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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 |
| There is a safe with a 5 digit number as the key. The 4th
digit is 4 greater than the second digit, while the 3rd
digit is 3 less than the 2nd digit. The 1st digit is thrice
the last digit. There are 3 pairs whose sum is 11.
Find the number.
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| 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 |
| A contractor had employed 100 labourers for a flyover
construction task. He did not allow any woman to work
without her husband. Also, atleast half the men working came
with their wives.
He paid five rupees per day to each man, four ruppes to each
woman and one rupee to each child. He gave out 200 rupees
every evening.
How many men, women and children were working with the
constructor? | | 2 |
| You have a bucket of jelly beans. Some are red, some are
blue, and some green. With your eyes closed, pick out 2 of a
like color.
How many do you have to grab to be sure you have 2 of the same?
You have a bucket of jelly beans. Some are red, some are
blue, and some green. With your eyes closed, pick out 2 of a
like color.
How many do you have to grab to be sure you have 2 of the same? | | 1 |
| A number of 9 digits has the following properties:
? The number comprising the leftmost two digits is divisible
by 2, that comprising the leftmost three digits is divisible
by 3, the leftmost four by 4, the leftmost five by 5, and so
on for the nine digits of the number i.e. the number formed
from the first n digits is divisible by n, 2<=n<=9.
? Each digit in the number is different i.e. no digits are
repeated.
? The digit 0 does not occur in the number i.e. it is
comprised only of the digits 1-9 in some order.
Find the number. | | 1 |
| When Alexander the Great attacked the forces of Porus, an
Indian soldier was captured by the Greeks. He had displayed
such bravery in battle, however, that the enemy offered to
let him choose how he wanted to be killed. They told
him, "If you tell a lie, you will put to the sword, and if
you tell the truth you will be hanged."
The soldier could make only one statement. He made that
statement and went free. What did he say?
| CTS | 1 |
| 500 men are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns
according to their heights.
Tallest among each row of all are asked to come out. And
the shortest among them is A.
Similarly after resuming them to their original positions,
the shortest among each column are asked to come out. And
the tallest among them is B.
Now who is taller A or B ?
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| The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet every 65 minutes.
How much does the watch lose or gain time and by how much? | | 1 |
| A tank can be filled by pipe A in 30 minutes and by pipe B
in 24 minutes. Outlet pipe C can empty the full tank in one
hour and twenty minutes.
If the tank is empty initially and if all the three pipes A,
B and C are opened simultaneously, in how much time will the
tank be full? | | 1 |
| Tanya wants to go on a date and prefers her date to be tall,
dark and handsome.
1. Of the preferred traits - tall, dark and handsome - no
two of Adam, Bond, Cruz and Dumbo have the same number.
2. Only Adam or Dumbo is tall and fair.
3. Only Bond or Cruz is short and handsome.
4. Adam and Cruz are either both tall or both short.
5. Bond and Dumbo are either both dark or both fair.
Who is Tanya's date? | | 1 |
| Yesterday in a party, I asked Mr. Shah his birthday. With a
mischievous glint in his eyes he replied. "The day before
yesterday I was 83 years old and next year I will be 86."
Can you figure out what is the Date of Birth of Mr. Shah?
Assume that the current year is 2000. | | 4 |
| Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of
them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining
is equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the
original number divided. | TCS | 11 |
| Four prisoners escape from a prison.
The prisoners, Mr. East, Mr. West, Mr. South, Mr. North head
towards different directions after escaping.
The following information of their escape was supplied:
? The escape routes were North Road, South Road, East Road
and West Road
? None of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake
? Mr. East did not take the South Road
? Mr.West did not the South Road
? The West Road was not taken by Mr. East
What road did each of the prisoners take to make their escape | | 1 |
| Find the values of each of the alphabets.
N O O N
S O O N
+ M O O N
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J U N E
| Wipro | 12 |
| How long would it take you to count 1 billion orally if you
could count 200 every minute and were given a day off every
four years? | | 2 |
| can anyone provide the answer for the puzzle below
There are 25 horses,in each race only 5 horses can
participate.how many races are required to select best 5
horses out of 25.
need answer with detailed explanation | Wipro | 18 |
| Vipul was studying for his examinations and the lights went
off. It was around 1:00 AM. He lighted two uniform candles
of equal length but one thicker than the other. The thick
candle is supposed to last six hours and the thin one two
hours less. When he finally went to sleep, the thick candle
was twice as long as the thin one.
For how long did Vipul study in candle light?
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| Mark ate half of a pizza on Monday. He ate half of what was
left on Tuesday and so on. He followed this pattern for one
week.
How much of the pizza would he have eaten during the week? | | 2 |
| There are four groups of Mangoes, Apples and Bananas as
follows:
Group I : 1 Mango, 1 Apples and 1 Banana
Group II : 1 Mango, 5 Apples and 7 Bananas
Group III : 1 Mango, 7 Apples and 10 Bananas
Group IV : 9 Mango, 23 Apples and 30 Bananas
Group II costs Rs 300 and Group III costs Rs 390.
Can you tell how much does Group I and Group IV cost? | | 1 |
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