Club will come to a total of Rs 3120 and I
propose that this amount should be met by the members, each
paying an equal amount."
The proposal was immediately agreed. However, four members
of the Club chose to resign, leaving the remaining members
to pay an extra Rs 26 each.
How many members did the Club originally have? | | 1 |
| SlowRun Express runs between Bangalore and Mumbai, For the
up as well as the down journey, the train leaves the
starting station at 10:00 PM everyday and reaches the
destination at 11:30 PM after three days.
Mr. Haani once travelled by SlowRun Express from Mumbai to
Bangalore. How many SlowRun Express did he cross during his
journey? | | 1 |
| A person wanted to withdraw X rupees and Y paise from the
bank. But cashier made a mistake and gave him Y rupees and
X paise. Neither the person nor the cashier noticed that.
After spending 20 paise, the person counts the money. And
to his surprise, he has double the amount he wanted to
withdraw. Find X and Y. | Bajaj | 3 |
| iwant to know which type of questions were coming in tcs
company | Syntel | 3 |
| Veeru says to Jay, "Can you figure out how many Eggs I have
in my bucket?" He gives 3 clues to Jay: If the number of
Eggs I have
1. is a multiple of 5, it is a number between 1 and 19
2. is not a multiple of 8, it is a number between 20 and 29
3. is not a multiple of 10, it is a number between 30 and 39
How many Eggs does Veeru have in his bucket? | | 1 |
| Three containers are of 15,10 and 6 ltrs capacity.
Initially its in configuration (15,0,0). Make it to
configuration (2,8,5). | | 4 |
| Mrs. F has invited several wives of delegates to the United
Nations for an informal luncheon. She plans to seat her 9
guests ina row such that each lady will be able to converse
with the person directly to her left and right. She has
prepared the following list.
Mrs. F speaks English only.
Mrs. G speaks English and French.
Mrs. H speaks English and Russian.
Mrs. J speaks Russian only.
Mrs. K speaks English only.
Mrs. L speaks French only.
Mrs. M speaks French and German.
Mrs. N speaks English and German.
Mrs. O speaks English only.
How many distinct seating arrangements are possible? Give
all possible seating arrangements.
Note that ABCD and DCBA are the same. | | 1 |
| Silu and Meenu were walking on the road.
Silu said, "I weigh 51 Kgs. How much do you weigh?"
Meenu replied that she wouldn't reveal her weight directly
as she is overweight. But she said, "I weigh 29 Kgs plus
half of my weight."
How much does Meenu weigh? | | 1 |
| Love love it.. friends need it.. relationing start with
it.. life ends with it.. | | 6 |
| You have 13 balls which all look identical. All the balls
are the same weight except for one. Using only a balance
scale, can find the odd one out with only 3 weighings?
Is it possible to always tell if the odd one out is heavier
or lighter than the other balls? | | 2 |
| A mule and a donkey were carrying full sacks on their backs.
The mule started complaining that his load was too heavy.
The donkey said to him "Why are you complaining? If you gave
me one of your sacks I'd have double what you have and if I
give you one of my sacks we'd have an even amount."
How many sacks were each of them carrying? Give the minimal
possible answer. | | 1 |
| There are 8 stones which are similar except one which is
heavier than the others. To find it, you are given a pan
balance. What is the minimal number of weighing needed to
find out the heaviest stone ?
| iFlex | 18 |
| In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time
has come to find a husband for his princess daughter. The
King wanted to find a worthy lad for his princess, so he
promised to give his daughter away to the first young (or
old) man who would solve the puzzle that has stumped the
best of his court mathematicians for years. The puzzle is
very simple: in a palace, there are 25 rooms arranged in a
square--5 rows of rooms with 5 rooms in each row. In every
room there is a light switch which not only switches on/off
the light in that room, but also switches the lights in the
adjacent rooms--the room to the right, to the left, the
room above and the room below. Initially, all of the
lights are turned off. The goal is to turn the lights on
in every room of the palace.
| Adobe | 14 |
| If you started a business in which you earned Rs.1 on the
first day, Rs.3 on the second day, Rs.5 on the third day,
Rs.7 on the fourth day, & so on.
How much would you have earned with this business after 50
years (assuming there are exactly 365 days in every year)?
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