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You are in a boat with your mother and wife.
Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due to
boat overloading.
You cannot drop yourself. Whom will you drop?

Question Posted / vnu

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / kart

I got 2 Ans

1.
I will drop any one since the boat is on the shore. so there wont be any problem.



2.
"To drop somebody into water"...


and the question says that it
i am in a boat along with my mother and wife. Thus the boat may contain some other guy. so I will some one other than my mother and wife.

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / narendra sharma

I will drop my wife bcs for my wife a lot all person will available not for my mother.

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / vini

Simple... I'l drop the person 'SOMEBODY'... :)

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / bitt

boatrider

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / raja gandhi

Wife

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / yogesh

I'll drop the one, who is forcing me.

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / anand

I will drop somebody because it is not mentioned in the
question that only we three are there in the boat.

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / hervinder

I would drop my wife

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / subha

my mother is a aged person she can't able to bear the
shivering.so my wife can bear and she know swimming. i drop
her in water after getting help. i will get back her

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You are in a boat with your mother and wife. Suddenly you are forced to drop somebody into water due..

Answer / saptorshi mondal

I will drop the anchor.

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