469 infosys puzzles

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Infosys Puzzles

1. There is a escalator and 2 persons move down it.A takes 50 steps and takes !5 steps whilethe escalator is movin" down. #iven that the time taken $y A to take 1 step is e%ual to timetaken $y to take & steps. 'ind the no. of steps in the escalator while it is staionary.

Solution (not sure)(If A takes 1 step in one second) then takes & steps in one second. If A takes t1 seconds to

take 50 steps) then takes 150 steps in t1 seconds.'or ) to take 150 steps he re%uires t1 seconds)then to take !5 steps he re%uires t1*2 seconds.+o now) s1,50) t1 , t1 - s2,!5) t2,t1*2ans, s1/t2 s2/t1 * t1 t2 which "ives 100.so 100 steps is the answer

2. If 5*2 artists make 5*2 paintin"s usin" 5*2 canvases in 5*2 days then how many artists rre%uired to make 25 paintin"s usin" 25 canvases in 25 days

&. If the di"its of my present a"e are reversed then i "et the a"e of my son.If 1 year a"o my a"e

was twice as that of my son.'ind my present a"e.ans. father3!&) son3&!

4. There are 51 $alls out of them 1 is heavy.'ind the min. no. of times the $alls have to $ewei"hed for findin" out the haevy $all.ans. 6

5. If i walk with &0 miles*hr i reach 1 hour $efore and if i walk with 20 miles*hr i reach 1 hourlate. 'ind the distance $etween 2 points and the e7act time of reachin" destination is 11 amthen find the speed with which it walks.ans. 120miles and 24 miles*hr

. There r four face cards 8)9):)A all of different typesdiamond)clu$)spade)heart andsome conditions r "iven.find the order of cardsans. kin" 3; )? r 5 mem$ers of a family.4 of them "ive true statements (1. ? is my mother in law 2. = is my son in law@s $rother&. is my father@s $rother 4. A is my $rother@s wifeho made the stmt. and what r the realtions amon" themans. ?B

AC33;33=B>C33; denotes hus$and3wife33 denotes $rothers

6. The product of 5 different temperatures is 12.If all of then r inte"ers then find all thetemperaturesans. 32)31)1)2)&

D. There r D cities num$ered 1 to D.'rom how many cities the fli"ht can start so as to reach the

city 6 either directly or indirectly such the path formed is divisi$le $y &.e". 1&63'li"hts "oes throu"h 13&336.

10. If i do this puzzle i find it to $e hard than the last puzzle that i did $efore that afterthat..............very comple7 stmt.Is that puzzle difficult)easy)can@t say or depends on the no. of puzzles

11. Eeplace each letter $y a di"it. ?ach letter must $e represented $y the same di"it and no$e"innin" letter of a word can $e 0.F G ?F G ?

F G ?F G ?3333333T ? G3333333


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9 +trike off any di"it from each num$er in seven rows need not $e at same place andcom$ine the same operations with & di"it num$ers to "et the same addition. After this strikeoff another di"it from all and add all the Go.s to "et the same 2 di"it Go. perform the sameprocess a"ain with 1 di"it Go.s. #ive the @ no.s in ! rows at each sta"e.

22. There is a safe with a 5 di"it Go. The 4th di"it is 4 "reater thansecond di"it) while &rddi"it is& less than 2nd di"it. The 1st di"it is thrice the last di"it. There are & pairs whose sum is 11.'ind the num$er.Ans( 52D2.

2&. There are 2 "uards al and Pal walkin" on the side of a wall of a wearhouse12m L 11m inopposite directions. They meet at a point and al says to Pal M+ee you a"ain in the other sideM.After a few moments of walkin" al decides to "o $ack for a smoke $ut he chan"es his directiona"ain to his previous one after 10 minutes of walkin" in the otheroppositedirection remem$erin" that Pal will $e waitin" for to meet. If al and Pal walk 6 and 11 feetrespectively) how much distance they would have travelled $efore meetin" a"ain.

24. 1& ki"s and li$s can produce 510 tors in 10 hrs) 6 ki"s and 14 li$s can produce 464 torsin 12 hrs. 'ind the rate of production of tors for ki"s and li$s. ?7press the answer in tors*hr.

25.77777777777&7733333337777&73333333777&7733333339 'ind the 5 di"it Go.

int( 5 is used atleast once in the calculation.

2. A fly is there 1 feet $elow the ceilin" ri"ht across a wall len"th is &0m at e%ual distancefrom $oth the ends. There is a spider 1 feet a$ove floor ri"ht across the lon" wall e%uidistantfrom $oth the ends. If the width of the room is 12m and 12m) what distance is to $e traveled $ythe spider to catch the fly) if it takes the shortest path.

2!. Eamesh sit around a round ta$le with some other men. e has one rupee more than hisri"ht person and this person in turn has 1 rupee more than the person to his ri"ht and so on)Eamesh decided to "ive 1 rupee to his ri"ht - he in turn 2 rupees to his ri"ht and & rupees tohis ri"ht - so on. This process went on till a person has @no money@ to "ive to his ri"ht. At this

time he has 4 times the money to his ri"ht person. ow many men are there alon" withEamesh and what is the money with poorest fellow.

26. 9uestion related to pro$a$ilities of removin" the red $all from a $asket) "iven that two$alls are removed from the $asket and the other $all is red. The $asket contains$lue)red)yellow $alls.

2D. Jenkat has 1$oy-2dau"hters.The product of these children a"e is !2.The sum of theira"es "ive the door num$erof Jenkat.oy is elder of three.=an you tell the a"es of all thethree.&0. N(says all of my other 4 friends have money

H(says that P said that e7act one has moneyG(says that N said that precisely two have moneyF(says that H said that & of others have money.P(Nand G said that they have money.All are liers.

ho has money - who doesn@t have

&1. Post man has a data of name surname door num$er) pet name of 4 families. ut only one iscorrect for each family. There are a set of statements - %uestions.&&. 4 couples have a party. >ependin" on the set of statements) find who insulted whom andwho is the host of the party.

&4. 5 women "iven some of their hei"hts tall)medium)short air lon") plainted) +tardslack or rown) sari)2 medium)23short.Tall3;no sari.Plainted3;medium.Answer the com$inations.


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&5. A person has to "o $oth Gorthwards - +outhwards in search of a . All mem$ers $elon"in" to > are mem$ers of ?.5 %uestions are there.

41. rite each statements true or false(31. The sum of the 1st three statements and the 2nd false statement "ives the true statement.2. The no. of true statements false statement.&. The sum of 2nd true statement and 1st false statement "ives the first true statement.

4. There are at most & false statements.5. There is no two consecutive true statements.

42. There are twelve consecutive fla"s at an e%ual interval of distance. A man passes the 6thfla" in 6 seconds. ow many more seconds will he take to pass the remainin" 4 fla"s

4&. A person has to cover the fi7ed distance throu"h his horses. There are five horses in thecart. They ran at the full potential for the 24 hours continuously at constant speed and then twoof the horses ran away to some other direction. +o he reached the destination 46 hours $ehindthe schedule. If the five horses would have run 50 miles more) then the person would have$een only 24 hours late. 'ind the distance of the destination.

44. A $oat H leaves shore A and at the same time $oat leaves shore . They move across theriver. They met at 500 yards away from A and after that they met &00 yards away from shore without haltin" at shores. 'ind the distance $etween the shore A - .

45. A person was "oin" throu"h train from om$ay to Pune. After every five minutes he finds atrain comin" from opposite direction. Jelocity of trains are e%ual of either direction. If theperson reached Pune in one hour then how many trains he saw in the


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4!. There are five persons A))=)>)? whose $irthdays occur at the consecutive days. irthdayof A is some days or day $efore = - $irthday of is e7actly the same days or day after ?. > istwo days older than ?. If $irth day of = is on ednesday then find out the $irthdays of other.

46. Persons say these statements.A says either >emocratic or li$eral wins the elections. says >emocratic wins.= says neither democratic nor li$eral wins the election.Ff these only one is wron". ho wins the election

4D. +i7 persons A))=)>)? -' went to soldier cinema. There are si7 consecutive seats. A sits inthe first seat followed $y ) followed $y = and so on. If A taken on of the si7 seats) then should sit ad


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5!. 5 persons E)+)T)S)J are contestin" for a medal. ?valuation is over ?n"lish) Haths) Physics)=hemistry and indi. Toper will "et 5 marks) least will "et 1 mark. Go ties any where. E "et 24and won the overall medal. J "ets first in =hemistry and third in indi) T "ot consistent scoresin 4 su$ifference $etween a and c as same as difference $etween c and $ as same as difference$etween a and d.c cCa and c;d.Then find a)$)c)d)e.

!. There are si7 cards in which it has two kin" cards. all cards are turned down and twocards are opened.a hat is the possi$ility to "et at least one kin".$ hat is the possi$ility to "et two kin"s.

6. There are 5 persons a)$)c)d)e and each is wearin" a $lock or white cap on his head. A personcan see the caps of the remainin" four $ut can@t see his own cap. A person wearin" white saystrue and who wears $lock says false.i a says i see & whites and 1 $lock. ii $ says i see 4 $locks.iii e says i see 4 whites. iv c says i see & $locks and 1 white.Gow find the caps weared $y a)$)c)d and e.


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D. There are two women) kavitha and shamili and two males shyam) aravind who aremusicians. Fut of these four one is a pianist) one flutist) violinist and drummer.i Across aravind $eats pianist. ii Across shyam is not a flutist.iii :avitha@s left is a pianist. iv +hamili@s left is not a drummer.v 'lutist and drummer are married.

!0. hen Arthur is as old as his father ailey is now) he shall $e 5 times as old as his son=larke is now. y then) =larke will $e 6 times older than Arthur is now. The com$ined a"es ofailey and Arthur are 100 years. ow old is =larke

!1. The seven di"its in this su$traction pro$lem are 0) 1) 2) &) 4) 5 and . ?ach letter representsthe same di"it whenever it occurs.> A > = 3 ? ? #33333333333333333333 ' ? #33333333333333333333hat di"it is represented $y each letter

!2. The 8ones have named their four $oys after favorite relativesU their friends) the +miths)have done the same thin" with their three $oys. Fne of the families has twin $oys. 'rom thefollowin" clues) can you determine the families of all seven children and their a"esi Jalentine is 4 years older than his twin $rothers.ii inston) who is 6) and enedict are not $rothers. They are each named after a "randfather.iii riscoe is two years youn"er than his $rother amilton) ut three years older than >ewey.iv >ecatur is 10 years old.v enedict is & years youn"er than JalentineU they are not related.vi The twins are named for uncles.

