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LOGIC AGAIN!!

Question Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word. BSAINXLEATNTEARS. Answer: B S A I N XLE A T N TE A RS =  BANANA

CRYPTOGRAM QUESTION!!

QUESTION: MY TONGUE  it Answer: It’s on the tip of my tongue

LETTERS AGAIN

Which word starts with "E" and has at least one letter in it? Answer: Envelope

Logical Question

If 5 rats can eat 5 cheese in 5 seconds, how many does 4 rats take to eat 4 cheese? Answer: Same (5 seconds).

SAME PAIR OF LETTERS

Question: _ _ p _ _ z a r d Same pair of letters will appear on both places in the above puzzle. Can you be able to find out the answer? Answer: Haphazard.

SQUARES ON CHESS BOARD

How many squares are there in a chessboard? Answer: There are 204 squares in a chessboard. Explanation: Breakup of 204 squares in a chessboard: 1 x 1 squares = 64 2 x 2 squares = 49 3 x 3 squares = 36 1 x 1 squares = 25 1 x 1 squares = 16 1 x 1 squares =  9 1 x 1 squares =  4 8 x 8 squares =  1 Total              = 204

CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS

If the product of three consecutive numbers are 1980, what will be the sum of those three numbers? Answer: 60(19+20+21).

ONE WORD RIDDLE AGAIN

There are five vowels (a,e,i,o,u) present in the English Language. Can you identify the word which contains all the vowels? Answer: There are many answers for this question. Some of them are listed below: Education Authentication Automobile Aeriferous Simultaneous Uncopyrightable

ONE WORD!!

How would you rearrange the letters in the words "New Door" to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer. Answer: NEW DOOR = ONE WORD

HOLDING ON!!!

I have holes or pores all over my body but I will still hold water. What am i? Answer: There are multiple answers. They are: Sponge Leaves Skin Pot

Logical riddle

There are 100 flats in a town. Flat 1 and Flat 2 are named as First flat and second flat respectively and it goes on till Flat 100. A visitor has came to visit the town and wants to see all the flats. He could be able to locate all the flats except flat number 62. He later finds out that the locals of the town have given it another name. What is the name of the flat? Answer: One Minute flat (Sixty Second = 1 Minute)

Fun riddle

Who can jump higher than Mount Everest? Answer: You, Me and Everyone because Mount Everest could not be able to jump.

WORD RIDDLE 2

There is a pit. When I come out of the pit and you got into the pit. What will happen to the pit? Answer: PUT = Replace the letter "I" with "U" in "PUT".

NUMBER SEQUENCE

Find the next number in the below sequence: 5, 12, 24, 36, ? Answer: Answer is 52. Explanation: The above series denotes the addition of two consecutive prime numbers. Since 1 is not a prime number, 5 = 2 + 3 12 = 5 + 7 24 = 11 + 13 36 = 17 + 19 52 = 23 + 29

NUMBER AND ALPHABET

I know a number which is spelled in the alphabetical order. Do you know what number it is? Answer: Forty.

WORD RIDDLE

I am at the beginning of earth, end of time and occurs twice in a week. What am i? Answer: Letter "E".

SIMPLE MATHS QUESTION

What should come in place of X in the below equation? X/128 = 162/X Please note that you have to solve this equation in 60 seconds. Try it if you can. Answer: The answer is 144.

LUNCH BOX AND MOM

Mrs. Susan likes to play tricks on her three kids. This morning she packs their personal lunch boxes in their school bags. However, she places every lunch box in the wrong bag! In how many ways can she can place all the lunch boxes wrongly? Answer: 2 ways. Explanation: Three lunch boxes can be arranged in 3! ways = 6 ways. Let's assume three children are A, B and C and the lunch boxes are 1, 2 and 3. The number of ways by which boxes can be arranged is shown in the below table and the answers are highlighted as well. A B C 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 2

BRILLIANT PROFESSOR

The logic professor posted a notice on his class door: "Class is canceled today on account of spring. We will meet again at 1:00 P.M. three days after two days before the day before tomorrow." What day does the class meet? Answer: The class will meet tomorrow.  

BASIC MATHS - ANSWER

If the equation is a+3-1*3+2-4+0*1=0, then a=? Answer: It is a = 2. How to solve it: Using BEDMAS rule.

