Thursday, 31 October 2013

Distance Puzzle

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#146 Last week, one of my friend travelled from one place "A" to another place "B". On the first day, he travelled 1st half of the distance. On second day, he travelled one third of the remaining distance. On third day, he travelled three quarters of the remaining distance. Yesterday, he travelled one half of the remaining distance. Yet, He has to travel 5 miles more to reach at "B". What is the distance between the two places ??    Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click...
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Distance Puzzle - Hint

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#146 Last week, one of my friend travelled from one place "A" to another place "B". On the first day, he travelled 1st half of the distance. On second day, he travelled one third of the remaining distance. On third day, he travelled three quarters of the remaining distance. Yesterday, he travelled one half of the remaining distance. Yet, He has to travel 5 miles more to reach at "B". What is the distance between the two places ??    Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click...
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Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Maths Puzzle

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#145 Two numbers are created using all the digits from 1 to 9  and all digits are used exactly once in creating these numbers. You have to make the product of these two numbers as large as possible. What are the two numbers which'll create the largest product?    Difficulty Level - 5/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     87531 x 9642 &nbs...
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Maths Puzzle - Hint

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#145 Two numbers are created using all the digits from 1 to 9  and all digits are used exactly once in creating these numbers. You have to make the product of these two numbers as large as possible. What are the two numbers which'll create the largest product?    Difficulty Level - 5/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Hint :     Series can give some help...
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Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Marbles Puzzle

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#144 A naughty child had a vast number of marbles. When he was going to play with his friends, one of his friend asked him, how many marbles he has? He replied : I can't count past 100 but I know that.... If you divide the number of marbles by 2 there will be one marble left. If you divide the number of marbles by 3 there will be one marble left. If you divide the number of marbles by 4 there will be one marble left. If you...
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Marbles Puzzle - Hint

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#144 A naughty child had a vast number of marbles. When he was going to play with his friends, one of his friend asked him, how many marbles he has? He replied : I can't count past 100 but I know that.... If you divide the number of marbles by 2 there will be one marble left. If you divide the number of marbles by 3 there will be one marble left. If you divide the number of marbles by 4 there will be one marble left. If you divide...
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Monday, 28 October 2013

Chocolates Puzzle

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#143 Once upon a time in Mumbai, Imran Hashmi went to a shop to buy chocolates. The shopkeeper was selling the chocolates @ Rs. 5 each and the shopkeeper gave him an offer to exchange 3 wrappers for 1 chocolate. Imran had Rs 45 with him. How many chocolates, he could buy ??       Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :   ...
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Sunday, 27 October 2013

Onions Puzzle

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#142 Due to rumors that there was a shortage of Onions, everyone was stocking up on Onions. By the time I'd got to the store, they had sold out! However, there were two people at the store, who had already bought 40 and 50 kilos of Onions respectively and they kindly offered to share their Onions with me. After the sharing, we all had the same kilos of Onions and I paid them $90 for the Onions.  How did they share the $90 between...
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Onions Puzzle - Hint

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#142 Due to rumors that there was a shortage of Onions, everyone was stocking up on Onions. By the time I'd got to the store, they had sold out! However, there were two people at the store, who had already bought 40 and 50 kilos of Onions respectively and they kindly offered to share their Onions with me. After the sharing, we all had the same kilos of Onions and I paid them $90 for the Onions.  How did they share the $90 between...
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Saturday, 26 October 2013

Word Riddle

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#141 "LOVE is changed into HATE" So, start with LOVE and change one letter at a time until you have the word HATE. Each change must leave the other letters in their original places and also result in a proper word. What will be the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?    Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     3 steps. >>> LOVE > LAVE > HAVE > HATE        ...
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Word Riddle - Hint

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#141 "LOVE is changed into HATE" So, start with LOVE and change one letter at a time until you have the word HATE. Each change must leave the other letters in their original places and also result in a proper word. What will be the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?    Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Hint :     You can start with any letter L, O or V.   ...
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Friday, 25 October 2013

Holes Counting Puzzle

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#140   Difficulty Level - 2/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Number of holes can be 4 or 8 depending upon whether there are holes on the T-shirt or just paint...
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Thursday, 24 October 2013

Another Series Puzzle

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#139 Which number will replace the question mark ?    Difficulty Level - 2/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     71. (4*2 -1, 7*2-2, 12*2-3, 21*2-4, 38*2-5) ...
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Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Series Puzzle