!&. Hotor$oat A leaves shore P as leaves 9U they move across the lake at a constant speed.They meet first time 00 yards from P. ?ach returns from the opposite shore without haltin")and they meet 200 yards from. ow lon" is the lake

!4. Fn the Island of imperfection there is a special road) No"ic Nane) on which the houses areusually reserved for the more mathematical inha$itants. Add) >ivide and ?ven live in threedifferent houses on this road which has houses num$ered from 1350. Fne of them is amem$er of the Pukka Tri$e) who always tell the truth. Another is a mem$er of the otta Tri$e)who never tell the truth and the third is a mem$er of the +halla Tri$e) who make statementswhich are alternately true and false) or false and true. They make statements as follows(3A>>(

1. The num$er of my house is "reater than that of >[email protected]. Hy num$er is divisi$le $y 4.&. ?ven@s num$er differs $y 1& from that of one of the others.

>IJI>? (1. Add@s num$er is divisi$le $y 12. 2. Hy num$er is &!. &. ?ven@s num$er is even.

?J?G (1. Go one@s num$er is divisi$le $y 10. 2. Hy num$er is &0.&. Add@s num$er is divisi$le $y &.'ind to which tri$e each of them $elon"s) and the num$er of each of their houses.

!5. The names of the inha$itants of alkie Talkie Nand sound stran"e to the visitors) and theyfind it difficult to pronounce them) due to their len"th and a few vowel sounds they contain.The alkie Talkie "uide is discussin" the names of four inha$itants V A))= and >. Theirnames each contain upto ei"ht sylla$les) althou"h none of the four names contain the samenum$er. Two of the names contain no vowel soundsU one contains one vowel soundU and onecontains two vowel sounds. 'rom the #uide@s statements $elow) determine the num$er ofsylla$les and vowel sounds in each of the four alkie Talkie names(3i The one whose name contains two vowel sounds is not A.ii =@s name does not contain more than one vowel sound or fewer than seven sylla$les.iii The name with seven sylla$les does not contain e7actly one vowel sound.iv and = do not have names with the same num$er of vowel sounds.v Geither the name with five sylla$les nor the name with seven sylla$les contains more thanone vowel sound.vi Geither the name with si7 sylla$les) nor the @s name) contains two vowel sounds.


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!. Two identical twins have a very unusual characteristic. Fne tells nothin" $ut lies onHondays) ednesdays and 'ridays) and tells nothin" $ut the truth all other days. The othertells nothin" $ut lies on Tuesdays) Thursdays and +aturdays) and tells nothin" $ut the truth allother days. Fn +undays $oth children speak the truth.

!!. Accordin" to the information presented) which of the followin" conversations will $eimpossi$le.a Twin A ( MToday you are a lierMTwin ( MQou are tellin" the truthM

$Twin A ( MToday you are a lierMTwin ( MToday I am a truth tellerM

cTwin A ( MTommorow I shall $e a lierMTwin ( MThat@s correctM

dTwin A ( MTommorow you will $e a lierMTwin ( MToday you are a truthtellerM

eTwin A ( MQesterday we were $oth truthtellersM

Twin ( MQou are lyin"M.

!6. Assume that the twins followed a different set of rules) so that on a "iven day $oth told onlythe truth while ne7t day $oth only lied) alternatin" days of truth tellin" and lyin". Snder theserules)which of the followin" conversations would $e possi$lea Twin A ( MToday you are a lierMTwin ( MThat is correctM

$ Twin A ( MToday you are a lierMTwin ( MThat is not soM

c Twin A ( MTommorow we will $e liersMTwin ( MQesterday we were truthtellersM

d Twin A ( MTommorow we will $e liersMTwin ( MQou are 1 year older than I amM

e Twin A ( Me always tell the truthMTwin ( Me some times tell the truthM.

!D. If the twins are heard sayin" the followin" on the same day) which choice presents acorrect statement

Twin A ( MIt is +unday TodayMTwin ( MQesterday was +undayMTwin A ( Mit is summer season nowMa it is a summer sunday. $ it is a summer monday. c it is Honday $ut not summer.d it is +unday $ut not summer. e it is impossi$le to determine whether it is +unday orHonday.

60. In the month of octo$er in a year has e7actly four mondays and four fridays) find what dayof week will $e on the 20th of Govem$er of that year.Ans( 20th Govem$er was a wednesday.

61. +i7 persons A))=)>)? - ' went to solider cinima. There are si7 conseutive seats. A sits inone of the seats followed $y ) followed $y = and soon. If a taken one of the si7 seats ) then should sit ad


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ow much did A))=)? "ive to >Ans( >onor no of "ifts A 1 3 = 1 > 2

65. There are some $ul$s)which are num$ered from 1 to 100.all the $ul$s are in on conditions.The followin" operations are performed(31. Those $ul$s num$er which are divisi$le $y 2 are switched F''.2. Those $ul$s num$ered which are divisi$le $y & are switched FG which are already F''and F'' $ul$s are switched FG.&. +imilarly $ul$s num$ers divisi$le $y 4 are either switched FG or F'' dependin" upon thereprevious condition.4. This procedure is adopted till 100th $ul$.At the end there were how many $ul$s which were in FG conditionAns( 10 only perfect s%uares .

6. There are different num$ers related with A))=)>)?.such that) A/=>,???. ?/=>A,==.'ind A/>.Ans( ?.

6!. 'ind the total no of 10 di"its whose sum is 4.

66.'our musician pro$lemrefer #E? AEEFG+.

6D.#E? AEEFG+ pro$lem 33; Pro$lem num$er 25 to 26 pa"e no. 4.

D0. A) ) = are & "irls and there are !!0 Apples. 'or every 4 Apples) A takes) takes &. 'or ever Apples) = takes ! Apples Ans( 21(145(&0&.

D1. T) S) J are & friends di""in" "roups in fields. If T - S can complete i "roove in 4 days -) S- J can complete 1 "roove in & days - J - T can complete in 2 days. 'ind how many days eachtakes to complete 1 "roove individually.Ans( 24 days.

D2. 4 mathematician has 7 apples. If he arran"es them in rows of & one will $e left. The same isthe case with 5)!)D apples. ut when he arran"ed them in rows of 11) non will $e left. 'ind theno. of apples.Ans( D4. int( 11/ 11/11 11/1 11/21 ,2?......11/! ,&>D4.

D&. starts runnin" after T reaches 1*5th they must when reach 1*th) if wants win atwhat speed should $e run Gote( Fne circle is there) you show this type of pro$lem.

D4. There are 4 mothers) 4 dau"hters and the colour of their dresses) and they are a"ed 1) 2) &- 4. >etails of the dresses are "iven - then it asked a$out the remainin" dresses.

D5. There are 5 levels of dolls and each of different colors - condition are "iven.Gote( This type of pro$lem also refer.

D. 5 student A) ) =) >) ?. Fne student knows 5 lan"ua"es. Nike that up to one lan"au"e.=onditions(3/ +panish is most popular lan"au"e./ & persons knows Porchi"ese./ - = normally speak ?n"lish) $ut when > "athered) they switched to +panish $ecause thatis only common $etween the three./ Fnly lan"au"e common $etween A) ) ? is 'rench.

/ Fnly lan"au"e common $etween = - ? is Italian.

D!. An escalator is descendin" at constant speed. A walks down and takes 50 steps to reach the$ottom. runs down and takes D0 steps in the same time as A takes 10 steps. ow many stepsare visi$le when the escalator is not operatin".AG+. 150.

D6. ?very day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossin". The road is strai"nt $efore thecrossin" and $oth are travellin" in the same direction. =yclist travels with a speed of 10 :mph.Fne day the cyclist comes late $y 25 min. and meets the train 5km $efore the crossin". hat isthe speed of the train.Ans ( 0 kmph.

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each men can speak two lan"ua"esAns (A french italian en"lish french= "erman italian> "erman italian

110. There are & women )they havin" three )?)' each they had taken one @s $rother in law? who is less dan"erous than the thief who had stolen emerald this is the key from this e hadstolen ru$y> did nt stolen from one more condition is there

111. there were three suspects for a ro$$ery that happend in a $ank) tommy)


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5. ?win" and Twain are not in "ood terms $ecause one day when Twain retuned early fromlunch he saw ?win" already sittin" for lunch and reported a$out him to the mana"er. 'ind outwhich person holds which post.

121. There are 6 courses to $e handled $y faculty in 2 semesters. 4 in 1st semester and 4 in 2ndsemester. The candiadates hired for the post are k) l) m) n) o. The courses are Halvino)+hakespeare) 8oyce) =hauncer........... +ome conditions will $e "iven like)1. N and G handle +hakespeare and Halvino.2. H and F handle Halvino and 8oyce.

122. A family I know has several children. ?ach $oy in this family has as many sisters as$rothers $ut each "irl has twice as many $rothers as sisters. ow many $rothers and sisters arethereAns( 4 $oys and & "irls.

12&. Go. of animals is 11 more than the no. of $irds. If the no. of $irds were the no. of animalsand no. of animals were the no. of $irds ie.) interchan"in" no.s of animals and $irds.) the totalno. of le"s "et reduced $y one fifth 1*5. ow many no. of $irds and animals were thereAns( $irds(11)animals(22

124. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts.'or makin" one soap you will "et1 part as scrap. At the end of the day u have 251 such scraps. 'rom that how many soaps can $emanufacturedAns( 22 K 2K 1 , 25.

125. 2 / / B& / / B Go. ! does not occur in this3333333333333333 B5 / / B multiplication./ 4 / B/ / & B 'ind the product.

3333333333333333 B/ / / / / B3333333333333 B33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333ans 2 6 1& 2 2333335 25 2 06 4 & 0 0333333333

D 0 4 6 2333333333

12. There is a 5di"it no. & pairs of sum is eleven each.Nast di"it is & times the first one. & rddi"it is & less than the second. 4 th di"it is 4 more than the second one. 'ind the di"it.ans ( 252D.

12!. There are five thieves) each loot a $akery one after the other such that the first one takes1*2 of the total no. of the $reads plus 1*2 of a $read. +imilarly 2nd) &rd)4th and 5fth also didthe same. After the fifth one no. of $reads remained are &. Initially how many $reads werethere

ans ( &1.

126. There are some chicken in a poultry. They are fed with corn Fne sack of corn will come forD days. The farmer decides to sell some chicken and wanted to hold 12 chicken with him. ecuts the feed $y 10W and sack of corn comes for &0 days. +o initially how many chicken arethere

12D. Two people L - Q walk on the wall of a "odown in opposite direction. They meet at a pointon one side and then "o ahead. L after walkin" for some time) walks in opposite direction for 15mtrs.Then a"ain he turns $ack and walks in the ori"inal direction. hat distance did Q walk$efore they met a"ain) if L walks 11 mtrs $y the time Q walks 6 mtrs.

