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| You have 2 identical glass bulbs with you. Bulb
manufacturer has mentioned that each bulb might withstand a
drop of 200 Feet at maximum. Your task is to find the
height at which the bulb breaks ofcourse with minimum
number of iterations.
Assume that you have 200 blocks of 1 foot each which can be
stacked one by one to create a 200 Feet structure to carry
out the test. | Wipro | 6 |
| There are 3 colored boxes - Red, Green and Blue. Each box
contains 2 envelopes. Each envelope contains money - two of
them contain Rs. 25000 each, two of them contain Rs. 15000
each and remaining two contain Rs. 10000 each.
There is one statement written on the cover of each box.
* Red Box: Both, a red box and a blue box contain Rs. 10000
each.
* Green Box: Both, a green box and a red box contain Rs.
25000 each.
* Blue Box: Both, a blue box and a green box contain Rs.
15000 each.
Only one of the above 3 statements is true and the
corresponding box contains the maximum amount.
Can you tell which box contains the maximum amount and how much? | | 1 |
| RAW means | Geometric-Software | 7 |
| 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 |
| A drinks machine offers three selections - Tea, Coffee or
Random (Either tea or Coffee) but the machine has been wired
up wrongly so that each button does not give what it claims.
If each drink costs 50p, how much minimum money do you have
to put into the machine to work out which button gives which
selection? | | 4 |
| Sam and Mala have a conversation.
? Sam says I am certainly not over 40
? Mala says I am 38 and you are atleast 5 years older than me
? Now Sam says you are atleast 39
All the statements by the two are false. How old are they
really? | | 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 |
| In training for a competition, you find that swimming
downstream (with the current) in a river, you can swim 2
miles in 40 minutes, & upstream (against the current), you
can swim 2 miles in 60 minutes.
How long would it take you to swim a mile in still water? | | 2 |
| A man went into a fast food restaurant and ate a meal
costing Rs. 105, giving the accountant a Rs. 500 note. He
kept the change, came back a few minutes later and had some
food packed for his girl friend. He gave the accountant a
Rs. 100 note and received Rs. 20 in change. Later the bank
told the accountant that both the Rs. 500 and the Rs. 100
notes were counterfeit.
How much money did the restaurant lose? Ignore the profit of
the food restaurant. | TCS | 8 |
| 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 |
| Montu, Bantu, Chantu and Pintu have pets.
Montu says, "If Pintu and I each have a dog, then exactly
one of Bantu and Chantu has a dog."
Bantu says, "If Chantu and I each have a cat, then exactly
one of Montu and Pintu has a dog."
Chantu says, "If Montu and I each have a dog, then exactly
one of Bantu and Pintu has a cat."
Pintu says, "If Bantu and I each have a cat, then exactly
one of Bantu and I has a dog."
Only one of the four is telling the truth. Who is telling
the truth? | | 1 |
| In a certain game, if 2 wixsomes are worth 3 changs, and 4
changs are worth 1 plut, then 6 plutes are worth how many
wixsomes? | | 2 |
| All of the students at a college are majoring in psychology,
business, or both. 73% of the students are psychology
majors, & 62% are business majors.
If there are 200 students, how many of them are majoring in
both psychology & business? | | 1 |
| In a certain year, the number of girls who graduated from
City High School was twice the number of boys. If 3/4 of the
girls and 5/6 of the boys went to college immediately after
graduation, what fraction of the graduates that year went to
college immediately after graduation? | | 1 |
| At the Party:
1. There were 9 men and children.
2. There were 2 more women than children.
3. The number of different man-woman couples possible was
24. Note that if there were 7 men and 5 women, then there
would have been 35 man-woman couples possible.
Also, of the three groups - men, women and children - at the
party:
4. There were 4 of one group.
5. There were 6 of one group.
6. There were 8 of one group.
Exactly one of the above 6 statements is false.
Can you tell which one is false? Also, how many men, women
and children are there at the party? | | 1 |
| A circle of a playground is to be fenced at
circumference.The cost of the fencing is Rs.150 per sqm.
what is the total cost , if the diameter is 70? | RRB | 11 |
| 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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
| | 1 |
| 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 |
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