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#138 Find the next two numbers in the series.... 2, 11, 25, 44, 68, ........   Difficulty Level - 2/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     97, 131 (First differences makes an Arithmetic progression with difference = 5)   ...
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Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Mystery Riddle

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#137 Two ladies were in a desert. They both have their packs on.  One of the lady was dead.  The lady who was alive had her pack open, The lady who was dead had her pack closed.  What was in the pack?    Difficulty Level - 4/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Parachute.   ...
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Monday, 21 October 2013

Funny Puzzle

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#136 A husband tells his wife 'I bet you can't say something that will make me happy and sad at the same time.' She replies and wins the bet.  What did she say?   Difficulty Level - 1/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     There can be so many replies. But one of my favorite reply is "I'm going to my mother's house and You will get the divorce papers soon". Other Replies :- > You have the longest Penis among all of your friends.  >>  I'm...
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Sunday, 20 October 2013

Number of Huts Puzzle

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#135 In a village, there are 100 huts, numbered from 1 to 100. Someday..a visitor try to find all the huts which contains number "9" How many huts he should find ?? and how many 9's are there  ?   Difficulty Level - 2/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     19 huts and twenty 9's.   ...
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Saturday, 19 October 2013

What Am I ?

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#134 I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind.  What am I?    Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Nose. When you are having cold, then nose is running and the thought process follows in the mind which is close behind nose.   ...
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Friday, 18 October 2013

English Word Puzzle

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#133 Can you guess an English word which contains all the vowels??    Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     "DICTIONARY" is a word which has all the alphabets including all the VOWELS      You can think of words like "Education", "Facetious" etc. ...
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Thursday, 17 October 2013

Fake Note Puzzle

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#132 Let's consider that a shopkeeper sell goods at zero profit zero loss. One day, he sold goods worth $400 to a girl, who gave him a $1000 note.  The shopkeeper did not have change, so, he took the change from his employee. The shopkeeper gave the girl $600 and kept $400 with him. After some time, the employee realized that the $1000 note was fake, so, he returned the note to the shopkeeper and took a genuine note from...
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Fake Note Puzzle - Hint

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#132 Let's consider that a shopkeeper sell goods at zero profit zero loss. One day, he sold goods worth $400 to a girl, who gave him a $1000 note.  The shopkeeper did not have change, so, he took the change from his employee. The shopkeeper gave the girl $600 and kept $400 with him. After some time, the employee realized that the $1000 note was fake, so, he returned the note to the shopkeeper and took a genuine note from...
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013

7 Letter Word Puzzle - Hint

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#131 Santa challenged Banta to tell him a 7 letter word in which if he remove 1 letter from the word then he will get the same word.. If he remove 2 letters from the word then also he will get the same word.. If he remove 3 letters from the word then also he will get the same word.. If he remove ALL letters from the word still he will get the same word.. What can be the word ??    Difficulty Level - 4/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Hint :   ...
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7 Letter Word Puzzle

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#131 Santa challenged Banta to tell him a 7 letter word in which if he remove 1 letter from the word then he will get the same word.. If he remove 2 letters from the word then also he will get the same word.. If he remove 3 letters from the word then also he will get the same word.. If he remove ALL letters from the word still he will get the same word.. What can be the word ??    Difficulty Level - 4/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :   ...
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Crossing Road Problem

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#130 Which Vehicle will go first ... ??  1. Police car 2. School bus 3. Ambulance  4. V.I.P CAR    Difficulty Level - 2/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Whoever gets the green signal first.   ...
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Crossing Road Problem - Hint

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#130 Which Vehicle will go first ... ??  1. Police car 2. School bus 3. Ambulance  4. V.I.P CAR    Difficulty Level - 2/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Hint :     You should know some TRAFFIC RULES.   ...
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Monday, 14 October 2013

What Am I Riddle?

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#129 I am a 9 letter word of a SPORT. ---- Combination of "4th letter and last 4 letters" gives a weapon name used in ancient times. ---- Combination of "2nd to 5th letters" is what we all need to do at night. ---- Combination of "4th letter and last 3 letters" is what we do with music. ---- Combination of "1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th letter" is related to location. ---- Combination of "1st letter and last 3 letters" is what birds have. WHAT AM I ?????   Difficulty Level - 2/5   Update Your Answers : Click...
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Sunday, 13 October 2013

Fire Problem

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#128 In a hotel, three most important rooms caught fire. The 1st room had gold coins, the 2nd room had financial papers  and the last one had country's economic budget. If an ambulance was to arrive, then, which room would they put out the fire 1st ?     Difficulty Level - 1/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Ambulance...
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