1&0. Pro$lem from +A:SGTANA >?JI @PSRRN?+ TF PSRRN? [email protected]$lem no( 2& alkin" $ack to happiness.

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a. It contains 2 prime no di"its. $. &rd di"it is the la"est. c. 1st di"it , & rd di"it 3 1.c. +um of 4th di"it and 5th di"it is less than 1st di"it.d. Jalue of the 5th di"it lies $etween the value of 1st di"it and 2nd di"it) 5th di"it is one half ofthe 4th di"it.Ans( !1642

1&2. 1) 2 ) &) 4 di"its are availa$le. ow many num$er of 4 di"ited num$ers which are divisi$le$y 4. There should $e no repetition of di"its in the num$ers can $e formedAns( num$ers.

1&&. A hill of 440 yards is there. Two competitors 8A=: and 8INN "o up the hill) first8A=:reaches the topmost and immediatly starts $ack and meet 8INN 20 yards from thetopmost point. 'inally 8A=: reaches the startin" point 0.5 minutes earler than 8INN. +peedwhile comin" down is 1.5 times the speed of "oin" up. 'ind the time taken $y 8A=: for wholeid he loose or "ain overall If so how muchAns( 0 paise Noss.

1&5. 4 persons are there caledd 8FG) 8A=F) PIT?E) and INNIAH+. 4 laun"a"es are therenamed ?G#NI+) ITANIAG) #?EHAG) 'E?G=. =onditions(3a. There is no common lan"ua"e for all.$. ?7cept one lan"ua"e) no lan"ua"e is spoken $y more than two.c. Fne can know either #erman or 'E?G= $ut not $oth.d. 8ohn can@t speak ?G#NI+ ut 8ohn can act as interpreter $etween 8A=F and PIT?E.8aco$ knows #?EHAG $ut he can tailk with INNIAH who doesn@t know a word of#?EHAG.e. Go common lan"ua"e $etween 8FG) PIT?E) and INNIAH+.hich two lan"ua"es does each person speaks

int( ITANIAG I+ +PF:?G Q TE?? P?E+FG+ This hint is "iven in 9uestion paper

1&. 5 couples are there.H?G( N) H) G) F) P.FH?G( +) T) S) J) .10 seats are in one row. Fdd num$erd seats are reserved for H?G only Nike that manyconditions are there. This pro$lem is from #E?3AEEFG+ FF:.

1&!. I participated in a race.1*5th of those who are $efore me are e%ual to 5*th of those $ehindme. hat were the total num$er of contestants in the race

1&6. 'ind the & di"it num$er. Third di"it is s%uare root of first di"it. +econd di"it is sum of firstand third di"its. 'ind the num$er.

1&D. This pro$lem is of time and work type. +ome A and some are a$le to produce so manytors in so many hours.for e7ample 10 A and 20 are a$le to produce &0 tors per hour. Nikethis one more sentence was "iven. e have to find out the rate of workin" of A and intors*hour.

140. A and play a "ame of dice $etween them. The dice consists of colors on their facesinstead of num$ers. A wins if $oth dice show same color. wins if $oth dice show differentcolors. Fne dice consists of 1 red and 5 $lue. hat must $e the color in the faces of other dice.

i.e how many $lue and how many red. =hances of winnin" for A and are even.

141. A "irl has 55 mar$les. +he arran"es them in n rows. The nth row consists of n mar$les) then31th row consists of n31 mar$les and so on. hat are the num$er of mar$les in nth row

142. This %uestion is of analo"y type. +ome sentences re"ardin" tastes of people to poetry are"iven like all who like A@s Poem) like the poems of . Nike this ! or 6 sentences were "iven.9uestions were $ased on this.

14&. This %uestion is also of analo"y type. 'our persons are there A))=)>. ?ach of the fourpersons own either P)9)E)+. 10 sentences usin" if clause were "iven. e have to find out which$elon"s to whom.

144. ?very station in G railroad issues every other station@s ticket. +ome stations are added.Gow they have to issue 4 more tickets. #ive the Go. of stations after and $efore added.


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145. There was a race $etween & people. He) >ou" and Anne. hen I take 21 steps the distancecovered is e%ual to >ou"@s 24 steps and Anne@s 26 steps. I take steps to every ! steps of >ou"and 6 steps of Anne. ho won the race

14. ow many $earers will an e7plorer need for a day march if each man can carry the foodstuff of one man for 4 days.

14!. =onsider the followin" statements(Al$ert( >ave did it.>ave( Tony did it.#u"( I did not do it.Tony( >ave lied when he said that i did it.aIf only one out of all a$ove statements is true) who did it$If only one out of all a$ove statements is false) who did it

146. A contri$ution of Es. 500 was raisedfrom 500 people. The fee was as follows(Hen( Es.&.00 eachomen( Es. 2.00 each=hildern( 0.46 eachIf num$er of women is more than num$er of men) how many childern are there

14D. Alice and Niu had some $erries. The total of Alice@s $erries and s%uare of num$er of$erries with Niu is 2. The total of Niu@s $erries and s%uare of num$er of $erries with Alice is1!. ow many $erries does each of them have

150. A rope ladder was left down from a ship. 12 steps of the ladder were e7posed at 10(00 am.The %ueen who was "oin" to visit the ship) said she would visit at 1(00 pm as she would have toclim$ lesser num$er of steps then. The tide in the sea increases from mornin" to afternoon atthe rate of 1.2 meters per hour. The distance $etween any 2 steps of the ladder is 0.4 mts. owmany steps will the %ueen have to clim$

151. 5 hunters >oe) >eer) are) oarand Eow kill 5 animals. ?ach hunter kills an animal thatdoes not correspond to his name. Also each hunter misses a different animal which a"ain doesnot correspond to his name.a The >eer is killed $y the hunter) known $y the name of the animal killed $y oar.$ >oe is killed $y the hunter) known $y name of animal missed $y are.c The >eer was disappointed to kill only a are and missed the Eoe.

152. A local forecast service has accuracy of 2*& says Go rain ) and Heteriolo"ical servicehavin" accuracy of 4*& says Eain. if Preference is as no rain what is the chance of rain

15&. a 10 1 D 2 6 & ! 4 5 5 4 ! & 6 2 X X

$ 2 4 1 512 Xrite the ne7t elements in the series.

154. A Han is sittin" in the last coach of train could not find a seat) so he starts walkin" to thefront coach )he walks for 5 min and reaches front coach. Got findin" a seat he walks $ack to lastcoach and when he reaches there) train had completed 5 miles. hat is the speed of the train.

155. The Fld car of Hary re%uires tyres to $e chan"ed after each 24000 km. If she wants to "ofor 42000 km


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shipy 1i $roke into the window2rany wrote the ran some note.

10. Tom asked kim did you like the stamps +he said yes )me and ro$ too liked them. :ima"ain said that ro$ "ot & more than he would have "ot) if i would have kept 2 more than) whathe "ot. Tom asked how many u "ave Eo$ +he replied 2 more than what I "ot. Tell) how manystamps each ro$ and kim "ot

11. The vir"o clu$ mem$ers used to meet every week to play cards. ?ach time they used toseat around a round ta$le and for their memory they used all the possi$lecom$inations ofpostions each for a sin"le time only. =an you tell for how many times they met?ssays AskedIf you are "iven a chance to chan"e a thin" in you hometown) what would you chan"e #ivee7amples why you want to do so.Television is creatin" a communication "ap amon" youn" "eneration.

12. A person needs steps to cover a distance of one sla$. If he increases his foot len"th steplen"th $y & inches he needs only 5 steps to cover the sla$s len"th. hat is the len"th of theeach sla$.Ans( &1 inches.

1&. There are 1D red $alls and one $lack $all. Ten $alls are put in one


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1!0. 'rom a vessel) 1*&rd of the li%uid evaporates on the first day. Fn the second day &*4 thofthe remainin" li%uid evaporates. hat fraction of the volume is present at the end of thesecond day.Ans( 50W.

1!1. There is a 4 inch cu$e painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch cu$es. hat isthe no of cu$es which have no pointed sidesAns( 6.

1!2. +am and Hala have a conversation. +am says I am certainly not over 40. Hala says I am &6and you are atleast 5 years older than me. Gow) +am says you are atleast &D. All the statements$y the two are false. ow old are they reallyAns( Hala , &6 yrsU +am , 41 yrs.

1!&. Eam +in"h "oes to his office in the city) every day from his su$ur$an house. is driver#an"aram drops him at the railway station in the mornin" and picks him up in the evenin".?very evenin" Eam +in"h reaches the station at 5 F@ =lock. #an"aram also reaches at the sametime. Fne day Eam +in"h started early from his office and came to the station at 4 F@ =lock.Got wantin" to wait for the car he starts walkin" home. Han"aram starts at normal time) pickshim up on the way and takes him $ack house) half an hour early. ow much time did Eam

+in"h walk

1!4. In a railway station) there are two trains "oin". Fne in the har$our line and one in themain line) each havin" a fre%uency of 10 minutes. The main line service starts at 5 o@clock andthe har$our line starts at 5.02A.H. A man "oes to the station every day to catch the first trainthat comes. hat is the pro$a$ility of the man catchin" the first trainAns( 0.6.

1!5. A family L went for a vacation. Snfortunately it rained for 1& days when they were there.ut whenever it rained in the mornin"s) they had clear afternoons and vice versa. In all theyenurin"the second le" they pass at 10 m from the shallow end of the pool. oth "o at constant speed$ut one of them is faster. ?ach $oy rests for 4 seconds at the end of the first le". hat is thelen"th of the pool

1!!. ?ach alpha$et stands for one di"it in the followin" multiplication.T I +7 I +

333333333L ' L LL L S L333333333333L L G L L333333333333hat is the ma7imum value T can take

1!6. If 1*4 of the time from midni"ht plus 1*2 of the time from now to midni"ht is the presenttime) then hat is the present time 2. In a 10 di"it num$er) if the 1st di"it num$er is thenum$er of ones) 2nd di"it num$er is the num$er of twos) and ... so on. 10th di"it is the num$er

of zeroes) then find the num$er.

1!D. A train $lows a siren one hour after startin" from the station. After that it travels at &*5thof its speed it reaches the ne7t station 2 hours $ehind schedule. If it had a pro$lem 50 milesfarther from the previous case)it would have reached 40 minutes sooner. 'ind the distance$etween the two stations.

160. An army 50 miles lon" marches at a constant rate. A courier standin" at the rear movesforward and delivers the messa"e to the first person and then turns $ack and reaches the rearof the army as the army completes 50 miles. 'ind the distance travelled $y the courier.

