Puzzles
281.In a badminton tournament a team is eliminated from the tournament if it losses 2 games. If there are 51 teams then what is the maximum number of games required to select the champion?
Ans: 101
Solution: To eliminate the 50 teams 50*2 = 100 games are
required. And the champion team may lose in at
most 1 game. ? Max. no. of games required = 101.
282. There are 3 tribes in a Island. Sororean who always speak truth, Nororean who always speak false and Midorean who speak truth and false alternately in either order. From the statements given by A,B and C (who belong to 3 different tribes), three persons from the island, identify who belongs to which tribe.
A : C is Sororean.
B is Midorean.
B : A is Nororean.
C is Midorean.
C : A is Midorean.
I am Sororean.
Ans:
A B C
Midorean Nororean Sororean
Solution: Think logically.
283. There are 5 persons A,B,C,D,E . All of them have different occupations and none of them are of same age. There professions are Consultant, Planner, Engineer, Nutritionist and Technician definitely not in the same order. From the following conditions determine whose profession is what?
i) The consultant is the oldest among them.
ii) The Technician is not younger than the Planner and the Planner is not younger than the Nutritionist.
iii) D is not as old as A and also not as young as B, who is not as old as the Engineer and also not as young as C.
iv) C is not the youngest among them.
Ans: Names are given in descending order of their ages.
Consultant Engineer Technician Planner Nutritionist
A D B C E
Solution: Think logically.
284. 4 persons, Watts, Roger, O’neil and Smith, were eating in a restaurant while Smith was killed by poisoning. During investigation the other 3 persons gave the following statements. They gave one false statement each.
Watts : i) I didn’t do it.
ii) O’neil sat beside me.
iii) We had our usual waiter.
Roger : i) Smith was across the table from me.
ii) We had a new waiter.
iii) The waiter didn’t do it.
O’neil : i) Roger didn’t do it.
ii) The waiter has poisoned Smith.
iii) Watts lied when he said that we had our usual
waiter.
One among these three persons and the waiter murdered Smith. Who is the murderer?
Ans : O’neil is the murderer.
Solution: Think logically.
I have given the false statements in red and italics.
285. There is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch cubes. What is the no of
cubes which have no pointed sides.
Ans: 8 [(n-2)*(n-2)*(n-2)] where n is side length of the cube
286. Find the values of each of the alphabets.
N O O N
S O O N
+ M O O N
J U N E
Ans: 9326
287. If a clock takes 7seconds to strike 7, how long will the same clock take to strike 10?
Ans: The clock strikes for the first time at the start and takes 7 seconds for 6
intervals-thus for one interval time taken=7/6. Therefore, for 10 seconds there are 9 intervals and
time taken is 9*7/6=10 and 1/2 seconds.
288. Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many
minutes past three o'clock, how many minutes is it to
six o'clock?
Ans: Twenty six minutes.
http://www.ChetanaSinterview.com289. Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh
amounts from 1 kg to 121kgs, to the nearest kg.
What are the minimum number of weight required
and how heavy should they be?
Ans: .The minimum number is 5 and they
should weigh 1,3,9,27 and 81kgs.
290. Ram, Shyam and Gumnaam are friends. Ram is a widower and lives alone and his sister
takes care of him. Shyam is a bachelor and his niece cooks his food
and looks after his house.Gumnaam is married to Gita and lives in large
house in the same town.Gita gives the idea that all of them could stay
together in the house and share monthly expensesequally.
During their first month of livingtogether, each person contributed Rs.25. At the end of
the month, it was found that Rs 92 was the expense sothe remaining amount was distributed equally among
everyone. The distribution was such that everyone received a whole number of Rupees. How much did each
person receive?Ans. Rs 2 (Hint: Ram's sister,Shyam's niece and Gumnaam's wife are the same person)