Saturday, 30 November 2013

Mystery Death Puzzle

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#173 Laila and Majnu were found dead in a room on 2nd floor of a multi-storied building, which is a couple of meters away from a railway track.When investigating, we came to know that the room had only a shelf, a wall fan,  some broken pieces of glass and water on the floor.Can you guess how they both died!!!!   Difficulty Level - 4/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Laila and Majnu were fishes. Due to the vibration of the train,...
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Friday, 29 November 2013

Rebus Puzzle

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#172 Make a line by combining both the rebus.  -------> It should be related to the page. <--------    Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Half hearted get aside or go   ...
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Thursday, 28 November 2013

Hard Probability Puzzle

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#171 There was a race going on between 8 persons. In how many ways, counting the ties, they can reach the destination i.e. finishing line ? For example : Two persons, A and B, can reach the destination in 3 ways. A wins, B wins or a Tie.   Difficulty Level - 5/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :    545835. It's the same as putting 8 labelled...
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Hard Probability Puzzle - Hint

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#171 There was a race going on between 8 persons. In how many ways, counting the ties, they can reach the destination i.e. finishing line ? For example : Two persons, A and B, can reach the destination in 3 ways. A wins, B wins or a Tie.   Difficulty Level - 5/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Hint :     You can start thinking by considering a race...
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Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Unreliable Clock Puzzle

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#170 Your clock is not working properly(Unreliable Clock). It is gaining 15 minutes every hour. When you noticed this, you set 10 a.m. in the clock. After that, you got busy in some work and when you saw the time again, it was showing 1 p.m. Also, somebody told you that the clock stopped working 4 hours ago. So, what is the correct time now???   Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click...
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Unreliable Clock Puzzle - Hint

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#170 Your clock is not working properly(Unreliable Clock). It is gaining 15 minutes every hour. When you noticed this, you set 10 a.m. in the clock. After that, you got busy in some work and when you saw the time again, it was showing 1 pm. Also, somebody told you that the clock stopped working 4 hours ago. So, what is the correct time now???   Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click...
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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Dividing Horses Puzzle

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#169 A rich old American had three sons. Before dying, he wrote in his will that his 17 Horses would be divided to his sons, as follows :-  Eldest Son would get half of the Horses,  Younger Son would get one-third of the Horses and Youngest Son would get one-ninth of the Horses.  After his death, the sons were unable to figure out how this can possibly be done.  An old wise man without hesitation helped them in dividing the Horses properly.  How did he do it?   Difficulty Level -...
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Saturday, 23 November 2013

Easy Maths Puzzle

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#168 What are the values of a and b ??   Difficulty Level - 1/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :      2.5 >>>>>   a^3 + b^3 = (a + b)(a^2 - ab + b^2)            >>>>>    a^2 + b^2 = (a + b)^2 - 2 a...
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Friday, 22 November 2013

Mathematical Reasoning Puzzle

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#167 You are running a small business. To promote your brand, you decided to distribute Red, Black and Green Pens (having your brand name on them) among 100 persons. You have a budget of 100 dollars. You decided not buy a single pen extra and also spending the exact $100 on buying pens. (Expecting printing cost nil) The cost of different colored pens i.e Red, Black and Green Pens are $6, $3 ad $0.10 respectively. So, what is...
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Mathematical Reasoning Puzzle - Hint

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#167 You are running a small business. To promote your brand, you decided to distribute Red, Black and Green Pens (having your brand name on them) among 100 persons. You have a budget of 100 dollars. You decided not buy a single pen extra and also spending the exact $100 on buying pens. (Expecting printing cost nil) The cost of different colored pens i.e Red, Black and Green Pens are $6, $3 ad $0.10 respectively. So, what is...
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Thursday, 21 November 2013

Hole Digging Puzzle

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#166 Three friends, Amar, Akbar and Anthony got a task to dig a hole.  On their own, Amar can dig a hole in 18 minutes,  Akbar can dig a hole in 6 minutes and  Anthony can dig a hole in 5 minutes.  Amar and Akbar did not know that, Anthony has Short term memory loss. So, when they started to dig the hole together, Anthony forgotten what he was supposed to be doing. So, he started shovelling the dirt back into the hole at the same rate as he could have removed dirt.  Amar and Akbar never noticed...
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Hole Digging Puzzle - Hint

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#166 Three friends, Amar, Akbar and Anthony got a task to dig a hole.  On their own, Amar can dig a hole in 18 minutes,  Akbar can dig a hole in 6 minutes and  Anthony can dig a hole in 5 minutes.  Amar and Akbar did not know that, Anthony has Short term memory loss. So, when they started to dig the hole together, Anthony forgotten what he was supposed to be doing. So, he started shovelling the dirt back into the hole at the same rate as he could have removed dirt.  Amar and Akbar never noticed...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2013