161. Flympic race ( 4 contestants ( Alan)charlie) >arren )rain. There are two races and avera"eis taken to decide the winner. Fne person comes at the same position in $oth the race. =harliealways come $efore >arren. rian comes first once. Alan comes third atleast once. 'ind thepositions. Alan never comes last. =harlie - >arren comes 2nd atleast once.


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162. There are 51 num$er of $alls in a $a". Fut of which one is heavy $all. In how manyminimum num$er of wei"hin" you can find the heavy $all.Ans( 6.

16&. The profit made $y a company in one year is enou"h to "ive W return on all shares. utas the preffered shares "et on return of !.5W) so the ordinary shares "ot on return of 5W. If thevalue of preferd shares is Es 4)000000) then what is the value of ordinary sharesAns( Es. )000000.

164. There were 50 players playin" a "ame amon" themselves. ?ach player is out of the "amewhen lose & matches. hat is the num$er of matches should $e played in order to "et thewinner.

165. A - two places. = - > are two people. = started from A and > started from . henthey meet each other in the way = traveled 16 m more than >. Then = takes 1& and half aminute and > takes 24 minutes to reach the other end. hat was the distance $etween A - .Ans( 12.

16. I have $een hearin" a "irl sin"in" a son" for last two score. +on"( If seven times five andthree times seven is added to my a"e it would $e as far a$ove si7 nines and four as the

difference $etween twice of my a"e and a score. #iven3A score is 20 yrs.

16!. A tourist wants to "o from A to . There are four ways to do this(31. To take a wa"on. The wa"on stops for half an hour at a station in $etween a - $ and then"oes to $.2. To walk to . If he leavs A at the same time the wa"on leaves) he will $e $etween $y thewa"on $y 1 mile to reach .&. To walk from A at the same time the wa"on leaves from A. e will arrive at the mid station atthe time when the wa"on is prepared to leave. e can take the wa"on from there. This will takeshortest time.4. To "o on upto the mid station - to walk from there. e will reach at 15 minutes $efore the

wa"on. hat is the distance $etween A - .

166. In a train there is one $rakeman) conductor) en"ineer - fireman. Their names are Art)8ohn) Tom - Pete "iven in this order or in reverse order. Qou have to tell the occupation of thefour) w.r.t. these conditions(31. rakeman has no relatives.2. 8ohn is older than art.&. ?n"ineer - fireman are $rothers.4. 8ohn is pete@s nephew.5. 'ireman is not conductor@s uncle.. =onductor is not en"ineer@s uncle.

Ans( Pete - Tom are $rothers. Tom33'ather and 8ohn is his son.Art33rakeman.8ohn33=onductor.Tom33?n"ineer.Pete33'ireman.

16D. There is a 16 stron" $uildin" and 4 people live in it. They are dentist) lawyer) accountant)architect. >entist floor is 5 times the lawyer@s floor. Account is $elow dentist. If archetectmoves two floors up he will $e midway $etween dentist and account. If architect moves tomidway of the $uildin" Dth floor then he will $e middle of dentist - lawyer. #round floor can$e i"nored i.e. floor 0.

Ans( >entist 15. Accountant 1&. Archetect 12. Nawyer &.

1D0. 4 ladis) Hrs Har"arat) Hrs Price) Hrs inter - Hrs ?llen went for marketin". ?ach wentfor 2 shops only. Their surnames are lorret) torrey) doris and marshall. Fne went to ahardwares shop. Two went to $ank. Two went to $uchers. All $ut dorris went to "rocery etc.ho went where

1D1. A software en"ineer starts from home at & pm for evenin" walk. e walks at a speed of 4kmph on level "round and then at a speed of & kmph on the uphill and then down the hill at aspeed of kmph to the level "round and then at a speed of 4 kmph to the home at D pm.hat is the distance on one way

1D2. A $a" contains certain num$er of files. ?ach file is num$ered with one di"it of 0 to D.+uppose the person want to "et the num$er $etween 1 to 2000 or !000 check . ow manyminimum num$er of files should $e present in the $a".


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1D&. a K $ K c Kd , d K e K f K " , " K h K i ,1!.If a , 4) what are the values of d and ". ?ach letter taken only one of the di"it from 1 to D.Ans( a , 4 )$ , 2) c ,) d , 5) e , &) f , 6) " , 1) h , !) i , D.

1D4. A fro" *?,'#K,I=.',I

Ans( A,D) ,5) =,4) ',2.

1D. hen the actual time pass 1 hr) wall clock is 10 min $ehind it. hen 1 hr is shown $y wallclock) ta$le clock shows 10 min ahead of 1 hr. hen ta$le clock shows 1 hr) the alarm clock"oes 5 min $ehind it. hen alarm clock "oes 1 hr) wrist watch is 5 min ahead of it. Assumin"that all clocks are correct with actual time at 12 noon) what will $e time shown $y wrist watchafter hrAns( 5(4!(&2.5 n L 0 50*0 L !0*0 L 55*0 L 5*0.

1D!. A software en"ineer


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1. The kin" is at third place.2. The left of


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Nalith is half as old as one of the #uptha@s $oys.The total a"es of the $oys in each family differ $y the same amount today as they did fiveyears a"o.

214. A lon" >ivision Pro$lem(37777777777777777777733333377777333333777773333333777733333337777773333333

3333333In the complete solution) there are four 5@s. 'ind the missin" di"its.

215. 'ollowin" services are operated $y Asian airlines $etween the two are located in differentcountries with different time zones. As it is normally done) the time shown is the local time 3viz I+T - T+T.Ee"ular 'li"ht +upersonic 'li"htArrive Ale7andria 1!(10 T+T 15(40 T+T>epart Ale7andria 20(50 T+T 22(50 T+TArrived Eampur 2&(40 I+TIs the arrival time of supersonic fli"ht into Eampur from Ale7andria same as the Arrival time of

the Ee"ular fli"ht) assumin" each +ervice 3 Ee"ular and +upersonic maintains its own constantspeed of fli"ht.

21. A) ) =) >) ? related. 'our of them made these statements each(3i = is my son3in3law@s $rother. ii is my father@s $rother.iii ? is my mother3in3law. iv A is my $rother@s wife.ho made these statements

21!. A ship is away from the shore $y 160 miles. A plane is travellin" at 10 times speed of theship. ow lon" from the shore will they meet

216. A clock showin" o@clock takes &0 secs to strike times. ow lon" will it take to strike 12at midni"htAns( seconds.

21D. Fnly $oys a"ed ; 1 wear coats. oys a"ed ; 15 "o to watch foot$all. +ome morestatements are "iven. hat can $e said a$out those who are watchin" foot$all

220. There are & societies A) ampU = havin" some tractors each. A #ives and = as manytractors as they already have. After some days "ives A and = as many tractors as they have.After some days = "ives A and as many tractors as they have. 'inally each has 24 tractors.hat is the ori"inal Go.of tractors each had in the $e"innin"

Ans( A 3 &D. 3 21. = 3 12.221. ? / ? , A=.A) ) =) ? are non zero num$ers. 'ind ) ?.Ans( ,1 ?,D.

222. A) ) =) >) ? are havin" numerical values. There are some conditions "iven(3a A,= C,,,; ,?$ >ifference $etween A and = as same as difference $etween = and as same as difference$etween A and >.c = C A and = ; >)Then 'ind A) ) =) >) ?.

22&. There are si7 cards) in which) it has two kin" cards. All cards are turned down and twocards are opened.a hat is the possi$ility to "et at least one kin"$ hat is the possi$ility to "et two kin"s


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224. A person went to a shop and asked for chan"e for 1.15 paise) $ut he said that he could notonly "ive chan"e for one rupee $ut also for 50p) 25p) 10p and 5p. hat were the coins he hadAns( 133;50p 4333;10p 1333;25p.

225. There are & nurses and they work alto"ether only once in a week. Go nurse is called towork for & consecutive days.Gurse 1 is off on tueseday) thursday and sunday. Gurse 2 is off on saturday. Gurse & is off onthursday) sunday.Go two nurses are off more than once a week. 'ind the day on which all the & nurses were onwork.

22. There are 5 persons A) ) =) >) ? and each is wearin" a $lock or white cap on his head. Aperson can see the caps of the remainin" 4 $ut can@t see his own cap. A person wearin" whitesays true and who wears $lack says false.i A says I see & whites and 1 $lack. ii says I see 4 $lacks.iii ? says I see 4 whites. iv = says I see & $lacks and 1 white.Gow 'ind the caps weared $y A) ) =) > and ?.

22!. There are two women) :avitha and +hamili and two males +hyam and Aravind) who aremusicians. Fut of these four one is a Pianist) one 'lutist) Jiolinist and >rummer.

i Across Aravind $eats Pianist. ii Across +hyam is not a 'lutist.iii :avitha@s left is a Pianist. iv +hamili@s left is not a >rummer.v 'lutist and >rummer are married.

226. 1*& rd of the contents of a container evaporated on the 1st day. &*4 th of the remainin"contents of the container evaporated the second day. hat part of the contents of the containerare left at the end of the second day

22D. A man covered 26 steps in &0 seconds $ut he decided to move fast and covered &4 steps in16 seconds. ow many steps are there on the escalator when stationary1. Person1( Host of us are satch 8. Person2( Host of us are


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up on the way and takes him $ack house) half an hour early. ow much time did Eam sin"hwalked

2&5. +ome people went for vaction. Snfortunately it rained for 1& days when they were there.ut whenever it rained in the mornin") they had clean afternood and vice versa. In all theyen


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hen the result cameit was found that only one of the a$ove three had made a correctstatement. ho has made the correct statement and who has won the contest.Ans( +u ii iii ? iv =

245. +ome statements are "iven $elow(N says all of my other four friends have moneyH says that P said that e7actly one amon" them has moneyG says that N said that precisely two amon" them have moneyF says that H said that three of the others have moneyP) N and G said that they have moneyAll the a$ove statement are false..ho has money - who doesn@t have any money

24. 'ifty minutes a"o if it was four times as many minutes past three o@clock)how many

minutes is it to si7 o@clockAns( Twenty si7 minutes.

24!. A hotel has 10 storeys.hich floor is a$ove the floor $elow the floor) $elow the floor a$ovethe floor) $elow the floor a$ove the fifth.Ans( The si7th floor.

246. +even mem$ers sat around a ta$le for three days for a conference.The mem$er@s names were A$hishek) Amol) Ankur) Anura")huwan )Jasu and Jikram.The meetin"s were chaired $y Jikram.Fn the first evenin" mem$ers sat around the ta$le alpha$etically.

