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| A person is standing at the top of a 100mt building, he has
a rope 75mts long and the only way he can come down is
through the rope. He can cut the rope also he can tie the
rope at any point on the building, but he cant jump and
ofcourse dont even think about the stairs :D Find out the
best way he'll come down. | Huawei | 7 |
| Find out the smallest four digit number which is divisible
from 1 to 10? | Infosys | 10 |
| Somebody marked the six faces of a die with the numbers 1, 2
and 3 - each number twice. The die was put on a table. Four
people - Abu, Babu, Calu and Dabu - sat around the table so
that each one was able to see only three sides of the die at
a glance.
? Abu sees the number 1 and two even numbers.
? Babu and Calu can see three different numbers each.
? Dabu sees number 2 twice and he can't remember the third
number.
What number is face down on the table? | | 1 |
| Mr. Kamal Kishore rents a private car for Andheri-Colaba-
Andheri trip. It costs him Rs. 300 everyday.
One day the car driver informed Mr. Kamal Kishore that
there were two students from Bandra who wished to go from
Bandra to Colaba and back to Bandra. Bandra is halfway
between Andheri and Colaba. Mr. Kamal Kishore asked the
driver to let the students travel with him.
On the first day when they came, Mr. Kamal Kishore
said, "If you tell me the mathematically correct price you
should pay individually for your portion of the trip, I
will let you travel for free."
How much should the individual student pay for their
journey?
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| Mr. D'souza has bought four cars - Merc, Honda, Ford, Zen -
as presents for his sons' birthdays, all of which are next
week. Given the following information, what will each son get?
Alan will not get the Honda unless Barry gets the Merc and
Denzil gets the Ford. Barry will not get the Ford unless
Carl gets the Zen and Alan gets the Merc. Denzil will not
get the Zen unless Alan gets the Honda and Barry gets the
Merc. Alan will not get the Merc unless Carl gets the Zen
and Denzil gets the Ford. Barry will not get the Merc unless
Alan gets the Zen and Denzil gets the Ford. Alan will not
get the Zen unless Barry gets the Honda and Carl gets the
Merc. Carl will not get the Zen unless Barry gets the Honda
and Alan gets the Ford. Alan will not get the Ford unless
Barry gets the Zen and Denzil gets the Honda. Carl will not
get the Merc unless Denzil gets the Honda. | | 1 |
| 3 boys go to the restaurant. Their bill was 75 rs..
So they contributed 25 each. Manager then gives 5 rs back
to the waiter and then waiter gave 3 rs back to them and
put 2 rs into his pocket..
So their actual contribution is 24 because they got 1-1 rs
back. so 24*3=72 and 2 rs into the waiter's pocket. so
74+2=74
where is 1 rs? | Merlion | 12 |
| One of the four people - Mr. Clinton, his wife Monika,
their son Mandy and their daughter Cindy - is a singer and
another is a dancer. Mr. Clinton is older than his wife and
Mady is older than his sister.
1. If the singer and the dancer are the same sex, then
the dancer is older than the singer.
2. If neither the singer nor the dancer is the parent
of the other, then the singer is older than the dancer.
3. If the singer is a man, then the singer and the
dancer are the same age.
4. If the singer and the dancer are of opposite sex
then the man is older than the woman.
5. If the dancer is a woman, then the dancer is older
than the singer.
Whose occupation do you know? And what is his/her
occupation?
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| one man driving a car in a lonely forest .. it was raining
at that moment ...suddenly one of the car tyre got
punchured...and he is having stephiny in his car ...he gets
it and he tried to fix that stephiny...when he removes the
bolts of punchred tire all are gone into mud...all bolts...
fell into mud...and that bolts he never get...then, how can
he reach safely to home... by driving his car..? | Infosys | 12 |
| A worker earns a 5% raise. A year later, the worker receives
a 2.5% cut in pay, & now his salary is Rs. 22702.68
What was his salary to begin with? | | 2 |
| Consider a state lottery where you get to choose 8 numbers
from 1 to 80, no repetition allowed. The Lottery Commission
chooses 11 from those 80 numbers, again no repetition. You
win the lottery if at least 7 of your numbers are there in
the 11 chosen by the Lottery Commission.
What is the probability of winning the lottery? | | 1 |
| The cricket match between India and Pakistan was over.
? Harbhajan scored more runs than Ganguly.
? Sachin scored more runs than Laxman but less than Dravid
? Badani scored as much runs as Agarkar but less than Dravid
and more than Sachin.
? Ganguly scored more runs than either Agarkar or Dravid.
Each batsman scored 10 runs more than his immediate batsman.
The lowest score was 10 runs. How much did each one of them
score | | 1 |
| Given the following facts:
1. Dinesh is younger than Farukh and older than Gurmit.
2. Jatin is younger than Chandu and older than Eshrat.
3. Amit is younger than Irfan and older than Chandu.
4. Farukh is younger than Bhavin and older than Hemant.
5. Irfan is younger than Gurmit and older than Jatin.
6. Hemant is older than Gurmit.
Who is the Youngest? | | 1 |
| In the middle of the confounded desert, there is the lost
city of "Ash". To reach it, I will have to travel overland
by foot from the coast. On a trek like this, each person can
only carry enough rations for five days and the farthest we
can travel in one day is 30 miles. Also, the city is 120
miles from the starting point.
What I am trying to figure out is the fewest number of
persons, including myself, that I will need in our Group so
that I can reach the city, stay overnight, and then return
to the coast without running out of supplies.
How many persons (including myself) will I need to
accomplish this mission? | | 2 |
| In Mr. Mehta's family, there are one grandfather, one
grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, one father-in-law,
one mother-in-law, four children, three grandchildren, one
brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters and one
daughter-in-law.
How many members are there in Mr. Mehta's family? Give
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 | 15 |
| At what time after 4.00 p.m. is the minutes hand of a clock
exactly aligned with the hour hand? | HP | 5 |
| There were two men standing on a street. The one says to the
other, "I have 3 daughters, the product of their ages is 36.
What is the age of the OLDEST daughter?"
The second guy says, "I need more information." So, the
first guy says, "The sum of their ages is equal to the
address of the house across the street."
The second guy looks at the address and says, "I still need
more information." So, the first guy says, "My oldest
daughter wears a red dress." | | 1 |
| If you look at a clock and the time is 3:15.
What is the angle between the hour and the minute hands? (
The answer to this is not zero!) | | 2 |
| To move a Safe, two cylindrical steel bars 7 inches in
diameter are used as rollers.
How far will the safe have moved forward when the rollers
have made one revolution? | | 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 |
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