100 Words Puzzle

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#165 You are given last 22 alphabets of English i.e. from E to Z. Can you write hundred(100) words of English in 30 seconds by using only the above said alphabets ?   Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Zero(0) to ninety nine(99)   ...
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100 Words Puzzle - Hint

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#165 You are given last 22 alphabets of English i.e. from E to Z. Can you write hundred(100) words of English in 30 seconds by using only the above said alphabets ?   Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Hint :     Mathematical Facts.   ...
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Tuesday, 19 November 2013

DEAD or ALIVE

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#164 Dead or Alive battle is going on between "Daya" and "Abhijeet". The referee "ACP Pradyuman" has two papers with him -- one with "DEAD" written on it and other with "ALIVE" written on it -- Both papers are folded up and placed in a bowl. Daya is permitted to pick out one of the papers (without looking), and if he choose the one with "ALIVE" written on it, he will come out alive by winning the battle. Otherwise, he will...
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DEAD or ALIVE - Hint

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#164 Dead or Alive battle is going on between "Daya" and "Abhijeet". The referee "ACP Pradyuman" has two papers with him -- one with "DEAD" written on it and other with "ALIVE" written on it -- Both papers are folded up and placed in a bowl. Daya is permitted to pick out one of the papers (without looking), and if he choose the one with "ALIVE" written on it, he will come out alive by winning the battle. Otherwise, he will...
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Monday, 18 November 2013

Tricky Coin Puzzle

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#163 Two friends, Jay and Viru, were playing Brain Battle and try to beat each other with brain only. Jay made a figure on a table by using 7 coins and said to Viru with a mischievous look in his eyes that you will not be able to solve this one.  The task was to take away two coins from the arrangement so that he leave five coins across and three coins going down. Viru was amazed and said he couldn't solve this one even...
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Tricky Coin Puzzle - Hint

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#163 Two friends, Jay and Viru, were playing Brain Battle and try to beat each other with brain only. Jay made a figure on a table by using 7 coins and said to Viru with a mischievous look in his eyes that you will not be able to solve this one.  The task was to take away two coins from the arrangement so that he leave five coins across and three coins going down. Viru was amazed and said he couldn't solve this one even...
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Who Am I Riddle

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#162 In some situations, I oppose the motion  In other situations I facilitate the motion but,  I always oppose the relative motion between the two moving surfaces. Put some lubricant and I become smaller making the moving surfaces rough,  I make the movement tough I may be static sliding or rolling but whenever two surfaces are in motion I am always there.  Tell me who I am..    Difficulty Level -...
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Saturday, 16 November 2013

Sachin's Career Threatening Riddle

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#161 It was one of the Career threatening injury for #SachinTendulkar. What is it ?    Difficulty Level - 1/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Tennis Elbow.   ...
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Friday, 15 November 2013

Average Age Puzzle

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#160 >>>> Cricket is not a Religion but #Sachinism is <<<<< In 1999, Sachin Tendulkar (26 years) was the captain of Indian Cricket Team & at that time, Nayan Mongia (3 years older than Sachin) was keeping wickets. If the ages of both Sachin & Mongia are excluded from the 11 member team, the average age of the remaining players would become 1 year less than the average of whole team. Can you answer the average age of the team ???   Difficulty Level - 3/5   Update...
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Thursday, 14 November 2013

Cricket Puzzle

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#159 Sachin and Ganguly were batting against Zimbabwe to achieve a target of 205.  India were 198/0, Sachin and Ganguly, both were 94 not out.  Ganguly decided to wrap up the things in the next 3 balls (last balls of that over)  but Sachin reminded him that he is on 94 and at non-strikers end.  How could they both get to 100* and finishing the game in the next 3 balls ?? #sachinismn    Difficulty...
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Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Cricketing Term Puzzle

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#158 >>>> We are dedicating this week to Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar - A True Cricketing Legend. #SACHINISM <<<<<< Which Cricketing Term can be derived from the picture ???    Difficulty Level - 5/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Solution :     Leg-Break (As Broken Leg in image ) >>> Sachin loves to bowl leg...
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Cricketing Term Puzzle - Hint

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#158 >>>> We are dedicating this week to Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar - A True Cricketing Legend. #SACHINISM <<<<<< Which Cricketing Term can be derived from the picture ???    Difficulty Level - 5/5   Update Your Answers : Click Here   Hint :    This term is one of the favorites of Sachin. In the image, there is an injured person with...
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Counting Gallons Puzzle

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#157 One of my friend was going from my hometown, Kaithal to Karnal, with a full tank of gasoline i.e. 23 gallons.  But unfortunately, at that exact moment his gasoline tank sprang a leak, due to which he started losing 1 gallon of fuel each hour.  When going to Karnal which is 60 kms away, he could only manage a speed of 12 kmph.  But on the way back to Kaithal, he managed a speed of 16 kmph. (He was travelling at 8 kms per gallon) Were 23 gallons enough for the round trip ?? If not, how much more gallons,...
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