Fn the followin" two ni"hts) Jikram arran"ed the seatin"s so that he could have A$hishekas near to him as possi$le and a$esent minded Jasu as far away as he could.Fn no evenin" did any person have sittin" ne7t to him a person who had previously $eenhis nei"h$our. ow did Jikram mana"e to seat every$ody to the $est advanta"e on thesecond and third evenin"sAns(+econd evenin"(Jikram)Ankur)A$hishek)Amol)Jasu)Anura" and huwan.Third evenin" (Jikram)Anura")A$hishek)Jasu)huwan)Ankur)Amol.

24D. Two trains start from stations A and spaced 50 kms apart at the same time and speed.As the trains start) a $ird flies from one train towards the other and on reachin" the second

train) it flies $ack to the first train.This is repeated till the trains collide.If the speed of the trains is 25 km*h and that of the $ird is 100km*h.ow much did the $ird travel till the collision.Ans( 100 kms.

250. 'our prisoners escape from a prison.The prisoners) Hr ?ast) Hr est) Hr +outh) Hr Gorth head towards different directionsafter escapin".The followin" information of their escape was supplied(The escape routes were The Gorth Eoad) +outh Eoad) ?ast Eoad and est Eoad.Gone of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake.Hr.?ast did not take the +outh Eoad

Hr.est did not the +outh Eoad.The est Eoad was not taken $y Hr.?asthat road did each of the prisoners take to make their escapeAns( Hr.?ast took the Gorth EoadHr.est took the ?ast EoadHr.Gorth took the +outh EoadHr.+outh took the est Eoad.

251. =omplete the series(5) 20) 24) ) 2) 6) Ans( 12 as 5/4,20) 20K4,24) 24*4,) 34,2) 2/4,6) 6K4,12.

252. A soldier looses his way in a thick


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Ans( >istance travelled in north and south directions1*2 3 1*6 K 1*&2 3 1*126 K 1*512 3 and so on, 1*2*1331*4+imilarly in east and west directions13 1*4 K 1*1 3 1*4 K 1*25 3 and so on, 1* 13 3 1*4Add $oth the answers

25&. ow can 1000000000 $e written as a product of two factors neither of them containin"zerosAns( 2 power D 7 5 power D

254. =onversation $etween two mathematcians('irst ( I have three childern. The product of their a"es is &.If you sum their a"es) it is e7actly same as my nei"h$our@s door num$er on my left.The second mathematician verfies the door num$er and says that it is not sufficient.Then the first says M Fk one more clue is that my youn"est is really the youn"estM.Immmediately the second mathematician answers . =an you answer the %uestion asked $ythe first mathematicianhat are the childeren a"es Ans 1) and

255. Ni"ht "lows for every 1& seconds . ow many times did it "low $etween 1(5!(56 and&(20(4! am.Ans ( &6& K 1 , &64

25. 500 men are arran"ed in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns accordin" to their hei"hts.Tallest amon" each row of all are asked to fall out.And the shortest amon" them is A.+imilarly after resumin" that to their ori"inal podsitions that the shortest amon" each columnare asked to fall out.And the tallest amon" them is .

Gow who is taller amon" A and Ans A

25!. A person with some money spends1*& for cloths) 1*5 of the remainin" for food and [ ofthe remainin" for travel. e is left with Es 100*3 . ow much did he have with him in the$e"inin" Ans( Es 250*3

256. There are si7 $o7es containin" 5 ) ! ) 14 ) 1 ) 16 ) 2D $alls of either red or $lue in colour.+ome $o7es contain only red $alls and others contain only $lue.Fne sales man sold one $o7 outof them and then he says M I have the same num$er of red $alls left out as that of $lue M.

hich $o7 is the one he solds out Ans( Total no of $alls , 6D and 6D32D *2 , 0*2 , &0 and also 14 K 1 , 5 K ! K 16 , &0

20. #rass in lawn "rows e%ually thick and in a uniform rate.It takes 24 days for !0 cows and 0 days for &0 cows to eat the whole of the "rass.ow many cows are needed to eat the "rass in D days.Ans ( 20" 3 "rass at the $e"innin"r 3 rate at which "rass "rows) per dayy 3 rate at which one cow eats "rass) per dayn 3 no of cows to eat the "rass in D days

" K 24/r , !0 / 24 / y" K 0/r , &0 / 0 / y" K D/r , n / D / y+olvin") n , 20.

21. There r some $ees in a "arden..1*5th of them went to a particular flower)1*&rd went toanother flower)& times the difference of the a$ove two went to third flower..n one wasremainin" n it was roamin" around..how many $ees were there & marksAns(15

22. There was a community in which there were 1000 couples.In that 2*&rd of men who rtaller r also heavier n &*4th of the men who r heavier r also taller n there were 120 women whowere $oth heavier n taller than men.+o how many men r $oth taller n heavier than men


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2&. A man drives with constant speed..n he after some time he sees a milestone with 23di"its..then he travels for an hr n sees the same 2 di"its in reverse order..n then after an hr hesees that the milestone has the same 2 di"its with a 0 $etween them..so whats the man speedAns(45km*hr

24. There were 2 systems A n .14 de"rees in A is e%uivalent to & in system .and 1&& in A ise%uivalent to 6! in .now what is the temperature where they $oth r e%ualAns(51.25 conversion A,!*&3!0

25. L Q R L Q RA K A 3333333333333 3333333333333= > ? ' # Afind L)Q)R)#

2. A women $uys some shoestrips n then 4 times of that she $uys packet pins n then 6 timesof shoestrips she $uys handkerchiefs..n she has a $ill of Es&.24..n she pays for each article asmany paise as there r articlesof tht particular item.Gow whats the num$er of handkerchiefsAns(1

2!. Hs.Anitha "ot her salary n she spent half of it in shoppin" n "ave 1E+ to a $e""ar.Afterthat 1*2 of the remainin" money she spends in a hotel n she "ives Es.2*3 as a tip to waiter.nthen 1*2 of the remainin" she spends a"ain n she "ives & E+ as charity..n after that finally she isleft with Es 1*3 when she comes out.hats the actual money she hadEs 42*3 & marks

26. A person is cyclin" in a circular track.At some point he notices that 1*5 of people in frontof him and 5* of people to"ether condtitute the total no. of cyclists.'ind the total no. ofcyclists.Ans(&1

2D. Trains leave from Gew Qork to ashin"ton every hour on the hour1(00)2(00.....Trainsleave from ashin"ton to Gew Qork every hour on the hour and half hour1(00)1(&0)2(0)2(&0.....It takes a train 5 hrs to complete its


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2!5. don@t remem$er the e7act %uestiona man while sortin" files picks up file num$erone)misses one) picks up file no. 2)mises two files)and so on...after that he found that he pickedup 5W of the files. ow many files were thereAns(&D

2!. A man walks at 4 km*hr on plain) then at & km*hr uphill and then returns throu"h thesame road at km*hr downhill and at 4 km*hr on the plain. It takes alto"ether hours. +owhat distance he covered in one wayAns( 12 km+olution( Net plain road , 7 kmAnd hill road , y km 7*4 K y*& K y* K 7*4 , 7*2 K y*2 , 7 K y ,12

2!!. There are some men and some lod"es for which the followin" conditions hold true Vi ?ach lod"e is represented $y e7actly & men .ii ?ach man is associated with e7actly 2 lod"es.iii Any pair of lod"e has only one man in common.ow many men and how many lod"es were there

Ans( men and 4 lod"es.+olution(i N1 is represented $y H1) H2) H&. N2 is represented $y H&) H4) H5. N& is represented $yH1) H4) H. N4 is represented $y H2) H5) H.ii H1 is associated with N1)N&. H2 is associated with N1)N4. H& is associated with N1)N2. H4is associated with N2)N&. H5 is associated with N2)N4. H is associated with N&)N4.iii =ommon $etween N1 and N2 is only H&. =ommon $etween N1 and N& is only H1.=ommon $etween N1 and N4 is only H2. =ommon $etween N2 and N& is only H4. =ommon$etween N2 and N4 is only H5. =ommon $etween N& and N4 is only H.i.e all the "iven conditions are satisfied.

2!6. A person sells 2 items for Es. 12 each. 'or one he profits 25W and for the other he losses20W. Alto"ether did he loss or "ain And $y how muchAns( e losses $y 0 paise.+olution( =ost price of the item for which he losses , Es.12/100*60 , Es. 15.=ost price of the item for which he #ains , Es.12/100*125 , Es D.. Total cost price is Es. 24. and total sell price isEs. 24.+o alto"ether he losses $y Es. 0..

2!D. Hy father\s a"e was 7 in the year 7]. I am o$viously talkin" a$out 20th century. In whichyear was my father $ornAns( In the year 16D2.+olution( 7 , 44 as 44] , 1D& and the s%uare of any otherinte"er will not fall in $etween 1D00 and 2000. i.e myfather was 44 in the year 1D&. my father was$orn in the year 16D2.

260. A man was "oin" $y cycle. After "oin" 2*&rd of total distance the cycle $roke down and hehad to complete the


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A ( = is +ororean. is Hidorean. ( A is Gororean.= is Hidorean. = ( A is Hidorean. I am +ororean.Ans(A =Hidorean Gororean +ororean+olution( Think lo"ically.

26&. There are 5 persons A))=)>)? . All of them have different occupations and none of themare of same a"e. There professions are =onsultant) Planner) ?n"ineer) Gutritionist andTechnician definitely not in the same order. 'rom the followin" conditions determine whoseprofession is whati The consultant is the oldest amon" them.ii The Technician is not youn"er than the Planner and the Planner is not youn"er than theGutritionist.iii > is not as old as A and also not as youn" as ) who is not as old as the ?n"ineer and alsonot as youn" as =.iv = is not the youn"est amon" them.Ans( Games are "iven in descendin" order of their a"es.=onsultant ?n"ineer Technician Planner GutritionistA > = ?

+olution( Think lo"ically.

264. 4 persons) atts) Eo"er) F\neil and +mith) were eatin" in a restaurant while +mith waskilled $y poisonin". >urin" investi"ation the other & persons "ave the followin" statements.They "ave one false statement each.atts ( i I didn\t do it. ii F\neil sat $eside me. iii e had our usual waiter.Eo"er ( i +mith was across the ta$le from me.ii e had a new waiter. iii The waiter didn\t do it.F\neil ( i Eo"er didn\t do it. ii The waiter has poisoned +mith.iii atts lied when he said that we had our usual waiter.Fne amon" these three persons and the waiter murdered +mith. ho is the murderer

Ans ( F\neil is the murderer.+olution( Think lo"ically.I have "iven the false statements in red and italics.