SAME WORD IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION - ANSWER

I know a lot of words which reads the same backwards and forwards? Can you able to find out any of these words? Answer: I have many answers for this question. Some of them are listed below: Malayalam Mum Mam Mem Mom Dad Did Peep Deed Teet Toot Poop Eke Ere Eve Ewe Eye I Tit Tat Pop Boob A Aga Aba Wow Pip Pap Bob Bib Gig Gag Lil Ecce Nan Pep

KING AND HORSE - ANSWER

A horse jumps over the king. But fortunately there is no scratch on the king. How is this possible? Answer: The horse jumps over him not on him. So there are no scratches to the king.

Girl's name - Answer

Girl’s name: One day, i met a girl and asked her name. Since she knew that I am interested in riddles, she replied as "07/09/2001". I can be able to found out her name. Can you? Answer: The answer for this question will be: Gita Solution: G= 07, I= 09, T= 20 and A= 01.

8 Eights - Answer

8 Eights: Using 8 eights and addition symbol alone, can you make 1000? Answer: The answer for this question is: 888+88+8+8+8 = 1000

Four days with T - Answer

Four days with T: Can you be able to name four days in a week starting with the letter T? Answer: The answer is very simple. It is: Today  Tuesday Thursday and Tomorrow

ZERO TO HERO?? - ANSWER

ZERO TO HERO?? How will you make zero into a positive number just by making use of only one mathematical operator? Answer: The number zero can be converted into a positive number by using one mathematical operator in two ways. They are: >0 (Greater than zero) 0! (Factorial) = 1

Ages of Father and Son - Answer

Ages of Father and son: The ages of father and son totals 66. The father's age is the reverse of his son's age. How old they can be? Note: There are 3 possible solutions. Answer: There are 3 possible set of answers for this question. They are: Father’s age Son’s age 42 24 51 15 60 06

Heads and Feet - Answer

Heads and Feet: At a local zoo, the head and feet of some animals which counts to 27 and 70 respectively. I am counting the head and feet of snakes, lizards and men. The number of lizards is twice that of available men. How many snakes are there in the zoo? Answer: Men have 2 feet and Lizards has 4 feet but snakes do not have feet. Based on this calculation, the number of men will be 7 and lizards will be 14. The feet count will be as follows: Men's feet   : 14 Lizards' feet: 56 Snakes' feet : 0 The number of snakes will be 6.

Highest x value - Answer

Highest x value: If the value of x lies between 0 and -1, then which of the below options will be the largest?  x x^2 -x x^-1 x^3 Answer: If the value of x lies between o and -1, the highest value will be:  -x

Bacteria Timing - Answer

Bacteria Timing: A bacteria which is present in the container grows at the rate of 200%. If the container fills in 60 minutes, then at what minute it will be half empty or half full? Answer: Since the bacteria is getting multiplied twice in a minute and the can fills in 1 hour, then it will be half full or half empty at: 59 mins.

Fake Coin - Answer

Fake Coin: I have 12 coins and out of which one of them is fake. The fake coin can only be distinguished by being either heavy or light. Can you determine which one is fake using only 3 weighings using a physical balance? Answer: Yes. You can identify the fake coin from 12 coins using 3 weighings. First weighing: Take 8 coins and place four coins on each side of the physical balance. If it is equal, then we can move ahead to the remaining coins. Second weighing: Place 2 coins on each side of the physical balance. We can know which is side is heavier or lighter. Third weighing: From those 2 coins, place one coin on each side and we can find out the fake coin from the rest.

Equation – Is it right? - Answer

Equation- Is it right? I have read a equation on the way to my home which is:  8 + 8 = 91 The above equation is correct. But how? Do anybody have the answer? Answer: The equation is correct when we view the equation upside down which will reveal the answer as: 16 = 8 + 8.

Maths Puzzle - Answer

Maths Puzzle: A school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally between the pupils, if there were more than 20 pupils. How many sweets did each one of them receive? Answer: The total number of members will be 37 and each of them will share 19 sweets which will count to 703.

Do you have the brainwave??? - Answer

I was heading on my car from Mumbai to Patna. While traveling from Mumbai to Patna, I have lost my way. But I kept on driving the car and I am now in a four-way junction where there is a signboard which has fallen off its post. It has been marked as Patna, Goa, Mumbai and Bangalore. But i believed that the signboard will help me to find out the way to Patna. Luckily I had a brainwave which helped me out to find the way for Patna. What was my idea? Answer: I placed the arrow of Mumbai to the direction from which I came since I am from Mumbai, hence the directions for all the remaining cities has been revealed to you now. That's how i did found out my way for Patna.