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| There are 3 persons X, Y and Z. On some day, X lent
tractors to Y and Z as many as they had. After a month Y
gave as many tractors to X and Z as many as they have.
After a month Z did the same thing. At the end of this
transaction each one of them had 24.
Find the tractors each originally had?
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| On evey Sunday Amar, Akbar and Anthony lunch together at
Preetam-Da-Dhaba where they order lassi based on following
facts.
1. Unless neither Amar nor Akbar have lassi, Anthony must
have it.
2. If Amar does not have lassi, either Akbar or Anthony or
both have it.
3. Anthony has lassi only if either Amar or Akbar or both
have it.
4. Akbar and Anthony never have lassi together.
Who order(s) lassi? | | 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 |
| Four friends - Arjan, Bhuvan, Guran and Lakha were
comparing the number of sheep that they owned.
It was found that Guran had ten more sheep than Lakha.
If Arjan gave one-third to Bhuvan, and Bhuvan gave a
quarter of what he then held to Guran, who then passed on a
fifth of his holding to Lakha, they would all have an equal
number of sheep.
How many sheep did each of them possess? Give the minimal
possible answer
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| iwant to know which type of questions were coming in tcs
company | Syntel | 3 |
| There is a shortage of tubelights, bulbs and fans in a
village - Kharghar. It is found that
?All houses do not have either tubelight or bulb or fan.
?exactly 19% of houses do not have just one of these.
?atleast 67% of houses do not have tubelights.
?atleast 83% of houses do not have bulbs.
?atleast 73% of houses do not have fans.
What percentage of houses do not have tubelight, bulb and
fan?
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| 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? | | 1 |
| there are 3 jars of different sizes.one jar holds 8 litres
of milk,the other 2 jars of 5 litres and 3 jars are
empty.There is no measuring level or marks in all the
jars.Juggle between these 3 jars and get 2 jars containing
4litres each at the end. | QA | 7 |
| 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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| 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 |
| Eleven boys and girls wait to take their seats in the same
row in a movie theater. There are exactly 11 seats in the row.
They decided that after the first person sits down, the next
person has to sit next to the first. The third sits next to
one of the first two and so on until all eleven are seated.
In other words, no person can take a seat that separates
him/her from at least one other person.
How many different ways can this be accomplished? Note that
the first person can choose any of the 11 seats. | | 7 |
| 2. At a recent painting competition, jonneys rendition of
a constable was not last. priya only just managed to
avoid last place and came third. the lady who painted a
monkey was very successful and took first place. mary
beat the lady who painted the temple and the lady who
painted the flower beat sachin. can you determine who
painted what and who won? | | 1 |
| I can take a bca student instead of you then why should i
hire you | | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Consider a number 235, where last digit is the sum of first
two digits i.e. 2 + 3 = 5.
How many such 3-digit numbers are there?
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| Suppose five bales of hay are weighed two at a time in all
possible ways. The weights in pounds are 110, 112, 113, 114,
115, 116, 117, 118, 120, and 121.
How much does each bale weigh? | | 1 |
| Three convicts are brought into the warden's office. He says
he can parole one of them and to decide which one he will
parole he takes out 5 hats (3 red and 2 white). He stands
behind them and places a hat on each one of their heads and
puts the other two remaining hats in a drawer.
He tells the prisioners they can look at the others hats and
if they can tell which hat they have on they will be the one
who is paroled.
The first man looks at the other two and says, "I don't know."
The second man looks at the others hats and says, "I don't
know."
The third man who is blind says, "Even though I have not the
gift of sight I can tell by what the others have said that
the color of my hat is..."
What color is the blind mans hat and how does he know? | Bally-Technologies | 2 |
| 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 |
| Ekta got chocolates to give her friends on her Birthday. If
she gives 3 chocolates to each friend,
one friend will get only 2 chocolates. Also, if she gives 2
chocolates to each friends, she will
left with 15 chocolates.
How many chocolates Ekta got on her Birthday? and how many
friends are there? | | 2 |
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