265 There is a 4 inch cu$e painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch cu$es. hat isthe no of cu$es which have no pointed sides.Ans( 6 ^n32/n32/n32_ where n is side len"th of the cu$e

26. 'ind the values of each of the alpha$ets.G F F G+ F F G

K H F F G8 S G ?Ans( D&2

26!. If a clock takes !seconds to strike !) how lon" will the same clock take to strike 10Ans( The clock strikes for the first time at the start and takes ! seconds for intervals3thus forone interval time taken,!*. Therefore) for 10 seconds there are D intervals and time taken isD/!*,10 and 1*2 seconds.

266. 'ifty minutes a"o if it was four times as many minutes past three o@clock) how manyminutes is it to si7 o@clock

Ans( Twenty si7 minutes.

26D. ?veryday in his $usiness a merchant had to wei"h amounts from 1 k" to 121k"s) to thenearest k". hat are the minimum num$er of wei"ht re%uired and how heavy should they $eAns( .The minimum num$er is 5 and they should wei"h 1)&)D)2! and 61k"s.

2D0. Eam) +hyam and #umnaam are friends. Eam is a widower and lives alone and his sistertakes care of him. +hyam is a $achelor and his niece cooks his food and looks after hishouse.#umnaam is married to #ita and lives in lar"e house in the same town.#ita "ives theidea that all of them could stay to"ether in the house and share monthly e7penses e%ually.>urin" their first month of livin"to"ether) each person contri$uted Es.25. At the end of themonth) it was found that Es D2 was the e7pense sothe remainin" amount was distri$utede%ually amon" everyone. The distri$ution was such that everyone received a whole num$er ofEupees. ow much did each person receiveAns. Es 2 int( Eam@s sister)+hyam@s niece and #umnaam@s wife are the same person


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2D1. +am and Hala have a conversation.` +am says I am certainly not over 40` Hala says I am &6 and you are at least 5 years older than me` Gow +am says you are at least &DAll the statements $y the two are false. ow old are they reallyAns( Hala , &6 yrs) +am , 41 yrs.

2D2. #rass in lawn "rows e%ually thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 24 days for !0 cows and0 days for &0 cows to eat the whole of the "rass. ow many cows are needed to eat the "rassin D days.Ans ( 20^int( " 3 "rass at the $e"innin" r 3rate at which "rass "rows) per day y 3 rate at which one coweats "rass) per day n 3 no of cows to eat the "rass in D days" K 24/r , !0 / 24/ y " K 0/r, &0 / 0 / y " K D/r , n / D/ y) +olvin") n , 20. _

2D&. Three criminals were arrested for shop liftin". owever) when interro"ated only one toldthe truth in $oth his statements) while the other two each told one true statement and one lie.The statements were(` AN?ET (a =hander passed the merchandise. $ruce created the diversion.` ES=? (a Al$ert passed the merchandise. $I created the diversion.

` =NIJ? (a I took the "oods out of the shop. $ ruce passed them over.Ans( Al$ert passed the "oods. ruce created the diversion. =live took the "oods out of the shop.

2D4. There G stations on a railroad. After addin" L stations on the rail route 4 additionaltickets have to $e printed. 'ind G and L.Ans. 7,2 and G,11 Net initially)GG31 , tU After addin") GKLGKL31 , tK4UTrail anderror method

2D5. =omplete the Ta$le "iven $elow(Three foot$all teams are there. #iven $elow is the "roup ta$le. 'ill in the 7@sPlayed on Nost >raw #oals 'or #oals A"ainst

A 2 2 7 7 7 1 2 7 7 1 2 4= 2 7 7 7 & !Ans( The filled ta$le is "iven $elowPlayed on Nost >raw #oals 'or #oals A"ainstA 2 2 0 0 ! 1 2 0 1 1 2 4= 2 0 1 1 & !

2D!. 'our prisoners escape from a prison. The prisoners) Hr. ?ast) Hr. est) Hr. +outh) Hr.Gorth head towards different directions after escapin". The followin" information of their

escape was supplied(` The escape routes were The Gorth Eoad) +outh Eoad) ?ast Eoad and est Eoad.` Gone of the prisoners took the road which was their name sake.` Hr. ?ast did not take the +outh Eoad` Hr. est did not the +outh Eoad.` The est Eoad was not taken $y Hr. ?asthat road did each of the prisoners take to make their escapeAns( Hr. ?ast took the Gorth EoadHr. est took the ?ast EoadHr. Gorth took the +outh EoadHr. +outh took the est Eoad.

2D6. A hotel has two win"s) the east win" and the west win". +ome east win" rooms $ut not allhave an ocean view. All west win" rooms have a har$or view. The char"e for all rooms isidentical) e7cept as follows(` ?7tra char"e for all har$or view rooms on or a$ove the &rd floor` ?7tra char"e for all ocean view rooms e7cept those without $alcony` ?7tra char"e for some har$or rooms on the first two floor - some east win" rooms withoutocean view $ut havin" kitchen facilities.hich of the followin" cannot $e determined on the $asis of the information "iven(I. hether there are any rooms without a $alcony for which an e7tra char"e is imposed.II. hether any room without a kitchen or a view involves an e7tra char"e.III. hether two e7tra char"es are imposed for any room.A I only II only= III only > II and III only? I) II and IIIAns( A


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2DD. A ship went on a voya"e. After it had traveled 160 miles a plane started with 10 times thespeed of the ship. 'ind the distance when they meet from startin" point.Ans( 200miles. >istance traveled $y plane , 1*10 distance traveled $y ship K 160

&01. 'ather@s a"e is three years more than three times the son@s a"e. After three years) father@sa"e will $e ten years more than twice the son@s a"e. hat is the father@s present a"eAns( && years.

&02. Ni"ht "lows for every 1& seconds . ow many times did it "low $etween 1(5!(56 and&(20(4! am.Ans ( &6& K 1 , &64

&0&. There are 20 poles with a constant distance $etween each pole. A car takes 24 second toreach the 12th pole. ow much will it take to reach the last pole.Ans( 41.45 seconds Net the distance $etween two poles , 7) ence 117(24((1D7(

&04. A man collects ci"arette stu$s and makes one full ci"arette with every 6 stu$s. If he "ets4 stu$s how many full ci"arettes can he smoke.Ans( 6K1,D

&05. The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet every 5 minutes. ow much does thewatch lose or "ain time and $y how muchAns( #ainsU 5*11 minutes

&0. A survey was taken amon" 100 people to find their preference of watchin" T. J. pro"rams.There are & channels. #iven the no of people who watch` at least channel 1 ` at least channel 2 ` at least channel &` no channels at all ` at least channels 1and & ` at least channels 1 and 2` at least channels 2 and &'ind the no of people who watched all three.

&0!. +ome statements are "iven $elow(` N says all of my other four friends have money` H says that P said that e7actly one amon" them has money` G says that N said that precisely two amon" them have money` F says that H said that three of the others have money` P) N and G said that they have moneyAll the a$ove statement are false. ho has money - who doesn@t have any money

&06. 500 men are arran"ed in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns accordin" to their hei"hts.Tallest amon" each row of all are asked to fall out. And the shortest amon" them is A. +imilarlyafter resumin" that to their ori"inal positions that the shortest amon" each column are asked

to fall out. And the tallest amon" them is . Gow who is taller amon" A and Ans. A

&0D. Hr. Hathurs @+.` IT?@+ locker was on the $ottom ri"ht hand corner in the same column as FFT@+.hich $o7 $elon"ed to Hr. HathursAns( o7 num$er D $elon"s to Hr.Hathurs.

&10. Pro$lem $ased on sets. 100 ppl. 65 are married) !0 have phone) !5 have house) 0 havecar. find ppl havin" house) car) phone and r married easy set pro$lem. i am not sure a$tfi"ures $ut find total ppl who do not have these thin"s and su$tract from 100 to "et ppl havin"all these.ans. 10


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&11. villa"e and town. in $etween a hill. a person travels on cycle 6 km uphill and 24 down hillto reach town continuously in 2hrs 50 min. then he comes to villa"e in 4 hrs and &0 min. findhis speed uphill and downhill.ans. uphill downhill 1

&12. find wizard@s a"e. his a"e is & times son@s a"e) his father@s a"e is 40 more than twice hisa"e. total of their a"es is 1240.ans. &0

&1&. There r some steps. i come down ! steps then see a man at $ottom. then he comes up and i"o down at same speedmy speed. when 4 steps r remainin" for me i find that man hasreached the top. for my sin"le step downwards he took 2 steps up. find total steps.ans. 22 steps.

&14. Fne person went to market to purchase three varieties of chocolates. e had purchased20 items with 20 cents. 'ud"es are availa$le at 4 cents each) chaco $ars are availa$le at 4 for apenny and "um pints are availa$le at 2 a penny. ow many of each item he had purchased.

&15. There is a five di"it num$er) where the third num$er is one hi"her than the sum of first

and second di"its. 'ourth di"it is twice of fifth and third di"it is twice the fourth. +econd di"it isfive more than the first di"it. hat is the num$er

&1. A cu$e) which is painted red on all its sides) is cut into 2! cu$es with three strai"ht cuts.Gow how many cu$es havei Go red face iiFne red face iiiTwo red faces ivThree red faces

&1!. It is a typical Tap pro$lem. There are two taps) which are used to fill the tank and one tapto empty the tank. 'irst tap fill the tank in 10 min.) while the second takes %uarter of an hour tofill the tank if $oth are operated independently. Third tap is capa$le of emptyin" the tank inseven and a half minutes. If all the taps are opened simultaneously when the tank is empty

how lon" if ever will it take for the tank to "et filled completely

&16. Ten years $efore) one is seven years more than the Mhalf the a"eM of other. Gow the $ride\sa"e is &0 years. And also one is nine3tenths the a"e of other. hat is "room\s present a"e.

&1D. Two "uys are tossin" coin with a $et of Y1 for each "ame. After some tosses.) one "uyearned Y& while the other won three times. ow many "ames do they play.

&20. There is one 6 marks analytical %uestion. hich is the easiest puzzle I had ever seen.There are in total ei"ht mem$ers in the "roup. 'ive mem$ers are to $e selected from that"roup. They had "iven three conditions. e have to answer four multiple3choice %uestions

which are framed $ased on the a$ove three conditions. In almost all the %uestions) answer can$e found out $y eliminatin" the answers from the choices. #oin" thru the #E? arronsanalytical section will help. #et the "ist of it.) rather than tryin" to solve more and more.

&21. There are four friends) who are speakin" a$out the pizza) which one of them ate $efore.?ach one will say one statement and we were "iven that one of them is lyin". e have to findout who ate the pizza. ?asy one..) no need to worry a$t. this.

