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| 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 |
| If you were to dial any 7 digits on a telephone in random
order, what is the probability that you will dial your own
phone number?
Assume that your telephone number is 7-digits. | | 3 |
| Four men - Abraham, Bobby, Clinton and Denial - are standing
in a straight line.
1. One man is fair, handsome and unscarred.
2. Two men who are not fair, are each standing next to Abraham.
3. Bobby is the only man standing next to exactly one
handsome man.
4. Clinton is the only man not standing next to exactly one
scarred man.
Who is fair, handsome and unscarred? | | 3 |
| 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 |
| You have four 9's and you may use any of the (+, -, /, *) as
many times as you like. I want to see a mathematical
expression which uses the four 9's to = 100
How many such expressions can you make? | | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| A cube is made of a white material, but the exterior is
painted black.
If the cube is cut into 125 smaller cubes of exactly the
same size, how many of the cubes will have
atleast 2 of their sides painted black? | | 2 |
| 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 |
| Mr. Wagle goes to work by a bus. One day he falls asleep
when the bus still has twice as far to go as it has already
gone.
Halfway through the trip he wakes up as the bus bounces over
some bad potholes. When he finally falls asleep again, the
bus still has half the distance to go that it has already
travelled. Fortunately, Mr. Wagle wakes up at the end of his
trip.
What portion of the total trip did Mr. Wagle sleep? | | 1 |
| Kate, Demi, Madona, Sharon, Britney and Nicole decided to
lunch together in a restaurant. The waiter led them to a
round table with six chairs.
How many different ways can they seat? | | 1 |
| How many squares are there in a 5 inch by 5 inch square
grid? Note that the grid is made up of one inch by one inch
squares. | | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| can u prove that 1=2?
is it possible? | | 9 |
| Substitute digits for the letters to make the following
Division true
Y F Y
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A Y | N E L L Y
| N L Y
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P P L
P N H
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N L Y
N L Y
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0 0 0
Note that the leftmost letter can't be zero in any word.
Also, there must be a one-to-one mapping between digits and
letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter N, no other
letter can be 3 and all other N in the puzzle must be 3. | | 1 |
| A blindfolded man is asked to sit in the front of a carrom
board. The holes of the board are shut with lids in random
order, i.e. any number of all the four holes can be shut or
open.
Now the man is supposed to touch any two holes at a time and
can do the following.
? Open the closed hole.
? Close the open hole.
? Let the hole be as it is.
After he has done it, the carrom board is rotated and again
brought to some position. The man is again not aware of what
are the holes which are open or closed.
How many minimum number of turns does the blindfolded man
require to either open all the holes or close all the holes?
Note that whenever all the holes are either open or close,
there will be an alarm so that the blindfolded man will know
that he has won. | | 2 |
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