&22. All the a$ove nine puzzles are very easy when compared to this one. This is difficult not$ecause of lo"ic $ut $ecause of its "rammer. The sentence structure is too complicate. This%uestion reminded me of puzzle 12! of sakunthala devi\s Puzzles to Puzzle S.

&2&. There is a 1 km lon" wire plces on 7 poles . if the no of poles is reduced $y 1 then hedistance of wire $etween each poles increases 1 2*&.how many poles are there intially.Z

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&2. If a die has 1) and &)4 and 2)5 opposite each other how many such dies can $e made.

&2!. There are three $o7es ) In one $o7 Two white $alls ) In two $o7 2 $lack $alls In three $o7 1white -1 $lack. The la$les on the $o7es are not correct.Then you have to open one $o7 and tofind the colour of the $alls in all $o7es.+olution( Fpen the $o7 la$led $lack- white If white $alls are there then the $o7 la$led withwhite $alls contain $lack $alls and la$led with $lack $alls contain one $lack and one white $alland viceversa if two $lack $allsare there.

&26. There are containin" 5 ) ! ) 14 ) 1 ) 16 ) 2D $alls of either red or $lue in colour.+ome $o7es contain only red $alls and others contain only $lue . Fne sales man sold one$o7 out of them and then he says M I have the same num$er of red $alls left out as that of$lue M. hich $o7 is the one he solds out Ans ( total no of $alls , 6D and 6D32D *2 , 0*2 , &0 and also 14 K 1 , 5 K ! K 16 , &0

&2D. A chain is $roken into three pieces of e%ual lenths containin" & links each. It is taken to a$acksmith to


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hour of the alarm clock) a wristwatch "ets 5 minutes ahead it. At noon) all 4 timepieces were setcorrectly. To the nearest minutes) what time will the wrist show when the correct time is p.m.on the same day

&&D. MQou see)M said Hrs.Hurphy)MPaddy is now one and one3third times as old as he was whenhe took to drink) and little 8immy) who was forty months old when paddy took to drink is nowtwo years more than half as old as I was when Paddy took to drink ) so when little 8immy is asold as Paddy was when he took to drink.our three a"es com$ined will amount to avid .Takin" the a"es of the $oys only to the nearest year ) the followin" staements are true/ Arthur is three years youn"er than his $rother/ ert is the oldest/ =arl is half as old as one of the allen $oys/ >avid is five years older than the youn"er smith $oy/ the total a"es of the $oys in each family differ $y the same amount today as they did five yearsa"o. ow old is each $oy and what is each $oys family name.

&41. In a certain or"anization there are either men eli"i$le to serve on a eli"i$le to serve on anewly esta$lished commitee of four. The selection of the mem$ers is not an easy matter )however for there are . S)J))Q)R?. S)J))R)Q2 If paintin" T is chosen to $e amon" the paintin"s included in the e7hi$it which one of thefollowin" cannot $e chosen to $e amon" the paintin"s included in the e7hi$itA. S . J =. >. Q ?. R

&. hich one of the followin" su$stitutions can the artist always make without violatin"restrictions affectin" the com$ination of paintin"s "iven that the paintin" mentioned first wasnot) and the paintin" mentioned first was not) and the paintin" mentioned second was)

ori"inally "oin" to $e chosen A. T replaces J . S replaces Q =. J replaces L >. replaces Q ?. R replaces

4. If the artist chooses paintin" J to $e included amon" the paintin"s in the e7hi$it) which oneof the followin" must $e true of that com$ination of paintin"sA. T is not chosen . Q is not chosen =. S is chosen >. is chosen ?. R is chosen

&4&. Qesterday my mother asked me to $uy some stamps. +tamps are availa$le in 2paise)!paise)10paise)15paise and 20paise denominations. 'or three types of stamps I was askedto $uy five of each. 'or the other two types of stamps. I was asked to $uy si7 of each.Snfortunately I for"ot which I was supposed to $uy five of and which to $uy si7 of Nuckly mymother had "iven me the e7act money re%uired to $uy the stamps ) Es. &.00 and theshopkeeper was a$le to "ive me the correct stamps. hich stamps did I $uy


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&44. 'armer 8ones sold a pair of cows for Es. 210 ) Fn one he made a profit of ten percent andon the other he lost ten percent. Alto"ether he made a profit of five percent. ow many dideach cow ori"inally cost him

&45. Heera was playin" with her $rother usin" 55 $locks.+he "ets $ored playin" and startsarran"in" the $locks such that the no. of $locks in each row is one less than that in the lowerrow. 'ind how many were there in the $ottom most row

&4. Eahul took part in a cyclin" "ame with many others in a circular closed circuit. Afterpedalin" for several minutes) he found that 1*5th of the cyclists ahead of him and 5*th of thecyclists $ehind him to"ether formed the total no. of participants. ow many were participatin"in the race

&4!. Tom wants to catch a hare. e is standin" 250 yards south from the hare. The hare startsmovin" due east. Tom) instead of movin" in the northeast direction)moves in such a way that atevery instant) he is "oin"towards the hare. If speed of tom is one and one3third times that ofthe hare) find the distance each traveled $efore he cau"ht the hare.

&46. Two people are playin" with a pair of dies. Instead of num$ers) the dies have differentcolors on their sides. The first person wins if the same color appears on $oth the dies and the

second person wins if the colors are different. The odds of their winnin" are e%ual. If the firstdice has 5 red sides and 1 $lue side) find the colors on the second one.

&4D. A company@s director said durin" the $oard meetin"( M The company@s income from roadswill $e sufficient to pay W of the entire stock issue) $ut since we are payin" !.5W interest onthe preferred stock of Es.4) 000)000 we are a$le to pay only 5W of the common stockM. 'indthe value of the common stock.

&50. Hr. AGQHAG left AGQTFG $y car to attend a weddin" at AGQ=ITQ. e had $eendrivin" for e7actly two hours when the car "ot punctured. It took his driver e7actly ten minutesto chan"e the wheel. In order to play safe they covered the remainin" distance at a speed of &0

mph. conse%uently) Hr. AGQHAG was at weddin" half anhour $ehind schedule. ad the car"ot the puncture only &0 miles later ) I would have $een only 'I'T??G minutes late he told thedriver . ow 'ar is AGQ=ITQ from AGQTFG.Ans( 120 miles

&51. Alpha) eta ) "amma) delta and epsilon are friends and have $irthdays on consecutivedays thou"h may not $e in order. #amma is as many days old to Alpha as eta is youn"er to?psilon. >elta is two days older then ?psilon. #amma\s irthday is on ednesday. Tell whose$irthday is when.Ans(Alpha( 'ridayeta ( +aturday#amma( ednesday>elta( Tuesday?psilon( Thursday

&52. The %uarter of the time from midni"ht to present time added to the half of the time fromthe present to midni"ht "ives the present time. hat is the present timeAns( Dhrs past & minutes AH

&5&. A man is "oin" to a weddin" party. e travels for 2hrs when he "ets a puncture. =han"in"tyres takes 10mins. The rest of the


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&5. A man was on his way to a marria"e in a car with a constant speed. After 2 hours one ofthe tier is punctured and it took 10 minutes to replace it. After that they traveled with a speedof &0 miles*hr and reached the marria"e &0 minutes late to the scheduled time. The driver toldthat they would $e late $y 15 minutes only if the 10 minutes was not waste. 'ind the distance$etween the two towns

&5!. Three clocks where set to true time. 'irst run with the e7act time. +econd slows oneminute*day. Third "ains one minute*day. After how many days they will show true time.

&56. There were some containers of %uantity 1) &) 4) 5) ) 12) 15) 22) 24) &6 liters. ?ach wasfilled with some li%uid e7cept one. The li%uids are milk) water and oil. 9uantity of each was likethis. ater , 2/ milk oil , 2/ water. 'ind out which container was empty and containers filledwith milk and oil.

&5D. Two travelers) one with 4 $arrels of wine) other with 20 $arrels of wine. They don@t haveenou"h money to pay duty for the same. 'irst traveler pays 40 francs and "ives his 5 $arrels)+econd traveler "ives his 2 $arrels $ut "ets 40 francs in e7chan"e. hat@s value of each $arrel)and duty for each $arrelAns( Jalue of each $arrel3120 francs) >uty on each310 francs

&0. hat is Ann@s relation with her hus$and@s mother@s only dau"hter3in3law@s sister@shus$andAns( rother3in3law

&1. +ome "uy holdin" a "lass of wine in his hand lookin" around in the room says) MThis issame as it was four years a"o) how old are your two kids nowM Fther "uy says MThree now)Pam had one more in the meanwhile.M Pam says) MIf you multiply their a"es) answer is D and ifyou add the a"es of first two kids) addition is same as our house num$er.M The first "uy says)MQou are very smart $ut that doesn@t tell me their a"es.M Pam says) MIt@s very simple)


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&!0. we travelled to a place at the rate of 10 miles per hour and offcourse returned the sameway) $ut owin" to less traffic at the rate of 15 miles per hour.what was our relative speed.

&!1. there are & types of apples in a $o7. what is the num$er of apples we should take so that weend up with & apples of one kind.

&!2. a.&))1&)2)&&))X $.0) 1)2)1& ))&& )12) &)20) 10&)X

&!&. ?ach alpha$et A).. R is a constant.A,1),2)=,&2)>,4D n so on.?ach letter is assi"neda value 3the position of that letter raised to the value of precedin" alpha$et.= , & )>, 4 =n so on =ompute the numerical value of L3AL3L3=....L3QL3R.

&!4. Hr. T has a wron" wei"hin" pan.Fne arm is len"thier than other.1 kilo"ram on left$alances 6 melons on ri"ht.1 kilo"ram on ri"ht $alances 2 melons on left.If all melons are e%ualin wei"ht)what is the wei"ht of a sin"le melon

&!5. In a "ame of dice) 2 dice thrown at each turn.The score at each turn is taken as theproduct of num$er on 2 dices.there were five turnsrolls.second roll is 1 less than first n likethis ... the relationship $etween third n second)third n fourth)fourth n fifth were "iven.'indthe score in first roll)second roll)third roll)fourth roll.( si7 months in a year poisonous.The colors are colors of mushrooms availa$le.AT this time which one is safe to consume#( I am 22H , # K 2 , # 3 1( I am not the youn"est. difference $etween H - is is 25.

H( H is youn"er than #.# , 2&. , #K2.Hr.#)Hr.H)Hr. made only one statement false. 'ind the a"es of all three.I am not sure a$t the statements on the ri"ht.2 Eu$y should never come with any of > or #.&.? should always $e with +. then some 4 %uestions were asked on this. easyb1 which com$ination is appropriateAF+UA>EUA?+ans.


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b2 which condition is correct in the ri"ht windowb& Eu$y can $e displayed with followin" other twob4 + can $e displayed with the followin" other two on left side window

&61. Eacin" competition.Participants were from & tri$es+onorean3always says truthHidorean3alternatively says T and ' )not with any particular start.Gororean3always 'alseA says31. = o$structed me at the last moment )which caused me to losethe race.2. = always speak true&. c is the winner. says 3 1. A is the winner.2. c says false always. = says3 1. won the Eace2. I didn@t caused any o$struction to A at the last time. I>entify the tri$es of each.

&62. A $oss tells 1* th of his life in child hood)1*12 of his in youth and 1*! of his in $achelor)five years after his election a son was $orn whom was died four years a"o at half his final a"e.find the $oss a"e.AG+.(!4 ths solution a*Ka*12Ka*! K5......

&6&. Two thieves went to the museum to stole the diamonds first thief stole half of them and

while "oin" he took another two and left. +econd) third and fourth did the same and there waszero diamonds at the end. ow many diamonds initially at the $e"innin" +imilar to 9. Go.1D&+tolen Han"oes from +hakuntala >evi 3 Hore PuzzlesAns( !D

&64. A) ) = are the hus$ands and >) ?) ' are their wives not in that order. They are playin" the#olf followin" these conditions. >) ?) ' and scores are as follows 10)102)100 and D4. A and= scores are D6 and D not in that order as their names are not displayed. Two couples "et thesame score. wife $eat the A wife list out the wives names and the scores they "ot.Ans(us ife +core Total

A ' D6 102 200 100 1D6 > D4 10 200 10 200= ? D 100 D 102 1D6

&65. A women with dollar $ills "oto the shoppin" he spent half of the money she had forshoppin" as she was so kind she "ave one dollar to the $e""ar.she went to the hotel and spenthalf of the remanin" and she "ave 2 dollars to the waiter)the she $uy some "oods with half ofthe remainin" and she "ave & dollars to the receptionist. how much money she had in the$e"inin"ans( 42come in the reverse order 1K&,4and twice of it 6K2,10 and twice of it 20K1,21 and twice

of it 42.

&6. A conducter in the $us ask the man how old the $oy is.the man replied that my son is fivetimes older than my dau"hter and my wife is five times older than my son and i am twice olderto my wife and our a"es summed upto my "ranmother whose a"e is 61 years. =an u tell me theson a"eans( 5 years7K57K25LK50L,6161L,617,1 therefore son a"e is 5 years old

&6!. find out who is oldest and who is youn"est from the followin" statements...a either A or r the oldest$ either = is the oldest or is the youn"est.ans( A is the oldest and is the Qoun"est

&66. one $oy tells three ppl to "uess mule color.. num$er one says its not $lk..num$er two saysits eiterh $rown or "rey..num$er & says its $rown. ..the $oy then says one is atleast lyin" ansatleast tellin" truth...finf mule color ans "rey

&6D. 2 men take turns walkin" and ridin" one horse that they share...walkin" speed4km*hr..ridin" speed 12km*hr..one rides for some time and ties horse for the other walkin"fellow and continues walkin"......they keep "oin" on like this alternately ..find time that thehorse rests

&D0. ! ppl have holidays on ! diff days...and they "ive conditions like A@s hol is & days $efore etc etc...we have to find the days on which they take holiday 5. su$


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401. A =ouple decided to travel a north country side .so they decide to travel a minimumamount on car the first day and the second and su$se%uent day a distance of 20 miles .If theytravel a total amount of 1060 miles. 'ind he distance traveled on the 4th day and the D day.

402. A card $oard of &4 / 14 has to $e attached to a wooden $o7 and a total of &5 pins are to $eused on the each side of the card $o7. 'ind the total num$er of pins used .

40&. >urin" a Pizza $uffet where A eats more times 2.4 than ) and eats times less than=.find the leat num$er of times all the three has to eat.

404. Nast Qear my cousin came to my place and we played a "ame where the loosin" one has to"ive one chocolate to the person who won the "ame .At the end of the vacation) i.e the day mycousin was leavin" she counted num$er of "ames that i won an she won. At last she "ave me atotal of 6 chocolates even thou"h she won a$out 12 "ames. 'ind the num$er of "ames that weplayed.

405. A tree on first day "rows 1*2 of its size second day 1*&rd of its size on the previous daysimilarly than 1*4th and so on.u have to calculate after how many days the tree will $e 100times of its ori"inal size.ans 31D6 days

40. three person are there let A = one always tell truth one always lie and one sometimestell truth they are standin" in strai"ht line the first person who is seniormost and always tellstruth tells in middle A is standin" the middle one says = is in the third position the last onesays is in second position ie middle40!. A))=)> and ? are


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415. Hy rack contains 6 Eed colour ties) 1& violate colour ties)10 lue colour ties) 5 Pink colourties) 4 "reen colour ties. If electricity "one and i want at least two ties of same colour then howmany ties i should take out from my rackAns ( ties.

41. Two trains leavin" from two station 50 miles away from each other with costant speed of0 miles per hour) approaches towards each other on diffrent tracks. if len"ht of each train is1* mile. when they meet ow much time they need to pass each other totallyAG+ ( 10 sec. not sure

41!. All handsome) fair skinned) muscular) lean) employed) and rich men are tall.All handsome men are fair skinned. +ome muscular men are handsome.+ome muscular men are not fair skinned. All lean men are muscular.Go lean man is handsome. Go fair skinned man who is not handsome is rich.All tall men who are neither fair skinned nor muscular are employed.

1. pramod is not fair skinned. hich of the followin" must $e true a pramod is employed $ if pramod is muscular) he is neither handsome nor leanc if pramod is tall) he is employed or muscular. d if pramod is not employed) he is muscular.e if pramod is tall) he may $e muscular or handsome) $ut not $oth.

2. which must $e false if the information "iven is true a no lean men are fair skinned. $ some fair skinned are lean.c some rich men are $oth fair skinned and muscular.d some tall men are neither fair skinned nor employed e some rich men are lean

&. which of the followin" can $e deduced from the information "iven a all rich men are handsome $ some rich men are handsomec some rich men are employed d some rich men are musculare all rich men are handsome) muscular) or employed

4. which cannot $e shown to $e true or false on the $asis of the information "iven I. Go fair skinned or muscular man is employed

II. +ome muscular men are fair skinned $ut not handsomeIII. Go fair skinned man $oth handsome and leana I only $ II only c III only d I and II e II and III

416. In Hulund) the shoe store is closed every Honday) the $outi%ue is closed every Tuesday)the "rocery store is closed every Thursday and the $ank is open only on Honday) ednesdayand 'riday. ?verythin" is closed on +unday. Fne day A) ) = and > went shoppin" to"ether)each with a different place to "o. They made the followin" statements(A > and I wanted to "o earlier in the week $ut there wasn\t day when we could $oth takecare of our errands. I did not want to come today $ut tomorrow I will not $e a$le to do what I want to do.

= I could have "one yesterday or the day $efore ?ither yesterday or tomorrow would have suited me.hich place did each person visit

41D. The Govice hockey tournaments are on for $e"inners. 8ust three teams are in the lea"ue)and each plays the other two teams


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421. A alone can do a work in days alone can do in 6 days with help of c they finished thework in & days.If the a"reed sum is 40 what is the share of c.refer r.s a"arwal

422. A $oy "oes to school from his house.on one fourth oh his way to school) he crosses amachinery station. And on one third of his way to school) he crosses a Eailway station. ecrossed the machinery station at !(&0 and he crosses the Eailway station at !(&5. hen does heleave the house - when does he reach the school 5H

42&. A drives a car four times a lap 10)20 &0)0 kmph what is the avera"e speed.

424. speed of $oat in still water 10 km)if speed up stream is 24 km and speed down stream is 1what is speed of the river.

425. If "rand father a"e is sum all the three "rand childern whos a"e r in e%ual interval what isthe a"e of the "rand father

42. In a "rass field if 40 cow could eat for 40 days. The same "rass field can feed &0 cows for0 days. how lon" will it feed 20 cows

42!. An ?raser) Pencil) Gote$ook to"ether costs Y1.00. Gote$ook costs more than the cost of 2Pencils. & Pencil costs more than 4 ?rasers. & ?rasers costs more than a Gote$ook. ow muchdoes a pencil costs 5H

426. 'our persons A))=)> were there. All were of different wei"hts. All 'our "ave a statement.Amon" the four statements only the person who is li"htest in wei"ht of all others "ave a truestatement.A +ays ( is heavier than >. +ays ( A is heavier than =.= +ays ( I am heavier than >. > +ays ( = is heavier than .'ind the li"htest - Nist the persons in ascendin" order accordin" to their wei"hts. 5H

426. A man was travellin" to a place &0 miles away from startin" point. he was speedin" at 0miles*hr. $ut when he came $ack) his car "ot $reakdown and half an hour was wasted inreparin" that. alto"ether he took 1 hr for return


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4&!. A comple7 statement 3 a$out an aeroplane commin" late. MThe $oy says if it was hourslater) the waitin" time would $e 1*5th of the time if the plane had come 2 hours earlier instead.the plane is supposed to come at midni"htAns 11.00 a.m

4&6. There are 4 statements and 4 "uys >ave) #us) someone else and one more someoneelse 3 sorry my memory is rotten Anyway now these "uys make 4 statements a$t. hocommited the crime. e need to find out who did it if i all $ut one are sayin" false and ii all$ut one are sayin" true

Ans( iarchie ii tony

4&D. A kid "oes to a $ank with a chec%ue... =omes $ack and says he spent &5 cents .. his momsays you have $rou"ht $ack twice what u ver supposed to "et. hat happened is the novice$ank clerk "ave dollars for cents and vice3versa%uote silly anway... hat was the actualamountAns( don@t know...

440. 8ohn had decided to divide his E+.1000*3 for his four children accordin" to their a"es.The elder child should $e a E+.20*3 e7tra for each than his youn"er child . hat will $e theshare of Hahesh whois the youn"est ^& marks_

441. Fne side of the measurin" arm was lon"er than the other side .If & pyramid width wasplaced in lon"er side it is e%ual to 2 cu$e width in the shorter arm.If 6 pyramid width wasplaced in lon"er arm then it is e%ual to cu$e width. Net 1 pyramid width is e%ual to 10k".hatis the w"t of cu$e width

442. A))=)> are four "irls who have 1)2)&)4 apples with them respectively.If ? have applese%ual to his sister)' have twice the apples as his sister)# have thrice the apples than his sisterand I have four times the apples than my sister.All to"ether we have &2 apples . A))=)> are thesisters of whom an

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